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Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump's Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism — Here's what the NYT digital front page looks like for me this morning. — It features Kamala Harris' rather unremarkable interview with CNN (part one, part two, part three) …
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Playbook: What we learned from the Harris interview — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — TALK OF THIS TOWN — “Trump's Latest Move to Avoid Abortion Is His Strangest One Yet,” by Michael Schaffer: “Though Republican lawmakers spent years targeting abortion …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
7 Takeaways From Harris's First Major Interview — Kamala Harris showed her tendency toward winding answers in the CNN interview, but said nothing likely to cause her serious political trouble. — The main reason CNN's interview with Vice President Kamala Harris turned out to be remarkable …
CNN:
READ: Harris and Walz's exclusive joint interview with CNN
READ: Harris and Walz's exclusive joint interview with CNN
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Washington Post:
Harris says she will put a Republican in her Cabinet if elected
Harris says she will put a Republican in her Cabinet if elected
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New York Times:
Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy
Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Harris Edges Trump in Key States, With Sun Belt Now Up for Grabs
Harris Edges Trump in Key States, With Sun Belt Now Up for Grabs
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she's shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president
Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she's shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Team Trump Makes Arlington Cemetery Fight Way Worse With Army Insult … Trump campaign adviser Chris LaCivita has decided to take the team on a death spiral against America's military, calling the office of the Army secretary a bunch of “hacks.” — “Reposting this hoping to trigger the hacks at @SecArmy …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 29, 2024 — And now the U.S. Army has weighed in on the scandal surrounding Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery for a campaign photo op, after which his team shared a campaign video it had filmed. The Army said that the cemetery hosts almost 3,000 public wreath-laying ceremonies …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘The behavior is grotesque’: MSNBC host pummels Trump World over war with cemetery — On Friday morning, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist took aim at Donald Trump and his campaign officials for their continuing attacks on officials at Arlington National Cemetery following the fracas …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In a test of character, Trump shows his true grift — In his disorientation, the GOP nominee and former president retreats to his instincts. — The New York Times ran a fine specimen of unintentional comedy this week: an essay by conservative writer Rich Lowry titled “Trump Can Win on Character.”
Kevin Carroll / The Guardian:
The Trump campaign's conduct at Arlington is shocking but not surprising
The Trump campaign's conduct at Arlington is shocking but not surprising
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Michael Powell / The Atlantic:
Why Trump's Arlington Debacle Is So Serious
Why Trump's Arlington Debacle Is So Serious
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
X flags NPR story on Trump, Arlington as unsafe
X flags NPR story on Trump, Arlington as unsafe
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Dems press Arlington cemetery for Trump incident report
Dems press Arlington cemetery for Trump incident report
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Taiyler S. Mitchell / HuffPost:
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Telling Kamala Harris To ‘Go To Hell’
JD Vance Won't Apologize For Telling Kamala Harris To ‘Go To Hell’
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
What's wrong with the fact-checkers? — The DNC put the bankruptcy of the genre on full, painful display. — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
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Myra Adams / The Hill:
If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war — Vice President Kamala Harris has one extraordinary campaign advantage — she is neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump. — Before President Biden dropped his reelection bid on July 21, voters were unenthusiastic about a rematch between these two men, both born before the television age.
Adam Wren / Politico:
MAGA faithful blow off polls in Michigan, insist 'Trump's got it made.' — Trump's base is digging in. — POTTERVILLE, Michigan — Inside a hulking steel warehouse where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Thursday, the former president's backers sweltered in the heat — and gave no oxygen …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF — The former President's lie about his position are getting more brazen. — Two related things happened in the 2024 campaign yesterday. First, a bevy of new polls came out, which showed Vice President Harris taking the lead nationally and in the swing states.
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Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
The Left Is Going to Freak Out Over Nate Silver's Latest Election Model
The Left Is Going to Freak Out Over Nate Silver's Latest Election Model
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Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Kamala's First ‘Interview’ Was the Dumpster Fire You Expected It Would Be — Did you catch Kamala Harris's first “interview” as the Democratic Party nominee for president? It was pretty much everything you'd expect from an interview conducted by CNN. Lots of softball questions, lots of word salad responses.
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Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Kamala Harris' CNN Adventure - I Said X, I Now Say Y, My Values Have Not Changed
Kamala Harris' CNN Adventure - I Said X, I Now Say Y, My Values Have Not Changed
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Has Snappy Answer To CNN's Trump-Inspired Question
Kamala Harris Has Snappy Answer To CNN's Trump-Inspired Question
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk says voting by mail is ‘insane’ — but he has done it himself, records show — The tech billionaire voted by mail twice in California, years before he began attacking the option for others. — Elon Musk has attacked voting by mail as an “insane” idea that encourages election fraud …
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David Sharp / Associated Press:
Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots
Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots
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The Hill
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in — He may be the richest man in the world - but that doesn't mean we're powerless to stop him — Elon Musk is rapidly transforming his enormous wealth - he's the richest person in the world - into a huge source …
Claire Heddles / NOTUS:
The Not-So-Secret Campaign for ‘Secret’ Democrats — Kamala Harris' rally in Savannah, Georgia, was the first time a general election presidential candidate had campaigned in the city since the 1990s. Democratic operatives say it was a signal: Winning Georgia isn't only about Atlanta this time.
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Robert Reich and NBC News
NBC News:
Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected — In an interview with NBC News, the former president defended himself over abortion rights and said either the government or insurance companies will pay for IVF if he's elected.
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Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
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