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2:15 PM ET, August 30, 2024

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Politico:
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 …
Discussion: NPR, CNN, The Hill and Fox News
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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.”
emptywheel:
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) …
Discussion: The Root
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 …
Washington Post:
Harris says she will put a Republican in her Cabinet if elected
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's interview with Harris and Walz
CNN:
READ: Harris and Walz's exclusive joint interview with CNN
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Harris Edges Trump in Key States, With Sun Belt Now Up for Grabs
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.'
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
The Left Is Going to Freak Out Over Nate Silver's Latest Election Model
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘It Is Not the Job of the Pro-Life Movement to Vote for President Trump.’
Michael Powell / The Atlantic:
Why Trump's Arlington Debacle Is So Serious  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The section of Arlington National Cemetery that Donald Trump visited on Monday is both the liveliest and the most achingly sad part of the grand military graveyard …
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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 …
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 …
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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David Moye / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Has Snappy Answer To CNN's Trump-Inspired Question
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
Discussion: 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 …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Georgia election workers seek control of Giuliani's assets to collect on $146M defamation judgment  —  Two Georgia election workers have asked a federal judge for control over Rudy Giuliani's assets to collect on the $146 million defamation judgment against him for baselessly claiming they engaged in 2020 election fraud.
Discussion: USA Today, New Republic and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Robert Reich and NBC News
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be ‘unsafe’  —  X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR's website as “unsafe” when users click through to read the latest story about an altercation between …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris bus tour focused on reproductive rights to start in Palm Beach
Discussion: UPI
Associated Press:
State Fair of Texas is sued by state's Republican AG over new rule banning guns on premises
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Pelosi's Car Passed Near Pipe Bomb on Jan. 6, According to New Video
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
ABC News:
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
Gallup:
Economic Confidence Up Slightly in August
Discussion: The Hill
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Steven Sparks / ABC News:
Two-thirds of Americans say Trump unprepared to accept the election outcome: POLL
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Harris Campaign Trolls Trump With Ad Buy in His Own Backyard
Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica:
We can now watch Grace Hopper's famed 1982 lecture on YouTube
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Musk ramps up attacks on Brazil's top judge as X faces possible suspension, Starlink finances frozen
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jack White rips Trump campaign for posting band's song: 'Don't even think about using my music you fascists'
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Wes Moore and the Bronze Star He Claimed but Never Received
 

 
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