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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right — The GOP nominee has landed in hot water on abortion agin after criticizing Florida's six-week ban and declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is in damage control …
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ABC News:
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance — Trump said he and his team have been exploring ways to help those wanting IVF. — Former President Donald Trump introduced a new campaign platform on Thursday aimed at helping Americans with the cost of IVF.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he'll vote no on Florida abortion-rights measure
Trump says he'll vote no on Florida abortion-rights measure
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ABC News:
Trump's push for free IVF may attract suburban women, but questions about covering cost
Trump's push for free IVF may attract suburban women, but questions about covering cost
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Trump's latest waffling on reproductive health shows he's still struggling to find an answer for what he created
Trump's latest waffling on reproductive health shows he's still struggling to find an answer for what he created
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris bus tour focused on reproductive rights to start in Palm Beach
Harris bus tour focused on reproductive rights to start in Palm Beach
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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 …
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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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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 …
August 29, 2024 — And now the U.S. Army has weighed in on the scandal surrounding Trump's visit …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Cheney, on the Sidelines as Harris Courts Her Endorsement, Plans to Weigh In Soon — The former Wyoming congresswoman, the most prominent Republican critic of Donald J. Trump, did not speak at Democrats' convention, calculating that she could have more impact later in the race.
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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.
Myra Adams / The Hill:
If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
So long, and thanks for all the fish — Before we go any further, I should note that this is my last newsletter for CJR, as I am moving on from my job as the magazine's chief digital writer. (In case the headline doesn't make any sense, it comes from a Douglas Adams book …
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in
Associated Press:
Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative — SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country …
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Miss Teen USA Runner-Up Shames JD Vance for Cruel Video Post — ANOTHER HAPPY VOTER — Vance used a 17-year-old video of a stumbling Caitlin Upton to jibe at Kamala Harris before her CNN interview. The video had led to years of mockery for Upton. — A one-time Miss Teen USA contestant mocked …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
JD Vance Won't Apologize To Miss Teen USA Contestant He Insulted To Mock Kamala Harris — The Ohio Senator used a 2007 video of Caitlin Upton struggling to answer a question to mock the vice president, not knowing Upton considered suicide after it first went viral. — LOADING
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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 …
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emptywheel:
Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump's Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism
Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump's Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
7 Takeaways From Harris's First Major Interview
7 Takeaways From Harris's First Major Interview
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New York Times:
At 2 Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Enrollment After Affirmative Action Ban — Amherst College and Tufts University saw shifts in the racial makeup of students after a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action. At other schools, the picture is murkier.
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HotAir, National Review and Palo Alto Online
Erica Orden / Politico:
Georgia election workers launch bid to seize Giuliani's assets as they try to collect $148 million defamation verdict — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss want to seize real estate, cash and jewelry. — NEW YORK — The two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation verdict …
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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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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Mark Zuckerberg Will Never Win — The Meta CEO will never satisfy his critics. He keeps trying anyway. — Mark Zuckerberg seems to enjoy playing politics. The only problem is that he doesn't appear to be any good at it. — This week, the Meta CEO wrote a letter to Representative Jim Jordan …
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Michael Boyle / The Daily Beast:
Harris-Walz Interview Ratings Nearly Double Trump's Last Big CNN Sit-Down — HUGE — The CNN interview also outpaced the ratings for Donald Trump and JD Vance's first joint interview on Fox News. — The first joint interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz …
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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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