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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 …
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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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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 …
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) …
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's interview with Harris and Walz — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. — Though Harris hasn't emphasized it …
CNN:
READ: Harris and Walz's exclusive joint interview with CNN — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down exclusively with CNN Thursday for her first interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket. — Just days after accepting …
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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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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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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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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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Harris' CNN interview is the latest highly anticipated twist in wild presidential race
Harris' CNN interview is the latest highly anticipated twist in wild presidential race
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet
Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet
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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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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 …
Kevin Carroll / The Guardian:
The Trump campaign's conduct at Arlington is shocking but not surprising — Trump's staffers filmed political footage at war graves - and allegedly shoved an army employee who tried to stop them — The tranquil majesty of Arlington national cemetery tends to bring forth civic virtues in Americans and eloquence in their leaders.
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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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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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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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NPR:
Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides
Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Army blasts Trump trip to Arlington cemetery for violating decorum
Army blasts Trump trip to Arlington cemetery for violating decorum
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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.
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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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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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds
Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds
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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 …
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge did better than expected last month — The Federal Reserve's go-to inflation gauge held at 2.5% in July, Commerce Department data showed Friday. That's better than anticipated and shows progress — but still underscores the bumpy process for inflation's descent.
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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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ABC News:
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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Kaitlyn Buss / The Detroit News:
Trump promises free IVF for all
Trump promises free IVF for all
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Gallup:
Economic Confidence Up Slightly in August — While economic confidence has improved, inflation and job market concerns remain — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' outlook for the U.S. economy has improved this month, while their view of current economic conditions remains unchanged.
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