memeorandum: JD Vance Rants About ‘Miserable’ Professional Women in Unearthed Clip (Lily Mae Lazarus/The Daily Beast)

4:30 AM ET, September 1, 2024

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Statement from President Biden on Hersh Goldberg-Polin — Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas. We have now confirmed that one of the hostages killed by these vicious Hamas terrorists was an American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

Discussion: USA Today, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Fox News, Breitbart, UPI, New York Times, The Times of Israel and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Josef Federman / Associated Press:

Israel recovers the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin — Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met …

Discussion: Bloomberg.com, Axios, Associated Press, UPI, Reuters, The White House, RedState, Townhall, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and New York Times

Bloomberg.com:

Family Confirms Death of Israeli-American Hostage Goldberg-Polin — The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man's death early Sunday, ending a relentless campaign by his parents to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders and an address to the Democratic convention last month.

Discussion: Associated Press, Breitbart, Politico, Reuters, CBS News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

David Smith / The Guardian:

Donald Trump at Moms for Liberty says Ivanka ‘hired millions of people’ — Republican candidate tells conservative group his daughter should have been UN ambassador and the ‘most brilliant leaders’ come from Scotland like his mother — Donald Trump has claimed that when he was president …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and RedState

Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:

Conservative Moms, Charmed by Trump, Would Rather Avoid His Misogyny — Former President Donald J. Trump spoke at a convention of the Moms for Liberty in Washington. — It didn't look like a typical Trump rally. — There were trays of mini-cupcakes and macarons.

Discussion: Raw Story

Associated Press:
Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Gateway Pundit, New Jersey Monitor, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The Hill, CNN and Semafor

Bonchie / RedState:

NEW: Gold Star Families Release Devastating Responses to Kamala Harris Politicizing Trump Cemetery Visit — Multiple Gold Star families have released devastating rebukes of Kamala Harris after the vice president released a statement politicizing Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington Cemetery.

Discussion: Twitchy, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and CBS News

Zac Anderson / USA Today:
‘Disrespected sacred ground’: Harris slams Trump over Arlington National Cemetery incident

Discussion: Axios, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Washington Post and PolitiFact

Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:
Harris Says Trump ‘Disrespected Sacred Ground’ In Arlington Altercation

Discussion: Associated Press, Politico, The Hill, New York Times, Mediaite, UPI and CNBC

Renee DiResta / The UnPopulist:

Platforms like Telegram Accused of Facilitating Child Sexual Abuse Can't Invoke Free Speech Protections — “POV: It's 2030 in Europe and you're being executed for liking a meme,” Elon Musk dramatically proclaimed on X last Saturday. The ominous pronouncement came as news broke of the arrest …

Discussion: The American Conservative, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Rolling Stone

Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:

JD Vance Rants About ‘Miserable’ Professional Women in Unearthed Clip — NOT WEIRD AT ALL — The 2021 podcast was produced by right-wing non-profit American Moment, an organizational partner for Project 2025. — Journalist — JD Vance said professional women choose “a path to misery” …

Discussion: Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, HuffPost, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, Althouse and Political Wire

Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:

'He's on our side': Video shows Trump cheering on supporter who attacked press at PA rally — On Friday, a rally former President Donald Trump was hosting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania briefly erupted into chaos when one of his supporters lunged into the press area to attack journalists.

Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Griffin Eckstein / Salon:

Winning election wouldn't save Trump from massive fraud, defamation judgments — Trump's widespread fraud and repeated defamation may still catch up to him, despite a string of legal breaks — A new analysis shows that Donald Trump may still be on the hook for the half a billion dollars …

Discussion: UPI

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Most say Harris will accept election results, but Trump won't: Poll — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions

Tara Suter / The Hill:

Harris jabs Trump over ‘surrendering to his advisors’ in muted mic debate — Vice President Harris took another swing at former President Trump Saturday over the back-and-forth around the rules of the upcoming debate, claiming he is “surrendering to his advisors” by supporting muted mics.

Discussion: Mother Jones, RedState, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Twitchy and HotAir

Jack Hagel / WRAL-TV:

Kennedy sues NC elections officials to get name off ballots — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his We The People Party complied with state law and met the deadline to be removed from ballots. He claims elections officials knew of his desire to be removed but directed county elections boards to print ballots anyway.

Discussion: RedState, The Hill, ABC News, Washington Examiner and NC Newsline

MSNBC:

Why Trump's new trading cards are a very bad bet — Nobody is going to care or remember these cards in November. The time to sell is today. — Trading cards have had a healthy resurgence in the past five years. Parents are collecting with their children, card shows are happening all over the country …

Discussion: Raw Story