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4:30 AM ET, September 1, 2024

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The White House:
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.
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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 …
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.
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
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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
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
‘Disrespected sacred ground’: Harris slams Trump over Arlington National Cemetery incident
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 …
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” …
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.
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.
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.
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
 
 
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Associated Press:
A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 30, 2024  —  Trump and the MAGA movement garnered power through performances …
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In N.C., some Black voters are uneasy with Harris's abortion rights focus
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits

Financial Times:
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts
 
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