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12:15 AM ET, September 1, 2024

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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 …
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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.
Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:   Trump speaks at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025
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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
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
‘Disrespected sacred ground’: Harris slams Trump over Arlington National Cemetery incident
Daniel Hampton / Raw Story:
Top Oversight Committee Dem seeks ‘full account’ from Army secretary on Arlington incident
Discussion: Washington Times
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 …
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 and CNN
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.
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 …
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
Discussion: Truthout
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In N.C., some Black voters are uneasy with Harris's abortion rights focus  —  Democrats worry that socially conservative Black voters in the South are wary of Harris's outspoken support for reproductive freedom.  —  CHARLOTTE — Vice President Kamala Harris spent the second anniversary …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 30, 2024  —  Trump and the MAGA movement garnered power through performances that projected dominance and cowed media and opponents into silence.  Rather than disqualifying him from the highest office in the United States, Trump's mocking of a disabled reporter, bragging about assaulting women …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Cleanup on Aisle MAGA: Trump Bends to Conservative Abortion Critics  —  IN THE END, DONALD TRUMP, a master of evasion, could only obfuscate for so long.  —  After hemming, hawing, avoiding, and rambling, the ex-president finally admitted Friday night that he opposes his home state's abortion-rights ballot initiative.
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