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3:00 PM ET, September 1, 2024

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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
An ugly case of ‘false balance’ in the New York Times  —  I once asked Jill Abramson, the former top editor of the New York Times, to name the best reporters she had ever encountered.  —  I recall she mentioned her friend and co-author Jane Mayer — definitely on my list, too — and a few others.
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 …
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Washington Post:
Protests escalate in Israel after 6 hostages' bodies are recovered in Gaza  —  Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli American, and five others Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7 were killed “shortly before” being found, the Israel Defense Forces said.  —  TEL AVIV — Israelis reacted with shock …
The Times of Israel:
Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah - IDF
The White House:
Statement from President Biden on Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Mike Allen / Axios:
Dems are “the clear underdogs,” Harris campaign chair says … - “However, make no mistake: we head into the final stretch of this race as the clear underdogs. … - In nine days, “Vice President Harris will face Trump on the debate stage, where we expect him to be a formidable opponent.
Discussion: HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris's Team, With a Wink, Insists She's an Underdog
Discussion: Althouse
emptywheel:
There Are No Backsies on Dobbs  —  Since the day after the debate in June, I have conceived of the shift from a Joe Biden to a Kamala Harris campaign in three ways: The Vice President would more vigorously explain the wildly successful policies of the Biden-Harris Administration.
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Arlington cemetery controversy shines spotlight on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's sudden embrace of Trump  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his distance from Donald Trump, whose brash style seemed …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris doesn't get convention bounce, but widens gap with women: POLL  —  Other key takeaways from ABC's poll include white men shifting to Trump.  —  Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 22, 2024.
Anusha Mathur / Politico:
Trump's ‘Beautiful’ World  —  The former president boasts he has “the best words.”  But his favorite by far?  “Beautiful.”  —  “I know words.  I have the best words,” Donald Trump told a South Carolina crowd as he campaigned for the Republican primary in December 2015.
John Davenport / Salon:
Tulsi Gabbard's journey to Donald Trump is an ominous sign of Putin's power  —  From Democrat to pro-Putin isolationist: How did Tulsi Gabbard get here?  —  On Monday, former Democratic House member Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI, endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency and became one of his surrogates on the campaign trail.
Discussion: Twitchy
Casey Michel / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Making New, Sketchy Foreign Business Deals  —  From Saudi Arabia to Serbia, despots are cozying up, likely in preparation for a second term.  —  When Donald Trump launched his first presidential campaign nearly a decade ago, there was a deluge of concerns about his foreign financial entanglements.
The Economist:
Americans love big cars, but new analysis suggests that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save  —  Witnesses said the driver showed no signs of slowing down.  On June 3rd Nicole Louthain and her six-year-old daughter were stopped at a red light in Grand Forks …
Donica Phifer / Axios:
Justice Jackson says people “are entitled to know” what gifts judges accept … - A Gallup poll from July showed that just 43% of Americans approve of how the Supreme Court is doing its job.  — 66% of Republicans supported the court's work this previous term, 44% of Independents and 15% of Democrats said the same.
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's open to enforceable ethics code for Supreme Court
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC News
Anne Applebaum / Financial Times:
The kleptocrats aren't just stealing money.  They're stealing democracy … Donald Trump opened Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in 1983 and occupied the penthouse himself.  The building was intended to advertise its owner's wealth, and also to attract other rich tenants — including, ironically, the very secretive rich.
Veronica Cardenas / The Hill:
Denying rights to migrants ends up eroding the civil liberties of Americans  —  As Donald Trump fights to become America's next “Deporter-in-Chief,” he wants to keep all eyes on the border, particularly on migrants.  A day after telling the National Association of Black Journalists that migrants will …
Discussion: Breitbart
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Former Commerce secretary warns Trump against being too ‘strong’ in debating Harris  —  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
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Most say Harris will accept election results, but Trump won't: Poll
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Oliver O'Connell / The Independent:
JD Vance attacks working women as being ‘on path to misery’ in unearthed audio  —  In the 2021 podcast recording, Trump's running mate also hits out at Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar and immigrants  —  Support truly  —  independent journalism  —  Our mission is to deliver unbiased …
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Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
'He's on our side': Video shows Trump cheering on supporter who attacked press at PA rally
Discussion: USA Today
Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
Winning election wouldn't save Trump from massive fraud, defamation judgments
Discussion: UPI
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A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
 

 
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