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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.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, OutsideTheBeltway and Althouse
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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The Times of Israel:
Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah - IDF
Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah - IDF
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Breitbart, New Republic, New York Times, spiked, JNS.org, Fox News, BBC, The Daily Caller, RedState, Townhall, Jewish Insider, Shore News Network, HotAir, Bloomberg, Jerusalem Post, Twitchy, UPI and Reuters
Washington Post:
Protests escalate in Israel after 6 hostages' bodies are recovered in Gaza
Protests escalate in Israel after 6 hostages' bodies are recovered in Gaza
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Breitbart, Washington Times, Joe.My.God., RedState, The Sun, Middle East Monitor, ABC News, UPI, Reuters, Townhall, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Times of Israel and New York Post
David Cohen / Politico:
Threaten Iran to stop Hamas, Lindsey Graham says
Threaten Iran to stop Hamas, Lindsey Graham says
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Fox News, USA Today, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Raw Story and Washington Times
Reuters:
Israel's main labor union calls general strike on Monday
Israel's main labor union calls general strike on Monday
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Washington Examiner, Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, New York Post, JNS.org and Joe.My.God.
The White House:
Statement from President Biden on Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Statement from President Biden on Hersh Goldberg-Polin
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Breitbart, Commentary Magazine, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, RedState, The Times of Israel, Chicago Sun Times, Mediaite, Twitchy, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Deseret News, Politico, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Associated Press, USA Today, Washington Examiner and JNS.org
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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Washington Post, New York Times and Washington Examiner
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Trump Flips on Florida Abortion Measure Again — When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dropped out of the GOP presidential primary and tossed his support to former President Donald Trump, he appeared to be doing Trump a significant favor. He also welcomed Trump as the newest permanent resident …
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 …
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.
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Mailchimp, HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris's Team, With a Wink, Insists She's an Underdog
Harris's Team, With a Wink, Insists She's an Underdog
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Althouse
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Trump and Harris Gear Up for Campaign's Final Stretch
Election Live Updates: Trump and Harris Gear Up for Campaign's Final Stretch
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Fox News, New York Post and HuffPost
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Others Have Politicized Arlington, but Trump's Approach Has No Precedent — Donald J. Trump isn't the first candidate to run afoul of the ban on partisan activity in Arlington National Cemetery. But no one else has responded as hostilely as his campaign has.
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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 …
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
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's open to an ‘enforceable’ Supreme Court ethics code — “A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is, ‘Is the Supreme Court any different?’” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during a CBS interview.
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The Guardian, Fox News and CBS News
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Donica Phifer / Axios:
Justice Jackson says people “are entitled to know” what gifts judges accept
Justice Jackson says people “are entitled to know” what gifts judges accept
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Associated Press and CBS 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.
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.
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, New York Post and PoliticusUSA
Associated Press:
GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes — WASHINGTON (AP) — Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina's presidential ballot last spring when he received an unexpected call from a man named Paul who said he wanted to help.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat
Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat
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Rolling Stone
NBC News:
White House official says Biden and Harris weren't invited to Arlington cemetery by families of service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal — Biden and Harris' teams pushed back on claims from GOP Sen. Tom Cotton and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that the president and vice president had been invited alongside Trump.
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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.
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Thousands Of U.S. Hotel Workers Are On Strike — The walkouts hit more than two dozen hotels in eight cities, according to the workers' union. — LOADING — Thousands of hotel workers around the country walked off the job Sunday amid labor disputes with several major hotel chains.
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Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, Breitbart, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times and Boston Herald
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.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
How Authoritarians Target Universities — Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A is tonight, Sunday, Sept. 1, 8-9pmET. Our guest will be Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowski Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of the forthcoming book Erasing History …
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
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Joe.My.God.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Most say Harris will accept election results, but Trump won't: Poll
Most say Harris will accept election results, but Trump won't: Poll
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Joe.My.God.