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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Where the race between Trump and Harris stands on Labor Day, according to our polling expert  —  A race that Kamala Harris leads nationally is the equivalent of a knife fight in a phone booth, and it's set to be decided in a smaller-than-usual number of states.
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Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Plans to Make Voters Hate Harris  —  FULL COURT PRESS  —  Harris' campaign has opted to cast her as the “underdog candidate,” hoping to move “past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past.”  —  Journalist  —  With Donald Trump and Kamala Harris neck and neck …
Discussion: New York Times
Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Saying Kamala Harris Was ‘Horrible’ to Mike Pence Mocked  —  has been widely mocked on social media after saying the way his Democratic rival  —  was “horrible.”  —  On Sunday, a clip was circulated online from an interview of the former president with  —  on Saturday.
Washington Post:
Trump aims to drag down Harris as he scrambles to keep up in tight race  —  The Republican nominee's advisers and allies are clear-eyed about the unlikelihood of improving his standing.  That leaves one option: damaging hers.  —  Donald Trump's team is approaching the final nine weeks …
emptywheel:
The Soft Bigotry of No Expectations on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:   Donald Trump Can't Stop Talking About Kamala Harris' McDonald's Job
Molly Jong-Fast / MSNBC:   Republicans' misogynistic attacks on Kamala Harris aren't even the worst part
Chris Osher / Denver Gazette:
Former Aurora cop charged with raping daughter remains free as mom is sent to jail  —  Colorado mother objects to court-ordered reunification therapy, claims it is harmful and abusive  —  A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting …
Discussion: New York Post
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Nesrine Malik / The Guardian:
The right's obsession with childless women isn't just about ideology: it's essential to the capitalist machine
Discussion: Townhall
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
2020 election deniers ordered to pay $1 million in Pennsylvania voting machine dispute  —  A Pennsylvania judge has determined that three 2020 election deniers must pay nearly $1 million in fees as the result of a years-long legal dispute with state officials over voting equipment used during …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Exclusive: US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's airplane in the Dominican Republic  —  The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues.
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The Hill:
Watch live: Harris, Biden target union workers with Labor Day stop in Pittsburgh  —  Vice President Harris and President Biden will appear together in Pennsylvania at a Labor Day campaign event Monday as the vice president seeks to shore up support from union workers ahead of the November election.
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Harris and Biden Will Make a Labor Day Pitch to Union Voters
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden: Netanyahu isn't doing enough to get a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal … - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday told families of U.S. hostages held in Gaza that Biden is considering presenting Israel and Hamas a final proposal for a hostage-release and ceasefire …
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Washington Post:
U.S. plans to present ‘take it or leave it’ Israel-Gaza cease-fire deal soon
ABC News:
Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure deal after 6 hostages killed
Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Voters beginning to think Conservatives are ‘weird’, research suggests  —  Tories found to have problems with relatability, and few voters can identify party leadership candidates  —  Conservative politicians have started to be seen as “weird”, and few members of the public …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
‘Ticking time bomb’: Plunging office values alarm Washington  —  Fed Chair Jerome Powell has voiced concern, saying that commercial real estate risk “will be with us for some time, probably for years.”  —  Four and a half years after the pandemic sent workers home, the office property bill is finally coming due.
Washington Post:
Trump eyes plan that may give Elon Musk role in auditing U.S. agencies  —  The GOP presidential nominee has discussed asking executives to comb through federal books.  For Musk, the task could bring conflicts of interest.  —  Behind closed doors, former president Donald Trump and his advisers …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Lee Siegel / New Statesman:
Donald Trump is losing it  —  His alarming cognitive decline deserves the scrutiny that Joe Biden received.  —  The process of removing Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate can't exactly be said to have worked well, but it worked.  And now it's time for Americans to turn …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Fraternity Brothers Balk at a $515,000 Party for Defending the Flag  —  After students at the University of North Carolina shielded a U.S. flag from protesters, admirers raised money to throw a ‘rager’ in their honor.  Some don't want it.  —  The image went viral as protests …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are operating under the pseudonyms Jay Klein and Bill Sanders.  —  A Washington startup pitched as a service to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known …
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Lara Trump's Singing Brutally Roasted: ‘Every Note Is a Violation’  —  ‘TONE DEAF’  —  The new, highly auto-tuned vocals from the RNC Chairwoman are being compared to “sack of rusty cans being thrown into an industrial wood chipper.”  —  Journalist  —  Lara Trump's new music video for her song …
 
 
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