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10:55 AM ET, September 3, 2024

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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris is cutting off Trump's political oxygen  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  💥 Subscribe to Public Notice 💥
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James Carville / New York Times:
Kamala Harris's Best Strategy to Defeat Trump  —  I hate to say it, but Donald Trump remains the singular most recognized name in the United States.  Since he moseyed down that golden escalator in 2015, he has dominated the American airwaves and algorithms.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump is still telling lies he told eight years ago  —  In a speech last week to the National Guard Association of the United States, former President Donald Trump claimed that he was the president who “created” the Veterans Choice health care program, and got it “passed in Congress,” after others had wanted to do so “for 57 years.”
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House and Senate Republicans are starting to panic about a huge money gap with Democrats  —  GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are privately — and publicly — warning donors they need more money.  —  Republicans are racing to plug a massive money hole — before it's too late.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates  —  The boost to House, Senate and state-level candidates follows a $540 million fundraising haul for the vice president over six weeks.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign and the Democratic National Committee plan …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Joe.My.God. and Alternet.org
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris campaign, DNC, announce unprecedented down-ballot spending  —  Harris and the DNC are shipping $20 million to committees supporting House and Senate candidates.  —  Kamala Harris' campaign and the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday they are sending nearly $25 million to support …
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Biden and Harris rally in battleground Pennsylvania as Trump sits out Labor Day  —  Biden and Harris made the case for their administration's work with unions as Trump skipped the traditional campaign kickoff day.  He has several events planned later this week.
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Politico:
Playbook: The final sprint begins
Discussion: Washington Post and Roll Call
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Haley's Voters Size Up a Scrambled Presidential Race
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Hayes / MSNBC:
Kamala Harris drives Democrats' enthusiasm up as Donald Trump drags the GOP down
Discussion: The Daily Beast and HotAir
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Trump convicted of domestic violence  —  Davidson, who was convicted in the murder of a federal law enforcement officer in 1990, shared an attorney with Donald Trump Jr.  —  A drug kingpin convicted in the murder of a federal law enforcement officer …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Convicted murderer set free by Trump strangled his wife after release: report  —  Former President Donald Trump made a number of controversial pardons and commutations on his way out the door in 2021, but one that has flown under the radar has been the sentence commutation of Jaime A. Davidson …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Vance Championed 2017 Report on Families From Architects of Project 2025 … In his introduction to the 2017 Heritage Foundation report, JD Vance argued that economic struggles were inextricable from what he saw as cultural decay.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times
Discussion: Wide World of News and Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:   JD Vance's “anytime, anywhere” media strategy
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance's Past Links to Project 2025 Architects Exposed
Discussion: The Nation
Washington Post:
House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt  —  A recent Washington Post article detailed a now-closed Justice Department investigation spurred by intelligence from 2016 indicating that the Egyptian president sought to give Donald Trump money.
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Questions surrounding Trump's mental acuity are a real 2024 story  —  His speech is becoming harder and harder to understand.  —  The words below were taken verbatim from a campaign speech former President Donald Trump delivered in Potterville, Michigan, Thursday when he was attempting …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Reisman / Politico:
New York Democrats fear abortion-rights amendment is faltering  —  Once a vehicle for boosting turnout, Democrats worry opponents are making inroads with voters.  —  NEW YORK — Democrats are squabbling over an effort to guarantee abortion rights in New York — a fight that is threatening …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adam Klasfeld / Just Security:
Chronology of a Dozen Times Trump Pushed to Prosecute His Perceived Enemies  —  The cascade of election coverage, commentary and speculation about how Donald Trump might use the power of the presidency to retaliate against his perceived political enemies has overlooked important context …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's nephew: Former president 'doesn't give a s— about' soldiers  —  Fred Trump III, former President Trump's nephew, said Monday in an interview that his uncle “doesn't give a s—” about people who serve in the military.  —  He also recalled meeting the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
Justin Grimmer / Politico:
Don't Trust the Election Forecasts  —  The data doesn't support the obsession with presidential prognostications.  —  Even as Joe Biden's presidential candidacy teetered and polls showed him clearly losing to Donald Trump, the election forecasting site 538 was still estimating that Biden was likeliest to win.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Stokes ‘Inside Job’ Conspiracy Theory Of Assassination Attempt  —  “You do have to wonder,” the Republican nominee said while hurling wild accusations on right-wing host Monica Crowley's podcast.  —  LOADING  —  Donald Trump ran with a podcast host's unfounded speculation of an …
Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism:
In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone's Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention … Actively Creepy  —  In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump and the GOP still have no way of winning in a post-Roe America  —  It's been more than two years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and yet, this past week, Donald Trump and the Republican Party showed that they are no closer to an answer …
Discussion: NOTUS and Crooked Media
Associated Press:
Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for opposition's former presidential candidate  —  A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition's former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election …
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Bloomberg:
Maduro Orders Arrest of Rival to Quell Venezuela Dissent
Discussion: Washington Post and Semafor
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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Kamala Harris slammed for deploying a ‘fake accent’ in Detroit speech
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