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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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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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Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump ridiculed after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence — Harris campaign responds: ‘In a stunning senile moment Trump suggested it was Harris who treated Pence poorly’ — Donald Trump has drawn ridicule and accusations of hypocrisy after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Joe.My.God., Newsweek, Mediaite and HuffPost
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.
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The Hill, NBC News, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and RedState
Chris Hayes / MSNBC:
Kamala Harris drives Democrats' enthusiasm up as Donald Trump drags the GOP down — The 78-year-old's low-energy campaign could jeopardize down-ballot Republicans. — November's election is quickly approaching and, while the head-to-head polls between Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Politico:
Harris and Trump brace for final sprint in ‘snap election’
Harris and Trump brace for final sprint in ‘snap election’
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New York Times, Roll Call, Breitbart, Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Haley's Voters Size Up a Scrambled Presidential Race
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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ABC News, Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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Emma Platoff / The Boston Globe:
Top Trump volunteer in Mass. no longer with campaign after warning New Hampshire is ‘no longer a battleground state’ — RNC says campaign remains on the ground in New Hampshire — A top Trump volunteer in Massachusetts “will no longer have any involvement” in the campaign after he sent …
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PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and Raw Story
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.”
Ariana Baio / The Independent:
Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ — The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical people’ — Support truly — independent journalism — Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.
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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
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Wide World of News and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
JD Vance's “anytime, anywhere” media strategy … - Vance recently told his team he wants as many events as possible to include a press conference or press Q&A segment, a top adviser told Axios. … - “He can often be combative, but he's not trying to own the libs when he engages with the MSM …
ProPublica:
The Accelerationists' App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists — From attempting to incite racially motivated violence to encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov.
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 …
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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Alternet.org, ComingSoon.net, Rolling Stone, New York Daily News and HuffPost
Shannon Bond / NPR:
China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters — A long-running Chinese influence operation is posing as American voters on social media in an attempt to exacerbate social divisions ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a new report from the research company Graphika.
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Associated Press, Reuters and Wall Street Journal
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.
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Joe.My.God.
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Kamala Harris slammed for deploying a ‘fake accent’ in Detroit speech — Vice President Kamala Harris was accused Monday of using a “fake accent” in her remarks to teachers union members in Michigan. — Harris, speaking at a Detroit high school, appeared to alter her tone of voice in moments …
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Fox News, Twitchy, Raw Story, MLive.com, ComingSoon.net, Townhall, Breitbart, IJR, New York Daily News and The Gateway Pundit
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Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Harris appeals to Detroit workers on Labor Day: ‘You better thank a union member’
Harris appeals to Detroit workers on Labor Day: ‘You better thank a union member’
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NC Newsline, New York Post, Twitchy and MLive.com
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Elon Musk is an unguided geopolitical missile — While his influence is showing up from Ukraine to China, he still lacks the ability to make the law — Big businesses and billionaires usually steer clear of political controversy. If they exercise power, they prefer to do it in the shadows.