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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris is cutting off Trump's political oxygen — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of Public Notice 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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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's hardline new quest to destroy Harris' momentum
Trump's hardline new quest to destroy Harris' momentum
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump's corporate tax cuts
Politico:
The map is wide open and the attack ads are coming in ‘snap election’ between Harris, Trump
The map is wide open and the attack ads are coming in ‘snap election’ between Harris, Trump
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Associated Press, Telegraph, New York Times, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and Townhall
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Axelrod: Trump will lose if race is decided on popularity
Axelrod: Trump will lose if race is decided on popularity
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Fox News
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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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Pluribus News, Salon, Digby's Hullabaloo, Alternet.org, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, ABC News and Punchbowl News
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates
Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris campaign, DNC, announce unprecedented down-ballot spending
Harris campaign, DNC, announce unprecedented down-ballot spending
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New York Times, Axios, New Republic and Washington Times
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against Senior Leaders of Hamas — For Immediate Release — Defendants Are Senior Leaders of Hamas Responsible for Planning, Supporting, and Perpetrating Hamas's October 7 Terrorist Attacks in Israel Resulting in the Brutal Murders …
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Justice Department charges senior Hamas leaders for Oct. 7 attacks in Israel
Justice Department charges senior Hamas leaders for Oct. 7 attacks in Israel
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CNN, CBS News, Reuters, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, PBS NewsHour and Semafor
US Department of Justice:
Former High-Ranking New York State Government Employee Charged with Acting as an Undisclosed Agent of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Defendant Engaged in Political Activities …
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Former aide to New York's governor is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government — A former New York state government official who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government …
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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.
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Unearthed video: JD Vance said childless elites make the U.S. “dangerous.” It was too much for a Newsmax interviewer. — In a previously unreported interview, JD Vance ranted in 2021 that the country has become a “dangerous place to live” because of childless elites.
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Alternet.org, Joe.My.God., The Guardian, New Republic and Newsbusters
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
First preview clip for Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ released — 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 — Descriptions
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt ties
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Incredible ‘Transgender Thing’ — During a conversation onstage at a Moms for Liberty event last week, Donald Trump said something that made even me—a seasoned visitor to Trump's theme park of hyperbole—look around in confusion at the people around me in the audience.
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PinkNews and Crooks and Liars
The Assembly NC:
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It. — After he embraced Christianity in the late 1980s, the GOP candidate for governor says his behavior “did not immediately reform.” Six men say Robinson frequented Greensboro video-porn shops in the '90s and early 2000s.
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New York Magazine, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
emptywheel:
All Trump's Recidivists — Donald Trump and Stephen “Discount Goebbels” Miller have a plan. As the election draws near, they want to find every instance of an undocumented immigrant who commits a violent crime; that is and will continue to be their routine response when Trump's misogyny or his own crimes get coverage.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Trump convicted of domestic violence
Murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Trump convicted of domestic violence
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USA Today, New York Times, Raw Story, Progress Pond and KUSA-TV
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Prosecutors balk at Trump's bid to delay post-conviction hush money rulings — NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors balked Tuesday at Donald Trump 's effort to delay post-trial decisions in his New York hush money criminal case while he seeks to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his felony conviction.
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Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, New York Times, PoliticusUSA and Bloomberg
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: John McCain's son decries Trump appearance at Arlington as a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop — Jimmy McCain will be interviewed on “The Lead with Jake Tapper” at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. — CNN — When former President Donald Trump held a campaign event …
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Tom Pappert / Tennessee Star:
The Tennessee Star Releases ‘Manifesto’ Left by Transgender Covenant School Killer Audrey Hale — On Tuesday, The Tennessee Star and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy released 90 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale. The Covenant Killer's 2023 Journal …
CNN:
Judge issues preliminary injunction on Trump campaign use of the song 'Hold On, I'm Coming' — A federal judge has ruled former President Donald Trump and his campaign must pause on using the song “Hold On, I'm Coming.” — The decision came after the estate of the late R&B artist …
Washington Post:
How China extended its repression into an American city — Chinese diplomats and pro-China diaspora groups based in the United States organized demonstrations in San Francisco that harassed and silenced protesters opposed to Beijing's policies, including through violence …
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freebeacon.com, HotAir, The National Pulse, Reason and The Daily Caller
Laura Bassett / The Guardian:
How Ted Cruz's abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas — The notoriously verbose senator has gone largely silent on the issue since horror stories under the state's ban emerged — The notoriously verbose Ted Cruz has gone largely silent on abortion …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl's Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It — Monday, Politico revealed that convicted fraudsters and right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been secretly operating a company that purports to do AI-powered lobbying called LobbyMatic.
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Salon, New Republic, Daily Kos and Politico
Graphika:
The #Americans — Chinese State-Linked Influence Operation Spamouflage Masquerades as U.S. Voters to Push Divisive Online Narratives Ahead of 2024 Election — Chinese state-linked influence operation (IO) Spamouflage has become more aggressive in its efforts to influence U.S. political …
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Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
A louder voice in fighting abortion bans: Men in red states — More men are speaking out in defense of reproductive rights because of harrowing experiences that wives or partners have suffered when a pregnancy went awry. — Thomas Stovall grew up in a strict Baptist family in Mississippi …
New York Times:
Trump Aides Evacuated Offices After Prank Sparked Bugging Fears — The police were called after suspicious devices were found at a Florida campaign office. It was quickly determined that the devices were likely part of a prank. — Watergate this was not.
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Former GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Describes How Donald Trump Lost His Support — “When you lose an election and you try to overturn the results so that you can stay in power, you lose me,” Toomey, who retired at the end of 2022, said. — LOADING — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R) …
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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 …