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Kayla Clarke / WDIV-TV:
New poll shows where Michigan voters stand in Trump-Harris race  —  Survey shows tight race with 2 months before election  —  A new WDIV/Detroit News survey asked Michigan voters where they stand on the race for president between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Discussion: The Hill
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation
USA Today:
Poll: Democrats boosted, GOP confidence shaken as Harris-Trump campaign is joined
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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The Daily Beast:   MAGA North Carolina Guv Candidate Was Regular at Porn Shop: Employee
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel  —  The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort …
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Terrorism Charges Against Senior Leaders of Hamas
CNN:
SURPRISE!  —  Hello again, it's Brian Stelter — yes, really.  —  I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author of CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter, the digest I founded in 2015.  —  But this is not going to be a “Back to the Future” remake.
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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 Picciotto / NBC News:
Trump Media stock falls to new low  —  Donald Trump and other major investors will be allowed to sell their shares in the Truth Social parent company later this month.  —  The share price of Trump Media, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, fell Tuesday …
Discussion: Quartz, CNBC and UPI
Lorena O'Neil / Louisiana Illuminator:
Doctors grapple with how to save women's lives amid ‘confusion and angst’ over new Louisiana law  —  When a woman starts bleeding out after labor, every second matters.  But soon, under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for postpartum hemorrhage.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The ugly truth we're missing on Trump, Arlington  —  There's an old saying: Never take any time off in 2024.  OK, I just made that up, but no sooner did I decide to skip a few column slots to recover from the joy, or whatever, of Chicago's Democratic National Convention, than all heck broke loose.
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.
Marilyn W. Thompson / ProPublica:
Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias …
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.
Discussion: New Republic, Daily Kos and Politico
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Marin Scotten / Salon:   “A false reality”: Right-wing fraudsters Jacob Wahl and Jack Burkman launch political “AI” startup
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.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Politico:
Israeli hostage deaths ‘changed everything’ about Gaza cease-fire talks  —  Recent optimism has deflated and worries mount that tensions between Israeli leadership and Hamas will only continue to increase.  —  U.S. and Israeli officials acknowledged that the killing of six hostages in Gaza …
Isabella Volmert / Associated Press:
RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says  —  A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state.  Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August.
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.
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.
Stephen Gruber-Miller / USA Today:
Iowa Lt. Gov Adam Gregg resigns in surprise announcement  —  Iowa Lieutenant Gov. Adam Gregg resigned his position effective immediately Tuesday to take a job leading the Iowa Bankers Association, he said in a surprise announcement.  —  Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying Gregg …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 💥
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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Bloomberg:
Biden Grants First New LNG Approval Since Freezing Permits
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Emily Crane / New York Post:
Kamala Harris drops ‘unburdened’ catchphrase again despite mockery
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Biden administration to withhold family planning funds to Oklahoma over abortion dispute
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
France's former PM Philippe: ‘I will be a candidate in the next presidential election’
Discussion: Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Axelrod: Trump will lose if race is decided on popularity
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Aides Evacuated Offices After Prank Sparked Bugging Fears
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
A louder voice in fighting abortion bans: Men in red states
Discussion: Mediaite and NBC News
New York Post:
Migrants flooding NYC's justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ — as ‘pathetic’ sanctuary city laws handcuff cops
Justin Grimmer / Politico:
Don't Trust the Election Forecasts
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House and Senate Republicans are starting to panic about a huge money gap with Democrats
 

 
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