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11:45 AM ET, September 5, 2024

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NBC News:
Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet: prosecutors  —  The indictment on Wednesday of two RT employees includes allegations that the duo implemented a nearly $10 million plan to fund an unnamed Tennessee-based company as one of their “covert projects”
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Brittney Melton / NPR:
Details on Georgia school shooting suspect.  And, Russian media hired U.S. influencers  —  Good morning.  You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.  —  Today's top stories
The Guardian:
US conservative influencers say they are ‘victims’ of Russian disinformation campaign  —  Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson addressed allegations that a company they were associated with had been paid to publish videos with messages in favour of Russia  —  A number of high-profile …
Bloomberg:
US Says Kremlin-Backed Plot to Meddle in Election Disrupted
Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia school shooting suspect previously investigated for threats, FBI says
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
DOJ Bombshell Alleges MAGA Media Group Is Backed by Russian Money
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. charges two Russian media operatives in alleged scheme
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Reason
New York Times:
Harris or Trump?  The Prophet of Presidential Elections Is Ready to Call the Race.  —  Featuring Allan Lichtman  —  Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are scheduled to debate on Sept. 10, but the 2024 presidential election is already in the bag — at least according to Allan Lichtman …
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Accuses Donald Trump of Trying to Muzzle Her in TV Debate
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump campaign threatens to fire staff who leak to the press  —  Trump's co-campaign managers, Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, warned staff in an internal email this evening not to leak to reporters or risk losing their jobs.  —  In the email obtained by NBC News, LaCivita and Wiles write …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris  —  The Wyoming Republican, once a member of House leadership, lost her post and then her seat after she voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Liz Cheney Comes to Play  —  No throat-clearing fiddle-faddle to start today: Too much good stuff to get to!  Happy Thursday.  —  Cheney's Endorsement Was No Accident  —William Kristol  —  Liz Cheney spoke yesterday at Duke University, a very fine school known for being a five-time NCAA national men's basketball champion.
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Long tonight, folks, but it's been quite a day.  And even still, I did not mention the day's horrific shooting at a Georgia school.  —  Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a series of proposals to help entrepreneurs create small businesses.  Like President Joe Biden …
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CNN:
Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax, proposing a smaller increase
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump's Mental State  —  For many months, media critics and liberal Democrats have insisted that Donald Trump's mental unfitness for the presidency is—or should be treated as—a big and important news story in and of itself.
Matthew Cantor / The Guardian:
The strangest insult in US politics: why do Republicans call it ‘the Democrat party’?  —  For almost a century, opponents have removed the ‘ic’ from ‘Democratic’.  Is it doing them any good?  —  The Democratic party?  Robert F Kennedy Jr's never heard of it.
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NBC News:
Hostage families press Biden admin to make a deal with Hamas that doesn't include Israel  —  A U.S. official said a unilateral deal is unlikely, but the administration has compiled a list of prisoners held by the U.S. whose release might interest Hamas.  —  WASHINGTON — The families …
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WTVF-TV:
TBI agents raid Millersville Police Department, home of town's ‘conspiracy cop’ as probe intensifies  —  MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Millersville Police Department on Wednesday, executing a search warrant as the criminal investigation …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
The Real Reason Donald Trump Insults the U.S. Military  —  Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.  Our next Q&A is Friday, Sept. 6, 1-2pmET.  Our guest will be Jonathan Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and director of the Department of Medicine …
Discussion: Scripps News and Hollywood Life
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
JD Vance personifies the joylessness of MAGA  —  🚨 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 coverage.  🚨  —  📊 Subscribe to Public Notice 📊
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump's wealth shrinks by $4 billion as DJT shares hit a record low  —  Former President Donald Trump's personal stake in Trump Media & Technology Group topped more than $6 billion in March when its shares soared after making their public market debut.  Nearly six months later …
A.G. Sulzberger / Washington Post:
How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America  —  Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism.  U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook.  —  A.G. Sulzberger is the publisher of the New York Times.  —  After several years out of power …
Discussion: Mediaite and Althouse
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Michigan Republicans enlist extremist who opposed abortion for rape victims because “God put them in this moment”  —  Michigan Republicans have been featuring extremist commentator Garrett Soldano as a speaker at numerous campaign events.  —  Solando has stated that he opposes abortion …
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
That photo of people wearing 'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' shirts?  They're distant cousins  —  A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn't recognize the people wearing “Nebraska Walz's for Trump” T-shirts in a photo that is making the rounds on social media.
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Adopt Elon Musk's Proposal for Government Efficiency Commission  —  Former president also to reiterate calls for lower corporate tax rate and steep regulation cuts  —  NEW YORK—Donald Trump plans to outline a suite of economic proposals in a speech here Thursday …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
‘A Big Ripoff’: White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Blasts Trump for Admitting He Lost the 2020 Election
Discussion: NBC News and Mediaite
Jared Gans / The Hill:
GOP sees worrying signs in North Carolina governor's race
CBS News:
Trump team, special counsel back in court for first time since Supreme Court immunity ruling
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Elon Musk is absolutely not a ‘free speech absolutist’
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Why Trump's spurious attacks on crime are working
Glenn Kirschner / MSNBC:
Trump's latest admission on Fox News is great news for Jack Smith
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
CNN:
Netanyahu derailed a potential Gaza hostage deal in July, Israeli newspaper reports
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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