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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
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 …
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”
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
Discussion: The Cyber Express and IJR
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump campaign threatens to fire staff who leak to the press
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
CNN:
Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax, proposing a smaller increase
NPR:
How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos
CNN:
Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president
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
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.
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden offers plea in tax case, in effort to avoid second trial  —  The president's son proposed an Alford plea, in which he maintains he is innocent but acknowledges the evidence would likely result in a guilty verdict.  —  LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden's son Hunter tried …
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NBC News:
Hunter Biden intends to change his plea in federal tax charges  —  The president's son was indicted in December on three felony and six misdemeanor counts alleging that he failed to pay his taxes over several years.  —  LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden intends to change his plea …
Ella Lee / The Hill:   Hunter Biden to change plea to guilty in federal tax case
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  —  LET ME SPEAK!  —  With both presidential candidates looking for an advantage before next Tuesday's showdown, the Harris campaign has complained that her mic will be muted when Trump is talking.
Will Steakin / ABC News:
ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump
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 📊
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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 …
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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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 …
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
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 …
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
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.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
State Republican parties renominate electors who were on fake slate in 2020
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Michigan Republicans enlist extremist who opposed abortion for rape victims because “God put them in this moment”
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
Reuters:
France's Macron names former Brexit negotiator Barnier as new prime minister
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
Elon Musk is absolutely not a ‘free speech absolutist’
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
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
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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