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.

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.

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 …

Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment  —  Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.  —  Trump's lawyers entered the plea …

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 …

Trump campaign shifts as its path to victory narrows … - Trump's also refocusing on other states — North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada — where he had significant polling leads before Harris made them competitive. … - Trump held rallies in Minnesota, Virginia and even deep-blue New Jersey …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 📊

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 …

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.

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