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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe — No wonder Russia finds its useful idiots among the extremely online. — Perhaps the most accurate cliché is that if a deal appears too good to be true, then it probably is. — To wit: If a “private investor” of unknown origin approaches …
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New York Times:
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America's Conservative Media — Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin. — In early 2022, a young couple from Canada …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Pro-Trump Media Firm Abruptly Folds After Russia Scheme Exposed
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CBC News:
Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin Pals Say Accused MAGA Media Stars Should Come to Russia for Protection
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Washington Post:
Trump rants, resurfaces sexual assault allegations for 49 unfocused minutes — The Republican nominee spoke in an appearance billed as a ‘press conference’ that sometimes verged into a stream of consciousness that was hard to follow. He took no questions.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's New E. Jean Carroll Defense Is That He Assaulted Other Women
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Politico:
Donald Trump gets the ‘inside straight’ he's been hoping for in court
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Nikki Haley says she's “on standby” to campaign for Trump
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Holds Press Event Just To Attack Women Who've Accused Him Of Sexual Assault
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Why Kamala Isn't Preparing to Knock Out Trump at the Debate — To her campaign, something else is more important. — It's the stuff of #Resistance dreams: Kamala Harris, the prosecutor, gets onstage in Philadelphia next Tuesday across from Donald Trump, the felon, and proceeds to brutally expose …
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New York Times:
Inside the Trump-Harris Debate Prep: Method Acting, Insults, Tough Questions — Kamala Harris is camped out at a Pittsburgh hotel. Donald Trump is being peppered informally by aides. Both sides share the same belief about why the debate is so crucial. — Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Debated Trump. Here's Her Advice for Kamala Harris. — The 2016 Democratic nominee fell short to Donald Trump, but she had strong debate moments against him. In an interview, she offered some thoughts for Kamala Harris. — Hillary Clinton has as much experience as any Democrat in debating Donald J. Trump.
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Politico:
Harris team worried she'll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Trump campaign tells House GOP to expect “fine” debate from Harris
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Sara Libby / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump's incomprehensible child care comments appear to have broken a dam — In a “30 Rock” episode called “Governor Dunston,” the writing staff of the fictional sketch comedy show is confronted with a conundrum: The newly tapped Republican vice presidential candidate looks exactly …
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US Department of Justice:
Pakistani National Charged for Plotting Terrorist Attack in New York City in Support of ISIS — For Immediate Release — Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, Attempted to Enter the United States to Carry Out a Mass Shooting at a Jewish Center in New York City — Note: View the complaint here.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Man Plotted to Kill Jews in New York on Oct. 7 Anniversary, U.S. Says
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Harris, his daughter Liz Cheney says — The younger Cheney, one of former President Donald Trump's most prominent conservative critics, also said she was supporting Democratic Rep. Colin Allred for Senate in Texas.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Liz Cheney will back Allred in Texas Senate race
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Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Dick Cheney will back Kamala Harris, his daughter says
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CBS News:
DNC to fly banners about Trump-Vance ticket, “Project 2025” over battleground state football games — Spectators at the University of Michigan football game against Texas on Saturday will be reminded of a different rival before the game: Ohio State. — At the Big House in Ann Arbor …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Stunning News of Trump Sentencing Delay Sends Message: MAGA Rage Works … MAGA bullying pays off. — That's what we may have just learned, now that the judge in Donald Trump's hush-money case in Manhattan announced Friday that he will delay Trump's sentencing until well after the presidential election.
Mike Lofgren / Salon:
The far right actually hates America: Its dark ideology has foreign roots — Why do conservatives wrap themselves in the flag so desperately? Maybe because their ideas are un-American — If there is one thing Republicans want you to know, it's how much they bleed red, white and blue for America.
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Speaker Mike Johnson Survived the Spring. Now Comes the Fall. — GOP leader needs to thread the needle on funding the government this month and retaining the House majority in November — WASHINGTON—Mike Johnson's tightrope walk to remain House speaker starts this coming week.
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Poll: Rick Scott and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in heated race to win Florida Senate seat — WASHINGTON - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., are in a contentious neck to neck battle to win Florida's Senate seat in November, according to a new poll released Friday.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September State Polling: California, Florida, Ohio, Texas
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Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis' election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions — Two residents of Lee County said they were questioned at their homes about the validity of petition signatures. — Isaac Menasche remembers being at the Cape Coral farmer's market last year when someone asked …
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Raw Story, Orlando Sentinel, Florida Politics and New Republic
emptywheel:
The September 26 Brief We'll Get in the Trump January 6 Case — As I laid out in this thread, Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a deadline of September 26 for Jack Smith's team to write a brief explaining how the superseding indictment against Trump consists exclusively of private conduct.
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Lara Korte / Politico:
California state senator's former staffer sues lawmaker for alleged sexual harassment — Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil recently changed her party registration from Democrat to Republican. — SACRAMENTO, California — State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil's former chief of staff has sued …
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