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10:55 AM ET, September 7, 2024

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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 …
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.
Discussion: Roll Call, Metro.co.uk and PennLive
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's New E. Jean Carroll Defense Is That He Assaulted Other Women
Washington Post:
Trump takes no questions at lengthy news conference on his legal cases
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Nikki Haley says she's “on standby” to campaign for Trump
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Holds Press Event Just To Attack Women Who've Accused Him Of Sexual Assault
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and NBC News
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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.
Discussion: Associated Press and New Yorker
Politico:
Harris team worried she'll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden
Discussion: freebeacon.com
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Trump campaign tells House GOP to expect “fine” debate from Harris
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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 …
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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Katie Houlis / CBS News:   Man planning to commit terror attack at Jewish center in NYC arrested near U.S.-Canada border, authorities say
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
Discussion: Twitchy and Washington Post
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Dick Cheney will back Kamala Harris, his daughter says
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Dick Cheney to back Harris for president
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Townhall and Florida Politics
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Default
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign unveils three ads targeting Trump on abortion ahead of debate
Ali Sawafta / USA Today:
American citizen killed in West Bank anti-settler protest
Sofia Bettiza / BBC:
The Italian town that banned cricket
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
IRS says it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from rich Americans
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Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Newsom vetoes controversial bill that would have given housing loans to illegal immigrants
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Mayors ask Biden to pardon Jesse Jackson Jr.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
CNBC Anchor: I Can't Understand Trump's ‘Crazy’ New Economic Plans
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson blasted for interview with Holocaust revisionist
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The Electoral College bias has returned with a vengeance
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
 

 
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