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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security  —  School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday.
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
JD Vance says school shootings are a “fact of life”  —  Bucking a question on gun control, Vance argued more school security, not reasonable gun restrictions, were needed  —  Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance said that school shootings were simply a “fact of life” …
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Democrats
NPR:
Trump deputy campaign manager identified in Arlington National Cemetery dustup  —  One of two staffers involved in the altercation at Arlington National Cemetery is a deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump's reelection bid, NPR has learned.  The former president insisted this week the incident …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Russia's useful idiots  —  The MAGA influencer ecosystem is even shadier than we thought. … On Wednesday, the Department of Justice indicted two employees of RT, formerly Russia Today, a Russian state-run media outlet, for covertly shoveling millions of dollars at MAGA influencers happy to do Russia's bidding.
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Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
Stop letting right wing influencers cosplay as ‘independent’ media  —  We need to know who is funding the creator economy  —  Yesterday, a federal indictment revealed that a Tennessee media company working with right-wing influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Blaze fires contributor linked to alleged Russian operation
CBS News:
Hunter Biden pleads guilty to 9 federal charges in tax evasion case  —  Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine federal charges on Thursday in his tax evasion case in Los Angeles, admitting he failed to pay more than $1 million in taxes.
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New York Post:
Hunter Biden enters shock guilty plea in $1.4M tax evasion case, first son facing up to 17 years in prison
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
BREAKING: Hunter Biden Enters Open Guilty Plea in Tax Case; Sentencing Set for December
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Hunter Cops a Plea in Tax Evasion; UPDATE: Prosecutors to Object?
CNN:
The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities say  —  The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left four people dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation:
GBI Investigates School Shooting in Barrow County
Kristal Dixon / Axios:
4 dead, 9 hospitalized in shooting at Georgia high school
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. labor market cools again in August, adding 142,000 jobs … - The report also shows notable revisions for months past: The economy added just 89,000 jobs in July—25,000 fewer than initially thought.  — June's gains were revised down by 61,000 to 118,000.
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Paul Davidson / USA Today:
August jobs report: Economy added disappointing 142,000 jobs as unemployment fell to 4.2%
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson and the Heterodoxy-to-Holocaust Denial Pipeline  —  This week Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star who now hosts one of America's top podcasts, had an apologist for Adolf Hitler on his show.  Darryl Cooper, who runs a history podcast and newsletter called Martyr Made …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House condemns Tucker Carlson's ‘Nazi propaganda’ interview as ‘disgusting and sadistic insult’
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
‘A huge mistake’: Trump's crypto allies cringe over family's startup  —  The crypto venture is attracting what appear to be hacks and attempted scams ahead of its launch.  —  Donald Trump's sons want to turn their father's growing bromance with the cryptocurrency industry into the new family business.
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Navy Secretary Broke Law With Trump-Bashing, Pro-Biden Comments: Watchdog  —  Carlos Del Toro's comments while on official duty overseas violated the Hatch Act, said the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.  —  LOADING  —  Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro broke the law by publicly endorsing …
Megan Cassella / CNBC:
Eighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box  —  @IN/MEGAN-CASSELLA-BA02A160/ @MMCASSELLA  — Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.  — Signers include former 21st …
Discussion: Deadline and Raw Story
David Charter / The Times:
Harris leads Trump in four of seven swing states, Times poll says  —  Survey taken by YouGov after Democratic convention suggests the vice-president may be on course to win the electoral college  —  Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in four of the swing states likely to decide the election …
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Harris's Huge Cash Edge Means Less Need for Her to Headline Fundraisers  —  Vice president raised $361 million in August and ended month with more than $400 million in the bank, giving her an advantage over Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON—Vice President Kamala Harris's prolific fundraising …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Harris Campaign Raised $361 Million in August, Nearly Triple Trump's Haul
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Democrats launch text message campaign in Florida Senate race to reach Latino voters  —  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, the former U.S. House Democrat now challenging Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott for the Senate, has launched a new campaign on WhatsApp to reach voters and attack a sea of disinformation.
The Times:
Veterans turn away from ‘disrespectful’ Donald Trump  —  The presidential nominee has no regard for the military, say once-loyal Republicans, after his campaign filmed him at a wreath-laying ceremony  —  For Wayne Collins, the “last straw” came last week when, in his view …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump's federal election prosecution isn't going to trial anytime soon.  But it could still produce damaging revelations before Nov. 5.  —  A new schedule from Judge Tanya Chutkan leaves the door open for an October surprise.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith and Donald Trump …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Can't Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket  —  Donald Trump is stuck.  —  He is a brutally transactional politician who represents a coalition of ideologues.  His instinct is to promise the moon, and he'll say anything to get a vote — or just to get out of a room.
Discussion: Prism and Washington Examiner
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Did the media learn nothing from its disastrous coverage of Trump and Clinton in 2016?  —  The press is still pursuing the appearance of fairness by treating the true and the false, normal and outrageous, as equally valid  —  The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed …
Politico:
FBI raids homes of top aides to New York City Mayor Eric Adams  —  The two deputy mayors are the highest-ranking Adams administration officials yet to be ensnared in the federal probe into Adams' 2021 campaign.  —  NEW YORK — Federal authorities have raided the homes of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
FBI raids homes of 2 top deputies for NYC Mayor Adams, NYPD commissioner subpoenaed: Sources
Nick Arama / RedState:
Whoops: Report That Harris Team Regrets Not Picking Shapiro, As Nate Silver Has More Bad News for Them  —  As we reported, that honeymoon for Kamala Harris is looking like it might be over as the American people take a better look at her and her running mate, Tim Walz.
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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