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New York Times:
Judge Delays Trump's Sentencing Until Nov. 26, After Election Day  —  The decision by Justice Juan M. Merchan means voters will be left in the dark about whether the former president will face time behind bars.  —  The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump's criminal case in Manhattan postponed …
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NBC News:
Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until November  —  The former president was scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18.  —  A New York judge has delayed former President Donald Trump's sentencing on felony criminal charges until Nov. 26.  —  Judge Juan Merchan handed …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Tenet Media Shutters After Being Accused of Taking $10 Million in Covert Kremlin Funding  —  Nothing to see here!  —  A contributor for Tenet Media announced on Twitter Thursday night that the company has abruptly shuttered, one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment …
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Inside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russia
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September State Polling: California, Florida, Ohio, Texas  —  Home Polls September State Polling: California, Florida, Ohio, Texas  —  New Emerson College Polling/The Hill statewide polls find Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris by ten in Ohio, 53% to 43%, five in Florida, 50% to 45% …
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The Press Response to Trump's Word Salad Answer on Childcare is Peak Sanewashing  —  Earlier this week, I wrote an article for The New Republic (and expanded on it in a post here at TPA) about how the media “sanewashes” Trump.  If you missed that, I recommend checking it out.  —  The New Republic
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Associated Press:
“This is not normal. … There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue.  But the real story of Jan. 6 is found in the mounds of evidence and testimony judges and juries have seen and heard behind the doors of the courthouse …
Discussion: Associated Press, Slate and Democrats
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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.
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump's incoherence makes the media's double standard hard to hide  —  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris curiously don't get the same coverage  —  It seems like only yesterday that the elite media were extremely concerned that President Joe Biden had mistakenly referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico.
Discussion: New Republic
Will Doran / WRAL-TV:
Start of mail-in voting delayed in NC, as RFK Jr.'s lawsuit leads to court-ordered pause  —  Kennedy lost in trial Thursday, but the North Carolina Court of Appeals wants time to consider his argument to have his name taken off the ballot.  —  Posted 2024-09-06T15:29:29+00:00 - Updated 2024-09-06T16:28:13+00:00
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The mainstream press is failing America - and people are understandably upset  —  The media is still pursuing the appearance of fairness by treating true and false, normal and outrageous, as equally valid  —  The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream US media …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Harris hires rural vote director in bid to cut into Trump's battleground margins  —  Rural voters in just a handful of states could swing the outcome of the November elections.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing on a new campaign hire as part of her team's push to clinch must-win states …
Associated Press:
Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings  —  The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father, who was arrested for allowing his son to have a weapon, will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail Friday.
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CNN:
The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities say
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The Electoral College bias has returned with a vengeance  —  Trump has gained in critical states since the DNC — but that may be reversion to the mean.  —  Silver Bulletin recently passed 200,000 total (paid + free) subscribers, way more than I ever expected.
Axios:
How Harris dodges scrutiny  — Why did President Biden's top advisers routinely leak word they found her performance as vice president disappointing or episodically problematic?  — How did her views change in five years, from liberal to centrist on health care, immigration and energy?
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 6 House races toward Dems, 2 toward GOP  —  The nonpartisan group Cook Political Report has shifted half a dozen House races toward Democrats and two toward Republicans, as Democrats see their fundraising advantage and enthusiasm rise after Vice President Harris …
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.
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
World sees hottest summer recorded for second consecutive year  —  Summer temperatures broke records for the second consecutive year, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.  —  Newly released data found that 2023 experienced the hottest June and August on the books …
Nic Garcia / The Texas Tribune:
Liz Cheney endorses Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race, says father will vote for Kamala Harris  —  Liz Cheney endorsed Allred at The Texas Tribune Festival Friday.  —  Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, his daughter former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said at The Texas Tribune Festival.
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Montana Senate Race Moves from Toss-up to Leans Republican  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The Montana Senate race moves from Toss-up to Leans Republican.  — We were very close to making this change in yesterday's more expansive Senate update, but we were waiting for some additional polling evidence to do it.
Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Rapes and Pillages His Way Through the Scathing ‘The Apprentice’  —  “The Apprentice” is the movie Donald Trump doesn't want you to see—and for good reason.  A sneak preview at TIFF revealed a damning film about the making of a monster.  —  Donald Trump doesn't want Americans …
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 …
Eric Heisig / Bloomberg Law:
RFK Jr. Ordered Off Michigan Ballot by State Appeals Court  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be removed from the Michigan ballot, the Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a case that may be headed to the state's highest court for a final decision.  —  A three-judge panel wrote in an opinion that Kennedy …
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Not even football stars are safe in blue state cities  —  The life of an NFL rookie is difficult.  You must learn a new playbook, deal with multiple rookie chores, and try to avoid being shot when your new home is run by Democrats.  —  San Francisco 49ers first-round pick Ricky Pearsall found this out the hard way.
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor.  Not everyone liked that.  —  After a difficult first year as vice president, Harris has grown into her role — and found staff who respond better to her style, allies say.  —  On the day after President Joe Biden decided to end his reelection bid in July …
 
 
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The Hill:
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Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Democrats launch text message campaign in Florida Senate race to reach Latino voters
The Times:
Veterans turn away from ‘disrespectful’ Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Can't Get Himself Out of the Abortion Straitjacket
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