memeorandum: Trump, Trailing Among Women, Lashes Out at His Female Accusers (Maggie Haberman/New York Times)

4:50 PM ET, September 7, 2024

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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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Althouse, NBC News and Politico

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: HuffPost, Althouse and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Hartford Courant, NBC News, Semafor and The Hill

Politico:

Trump's allies fear he'll blow the debate — his best chance to regain ground against Harris — The challenge is getting the former president to stick to the script. — Tuesday's debate may be former President Donald Trump's best chance to regain his footing in the presidential race.

Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg

Washington Post:
Trump rants, resurfaces sexual assault allegations for 49 unfocused minutes

Discussion: Vanity Fair, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Atlantic, Axios, Roll Call, Metro.co.uk, PennLive and Politico

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 …

Discussion: Politico, NPR, UnHerd, New Republic, Kevin Drum, Forbes, PoliticusUSA and The Dispatch, more at Mediagazer »

Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:

September 6, 2024 — One of the things that came to light on Wednesday, in the paperwork the Justice Department unveiled to explain its seizure of 32 internet domains being used by Russian agents in foreign malign influence campaigns, was that the six right-wing U.S. influencers mentioned …

Discussion: Axios, Chicago Tribune and Resolute Square

Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, New Republic and NBC News

Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:

Trump's rambling answer to a child care question, deconstructed — A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. — CNN — Former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance were both asked essentially …

Discussion: NBC News, New York Times, LGBTQ Nation, The 19th, Reason, The Atlantic, Washington Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Rolling Stone and MSNBC

Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:

Elon Musk is intrigued by the idea women can't think freely because of ‘low T’ — Every time it seems he can't possibly sink any lower, the billionaire CEO grabs a shovel and starts digging — Maybe he's born with it, maybe it's ketamine — Every time I think Elon Musk can't possibly sink any lower …

CBS News:

DNC flies banners about Trump-Vance ticket, “Project 2025” over battleground state football games — Spectators at the University of Michigan football game against Texas on Saturday were reminded of a different rival before the game: Ohio State. — At the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Democrats, The Hollywood Reporter, Joe.My.God. and Twitchy

New York Times:

Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters — The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds. The Georgia secretary of state's office called one video “a stunt.” — In July, two men went door to door …

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.

Discussion: CBS News, Washington Post, OutsideTheBeltway, Mother Jones, NJTODAY.NET, Fox News, Breitbart, Business Insider, Mediaite, Scripps News, ABC11, Semafor, Vanity Fair, New York Times and UPI

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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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:

The unprecedented grand coalition — As Nicolle Wallace exclaimed on her show Friday, Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have all gathered together around a cause. That cause is democracy and its standard bearer is Kamala Harris.

Discussion: MSNBC and The Moderate Voice

Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

Man Plotted to Kill Jews in New York on Oct. 7 Anniversary, U.S. Says — A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen was arrested in Canada after plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York, according to the Justice Department. — A Pakistani citizen was arrested in Quebec …