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1:55 PM ET, September 8, 2024

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New York Times:
Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The survey finds that Donald J. Trump is retaining his support and that, on the eve of the debate, voters are unsure they know enough about where Kamala Harris stands.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump …
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CBS News:
Harris v. Trump CBS News poll finds Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin race tight ahead of debate  —  In Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — all tight races — we see the larger contours of the entire presidential contest ahead of the first Harris-Trump debate.  —  What makes these states close?
Washington Post:
Election 2024 latest news Trump, Harris neck and neck in latest polls  —  Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are about even two new polls of likely voters released Sunday, demonstrating how close the 2024 presidential race has become with fewer than 60 days left before Nov. 5.
R.V. / New York Times:
Toplines: September 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide
Discussion: New York Post and Mediaite
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 7, 2024  —  By rights, tonight's post should be a picture, but Trump's behavior today merits a marker because it feels like a dramatic escalation of the themes we've seen for years.  Please feel free to ignore—as I often say, I am trying to leave notes for a graduate student in 150 years …
Jillian Frankel / NBC News:
Trump threatens lawyers, donors and election officials with prison for ‘unscrupulous behavior’  —  Trump and his allies filed dozens of unsuccessful cases after the 2020 election in an attempt to overturn the results.  —  Former President Donald Trump, who makes frequent false claims …
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels “never seen before”  —  The Republican candidate promised to imprison those whom he falsely claimed stole the 2020 election from him  —  Former President Donald Trump is promising to carry out what he described …
Discussion: Reuters
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania is key as Harris and Trump prep for their Philly showdown
Doug P. / Twitchy:
Variety Asked Elton John About Donald Trump and the TDS Afflicted Will NOT Like His Answer  —  Those on the Left afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome might not be fully satisfied by Elton John's response to a question from a Variety reporter at the Toronto Film Festival …
Discussion: RedState, Variety and Townhall
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris  —  The former congresswoman says not voting for Trump is not enough.  —  Rep. Liz Cheney Vice Chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Anti-Abortion Extremists Call the Shots in Trump's GOP  —  Trump's epic flip flop abortion is why Democratic fears about Project 2025 and a Federal abortion ban are well-founded.  —  The generally accepted — and oft-repeated — narrative about Trump is that he is a cult-leader who can bend the Republican base to his will.
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Ted Koppel / CBS News:
Fake news, social media, and “The Death of Truth”  —  We live in an age of alternate facts.  More and more Americans are getting their information almost entirely from outlets that echo their own political point of view.  And then, of course, there's social media, where there are few …
Washington Post:
Trump cashes in during final weeks of his presidential campaign  —  No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling items from shoes to books to pieces of his suit.  —  With less than 10 weeks before the presidential election …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Trump for Admitting He's an Election ‘Loser’  —  BONUS PODCAST  —  “He's admitting... ‘I lost by a whisker’.  So what was the point?  What's the point of any of it you lost in 2020?” one-time Trump dinner companion Nick Fuentes asked.
Maniza Habib / The Hill:
It's time for a permanent repeal of the global gag rule  —  Project 2025, the policy agenda created by conservative activists and spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, envisions sweeping changes to U.S. government policy.  Among them, buried within the more than 900-page document …
New York Times:
After a Year of Legal Peril, Trump Seeks Election as a Felon, but Free  —  Donald J. Trump's sentencing in Manhattan was delayed, thanks in part to his legal resources and political status.  It raised a question: Is he above the law?  —  One year ago, Donald J. Trump faced 91 felony counts …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Trump wants 25th Amendment changed to impeach vice presidents  —  He has repeatedly accused Kamala Harris and Democrats of hiding the state of Biden's health.  —  Donald Trump on Saturday floated changing the 25th Amendment to allow Congress to impeach a vice president for covering …
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NBC News:
Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election
 
 
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris, Walz to launch ‘New Way Forward’ tour following debate
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:
Nate Silver faces backlash for pro-Trump model skewing
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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he wants abortion to be illegal at ‘zero’ weeks, in new audio released by Democrats
New York Times:
Trump Claims Harris's Rallies Are Smaller. We Counted.
Discussion: Mediaite
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A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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