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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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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The mistakes of 2019 could cost Harris the election — Voters think she's too far to the left — but there's plenty of room to define Trump as radical. — For the second time this weekend, I'm upending previously laid plans to cover a more time-sensitive story: the New York Times/Siena College poll that came out this morning.
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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?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Harris falling behind among male voters in key states — New polls show Vice President Harris has a major challenge in winning over male voters and is losing men by a bigger margin than she's winning women in key states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina.
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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.
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania is key as Harris and Trump prep for their Philly showdown
Pennsylvania is key as Harris and Trump prep for their Philly showdown
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Washington Examiner and Hartford Courant
R.V. / New York Times:
Toplines: September 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide
Toplines: September 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide
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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 …
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 …
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Jillian Frankel / NBC News:
Trump threatens lawyers, donors and election officials with prison for ‘unscrupulous behavior’
Trump threatens lawyers, donors and election officials with prison for ‘unscrupulous behavior’
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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 …
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Nick Arama / RedState:
Elton John's New Remarks About Trump Are Likely to Have Dems Losing Their Minds — Democrats and media have been going all in to demonize former President Donald Trump as we count down to the election. We see that in the constant drumbeat of bad press for him and positive press for Kamala Harris, for example.
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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 …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-8-24: Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders — Former Wyoming Congressman Liz Cheney announces her father's support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on the second day of panels at the 14th annual Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin, Texas.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris, Walz to launch ‘New Way Forward’ tour following debate
Harris, Walz to launch ‘New Way Forward’ tour following debate
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Presidential Debate Will be Big Test for ABC
Presidential Debate Will be Big Test for ABC
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Richard Hine / Unprecedented:
Putin and Rasputin — Old conventional wisdom: “When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving the cross.” — New conventional wisdom: “Fascism has already arrived, but its flag is Russian, and its cross is X-shaped.” — This week, as the DOJ exposed the tip …
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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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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 …
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Raw Story
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:
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’ — The mother of the suspected Apalachee High School gunman said that she called the school on the morning of the shooting and warned a counselor about an “extreme emergency.”
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