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7:45 PM ET, September 8, 2024

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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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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 …
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?
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.
Discussion: Business Insider and Townhall
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Camp Is Literally Praying He Won't Blow Prez Debate
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
R.V. / New York Times:
Toplines: September 2024 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters Nationwide
Discussion: New York Post and Mediaite
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's real Project 2025 was written for him in Moscow by Vladimir Putin's men  —  Unless you work on the politics desk of the New York Times or Washington Post, it's getting harder and harder not to notice the increasingly incoherent yet also dangerously unhinged nature …
Discussion: Washington Post
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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 …
Richard Hine / Unprecedented:   Putin and Rasputin  —  Old conventional wisdom: “When fascism comes to America …
Patricia Lopez / Bloomberg:
Trump's Latest Problem?  Republicans for Harris  —  High-profile GOPers aren't just planning to vote for the Democrat, they're organizing and working to convince others.  —  Michael Brodkorb, former deputy chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, finds himself part of an unlikely yet growing wave …
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Washington Post:
Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him  —  The former president's latest threats, made in a social media post, represent the most overt signal yet that he will not accept the result in November if he loses.  —  Republican presidential nominee …
Discussion: Forbes and Must Read Alaska
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, The Guardian and Telegraph
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania is key as Harris and Trump prep for their Philly showdown
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: Digby's Hullabaloo, UPI and Reuters
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
Trump, lying about migrants and crime, says mass deportations “will be a bloody story”  —  The former president has claimed he would use police and soldiers to deport at least 12 million undocumented people  —  Donald Trump is threatening that a proposed mass deportation of undocumented immigrants …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cooper says he's ‘tired of seeing texts’ from students telling parents they're afraid of school shootings.  ‘We cannot normalize this.’  —  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said in an interview Sunday that he is “tired of seeing texts from children in a school telling their parents …
Discussion: CBS News
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CNN:
Mother of shooting suspect called Apalachee High School and drove 200 miles after getting alarming text, grandfather says
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’
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: Variety, RedState and Townhall
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Mary L Trump / The Good in Us:
Translating the Crazy  —  UPDATES: I got COVID sixteen days ago and, though I am substantially better, I'm still exhausted.  I know every case is different, but is this normal?  Anyway, with my book coming out on Tuesday, there will be no rest for the weary any time soon.  More book news after today's piece.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
 
 
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