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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 …
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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, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, RedState, Breitbart, Bloomberg, Twitchy, Washington Examiner and Tennessee Star
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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The Guardian, IJR, Fox News, The Daily Beast, The Post Millennial, Forbes, The i Paper, To the Contrary, The Hill, Townhall, Althouse, Washington Examiner and Politico
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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The Hill, Forbes, PoliticusUSA and Washington Examiner
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Camp Is Literally Praying He Won't Blow Prez Debate
Donald Trump's Camp Is Literally Praying He Won't Blow Prez Debate
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Harris falling behind among male voters in key states
Harris falling behind among male voters in key states
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Business Insider and Townhall
Washington Post:
Trump dismisses new warnings of Russian interference in election
Trump dismisses new warnings of Russian interference in election
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Business Insider, Crooks and Liars and Politico
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
How Trump and Harris are preparing for their first debate of 2024
How Trump and Harris are preparing for their first debate of 2024
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The Daily Beast, The Independent, RedState, Fox News and Axios
Washington Post:
Trump, Harris neck and neck in latest polls
Trump, Harris neck and neck in latest polls
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israelhayom.com, Twitchy, New York Times, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times
Richard Hine / Unprecedented:
Putin and Rasputin — Old conventional wisdom: “When fascism comes to America …
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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Associated Press and ABC11
New York Times:
How Harris May Take the Fight to Trump on Abortion at the Debate
How Harris May Take the Fight to Trump on Abortion at the Debate
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Washington Post, New York Magazine 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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New York Post and Mediaite
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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New York Post, The Hill, New York Times, NBC News, The Texas Tribune, USA Today, NewsNation, Rolling Stone and ABC News
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Washington Post:
Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him
Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him
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Forbes, Must Read Alaska and NBC News
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris
Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris
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The Hill, The Guardian and Telegraph
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-8-24: Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-8-24: Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
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
CNN:
Mother of shooting suspect called Apalachee High School and drove 200 miles after getting alarming text, grandfather says — The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during a shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school called to warn a school counselor before the attack …
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The Daily Beast
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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.’
Cooper says he's ‘tired of seeing texts’ from students telling parents they're afraid of school shootings. ‘We cannot normalize this.’
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Washington Post:
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’
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Tennessee Star, New York Times, Reuters, The Post Millennial, Chicago Tribune, RedState, KENS, New York Daily News, PBS NewsHour, The Gateway Pundit, The Sun, IJR, The Daily Beast and CBS News
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 …
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The Atlantic and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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 …
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Associated Press, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill and UPI
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.
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
Elton John's New Remarks About Trump Are Likely to Have Dems Losing Their Minds
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Mediaite, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
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 …
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The Moderate Voice
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Mysterious influencer network pushed sexual smears of Harris — The Scoop — The organizers of a mysterious network paid influencers to promote sexual smears of Vice President Kamala Harris as Democrats rallied around her to be their presidential candidate in late July.
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
Florida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police — Critics accuse Gov. Ron DeSantis of seeking to intimidate supporters of a pro-choice referendum — Florida voters who signed a petition to place a pro-choice abortion referendum on the ballot …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
GOP plots Pennsylvania onslaught as Democrats battle to keep ‘really difficult’ Senate seat — For more on CNN's coverage of the US Senate race in Pennsylvania, watch CNN's “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” on Sunday at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET. — Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania CNN —
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Michael Booth / The Colorado Sun:
Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy. — Storm clouds roil in this time-lapse video taken over Baca County in southeastern Colorado, where rain is scarce and where for years a criminal enterprise damaged rain gauges …