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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Harris trolls Trump on debate day with criticism from inside his administration  —  The Harris campaign will air the ad in Philadelphia and around Mar-a-Lago, as well as on Fox News.  —  Kamala Harris is trying to get into Donald Trump's head before Tuesday's debate, rolling …
James Powel / USA Today:
Trump retakes betting lead over Harris in presidential election odds ahead of debate  —  There is a new betting favorite in the presidential race ahead of the critical debate set for Tuesday night.  —  Former President Donald Trump retook a narrow lead over Vice President Kamala Harris …
Politico:
Trump returns to his favorite debate playbook: It's all unfair
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Playbook: How to think about the spending fight
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Camp Is Literally Praying He Won't Blow Prez Debate
Discussion: CBS News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump  —  For weeks, major American media organizations — including The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times — have possessed internal Trump campaign documents.  What do these documents say?
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Leans Into the Violence  —  Headlines from our very weird times: Two months out from the election, Kamala Harris put up a slew of new policy positions on her website over the weekend.  —  This leaves reporters everywhere in a bit of a dilemma.  What to focus fire on this week?
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Afterlife of Donald Trump … Pink.  An ovular rose.  Big and smooth.  A complex commonplace instrument.  And, as far as these things go, a rather nice one.  Isolated from the head and all that roils therein, and to which it is, famously and miraculously, still attached, you have to admit, if you can: It is beautiful.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Cut
Kamala Harris for President:
A New Way Forward  —  Together, we can finish the job for the American people.  Are you with us?  Join our campaign to re-elect Joe Biden today!
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Raw Story
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Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Harris campaign website now outlines policy platform
Discussion: The Daily Beast, So What and Axios
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Kimberly Guilfoyle Channels Jeb Bush While Bombing at GOP Event  —  ‘YOU CAN CLAP’  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle had to ask a group of Republicans for applause while delivering a speech on Saturday.  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle, a conservative activist, former prosecutor, and the fiancée to Donald Trump Jr. …
Discussion: Palm Beach Post and The Floridian
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Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
More Black Americans are certain to vote for Harris, Post-Ipsos poll finds  —  The shift is concentrated among younger Black Americans, especially younger women.  —  Avalon Broaden didn't vote in 2020, unmotivated by a pair of older male candidates that she felt didn't really represent her values.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The mistakes of 2019 could cost Harris the election
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Musk sticks up for his rightwing buddies, not free speech  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent coverage.  🚨  —  ☎️ Subscribe to Public Notice ☎️
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Post:
Biden was hellbent on leaving Afghanistan — ignoring military advice, NATO objections and Afghan pleas: House report  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden was so hellbent on getting out of Afghanistan that he rebuked any advice to the contrary, ignored the pleas of the Afghan government and disregarded objections from US allies.
Discussion: RedState and NPR
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
G.O.P. Report to Denounce Biden Administration Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
Bloomberg:
Draghi Says EU Itself at Risk Without More Funds, Joint Debt  — Former ECB chief releases his report on EU competitiveness  — He calls for as much as €800 billion of new spending a year  —  Draghi Calls for ‘Massive’ EU Spending, Joint Debt  —  Former European Central Bank …
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: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, HuffPost and CNN
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
White House to require insurers pay for mental health the same as physical health  —  Health insurers will be required to cover mental health care and addiction services the same as any other condition under a highly anticipated final rule being released Monday by the Biden administration.
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.
Gabe Stern / Associated Press:
A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer.  What role did the US government play?  —  OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens …
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
The angry, divisive fallout of the Trump shooting in Butler County  —  The assassination attempt has pitted Democrats and Republicans against each other in a way that one historian calls ‘outright frightening.’  —  BUTLER, Pa. — One of the city's most famous artists has created …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Trial Begins Over 2020 Texas ‘Trump Train’ Highway Confrontation
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Reuters:
Leader of Nigeria's labour federation arrested, union says
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Kwan Wei Kevin Tan / Business Insider:
Mark Cuban wants Trump supporters to tell him what startups their man has backed that didn't involve a member of the Trump family
Politico:
Johnson's future speakership could hinge on the spending fight
Ankita Rao / The Guardian:
Ro Khanna says he's not a fan of fellow Democrats calling Republicans ‘weird’
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Independent Osborn seeks to be surprise of cycle in Nebraska Senate race
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
Florida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
GOP plots Pennsylvania onslaught as Democrats battle to keep ‘really difficult’ Senate seat
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's real Project 2025 was written for him in Moscow by Vladimir Putin's men
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.’
Discussion: CBS News
Nick Arama / RedState:
Elton John's New Remarks About Trump Are Likely to Have Dems Losing Their Minds
 

 
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