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11:35 AM ET, September 9, 2024

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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.
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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?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rolling Stone:
What If Trump Wins?  —  The chaos and lawlessness of the first term could pale in comparison to what comes next  —  Mark Peterson/Redux  —  Donald Trump was slamming his fist on the Resolute Desk and, once again, calling for blood.  —  It was the second year of his presidency …
New Republic:
Trump's Angry New Threats of Bloodshed and Revenge Should Alarm Us All  —  In an unhinged weekend rant on social media, Donald Trump made his most expansive threats yet to prosecute his enemies if he wins.  He also flatly threatened at a rally to unleash “bloody” mass removals of migrants.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump claims Zuckerberg said he couldn't vote for Democrat in this election; Meta denies it  —  Former President Trump is claiming Mark Zuckerberg, the tech executive and founder of Facebook, told him he would not vote for a Democrat in this year's election.
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:   😱 Axios AM: The chaos election
Graig Graziosi / The Independent:
Trump says his plan to expel millions of immigrants will be a ‘bloody story’
Discussion: Salon
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Generals come to Harris' defense on Afghanistan … - The push to defend Harris comes from retired military brass, including three with four-stars: Admiral Steve Abbot, who served as deputy homeland security advisor to George W. Bush, Gen. Lloyd W. Newton and Gen. Larry R. Ellis …
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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 …
Politico:
Trump's debate playbook: Call the rules ‘rigged’ and undermine the moderators
Discussion: The Hill
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!
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Politico:
Playbook: How to think about the spending fight
Discussion: Punchbowl News and ABC 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?
Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Biggest Traitors to the Conservative Cause - the McCain Family or the Cheney Family?  —  The Kamala Harris campaign has been actively courting some of the biggest Republican retreads they can find to earn their endorsement.  The race has led them to scrape the bottom of the barrel with once revered political family names.
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
To the World, He Is an Anti-Trafficking Hero.  Women Tell a Different Story.  —  Tim Ballard's work on sex trafficking became the basis of the hit movie “Sound of Freedom.”  But a series of women, in lawsuits and interviews, have accused him of being a sex predator.
Robert Reich:
Trump's woman problem  —  Why he faces a gender chasm, and why women voters will be America's salvation  —  If Kamala Harris wins in November, American women will deserve a lot of the credit.  Polls suggest women will vote in record margins for Kamala Harris.
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Washington Post:
More Black Americans are certain to vote for Harris, Post-Ipsos poll finds
Discussion: Fox News and NewsNation
Daniel Martinez HoSang / The Guardian:
Here is what will happen on day one of Trump's presidency, according to Project 2025  —  As Trump utters the last phrase of the oath of office - ‘so help me God’ - the first phase of what Project 2025's authors call ‘the playbook’ begins  —  It's a cold day in Washington DC in late January 2025.
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 ☎️
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 …
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
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Bernie Sanders Just Exposed Kamala Harris As a Fraud Scamming the Voters  —  In a revealing interview on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders (S-Vt.) said the quiet part out loud, proving what many conservatives have been saying for weeks now: Kamala Harris's sudden attempt …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Master class in undermining democracy’: How Tennessee has gutted voting rights  —  Tennessee has become America's most efficient state at stripping its citizens of voting rights, according to an analysis for The New York Times — to the point the Volunteer State has become a “master class in undermining democracy.”
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Biden-Harris World Is Afire
Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
This ‘historian’ got internet famous as a Big Lie apologist. Now, he's defending Nazis.
Discussion: The Bulwark
Nadia Lathan / Associated Press:
Trial Begins Over 2020 Texas ‘Trump Train’ Highway Confrontation
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
The angry, divisive fallout of the Trump shooting in Butler County
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabe Stern / Associated Press:
A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?
Michael Booth / The Colorado Sun:
Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.
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