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2:45 PM 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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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 …
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?
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: Reuters and Raw Story
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump … In the summer of 2015, back when he was still talking to traitorous reporters like me, I spent extended stretches with Donald Trump.  He was in the early phase of his first campaign for president, though he had quickly made himself …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
😱 Axios AM: The chaos election  —  All topics  —  Axios AM  —  👋 Hello, Sunday!  Erica Pandey is at the helm. … 🗳️ Situational awareness: Former President George W. Bush doesn't plan to endorse a presidential candidate.
Marin Scotten / Salon:
Trump accused of “voter suppression at the highest order” over late-night Truth Social meltdown
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump claims Zuckerberg said he couldn't vote for Democrat in this election; Meta denies it
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Promises a ‘Bloody Story’
Discussion: Salon, Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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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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 …
Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Kamala Harris Is Slip Slidin' Away  —  You know, the nearer her destination, the more Kamala Harris is slip slidin' away.  —  On the eve of the one, and probably only, debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the polling continues to show the air is leaking out of the tires of her campaign.
New York Times:   What Harris and Trump Say About Each Other
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right-wing bubble says Trump will save your cat from immigrants  —  False claims and baseless ones are politically useful, so they rocket to the social media accounts of prominent right-wing people.  —  Seemingly out of the blue Monday morning, supporters of former president Donald Trump …
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?
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Is This the Real Reason Trump Promises to Pardon Jan. 6th Convicts?  —  THERE'S A PROMISE DONALD TRUMP keeps making on the campaign trail that every reporter who interviews him—and the moderators of Tuesday night's debate, David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News—should question him about …
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US charges alleged white supremacist gangsters with trying to incite race war  —  U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Monday against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, accusing them of soliciting attacks on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ people and immigrants in hopes of inciting a race war.
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.
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.
CBS News:
Feds say white supremacist leaders of “Terrorgram” group plotted assassinations, inspired attacks  —  Washington — Federal prosecutors in California unsealed an indictment Monday charging two people with leading an online group of white supremacists that maintained a list of high-profile targets …
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 …
Tara Kavaler / NOTUS:
Even Republicans Say Kari Lake's Campaign Is Falling Apart  —  After signaling that she wanted to change course following a failed gubernatorial run, the Republican Senate candidate in Arizona is in a difficult spot weeks out from Election Day.  — Copy  —  For Kari Lake's Senate campaign, things have gone from bad to worse.
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Why Harris and Trump are debating the F-word  —  All the campaign chatter about a “ban” on the oil and gas technology is masking a much bigger divide.  —  The energy feud between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is reviving a nearly two-decade-old debate over fracking …
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Reuters:
Germany announces temporary controls on all land borders
Discussion: Politico, Al Jazeera and Semafor
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
Conservative activist launches $1bn crusade to ‘crush’ liberal America
Discussion: Washington Post
Egmasylne / The Rickey Smiley Morning Show:
Rickey Smiley Talks with Kamala Harris: Unveiling Her Bold Plans for Small Businesses and More
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump's voter turnout operation in swing states is too small, GOP worries
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Master class in undermining democracy’: How Tennessee has gutted voting rights
Discussion: New York Times
Robert Reich:
Trump's woman problem
Discussion: Washington Post
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: The Guardian and New York Times
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Musk sticks up for his rightwing buddies, not free speech
 

 
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