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3:45 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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
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
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, Raw Story and IJR
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: New Republic
Mike Allen / Axios:   😱 Axios AM: The chaos election
Marin Scotten / Salon:
Trump accused of “voter suppression at the highest order” over late-night Truth Social meltdown
Discussion: HuffPost and The Hill
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Promises a ‘Bloody 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 …
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?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
Discussion: Daily Montanan
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Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
Trump Media shares climb over 7% after poll seen as good news for ex-president … Shares of Trump Media by climbed more than 7% on Monday, a respite from the stock's two-months-long losing streak ahead of the date when its majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump, can begin selling his shares.
Discussion: New York Times
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump has lost $4 billion in Truth Social wipeout
Discussion: Raw Story and 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.
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The Case for Staying Optimistic About Harris  —  YESTERDAY'S NEW YORK TIMES/SIENNA poll was the first major poll in a while to show Vice President Kamala Harris trailing disgraced former President Donald Trump.  —  This poll may have surprised some Democrats and sent them into panic.  It shouldn't have.
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Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Kamala Harris Is Slip Slidin' Away
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.
ProPublica:
New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The Biden administration announced on Monday …
Politico:
NYPD commissioner expected to step down amid federal probe  —  Edward Caban and his twin brother are ensnared in a widening investigation.  —  NEW YORK — NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban is expected to resign his post in the coming days, following news of a federal investigation involving …
Discussion: The City
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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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
When Your Little Ohio Town Becomes Port Au Prince and No One Cares UPDATE  —  The third world used to be something Americans used as a measuring stick to hold against other cities or countries we visited or dealt with.  When I would pull the newspapers back over a child sleeping in a doorway …
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.
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
Reuters:
Germany announces temporary controls on all land borders  —  Germany's government announced temporary border controls at all of the country's land borders on Monday in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism.
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
Conservative activist launches $1bn crusade to ‘crush’ liberal America  —  Leonard Leo was architect of effort to secure conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court  —  The conservative activist who led the crusade to overhaul the US legal system is making a $1bn push to “crush liberal dominance” …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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The Hill:
Watch live: Biden celebrates Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary
Discussion: Press Herald
Politico:
Trump throws full support behind Florida pot legalization as DeSantis fights it
CBS News:
Feds say white supremacist leaders of “Terrorgram” group plotted assassinations, inspired attacks
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Why Harris and Trump are debating the F-word
Egmasylne / The Rickey Smiley Morning Show:
Rickey Smiley Talks with Kamala Harris: Unveiling Her Bold Plans for Small Businesses and More
Arielle Mitropoulos / WMUR:
Gov. Chris Sununu saves a choking contestant at Hampton Beach Lobster Roll Eating Competition
 Earlier Items: 
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump has scant voter turnout operation in swing states, GOP worries
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Master class in undermining democracy’: How Tennessee has gutted voting rights
Discussion: New York Times
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Biden-Harris World Is Afire
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Bernie Sanders Just Exposed Kamala Harris As a Fraud Scamming the Voters
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