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1:20 PM ET, September 10, 2024

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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Kamala Harris Can't Keep Running Like This  —  After seven weeks of euphoria over Kamala Harris's ascension to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, panic finally returned to the party on Sunday.  The New York Times published a poll showing Donald Trump with a slim lead …
Politico:
Trump confronts his ‘weak spot’ at the debate  —  The former president lags by double digits with this key constituency.  —  Former President Donald Trump is already underwater by double digits with female voters in the polls.  —  Now Trump will stand on stage next to a woman he has publicly …
Marist Poll:
The U.S Presidential Contest (September 2024)  —  NPR/PBS News/Marist National Poll  —  Harris +1 Point Against Trump Nationally.... Edges Trump By 3 Among Definite Voters  —  In advance of tonight's presidential debate, just one point separates Vice President Kamala Harris …
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Harris is bringing two former Trump administration officials as her debate guests  —  It's part of the campaign's ongoing effort to use Trump's former allies to troll him.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing two unusual guests to tonight's debate in Philadelphia: two former officials in her opponent's administration.
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
NOTUS:
The Radically Different Ways Trump and Harris Prepared for the Debate  —  When Trump and Harris meet for the first time on Tuesday night, they'll be coming to the stage in extremely different ways.  — Copy  —  Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are entering the most important stretch …
emptywheel:
Whatever Happens with the Debate, Kamala Harris' Campaign Is Not Yet Half Done  —  As you watch the torrent of news obsessing about the debate tonight, remember this stat:  —  Trump's campaign is 92% done (665 of 721 days).  —  Kamala Harris' campaign is not quite half done (48%, or 51 of 107 days).
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
'You don't know what to expect': Trump outlines his biggest challenge in debating Harris
Joseph Bosco / The Hill:
Trump could suffer the same fate as Biden in tonight's debate — how will his party react?
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside Harris' high-risk, high-reward debate against Trump
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Makes No Sense and Is Full of Meaning
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
How Donald Trump can win the debate — and the election — in two minutes
Discussion: RedState and HotAir
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Harris tweaks Trump over crowd size ahead of debate
Associated Press:
The Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election's latest landmark event
Associated Press:
Congress honors 13 troops killed during Kabul withdrawal as politics swirl around who is to blame
The Hill:
Speaker Johnson plowing ahead with funding plan despite GOP opposition  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is plowing ahead with his plan to avert a government shutdown despite GOP opposition that is large enough to tank the effort, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing vote …
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The Hill:
House GOP government funding plan gets chilly reception from Senate Republicans
Discussion: MLive.com
Washington Post:
Elon Musk's misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials  —  The X billionaire's false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls, and add to worries about threats, election officials say.
Alexander B. Howard / New York Times:
The Tide May Be Turning for Telegram, TikTok and X  —  Three major events have shaken up the social-media world in the past two weeks.  First, French authorities detained Pavel Durov, the iconoclastic billionaire behind the online platform Telegram.  Then, a judge suspended the microblogging service X in Brazil.
Discussion: Just Security
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Telegram changes its tune
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP red states launch a war on voting rights  —  The hoopla over the looming debate in Philadelphia has been obscuring a ton of non-political news.  Stop me if you've seen these headlines in America before: A high school massacre.  A man with a troubled past nonetheless buys an AR-15 and go on a shooting spree.
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
‘The Apprentice’ Trailer Reveals New Footage of Damning, Scandalous Trump Film  —  This is the film Donald Trump doesn't want you to see.  Now we know why.  —  “The first rule is: attack, attack, attack.”  A kaleidoscopic trailer was released Tuesday of the new Donald Trump biopic/origin story …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Melania Trump questions Trump assassination attempt story: ‘We need to uncover the truth’ … Former first lady Melania Trump questioned the official account of the attempted assassination this summer of her husband, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Donald Trump's unconventional ground game is making Republicans nervous  —  The News  —  Donald Trump's success — or failure — on Nov. 5 could very well come down to the campaign's ground game: And top members of the party are already whispering concerns, pointing fingers, and offering pushback as it relates to the effort.
Discussion: Reuters
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
Liz Cheney and the Problem of the Anti-Trump Republican  —  “We may have set a record for Republicans speaking at a Democratic convention,” Pete Buttigieg proudly proclaimed in an interview on the Colbert Show during last month's DNC.  Colbert had asked him whether he thought it was still possible …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
‘Incredible’: Even CNN Notices that Harris Is the Extremist in 2024  —  Just who is the “extremist” in this presidential election?  The mainstream media keeps trying to cast Donald Trump in that role, but his policies are closer to the mainstream — and polling shows that voters know it.
 
 
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Abby Ellin / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Harris's Height. But Her Fans See a Certain Stature.
Discussion: Robert Reich and The Daily Beast
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Issues New Guidance on Voter Roll Maintenance Amid Surge of Challenges
Discussion: Washington Times
Todd Feathers / Gizmodo:
Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits
Discussion: New York Times
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Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
US Online Grocery Prices Plunge the Most on Record in August
Discussion: NPR
James Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Dick Cheney fails history test on Trump threat
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Bob Good to step down as Freedom Caucus chair this week
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road
Summer Ballentine / Associated Press:
Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an abortion-rights amendment goes before voters
Associated Press:
White Stripes sue Donald Trump over the use of ‘Seven Nation Army’ riff in social media post
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
What the First Debate Question for Trump Must Be
Discussion: Daily Kos and New Republic
David Ingram / NBC News:
Ohio police have ‘no credible reports’ of Haitian immigrants harming pets, contradicting JD Vance's claim
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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