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2:50 PM ET, September 11, 2024

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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Demands ABC Be Shut Down for Daring to Fact Check Debate  —  SCORCHED EARTH  —  The former president went on ‘Fox & Friends’ to complain that he'd been treated unfairly.  —  Donald Trump called for ABC News to be shut down during a rant about the way he was treated by the network during …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How Harris Roped a Dope  —  Vice President Kamala Harris walked onto the ABC News debate stage with a mission: trigger a Trump meltdown.  —  She succeeded.  —  Former President Donald Trump had a mission too: control yourself.  —  He failed.  —  Trump lost his cool over and over.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump  —  Last night in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris did to Donald Trump what Donald Trump had done to Joe Biden: She broke her opponent on a debate stage.  —  I've been watching presidential debates since 1976, and I've even been peripherally involved in a few.
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris dogwalks Trump  —  🚨 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 🚀
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
What More Do You People Want from Kamala Harris?  —  1. The Philadelphia Massacre  —  Let's do this rundown style.  —  1. Harris delivered the goods.  You never know if a politician can play on the national stage until they do it.  Sometimes a promising candidate pops.  Sometimes they're Ron DeSantis.
Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
Even Fox News Acknowledges Reality: Trump Blew the Debate  —  “Make no mistake about it: Trump had a bad night.”  —  As my colleague David Corn put it, Donald Trump lost the first presidential debate against Kamala Harris by simply being himself: He spent the night ranting, raving …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Harris outperformed Trump onstage  —  Registered voters who watched Tuesday's presidential debate broadly agree that Kamala Harris outperformed Donald Trump, according to a CNN poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
The debate between Harris and Trump wasn't close — and 4 other takeaways  —  Well, that was different from the June 27 debate between President Biden and Donald Trump.  —  If that June debate was a five-alarm fire for Democrats that eventually forced Biden from the race …
David Mack / Slate:
If You Want to Know Who Won the Debate, Watch Fox News the Moment It Ended  —  Tuning in to Fox News following Tuesday's presidential debate, it was hard to describe the mood.  Somber comes to mind—a little like you might find at a funeral, perhaps for a beloved cat consumed by a political boogeyman.
Riley Hoffman / ABC News:
READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript  —  Harris and Trump are meeting for the first time on the debate stage.  —  LIVE  —  Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a presidential debate in Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 2024.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How resounding was Kamala Harris's debate win?  Let's look at the polls.  —  Early results show Harris won by a historically large margin.  And Trump voters both acknowledged that and said it could impact their votes.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris turned in one of the more resounding debate performances …
emptywheel:
Kamala Harris, Protagonist  —  Shortly before the debate started (I watched it after it was over, after getting some sleep), I tweeted that I wasn't sure if journalists would even notice if Kamala Harris' obvious efforts to get under Trump's skin didn't work.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Donald Trump no longer knows how to talk to anyone outside his base
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Chris Wallace: Debate was ‘devastating’ for Trump
Discussion: KFTC-TV and Raw Story
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump “less inclined” to do another debate with Harris
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:   This Was the Beginning of Donald Trump's Final Unraveling
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:   The Narcissist Lost the Debate
Washington Post:
Who won the Harris-Trump debate? We asked swing-state voters.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump shake hands again at 9/11 anniversary ceremony
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tanks in Election Betting Odds After Harris Debate
Discussion: New Republic and Forbes
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:   Trump's debate debacle put the GOP's dangerous obsession with MAGA media nonsense on display
John F. Harris / Politico:
Trump's Improv Stood No Chance Against Harris' Coached Attacks
Discussion: Raw Story and Wired
Politico:
Senate Dems balk at Johnson's spending bill, but wait to release their own plan  —  Senate Democrats have lambasted Speaker Mike Johnson's spending plan as partisan showboating, but they're sticking to a wait-and-see approach before moving on any alternative proposal ahead of an end-of-month government shutdown deadline.
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The Hill:
Mike Johnson pulls stopgap funding plan over widespread GOP opposition  —  House GOP leadership scrapped plans for a Wednesday vote on the party's stopgap funding plan, as its chances of passage sank in recent days amid opposition from defense hawks and hardline conservatives.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Unhinged Elon Musk Offers to Impregnate Taylor Swift  —  The father-of-12 offered his unlikely insight into the presidential debate after Swift endorsed Harris.  —  ‘NO GOING BACK’  —  “Harris proved she's the best choice to lead our nation forward,” says the man she replaced as Democratic presidential nominee.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Taylor Swift endorses — and searches for voter registration jump
Jessica Orozco / springfield-news-sun:
Aiden Clark's dad begs Springfield, politicians: Stop using son to hate Haitians  —  Boy was killed in 2023 school bus crash caused by Haitian immigrant; father says 'we can't even protect his memory when he's gone'  —  The father of the 11-year-old boy killed last year when a minivan driver struck …
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
US inflation likely fell further last month as Fed prepares to cut rates next week  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States may have hit a three-year low in August, underscoring that the rate of price increases is falling back to pre-pandemic levels and clearing the way for the Federal Reserve …
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Howard Schneider / Reuters:
Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth, and now a presidential debate
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US Department of Justice:
44 Months Since the Jan. 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump attends 9/11 anniversary with Laura Loomer, who shared video claiming “9/11 was an Inside Job!”
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Donald Trump always got the last word
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