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New York Times:
Harris Had Stronger Debate, Polls Find, but the Race Remains Deadlocked — Kamala Harris holds an edge over Donald J. Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. But new surveys found that the race remains a tossup nationally. — Kamala Harris overwhelmingly impressed voters …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Actual Electoral Map Is Three States — If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House. — Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 21.
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Emerson Polling, New York Daily News and New Jersey Online
Emily Peck / Axios:
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, New York Post and New Jersey Online
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Marist polls: Harris leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin, with tie in Pennsylvania
Marist polls: Harris leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin, with tie in Pennsylvania
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
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Florida Politics
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Weak Excuse for “Pet Eating” Lie Just Blew Up In His Face … Prepare to be shocked: At around the time J.D. Vance started dissembling about Haitians eating people's house pets, a Vance campaign staffer privately spoke with the city manager of Springfield, Ohio, where thousands of Haitians have settled.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump-Vance Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Illegal And Legal Immigrants — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — No One Is Safe — The Trump-Vance ticket's unbridled racist attacks on Haitian immigrants in Ohio …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient — The vice-presidential candidate seems to feel no remorse about spreading dangerous misinformation that has put lives at risk — There was a moment when JD Vance could have turned back from the story.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
JD Vance keeps getting ahead of Donald Trump on policy
JD Vance keeps getting ahead of Donald Trump on policy
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Washington Examiner and Los Angeles Times
Nicholas Liu / Salon:
“Delusional and unsettling”: Trump forgets there was no debate audience, claims crowd “went crazy” — Appearing on Fox News, the 78-year-old Republican claimed that he won over an audience that did not exist — Former President Donald Trump appeared on a taped segment of Fox News' “Gutfeld!”
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With one exaggerated anecdote, Trump kneecaps his Jan. 6 defense — Appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, Trump told a story he's told before — one in which a politician is threatened by angry Trump boosters and he calls them off. — Donald Trump's tough-guy shtick plays well on Fox News …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 12 completely fictional stories Trump has told in the last month — Former President Donald Trump is littering his public remarks with fictional stories. — This isn't run-of-the-mill political spin, the kind of statistic-twisting and accomplishment-exaggerating that political candidates of all stripes engage in.
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Raw Story
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
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Alternet.org, Mediaite, Fox News, The Hill and Breitbart
Carolina Journal:
Robinson under pressure to withdraw from gubernatorial race — North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. — Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Journal on the condition …
US Department of Justice:
Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Their Family Members — For Immediate Release — An Alaska man was arrested yesterday in Anchorage for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members.
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NBC News:
Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change — The South Carolina senator wants the governor to call a special session to put forward legislation that would make Nebraska a winner-take-all state in the Electoral College.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Raw Story and Axios
Bloomberg:
Secret Service Probing Musk's Post About Threats to Biden and Harris — The Secret Service is looking into Elon Musk's post on X that suggested it was strange no one attempted to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. In response to a FOIA request …
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Matt Bernardini / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation — George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles — Amid the recent crackdown on Russian influence in American media, a group of former Trump advisers …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Georgia's abortion ban killed a young mother. The Christian right now blames the victim — Anti-choice activists argue that if Amber Nicole Thurman had submitted to forced childbirth, she'd still be alive — Pro-choice activists warned in the immediate aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Local Teamsters unions in key battleground states endorse Harris — Local unions within the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are putting their support behind Vice President Harris in November, despite the wider union's decision to withhold a presidential endorsement this year.
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Ryan Deto / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Western Pa. Teamsters endorse Kamala Harris, breaking with national union
Western Pa. Teamsters endorse Kamala Harris, breaking with national union
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Axios:
The Harris-Walz media strategy: Hide from the press … - That strategy comes even as many voters say they want to learn more about Harris — and as her campaign has said she's changed many of her past liberal positions to more centrist policies. — The previously press-friendly Walz …
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New York Times:
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers — The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. — Leer en español阅读.体 …
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Stephen Prager / Current Affairs:
The Right is Where the Money Is … Earlier this month, the Department of Justice charged two employees of the Russian state TV channel RT with illegally pouring nearly $10 million into a Tennessee company, Tenet Media. The company, founded by now-former Blaze TV personality Lauren Chen and her husband …
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Bethany McLean / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts. — Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner's book, which builds on their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, is much more than an excavation of the former president's tax returns. — If you tell someone who is not a fan …
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New York Times
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
The stark reality of mass deportation — Former President Donald Trump has promised that he will start mass deportations if he wins in November. The promise has become a central selling point of his 2024 campaign. At a campaign rally in Michigan this summer, Trump vowed …
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Chorus Nylander / KVOA-TV:
N4T Investigators: Several Trump supporters seated on stage during Tucson rally experience eye injuries — TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - It's a mystery at a Donald Trump rally that left multiple people with eye injuries and few answers. — The News 4 Tucson Investigators spoke exclusively …
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Alex Roarty / NOTUS:
Democrats Are Building the Ground Game They Wish They'd Had in 2020. They're Not Sure How Much It'll Matter. — Democrats have regrets about their campaigning during the pandemic. This year, they're going all out to make sure they leave nothing to chance. — Copy
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Former Georgia lieutenant governor says Trump is ‘not God’: 'He's a loser' — Georgia's former Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan (R) slammed Trump for sinking the latest government funding bill after delivering an ultimatum calling for the plan to include a proof of citizenship voting requirement
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