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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.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign  —  The group White Dudes for Harris rolled out a new $10 million ad campaign on Thursday, with the first ad of the effort targeting white men in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  —  The over one-minute-long spot addresses …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Emily Peck / Axios:
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy  —  When it comes to the economy, Kamala Harris appears to have closed the “trust gap.” … - Harris seems to have shaken off some of that baggage.  —  The big picture: The economy is typically an important issue for voters in an election …
Politico:   Playbook: Mike Johnson's uneasy decision
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Swing State Polls: Trump and Harris Locked in Tight Presidential Race
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians  —  Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem.  —  Six days into terrorizing the city of Springfield, Ohio, with baseless nonsense about Haitian immigrants kidnapping and eating people's pets …
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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 …
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.
Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it's proven false with 1 phone call
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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Ben T.N. Mause / NOTUS:
The Failure Was the Point: House Rejects Mike Johnson's Government Funding Gambit
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson's funding bill
Andrew Tobin / freebeacon.com:
‘Israel Is Going to War’: Attacks on Hezbollah Devices Signal Jewish State Ready for Escalation  —  TEL AVIV—As Hezbollah terrorists across Lebanon spontaneously combusted for a second straight day on Wednesday, war-weary Israelis were enjoying the show.  —  But they were also asking what comes next.
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New York Times:
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers
Brad Dress / The Hill:
What to know: Hezbollah walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon 1 day after pager attack
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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Alex Nieves / Politico:
West Coast Teamsters break with national chapter in endorsing Harris
KC Cypress / International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
Teamsters: No Endorsement for U.S. President
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Laziest Campaign  —  The 78-year-old Republican nominee is holding fewer campaign events than in his two previous runs for the presidency.  Can he pick up the pace?  —  Election Day is 47 days away.  Early voting has begun in some states.  Polls indicate that the presidential race …
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and Fox News
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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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 …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and emptywheel
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November  —  New ads running in legal journals are warning lawyers: “Don't lose your law license because of Trump.”  —  After the 2020 election, legal watchdogs, outraged at some of their colleagues …
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 …
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency:
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement:
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Associated Press:
Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden's campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’  —  BEARISH  —  The rally crowd was reacting to a reporter asking the Republican vice presidential nominee for his reaction to the Fed's half-point interest rate cut.  —  A crowd assembled to hear Republican vice …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
After Fed Cuts Rates, Biden Will Claim Credit for Economy's Strength
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
 
 
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