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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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Emily Peck / Axios:
Harris closes trust gap with Trump on the economy
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Marist polls: Harris leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin, with tie in Pennsylvania
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Axios:
The Harris-Walz media strategy: Hide from the press
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Trump Shocked That ‘a Woman’ Is ‘Somehow Doing Better’ Than Biden in 2024 Race
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
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New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Oprah Joins Harris in Michigan as Race Remains Tight
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Associated Press:
Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Swing State Polls: Trump and Harris Locked in Tight Presidential Race
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Harris tops Trump by two points
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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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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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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
JD Vance keeps getting ahead of Donald Trump on policy
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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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Scoop: Mike Johnson's secret Plan B
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Calls for Govt. Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote
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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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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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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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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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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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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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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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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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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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David Gilbert / Wired:
Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists — A coordinated effort called “National Only Citizens Vote” has been rolled out this week by a coalition of people pushing conspiracy theories about immigrants voting in the November election.
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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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Plays Vance in Walz's Debate Prep — The transportation secretary, who acted as Mike Pence during Kamala Harris's preparations for the 2020 vice-presidential debate, is again helping out as Tim Walz gets ready for his Oct. 1 clash. — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is intensifying …
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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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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 …
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