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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 …
Washington Post:
Robinson vows to continue campaign as Republicans in N.C. brace for damaging story  —  Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, vowed to continue his campaign Thursday as he and others in the GOP braced for what they expected to be a damaging CNN story, less than two months until the election.
Kevin Ellis / Business North Carolina:
Upcoming CNN story has Robinson on defense
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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.
Washington Post:
Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign
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!”
Discussion: Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
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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 …
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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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
JD Vance is factually challenged - and morally deficient
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Trump and Johnson's Shocking Bid to Suppress Women's Votes  —  Republicans don't want women to vote.  They now think they may have a strategy that could help make that happen.  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson and former president Donald Trump were pushing the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Eligibility Act) …
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David Gilbert / Wired:   Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists
KOLN:
Sen. Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska senators to push winner-take-all  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Another special session could be on the horizon after the senior United States senator from South Carolina stopped by the Cornhusker state.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham met with more than a dozen Republican members …
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Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros”  —  On July 15, when former President Donald Trump first appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he brought along two new accessories.  One was a large bandage covering his ear, which had been nicked by a would-be assassin's bullet.
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:   Blood and Soil  —  Please note: I will record an article voiceover asap and plan to add …
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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Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Producers had to heavily edit The Apprentice to stop Trump from looking like a ‘complete moron’, authors claim  —  ‘That quality that was really bad for him in business was solid gold on the show,’ author says  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  As your White House correspondent …
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Bethany McLean / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning. ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.
Discussion: The Bulwark and New York Times
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and TASS
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Email Shows Project 2025 Coordinator Dangling Administration Job To Possible Contributor  —  A Heritage Foundation fellow said Project 2025 leaders' personnel recommendations “are likely to carry influence” with a future Trump administration.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — A coordinator …
 
 
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media have lavished praise on embattled Mark Robinson during his NC gubernatorial campaign
Discussion: Mediaite
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Walz meets families of U.S. hostages held in Gaza
Discussion: HuffPost
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
‘Uncommitted’ leaders say they won't endorse Harris
New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Plays Vance in Walz's Debate Prep
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
For only the second time, a top science magazine endorses for president
Discussion: Twitchy, The Atlantic and UnHerd
Associated Press:
These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
New York Times:
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are in a Civil War Over Trump's Weed Plan
Discussion: Politico
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.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Ryan Routh is the fruit of conspiracy-addled gun culture
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