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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says — “War,” by Bob Woodward, traces how Trump and Biden responded to international crisis and concludes that Trump is worse than Nixon, the president exiled by the Watergate scandal.
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CNN:
‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin — Editor's Note: The story below contains explicit language — In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes …
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Business Insider, Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Guardian and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Secretly Stayed in Touch With Putin After Leaving Office, Book Says — A new book by the journalist Bob Woodward also reports that Donald J. Trump, while still in office, secretly sent Vladimir Putin what were then rare Covid-19 tests for the Russian's leader's personal use.
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Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Woodward's “War” reveals new Biden backstory … Blinken made it clear that getting out was a decision only Biden could make — wanting the president to feel he was making it on his terms, rather than being forced. — Biden stayed in the race three more weeks, then bowed out as party support collapsed.
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Washington Times and New Book Releases …
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Kamala Harris makes the case in 60 Minutes interview for why she should be president — Kamala Harris has been a candidate for president for just two-and-a-half months and the post convention “honeymoon” is over. With the election just 29 days away, Harris and her running mate Minnesota …
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Kamala's CBS Interview Was a Complete and Total Trainwreck — Kamala Harris' interview on CBS News was a total disaster. That's an evergreen statement, but you knew it would end poorly. Folks, her spot on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the most effortless media hit of all time, was a tangled mess.
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Brings the Receipts on Trump's Interview About-Face
‘60 Minutes’ Brings the Receipts on Trump's Interview About-Face
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
‘60 Minutes’ details Trump canceling prime-time interview
‘60 Minutes’ details Trump canceling prime-time interview
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The Daily Beast, BizPac Review, USA Today, HuffPost, Raw Story, Mediaite and CBS News
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris reveals owning a Glock: ‘Of course’ I've fired it
Harris reveals owning a Glock: ‘Of course’ I've fired it
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Mediaite, Breitbart, New York Times, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Forbes, USA Today, Fox News and CBS News
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds — A Democratic senator's report finds new evidence of the White House controlling an FBI investigation into sexual assault claims against the Supreme Court nominee. — In September 2018, as allegations of sexual misconduct …
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Fox News and The Daily Beast
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Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Directed by the Trump White House”: Senate Dem report suggests FBI's Kavanaugh probe was a “sham” — Sheldon Whitehouse said the bureau never bothered to investigate the 4,500 tips related to sexual assault inquiry — Fake news, the former president called it.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Poll Finds Harris Rising as She Challenges Trump on Change — A national Times/Siena poll found Kamala Harris with a slim lead over Donald J. Trump. Voters were more likely to see her, not Mr. Trump, as a break from the status quo. — Voters are now more likely to credit Vice President Kamala Harris …
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The Hill, New York Magazine, Fox News, New Jersey Online, National Review, Hopium Chronicles, Issues & Insights, HotAir and NBC News
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
55/45 is a really close race — After a drought, we finally have enough interesting polling to do a Model Talk on where the race stands: perhaps we'll take another tour through the swing states, for instance. But we've been leaning heavily on the paywalled side lately …
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The Hill and New Jersey Online
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Do We Dare Call It Fascism? — Some bookkeeping at the top: We should note, for those of you who were confused yesterday, that we spoke in jest when we wrote that Bill is a “founding member” of the Daddy Gang from Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast. — As everyone knows …
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Elon Musk says it would be ‘pointless’ to try to assassinate Kamala Harris — Musk, in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, again questioned why no one is trying to kill the vice president or President Joe Biden. — Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO and high-profile backer …
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The Hill, Fortune, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, The Daily Beast and Gizmodo
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emptywheel:
Disaster Disinformation Is This Year's John Podesta Emails — I've already focused on these three paragraphs, but want to return to them. They're from NYT's article anticipating how the apparently tied race will roll out in the next 30 (now 28) days.
Public Notice:
Trump's climate denial is appalling and getting worse — It's a perfect storm of ignorance and malevolence. … 🥂 — In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Trump's blatant lies about FEMA using emergency funds for migrants have gotten a lot of attention, and deservedly so …
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Harris to propose new Medicare home care benefit for seniors — The vice president is expected to announce the proposal on “The View.” — Kamala Harris during a Tuesday appearance on “The View” is expected to announce a new policy aimed at helping families care for aging seniors.
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Axios, The Hill, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and NPR
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Will Propose Major Initiative To Help Millions Of Seniors — And Their Caregivers
Kamala Harris Will Propose Major Initiative To Help Millions Of Seniors — And Their Caregivers
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Washington Examiner and Data For Progress
NOTUS:
North Carolina Adapts to a Post-Hurricane Election. Not Everyone Is On Board. — A local Republican leader in western North Carolina was resistant to changes to election rules. — Calen Razor and Anna Kramer — Copy — North Carolina's hurricane recovery is still in the works …
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Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, The Dispatch, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Raw Story and One America News Network
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Ron DeSantis' Administration Is Threatening to Prosecute the Media for Airing Pro-Choice Ads — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is threatening TV stations that air ads in support of an abortion rights ballot initiative with criminal penalties, including jail time.
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The Independent and Raw Story
Sophia Cai / Axios:
“The Apprentice”: the film Trump doesn't want you to see … - The scenes are based on Ivana Trump's divorce deposition in 1990, in which she detailed a 1989 assault. — She later walked back her claim that she was raped, and said instead that she “felt violated.” — Trump has denied the allegations.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: White House loses trust in Israeli government as Middle East spirals … - The Biden administration isn't opposed to Israel responding to the Iranian attack last week but wants it to be measured, U.S. officials said. — “Our trust of the Israelis is very low right now and for a good reason,” one U.S. official said.
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The Times of Israel, Israpundit, CNN and New York Times
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He's Visited Gaza, but No Record of Such a Trip Exists — An aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, pointed to the former president's trip to Israel. But Gaza is not in Israel. — Donald J. Trump suggested in a radio interview on Monday that he had visited war-torn Gaza in the past …
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HuffPost, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Axios, Politico, New Republic and Associated Press
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule to Replace Lead Pipes Within a Decade, Announces New Funding to Deliver Clean Drinking Water — Since President Biden Took Office, Over 367,000 Lead Pipes Have Been Replaced Nationwide, Benefitting 918,000 People
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Axios
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Lauren Egan / Politico:
What Kamala Harris' ‘Call Her Daddy’ media strategy is really about — Hint: it's not about mainstream media's egos. — On Sunday, a 40-minute interview with Vice President Kamala Harris aired on a platform with an audience of 5 million engaged and loyal listeners. No, it wasn't “Meet the Press” or “Face the Nation.”
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ComingSoon.net, Raw Story, The Message Box, abc7NY and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
What Going on Call Her Daddy Did for Kamala Harris
What Going on Call Her Daddy Did for Kamala Harris
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
The Mideast War Threatens Harris in Michigan as Arab Voters Reject Her — A year after the Oct. 7 attacks, Kamala Harris faces deepening Democratic fractures in a crucial state. Interviews suggest that her support from Muslim and Arab Americans is drying up.
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