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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
EU's Breton warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response — The European Union's digital enforcer wrote an open letter to tech mogul Elon Musk on Monday ahead of a planned interview with former United States President Donald Trump to remind him of the EU's rules on promoting hate speech.
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The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster … Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start. The interview, which was hosted on X Spaces and scheduled to begin at 8PM ET Monday night, crashed almost immediately and didn't begin until 42 minutes later
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Trump makes X return with Musk interview — Trump posted on X for the first time in nearly a year ahead of the interview. — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. — Former President Donald Trump is making another return …
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Elon Musk's Machine for Political Violence — Last October, I wrote a post called “Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism,” describing how Twitter had twice served Donald Trump's electoral ambitions. — In 2016, trolls — including Don Jr — workshopped memes on a DM list and then used their reach to pressure MSM to adopt their narratives.
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The most expensive political ad of all time
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Elon Musk's Hands-On Push to Win 800,000 Voters for Trump
Inside Elon Musk's Hands-On Push to Win 800,000 Voters for Trump
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Desperate Trump Returns to X as Poll Numbers Keep Tanking
Desperate Trump Returns to X as Poll Numbers Keep Tanking
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In Which Ian Miles Cheong Understands Trump's Campaign Better than NYT — The second I saw video of Vice President Harris rolling up to a hangar at Detroit's airport on Air Force Two, then alighting with Tim Walz in front of cheering crowds, I knew it would break Donald Trump's brain.
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Why Donald Trump Can't Let Go of Joe Biden
Why Donald Trump Can't Let Go of Joe Biden
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John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Kamala Harris is going on the offensive on border security. It could keep Arizona blue and cut off Trump's path to victory.
Kamala Harris is going on the offensive on border security. It could keep Arizona blue and cut off Trump's path to victory.
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris
The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Trump camp thanks WH for confirming there's ‘no daylight’ between Harris, Biden: ‘Kamala created this mess’
Trump camp thanks WH for confirming there's ‘no daylight’ between Harris, Biden: ‘Kamala created this mess’
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
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Trump campaign office in Virginia burglarized, police say — The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said it's investigating whether anything was stolen, as well as the identity of the alleged suspect who was captured on surveillance video. — Police in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. …
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Donald Trump's Campaign Admits It Rented Jeffrey's Epstein's Jet — OOPS! — A campaign official told The Daily Beast that it instructed a charter jet company to never lease them the infamous Gulfstream G550 ever again. — Donald Trump's campaign confirmed the former president chartered …
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Judge Rules That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cannot Appear on New York Ballot — The ruling was a blow to Mr. Kennedy's independent campaign for president. The judge said that he had used a “sham” address to claim residency in New York. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign …
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Donald Trump Is Freaked Out in Ways He Never Imagined Were Possible — The Harris-Walz campaign proved two important things last week. First, it proved that sometimes all you really have to do is answer attacks—the mere fact of answering them deflates their momentum.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0
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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law — WASHINGTON (AP) — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. — Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed …
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Tina Peters guilty: Former Mesa County clerk convicted on 7 charges — Twelve Mesa County jurors found Tina Peters guilty of four felonies on Monday after a lengthy criminal trial, marking yet another conviction tied to post-2020 election conspiracy theories.
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Should You Get Another Covid Shot Now? — The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection. We asked experts about the right time for a booster. — Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California …
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Sasse's spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts — The former UF president tripled his office's spending compared to predecessor — In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office's spending …
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Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast — All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris. — ∙ Paid … Let's cut to the chase: So, who's gonna win the election? — Well, honestly, we don't know — but we can give you our best probabilistic guess.
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Former FBI deputy chief lays out path for prosecution of Clarence Thomas — Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe gave tips on how to make Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas answer allegations about gifts received by rich donors when he joined legal analyst Allison Gill for their weekly"Jack" …
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Two Illegals Allegedly Rape Woman in Coney Island Near Migrant Hotel — On Sunday night, a woman was raped at knifepoint in Coney Island. The two suspects are alleged to be two illegals from Nicaragua and Mexico. — According to police, the attack took place outside a hotel housing asylum seekers …
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Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump — NBC, ABC, CBS, as well as the LA Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, all ignored the reporting … According to an August 2 report in The Washington Post, the U.S. Department …
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Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging ‘political persecution’ — Trump attorney says ‘unconstitutional’ raid should never have been approved by Garland, Wray — Join Fox News for access to this content — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump is set to sue …
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Arizona certifies abortion-rights initiative for the November ballot — Arizona's secretary of state's office announced that the 24-week limit will go up for a vote in the battleground state later this year. — PHOENIX — Arizona's ballot will include a major reproductive rights measure …
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Second Photo Alleged to Show JD Vance in Drag Posted Online — OMG! — The Vance campaign has not denied that the man in drag in a viral photo was Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election running mate. — A second image of JD Vance allegedly dressed as a woman in a blonde wig has been posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
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