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Scaramucci: Trump Is ‘Coming to Grips’ With Losing the Election — ‘GROWING DARKER’ — Trump's former White House communications director says it's going to be “rough” until Election Day. — Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump's one-time White House communications director …
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Alternet.org and The Hill
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Trump's decline: His interviews and lies get worse — As the 2024 race draws tighter, the former president's actions suggest he is spiraling. … This week, I look at felon and former president Donald Trump's downward spiral, pick the distinguished persons of the week and share some Chicago sites.
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Chicago Sun Times and Raw Story
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Trump's fury over Harris' switch with Biden is increasingly driving his campaign — Deep into his ranting news conference on Thursday, former President Donald Trump told a truth that explained everything : “I'm very angry at her.” — He was referring to Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Boing Boing, Taipei Times, Sentinel Colorado, Los Angeles Times, IJR, Bloomberg, RTÉ and The Guardian
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Trump veteran comments spark controversy — again — The former president has a history of making controversial comments about veterans, receiving backlash during both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. — Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash over his comments about veterans. Again.
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The Hill, New York Magazine, New York Times, ABC News, Raw Story and New Republic
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Trump draws a parallel between a campaign donor and war heroes — Trump told an audience on Thursday that the Presidential Medal of Freedom was “better” than the Medal of Honor, since honored soldiers were often wounded. — The day before Halloween 2019, President Donald Trump welcomed Master …
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NBC News, Media Matters for America, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, The Bulwark and The Guardian
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Trump says presidential civilian award is ‘better’ than top military honor whose recipients are ‘dead’ or ‘hit’ by bullets — Trump praised Republican donor Miriam Adelson for having received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a top civilian award. — BEDMINSTER, N.J. …
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Kamala Harris unveils populist policy agenda, with $6,000 credit for newborns — The vice president endorses government action on housing, groceries, medical debt, drugs and other issues. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled an aggressively populist economic agenda …
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Vice President Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
Vice President Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
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Business Insider:
New parents could get $6,000 for the first year of their child's life and a restored child tax credit under Kamala Harris' economic plan
New parents could get $6,000 for the first year of their child's life and a restored child tax credit under Kamala Harris' economic plan
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Presidential race swings 6 points in two weeks, catapulting Trump to lead and ending Harris surge — Scott Rasmussen says Harris bump has ended after poll that had Trump down 5 on Aug. 2 now has him leading by one. — Article — Dig Deeper — Support in the presidential race …
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Washington Post, Breitbart, The Napolitan Institute and RedState
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Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48%
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The Hill, Pew Research Center, The Post Millennial, New York Post, ABC27 and Breitbart
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
How Harris Has Completely Upended the Presidential Race, in 14 Maps
How Harris Has Completely Upended the Presidential Race, in 14 Maps
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Washington Post
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He found a Project 2025 duffel bag. Then police showed up at his house. — Journalist and author Malcolm Harris says he found the bag left on a ledge in Capitol Hill. It turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. — Author Malcolm Harris opened the door of his Capitol Hill home …
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How Project 2025 Turned Into the GOP's Biggest Political Loser
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Raw Story, New Republic, Teen Vogue, Digby's Hullabaloo, Rolling Stone and Steady
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence
Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence
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HuffPost, USA Today, New York Post, Axios, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Examiner and E&E News
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Tim Walz's Quip on “White Guy Tacos” Sends MAGA Into Meltdown — Right-wingers are spreading another conspiracy about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: he's lying about liking “white guy tacos.” — Kamala Harris and her running mate on Thursday posted a promotional video of them discussing food …
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Tim Walz's ‘White Guy Tacos’ Quip Gets MAGA All Hot and Bothered
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Raw Story, Breitbart, The Cross Section, The Daily Caller, RedState, Alternet.org, modernity, Boing Boing, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Tim Walz Looks Like an Increasing Liability for Harris
Tim Walz Looks Like an Increasing Liability for Harris
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Twitchy, The Western Journal and Frontpage Mag
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Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep — Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat who has rebranded herself as a celebrity among Donald J. Trump's supporters, once eviscerated Kamala Harris on a debate stage. — Former President Donald J. Trump has begun preparing for his debate …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Big League Politics, The Post Millennial and PoliticusUSA
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This Georgia Republican Defied Trump. Now He's Fighting a Defamation Suit. — The secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has spent $500,000 defending himself in court. He says the plaintiff will only settle if he effectively endorses a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.
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When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don't propose price controls? — It's hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris's price-gouging proposal is. — “Price gouging” is the focus of Vice President Kamala Harris's economic agenda, her presidential campaign says.
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Watch Undercover Video: Project 2025 Co-Author Lays Out “Radical Agenda” for Next Trump Term — As Donald Trump tries to distance his campaign from Project 2025, those behind the right-wing policy blueprint to remake the U.S. government continue to brag in private about their close ties …
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Centre for Climate Reporting, Forbes, Daily Kos, Rolling Stone, Media Matters for America, HuffPost, Alternet.org and CNN
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House GOP sets its sights on Walz — The House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Democrats' vice presidential pick. — House Republicans are setting their sights on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats' vice presidential candidate — the latest indication that they are using …
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ABC News, New Republic, Townhall, Fox News, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
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The Onion Adds a Monthly Print Edition … This week, The Onion began distributing a print edition for the first time in more than a decade. — The funniest writers at The Onion shuffled through dozens of news stories at a meeting last week, trying to discern which headline would make readers laugh harder.
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The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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Nine Years of Trump Is a Warning We Must Heed — Apart from Donald Trump, the basic problem of the Republican Party's so-called fever — the extent to which it has been captured by nihilists and ideological extremists — is that the party is untethered from any electoral dynamic that might force it to moderate its behavior.
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Trump's Magical History Tour — Under siege and self-sabotaging at his New Jersey golf club, Donald Trump is reaching for old familiar faces and enablers to imbue his flailing 2024 campaign with some 2016 magic: Corey Lewandowski, Tim Murtaugh, maybe Kellyanne. Who's next, Roger Stone? Oh wait...
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Raw Story, New Republic, CNN, Washington Post, ComingSoon.net, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, USA Today, New York Times and Washington Examiner
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‘Washington Post’ reviews star columnist Taylor Lorenz's ‘war criminal’ jab at Biden — Senior editors at the Washington Post are reviewing a prominent tech columnist's private story on social media, which appears to label President Biden a “war criminal” in a photo.
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Behind the Curtain: Trump's “caught on tape” women problem … - A Quinnipiac Poll out this week found a gender gulf among likely voters in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania: Women backed Harris 54% to 41%, while men went for Trump, 49% to 42%.
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The 19th, Raw Story, Alternet.org and NBC News
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Joint Statement from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar — Over the last 48 hours in Doha, senior officials from our governments have engaged in intensive talks as mediators aiming to conclude the agreement for a ceasefire and release of hostages and detainees.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, UPI, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Semafor
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The untold story of how Nancy Pelosi forced Biden to quit with a brutal phone call and humiliating ultimatum that ruined 50 years of friendship... and has left Jill and Joe furious — The exact circumstances that led to President Joe Biden's dramatic withdrawal from the 2024 election race …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, The Post Millennial and New York Post
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Sen. Bob Menendez ends independent run days before he's set to resign — The move formally ends a half century in politics that began on a New Jersey school board and culminated with extraordinary power on the global stage. — Convicted Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday took his independent candidacy off …
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New York Times, The Hill, ABC News, New Jersey Monitor, New Jersey Globe, NBC News, CBS News, Washington Post, Gothamist, USA Today and Roll Call
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The real fix for Social Security — One of the reasons I write this letter to you each day is to arm you with the facts and analyses you need to respond to the garbage coming out of the Trump campaign and Trump's Republican Party. — Today I want to talk to you about Social Security.
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