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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence
Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence
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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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Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48% — Home Polls Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48% — A new Emerson College Polling/RealClearPennsylvania survey finds 49% of voters support former President Donald Trump, and 48% support Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the Keystone state.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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5 questions for Audrey Tang — With help from Steven Overly and Mohar Chatterjee. — Hello, and welcome to this week's installment of The Future In Five Questions. Brendan recently spoke with Audrey Tang, a software programmer who served as Taiwan's first Minister of Digital Affairs from August 2022 to May 2024.
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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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JD Vance isn't just out to get cat ladies — his weird plans target dog people and grandmas, too — The self-styled expert on the ladies now claims “normal” women don't care about reproductive rights — Ohio Sen. JD Vance is a man with an obsession. The video of Donald Trump's running mate raving …
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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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