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August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46% — Home Polls August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46% — Independents, Younger Voters Swing Toward Harris — The first Emerson College Polling national survey following President Biden's decision not to seek re-election finds …
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With JD Vance, Things Just Get Weirder And Weirder — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — What On Earth? — JD Vance is coming into focus as a living breathing embodiment of the caricature …


Playbook: Look who's pushing for a Trump reset — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — QUOTE OF THE DAY — A senior administration official to WSJ's Alex Ward and Nancy Youssef on the possibility of an Iranian attack on Israel …
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Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign's worst month of 2024 — Senior aides see challenges from enemies real and perceived as the ex-president struggles against Harris — Donald Trump has privately expressed faith in his campaign leadership and no personnel changes are currently expected …


Franklin & Marshall Poll Release: August 2024 — I'm writing to share our summary report for the August 2024 Franklin & Marshall College Poll. I've highlighted a few of the key findings below, but I encourage you to read the full report, which is also included.
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Campaign spending booms in race to define Harris
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job
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Trump's “election integrity” plan tests his campaign
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Republicans practically beg Trump to change it up. He's not listening.
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Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not “crowd sizes.” Project 2025 shows that will backfire
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The Hill and The Daily Beast

Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump
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GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can't Help but Be Trump
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Washington Examiner, WKRN-TV and Cook Political Report

Trump has the inklings of a plan to take on Harris, but he seems unable to implement it
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Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’
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Crooks and Liars


Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term — Last month, Russell Vought sat in a five-star Washington, DC, hotel suite, bowing his head in prayer with two men he thought were relatives of a wealthy conservative donor.
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Forbes and Alternet.org


Zelensky says Ukraine has captured key Russian town — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1
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Democrats Maintain Edge in New Senate Polls, As Nevada Moves Back to Lean Democrat — The 2024 election has already been historic in a number of ways, but November could mark another recent electoral oddity — a rise in ticket-splitting between presidential and Senate races.
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Nevada Senate Race Now Favors Democrat, Report Says — The nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved the race from “tossup” to “lean Democrat” after polling shows Senator Jacky Rosen with a large edge. — Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada, a Democrat seeking re-election to her seat for the first time …
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Cook Political Report, Axios, New Jersey Online and Fox News

White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a victory lap after federal officials inked deals with drug companies to lower the price for 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs …
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Musk's New AI Image Generator Immediately Used to Troll Him — OBVIOUSLY — Images flooded X showing Musk carrying out a school shooting with Mickey Mouse or being led on a leash by Donald Trump. — Elon Musk's AI chatbot launched a new image generation feature Wednesday …
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The Saudi Payments to Trump Are More Important than the Suspected Egyptian One — As you know, I was calling on the press to focus on the suspected $10 million payment Egypt made to Trump since before it was cool — since even before the WaPo significantly advanced the story over a month later.


Trump seeks to delay his hush money sentencing until after the election — His lawyers are seeking to have the conviction overturned on immunity grounds. — NEW YORK — Attorneys for Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the former president's Manhattan criminal case to postpone his sentencing …
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Why Facebook blocked Popular Information's reporting on Laura Loomer — Yesterday, Popular Information published a detailed report on the close relationship between former President Donald Trump and Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who says America should be a “white Judeo-Christian ethnostate.”
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Media Matters for America


Harris to call for federal ban on price-gouging in Friday speech — Vice President Harris on Friday will outline a series of economic policy proposals as part of her presidential campaign, including a call for a federal ban on corporate price-gouging. — Harris will deliver remarks in North Carolina …
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Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceries
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Trump campaign brings Corey Lewandowski back on board — The move is part of an expansion of the campaign's ranks — Donald Trump's campaign is expanding its ranks as he seeks to regain his footing in the presidential campaign, bringing on a handful of top allies — including former Trump 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
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Raw Story, The Guardian and The National Pulse


JD Vance: ‘Whole Purpose Of The Postmenopausal Female’ Is To Care For Grandkids — JD Vance once said one of the best things for the economy is the “postmenopausal female” because her purpose in life is to provide free childcare. — The comments were revealed Wednesday in newly resurfaced audio from 2020 …
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When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag?


SHOCK: Secret Service Agent Left Her Post Protecting Trump to Breastfeed Baby She Brought to Rally — Susan Crabtree of RealClearInvestigations broke a story this morning that in a sane would would shock you, but in the current world run by the Biden administration is just another day ending in “Y.”
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acecomments.mu.nu, The National Pulse and The Gateway Pundit