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10:45 PM ET, September 9, 2024

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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
What the First Debate Question for Trump Must Be  —  The moderators ought to start with the fact that he rejects the foundations of the American system of government.  —  I find it exhausting to have to point out that Donald Trump has—yet again—threatened to engage in violent and dictatorial behavior …
Discussion: New Republic, Daily Kos and Politico
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Rolling Stone:
What If Trump Wins?  —  The chaos and lawlessness of the first term could pale in comparison to what comes next  —  Mark Peterson/Redux  —  Donald Trump was slamming his fist on the Resolute Desk and, once again, calling for blood.  —  It was the second year of his presidency …
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump … In the summer of 2015, back when he was still talking to traitorous reporters like me, I spent extended stretches with Donald Trump.  He was in the early phase of his first campaign for president, though he had quickly made himself …
Discussion: The Dispatch and Raw Story
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Vengeance is Trump's only true campaign proposal
David Ingram / NBC News:
Ohio police have ‘no credible reports’ of Haitian immigrants harming pets, contradicting JD Vance's claim  —  Vance wrote on X that “people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn't be in this country.”  Police say they haven't seen evidence.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The right-wing bubble says Trump will save your cat from immigrants  —  False claims and baseless ones are politically useful, so they rocket to the social media accounts of prominent right-wing people.  —  Seemingly out of the blue Monday morning, supporters of former president Donald Trump …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
MAGA Launches Most Unbelievable Conspiracy Yet—on Migrants Eating Pets  —  The MAGA right, including Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance, are spreading a racist rumor that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are capturing, cooking, and eating people's pet cats and ducks.
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Amplifies False Claim About Haitian Migrants in Ohio
Jessica Orozco / springfield-news-sun:
Springfield police say no reports of pets stolen, after viral social media post
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: North Carolina: Harris vs. Trump Too Close To Call, Georgia: Trump Has Slight Edge In Tight Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Governor's Race: Stein Leads Robinson 51% - 41%  —  mail_outline  —  NORTH CAROLINA: Harris 49%, Trump 46%, Stein 1%
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
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Morning Consult Pro:
Tracking the 2024 Election: State by State  —  Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Morning Consult is conducting thousands of surveys every day, asking U.S. voters if they plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump in November.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Kabir Khanna / CBS News:
CBS News poll for 2024 Senate races shows Democrats lead in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Discussion: CNN
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity  —  With President Biden no longer in the race, former President Donald J. Trump would be the oldest person ever to serve in the Oval Office.  But his rambling, sometimes incoherent public statements have stirred concern among voters.
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump is 78 and barely coherent. Where's everyone who questioned Biden's age and fitness?
Discussion: The Hill and The Good in Us
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US charges alleged white supremacist gangsters with trying to incite race war
CBS News:
Feds say white supremacist leaders of “Terrorgram” group plotted assassinations, inspired attacks
Discussion: Associated Press and CAIR
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Telegram changes its tune  —  I.  —  Last week, Platformer reported that Telegram practically bragged about how little it cooperates with law enforcement.  Its FAQ page stated that the company would not examine the contents of any private messages exchanged on the service, we reported.
Discussion: The Japan Times
Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93  —  James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died.
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Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
James Earl Jones Dies: Revered ‘Field Of Dreams’ Star, Darth Vader Voice & Broadway Regular Was 93  —  James Earl Jones, the revered actor who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader, starred in Field of Dreams and many other films and Broadway shows and is an EGOT winner, died this morning at his home in Dutchess County, NY.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Generals come to Harris' defense on Afghanistan … - The push to defend Harris comes from retired military brass, including three with four-stars: Admiral Steve Abbot, who served as deputy homeland security advisor to George W. Bush, Gen. Lloyd W. Newton and Gen. Larry R. Ellis …
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Says Donald Trump Is ‘Gonna Lie’ at Presidential Debate
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media  —  The news media isn't doing its job  —  There's a new New York Times/Siena College poll out and I'm not going to write about it because I generally don't write about polls …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Afterlife of Donald Trump … Pink.  An ovular rose.  Big and smooth.  A complex commonplace instrument.  And, as far as these things go, a rather nice one.  Isolated from the head and all that roils therein, and to which it is, famously and miraculously, still attached, you have to admit, if you can: It is beautiful.
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Justice Clarence Thomas faces new recusal demand after wife's alleged message to conservative group  —  Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin calls Ginni Thomas' email “deeply problematic.”  —  Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas arrive at the Heritage Foundation, Oct. 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: Washington Times
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
When Your Little Ohio Town Becomes Port Au Prince and No One Cares UPDATE  —  The third world used to be something Americans used as a measuring stick to hold against other cities or countries we visited or dealt with.  When I would pull the newspapers back over a child sleeping in a doorway …
Business Insider:
Jack White sues Trump over the use of The White Stripes' ‘Seven Nation Army’: ‘This machine sues fascists’  — Jack White and The White Stripes have sued Donald Trump.  — White claims that Trump's campaign improperly used the duo's smash-hit “Seven Nation Army.”
Edward Segarra / USA Today:
Harvey Weinstein rushed from Rikers Island to hospital for emergency heart surgery: Reports  —  Two months following his hospitalization for various health issues, Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized for emergency cardiac treatment.  —  The 72-year-old movie mogul, who is currently awaiting …
Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump has lost $4 billion in Truth Social wipeout  —  New York CNN —  Former President Donald Trump's social media company is in a deep slump that keeps getting worse, wiping out a huge chunk of his net worth.  —  Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) dropped last week …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
Trump Media shares close over 5% higher after poll seen as good news for ex-president
Discussion: New York Times, New York Post and IJR
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Is the press ‘sanewashing’ Trump?  —  There's a hot new term doing the rounds among media critics: “sanewashing.”  The term itself actually isn't new, and it wasn't born in media-criticism circles, per se; according to Urban Dictionary, it was coined in 2020 on a Reddit page for neoliberals …
Discussion: Raw Story and Instapundit
Mike Baker / New York Times:
To the World, He Is an Anti-Trafficking Hero.  Women Tell a Different Story.  —  Tim Ballard's work on sex trafficking became the basis of the hit movie “Sound of Freedom.”  But a series of women, in lawsuits and interviews, have accused him of being a sex predator.
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville blocks promotion of Lloyd Austin's top military aide
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rich Noyes / Newsbusters:
100%! ABC Debate Moderator David Muir Hosts Most Pro-Harris, Left-Wing Newscast
Discussion: Breitbart, USA Today and Twitchy
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Let's Be Clear: Putin Is Again Trying to Put Trump in the White House
Discussion: Reuters
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
DeSantis' Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Maine Republican Austin Theriault Called Cops On Lawful Gun Owner
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Justice Alito's Stock Portfolio Stands Apart on US Supreme Court
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Tara Kavaler / NOTUS:
Even Republicans Say Kari Lake's Campaign Is Falling Apart
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
Conservative activist launches $1bn crusade to ‘crush’ liberal America
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Is This the Real Reason Trump Promises to Pardon Jan. 6th Convicts?
Discussion: Democrats and Mediaite
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount's Shari Redstone backs CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil after execs criticized his work and says she lacks editorial control but “something needs to be done”

Tovia Smith / NPR:
A look at the bidding war for Alex Jones' Infowars and its parent company Free Speech Systems, where some would-be-buyers just want to bury it

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Filing: the FT reports 2023 revenue up 5% YoY to £444M, operating profit down 33% YoY to £9M, and 1.4M paid subscribers, of which 1.3M were digital subscribers

 
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