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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Harris is bringing two former Trump administration officials as her debate guests  —  It's part of the campaign's ongoing effort to use Trump's former allies to troll him.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing two unusual guests to tonight's debate in Philadelphia: two former officials in her opponent's administration.
Discussion: New Republic, The Hill and CNN
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Kamala Harris Can't Keep Running Like This  —  After seven weeks of euphoria over Kamala Harris's ascension to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, panic finally returned to the party on Sunday.  The New York Times published a poll showing Donald Trump with a slim lead …
Politico:
Trump confronts his ‘weak spot’ at the debate  —  The former president lags by double digits with this key constituency.  —  Former President Donald Trump is already underwater by double digits with female voters in the polls.  —  Now Trump will stand on stage next to a woman he has publicly …
Marist Poll:
The U.S Presidential Contest (September 2024)  —  NPR/PBS News/Marist National Poll  —  Harris +1 Point Against Trump Nationally.... Edges Trump By 3 Among Definite Voters  —  In advance of tonight's presidential debate, just one point separates Vice President Kamala Harris …
Joseph Bosco / The Hill:
Trump could suffer the same fate as Biden in tonight's debate — how will his party react?  —  Will tonight's debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump be as dramatic as the game-changer on June 27 between Trump and President Biden?  That debate served to confirm …
MSNBC:
Lawrence: The media is trying (and failing) to cure themselves of ‘sane-washing’ Trump  —  What The New York Times calls a “disputable policy assumption,” MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains that that is just the Times “sane-washing” Donald Trump's tariff lies.
Discussion: HuffPost and Heartland Signal
emptywheel:
Whatever Happens with the Debate, Kamala Harris' Campaign Is Not Yet Half Done
Discussion: New York Times and NewsNation
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Makes No Sense and Is Full of Meaning
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Harris tweaks Trump over crowd size ahead of debate
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
How Donald Trump can win the debate — and the election — in two minutes
Discussion: RedState and Rolling Stone
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside Harris' high-risk, high-reward debate against Trump
Associated Press:
The Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election's latest landmark event
The Hill:
Speaker Johnson plowing ahead with funding plan despite GOP opposition  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is plowing ahead with his plan to avert a government shutdown despite GOP opposition that is large enough to tank the effort, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing vote …
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The Hill:
GOP opposition appears to doom Speaker Johnson's initial plan to avert shutdown
The Hill:   House GOP government funding plan gets chilly reception from Senate Republicans
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
Liz Cheney and the Problem of the Anti-Trump Republican  —  “We may have set a record for Republicans speaking at a Democratic convention,” Pete Buttigieg proudly proclaimed in an interview on the Colbert Show during last month's DNC.  Colbert had asked him whether he thought it was still possible …
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Why Mike Lee Folded
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Alexander B. Howard / New York Times:
The Tide May Be Turning for Telegram, TikTok and X  —  Three major events have shaken up the social-media world in the past two weeks.  First, French authorities detained Pavel Durov, the iconoclastic billionaire behind the online platform Telegram.  Then, a judge suspended the microblogging service X in Brazil.
Discussion: Just Security
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Casey Newton / Platformer:   Telegram changes its tune
Washington Post:
Elon Musk's misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials  —  The X billionaire's false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls, and add to worries about threats, election officials say.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP red states launch a war on voting rights  —  The hoopla over the looming debate in Philadelphia has been obscuring a ton of non-political news.  Stop me if you've seen these headlines in America before: A high school massacre.  A man with a troubled past nonetheless buys an AR-15 and go on a shooting spree.
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
‘The Apprentice’ Trailer Reveals New Footage of Damning, Scandalous Trump Film  —  This is the film Donald Trump doesn't want you to see.  Now we know why.  —  “The first rule is: attack, attack, attack.”  A kaleidoscopic trailer was released Tuesday of the new Donald Trump biopic/origin story …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Donald Trump's unconventional ground game is making Republicans nervous  —  The News  —  Donald Trump's success — or failure — on Nov. 5 could very well come down to the campaign's ground game: And top members of the party are already whispering concerns, pointing fingers, and offering pushback as it relates to the effort.
Discussion: Reuters
Zach Everson / Forbes:
How Trump Lost Millions On His D.C. Hotel—Years After He Sold It  —  The former president pocketed $127 million when he sold his D.C. hotel in 2022.  To close that deal, he had to lend the buyer a chunk of money that he'll now never get back.  —  In what seemed like a stroke of genius …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Melania Trump questions Trump assassination attempt story: ‘We need to uncover the truth’ … Former first lady Melania Trump questioned the official account of the attempted assassination this summer of her husband, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Abby Ellin / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Harris's Height.  But Her Fans See a Certain Stature.  —  Kamala Harris is modest in stature, but is considered by some to have Tall Energy.  Donald Trump has insisted she shouldn't be allowed to use “boxes or artificial lifts” during the debate.
Discussion: Robert Reich and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
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