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Trump Plan to End Taxes on Overtime Would Cost Billions
“Donald Trump is calling for exempting overtime pay from taxes, the latest in a string of vague tax proposals that have befuddled tax experts, worried fiscal hawks and seemingly charmed…
Bomb Threats Continue in Springfield
New York Times: “Bomb threats continued for a third straight day in Springfield, Ohio, closing medical buildings in the area on Saturday.” “In the days since Donald Trump baselessly claimed…
Quote of the Day
“Well, I’ve given up. Every time I come on I want to really talk to you about substantive issues. I don’t want to talk to you about this clown shit.”…
Don Jr. Piles On With Racist Comments About Haitians
“Amid fallout from Donald Trump’s debunked claim about immigrants from Haiti stealing and eating people’s pets in a small Ohio city, the former president’s oldest son weighed in with his…
Harris Jumps Out to a 5-Point Lead Nationally
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally in a head-to-head match up, 50% to 45%. In a multi-candidate field, Harris lead by a similar 48%…
Kamala Harris Really Worked the Media
One reason Kamala Harris’s debate performance this week was so well received was that it fit perfectly into the way reporters cover such events. Had Harris responded to each question…
Trump Claims Justin Trudeau Is Fidel Castro’s Son
Donald Trump falsely claimed that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is the son of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in Save America, the former president’s new photo book that also…
Another Whiny Trump Campaign Stop
Nevada Independent: “Donald Trump returned to Las Vegas on Friday to highlight proposed economic policies in a speech meant to woo swing state Nevadans, but spent much of his time…
Trump Targets Swing State ‘Sometimes’ Voters
“Donald Trump’s campaign, lacking the on-the-ground muscle to match Kamala Harris’ team, has been rolling out a strategy to target swing-state voters who’ve shown interest in Trump but often don’t…
Secret Service Probe Details Failures
“A Secret Service investigation has confirmed security breakdowns that paved the way for an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, while also revealing new information — including that agents never directed…
Laura Loomer Called Herself a ‘White Advocate’
Close Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer told a white nationalist conference in 2022 that she considered herself a “white advocate,” The Guardian reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Lie Is Another Test for Christian America
Russell Moore: “The accusation that Haitian immigrants in a small Ohio city are abducting and eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs relies not on one falsehood but on a web…
The Star-Making Machine That Created ‘Donald Trump’
The New York Times runs an excerpt from Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success: “As he began playing a wealthy tycoon…
Two Questions from the Debate
Fintan O’Toole: “The debate leaves us with two critical questions. Can Trump pivot back toward the campaign his advisers presumably want him to run, one that, alongside the anti-immigrant bile,…
‘Something Far Worse Than MAGA’
Sofia Nelson: “Most Americans haven’t heard of the post-liberal right, the small but influential group of conservative, mostly Catholic men who have declared that liberal democracy, the animating principle of…
The Tension Roiling the House GOP Leadership
Punchbowl News: “Things are getting tense inside the House Republican leadership suite as the GOP struggles to find a path forward on funding the government. Speaker Mike Johnson had to…
For Your Weekend Listening
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Did Kamala Harris do what she needed to do in this week’s debate? Join now to continue reading. Members get…
Harris and Trump Place Their Chips on Different States
“Democrats have spent the last year eyeing a familiar trio of northern states that would deliver the White House in November: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are the ‘clearest pathway’ to…
Harris Visits Red Areas of Pennsylvania
“Kamala Harris campaigned through Pennsylvania’s conservative interior on Friday, aiming to shave a few percentage points off former President Donald Trump’s winning margins in parts of the state where he…
Trump Keeps Talking About January 6
“When a moderator asked Donald Trump about Jan. 6, 2021, at the presidential debate, the former president slipped immediately into a now-familiar revisionist history of the attack on the U.S….
