News --> Sen Tim Kaine is calling on Army to provide its incident report on Trump campaign's Arlington fiasco. “As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I am troubled by the reporting and want to see the incident report," he says. Senators demanding report is next step here

Harris pulls away from Trump in six of seven swing states, per a Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll. Usual caveats about margins of error, the election is months away, etc, etc. Still: Trump has clearly blown his ample pre-RNC momentum and Harris is surging. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is intentional. This is what autocrats do: they threaten and scare people into what Timothy Snyder has dubbed anticipatory obedience. It’s a phenomenon we all must know and counter: ifyoucankeepit.org/p/reversing-th…

Seriously. The Trump campaign said it would release video that would exonerate staffers if people kept reporting that they had berated and shoved an Arlington National Cemetery official who sought to prevent what she said were violations of the law. It still hasn’t.

Gold Star mom: "And to think that this man"—she was referring to Trump—"came here and put his thumb up—" She fell silent for a moment on the telephone, taking a gulp of air. "I’m trying not to cry." From Michael Powell - theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Beltway pundits make it sound tricky for Harris to cast herself as the change candidate- but as our podcast notes- it’s no trick- unlike Trump she’d be something new in the Oval: newyorker.com/podcast/politi…

A Bonus Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons newyorkermag.visitlink.me/UG69EO

Finally: Coming to a theater near you! Trump Film Apprentice Sets Pre-Election Release Date & Awards Campaign hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

Thank you readers!!! nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/… via @NYTimes

Has an eight-year-old book been around long enough to be a classic? When it's as great as "Dark Money," by Jane Mayer. Readers responding to Jess Bidgood named Mayer's deeply reported look at money and politics one of the best books on politics ever. nytimes.com/2024/08/30/us/…

Serious criticism from the great Margaret Sullivan ⁦Margaret Sullivan⁩: An ugly case of 'false balance' in the New York Times margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/an-ugly-case…

Chronology of a Dozen Times Trump Pushed to Prosecute His Perceived Enemies justsecurity.org/98703/chronolo…

I thought I knew all you could about Dark Money but Master Plan has new revelations about corporate influence on the Supreme Court, like Justice Lewis Powell wearing a tobacco company’s logo on his black robe? Check it out: the.levernews.com/master-plan/

Jane Mayer Would love to see podcasts provide transcripts for the hearing impaired— retweet if you agree!

👀Ginni Thomas Email Praised Group Opposing SCOTUS Reform — ProPublica propublica.org/article/ginni-…

1/n Texas has an economy/population roughly the size of Canada. However there were 50,000 Covid deaths in Canada vs 100,000 in Texas. The reason: widespread COVID vaccine refusal in TX, 40,000-50,000 victims of a national/political health disinformation campaign. Paper attached

The people who convinced Senator Mike Lee to create his “based” Twitter account were the same people alleged to have “unwittingly” taken Russian disinfo money.

News: Blaze Media has fired Lauren Chen, who was linked to Russian influence operation semafor.com/article/09/05/…

The @NYTimes "Announcing the 2024 Climate Forward Speaker Lineup". Nope, your eyes aren't deceiving you. That's Kevin Roberts, head of #Project2025 nytco.com/press/2024-cli…

Even for Trump, this gibberish shocks. 2 minutes of nonresponsive ignorance. Yet there was applause--at the Econ Club of NY! In June he met privately w/the Business Roundtable & now we see why an attendee said Trump was “remarkably meandering, could not keep a straight thought”