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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wall Street executives are glad Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris to be his VP running mate — Wall Street leaders on Tuesday cheered Joe Biden's selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in the presidential election. — Finance executives, confident the ticket has what it takes …
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Associated Press:
How it happened: Inside Biden's search for a running mate — WASHINGTON (AP) — Gretchen Whitmer wanted out. — The Michigan governor had caught the interest of Joe Biden and his vice presidential vetting committee, who were drawn to her prominence in a crucial battleground state …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
What the Kamala Harris Pick Says About the Biden Campaign — Kamala Harris is now the presumptive 2024 Democratic nominee. — I kid! Sort of. We'll get to that. But before we do, for the last few weeks I haven't been able to stop thinking about the 1998 NFL draft.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Harris VP pick creates dilemma for Trump campaign, which lobs conflicting attacks … WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate creates a conundrum for which President Donald Trump's campaign didn't have an immediate answer: How to run against her.
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Axios:
Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate — Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate — the first Black woman to be named to a major-party U.S. presidential ticket, and potentially the first woman vice president if Biden defeats President Trump.
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris to Be His Running Mate — In a new national poll, Mr. Biden leads President Trump by 10 points. In Minnesota, Ilhan Omar faces a stiff primary challenge, while a QAnon supporter has a shot at a Georgia House seat.
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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Kamala Harris is the choice Joe Biden needed to win over Silicon Valley — The California senator has glad-handed with tech elites for decades. — For months, Silicon Valley hasn't been quite sure what to make of Joe Biden. — But Kamala Harris? That's a candidate the industry can get behind.
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Dan Morain / Washington Post:
America is about to see what smart Republicans saw in Kamala Harris years ago — Dan Morain, a former reporter for the Los Angeles Times and editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee, has covered California politics and policy since 1991. — Smart Republicans could see Kamala D. Harris coming years ago …
New York Times:
In Kamala Harris, a Choice at Once Safe and Energizing — Her selection as Joe Biden's running mate was conventional by some political standards. But it was historic most of all, and especially sweet for many Black women. — WASHINGTON — In naming Kamala Harris as his running mate …
David Cohen / Politico:
Sarah Palin offers survival tips to Kamala Harris
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Maureen Lee Lenker / EW.com:
Maya Rudolph reacts to Kamala Harris VP pick: ‘Oh s—’
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CNN:
Why Kamala Harris won the VP contest
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Tammy Bruce / Washington Times:
Democratic Party sets rules for criticizing Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris
MSNBC:
Joy: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris ticket belongs to ‘the emerging America,’ what Trumpism cannot stop
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Kamala Harris's Anti-Catholic Bigotry
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
On Kamala Harris — Joe Biden has named his 2020 running mate: authoritarianism.
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Washington Post:
QAnon supporter, with Georgia primary victory, is poised to bring far-right conspiracy theory to Congress — Congressional Republicans came a step closer Tuesday to welcoming into their ranks a promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, whose adherents believe President Trump is battling a cabal …
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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
Marjorie Greene defeats John Cowan in the runoff for Georgia's 14th congressional district — Foto: Screenshot via Marjorie Taylor Greene/YouTube Marjorie Taylor Greene — Businesswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated neurosurgeon Dr. John Cowanin the August 11 Republican primary runoff for Georgia's 14th congressional district.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Greene wants to be ‘worst nightmare’ of Democrats. She could also haunt Georgia GOP — ROME - Many top Georgia Republicans have watched with dread - but took little action - as Marjorie Taylor Greene rose from longshot candidate to the cusp of Congress. Shortly after her victory …
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James Doubek / NPR:
Postal Workers Decry Changes And Cost-Cutting Measures — Toggle more options — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's plans to shake up the agency are gathering opposition from some of its workers. — The U.S. Postal Service has had financial problems for years. It lost $9 billion last year.
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John Nagl / Defense One:
“. . . All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic”: An Open Letter to Gen. Milley — If the commander in chief attempts to ignore the election's results, you will face a choice. — Dear General Milley: — As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, you are well aware of your duties in ordinary times …
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Mediaite
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election Forecast — Latest forecast of the 2020 presidential election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight
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Raw Story
David Aaro / Fox News:
‘The Squad’ shows staying power after string of primary wins — The progressive lawmakers held their own against Democratic primary challengers in recent weeks — The ‘Squad’ seems positioned to influence Congress for years after a strong showing by key members in closely watched primaries with national implications.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
End of an era? Trump says he won't hold rallies with empty seats. — The Trump rally may be a thing of the past. — At the least, the signature stew of tribal politics, showmanship, insults, outrage, humor and hero worship that propelled Donald Trump's improbable victory four years ago …
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Queer Predicament — Let's not forget about the *other* sexually-compromising photos. And Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, could tell all in his book. — 11 hr … Back in June, I wrote about Senator Lindsey Graham's queer predicament.
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus-Hit State Budgets Create a Drag on U.S. Recovery — Aid to states and cities is a sticking point as talks in Congress bog down over next round of stimulus — WASHINGTON—Spending cuts by state and local governments grappling with the coronavirus pandemic pose a headwind …
Wall Street Journal:
Funding for $300-a-Week Unemployment Benefits Could Run Out in Six Weeks — States should soon be able to distribute the federal jobless payments to help workers laid off during the pandemic, a Labor Department official said — An extra $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits is likely …
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The Intercept:
College Democrat at Center of Attack on Alex Morse Hoped to Launch Career Through Richard Neal … In the battle raging for Massachusetts First Congressional District, currently held by the chair of the powerful Ways and Means committee Richard Neal, political operatives are turning up in unlikely places.
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Bookworm Room:
The WaPo romanticizes violent Antifa anarchists — Looking at the WaPo's gauzy view of Portland's Antifa anarchists helps clarify that the American media are truly America's enemies. — Andy Ngo posted this tweet: … I thought to myself, “No, that's not possible.
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Townhall, Spectator USA and TheBlaze
Steve Vladeck / Slate:
The Alarming Growth of the Supreme Court's “Shadow Docket” — Like clockwork, each June brings the Supreme Court back to the forefront of America's culture wars, as the justices issue major new opinions that are equal parts significant and divisive—precipitating a flood of headlines …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
The American blog pushing Xinjiang denialism — A website called The Grayzone has made a name for itself by denying China's campaign of cultural and demographic genocide in Xinjiang. — Why it matters: Chinese government officials and state media outlets are citing The Grayzone …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Kennedy allies sweat as Massachusetts Senate race tightens — BOSTON — Joe Kennedy was once thought to be such a lock to defeat Sen. Ed Markey that there was widespread speculation in Massachusetts that Markey might just retire to avoid a humbling end. — But Markey is piling up endorsements …
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Michael S. Schmidt / Penguin Random House:
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