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Behind the Curtain: “Getting shot in the face changes a man” … - He can unify the party. … - He could unify America. … - He could box out Democrats. … - He could show a different side of himself.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Grateful, defiant Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: 'I'm supposed to be dead' — A grateful and at times defiant Donald Trump told The Post Sunday he's “supposed to be dead” as he recalled the harrowing moment a would-be assassin shot him at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Trump rewrites Republican convention speech to focus on unity not Biden — WORLD EXCLUSIVE — Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the assassination attempt against him on Saturday and will call on Thursday for a new effort at national unity.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump: 'I'm not supposed to be here' — TRUMP: 'I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE' …
Trump: 'I'm not supposed to be here' — TRUMP: 'I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE' …
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Politico:
Playbook: Can Trump pivot — and can Biden run out the clock?
Playbook: Can Trump pivot — and can Biden run out the clock?
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Nation
Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Nation
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Trump Once Unified Democrats and Divided Republicans. The Shooting And Debate Turned the Tables.
Trump Once Unified Democrats and Divided Republicans. The Shooting And Debate Turned the Tables.
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor's appointment — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel …
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Washington Post:
Trump's classified documents case dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon — The Florida judge accepted a long-shot legal argument, embraced by conservatives, that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed. — The federal judge overseeing the classified documents charges …
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CNN:
Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, a shock ruling that clears away one of the major legal challenges facing the former president. — In a 93-page ruling …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Live Updates: Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump — Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Her decision is sure to be appealed.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump — Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Her decision is sure to be appealed.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump documents case dismissed by federal judge
Trump documents case dismissed by federal judge
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rally Gunman Was ‘Definitely Conservative,’ Classmate Recalls — ‘STANDING ALONE’ — A former classmate of the 20-year-old man who tried unsuccessfully to kill former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday recalled him being staunchly to the right of the political spectrum.
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The Daily Beast:
Mystery Over Trump's Diagnosis and Treatment After Assassination Attempt
Mystery Over Trump's Diagnosis and Treatment After Assassination Attempt
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans
Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How not to respond to a political assassination attempt
How not to respond to a political assassination attempt
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate Donald Trump is a mystery to investigators and his ex-classmates
Why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate Donald Trump is a mystery to investigators and his ex-classmates
Nate Rau / Axios:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn to deliver primetime speech at RNC
Sen. Marsha Blackburn to deliver primetime speech at RNC
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Multiple things are true about Trump's shooting — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — ✍️ Subscribe to Public Notice ✍️ — I picked a hell of a night to log off.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theories flood social media after Trump rally shooting
‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theories flood social media after Trump rally shooting
Gil Duran / FrameLab:
Donald Trump and the language of violence
Donald Trump and the language of violence
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Get a Grip, Democrats. You Can Still Win This — “The presidential contest ended last night,” an unnamed “veteran Democratic political consultant” told NBC News the day after former President Donald Trump was grazed in the ear by an attempted assassin's bullet.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AOC to anonymous Democrat who said party resigned to Trump win: ‘Retire’
AOC to anonymous Democrat who said party resigned to Trump win: ‘Retire’
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
History Shows Democrats Can't Lose the Presidency and Win the House
History Shows Democrats Can't Lose the Presidency and Win the House
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump rally shooting upends Democrats' Biden crisis
Trump rally shooting upends Democrats' Biden crisis
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Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
Democrats Need to Wake Up From Their ‘West Wing’ Fantasy
United States Secret Service:
Statement From U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle — Published By U.S. Secret Service Media Relations — I would like to start by extending my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the assassination attempt …
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NBC News:
Rooftop where gunman shot at Trump was identified as a security vulnerability before rally: sources
Rooftop where gunman shot at Trump was identified as a security vulnerability before rally: sources
Rebecca Morin / USA Today:
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says RNC security ‘strengthened’
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says RNC security ‘strengthened’
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
‘Morning Joe’ pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting — New York CNN — MSNBC will not air “Morning Joe,” its celebrated politics roundtable program, on Monday, opting to instead air continued breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Political Violence — Reflections from the 1920s and 1930s — What to make of the assassination attempt? — I am sharing a few thoughts about where we are, based on assassinations during the interwar period, the 1920s and 1930s. It is distant enough that perhaps we can attend …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Silence Enables the Autocrat; Talk about Policy Outcomes, not Personalities — Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I am in Italy “on vacation.” I put this between quotes because the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump is a historic event in itself …
Tess Owen / Wired:
Militias Are Recruiting Off of the Trump Shooting — “You can sit and enjoy the show,” wrote the leader of a Kentucky militia on Facebook. “Or you can join it. There will come a time, you will have no choice!” — Militia and anti-government groups across the United States are using …
Victoria Cavaliere / Bloomberg:
BlackRock Says Gunman From Trump Rally Appeared in Firm's Ad — Former President Trump Shot at Rally in Pennsylvania … Crooks was one of several students who appeared in the background of the 2022 ad and was unpaid, BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, said in a statement.
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