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7:25 PM ET, July 15, 2024

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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
What J.D. Vance really believes  —  I met Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Donald Trump's new choice for vice president, in the summer of 2022.  I was covering a conservative conference in Israel, and Vance was the surprise VIP attraction.  We chatted for a bit about the connections between right …
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Ian Ward / Politico:
55 Things to Know About J.D. Vance, Trump's VP Pick  —  Donald Trump's pick for vice president made a 180-degree turn from fierce critic to bulldog surrogate for the former president.  —  Who is J.D. Vance really?  —  That is the question that has dogged the 39-year-old senator from Ohio along …
Washington Post:
The not-so-kind things J.D. Vance said about Trump before he was VP pick  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, but that wasn't always the case for the former president's new running mate.  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), who was just named Donald Trump's running mate …
Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
‘The VP will take it to JD’: Biden campaign pushes Vance to debate Kamala Harris  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is ready to debate J.D. Vance.  —  That was the main subject of a Biden campaign afternoon call on Monday shortly after Donald Trump publicly named the Ohio senator as his running mate.
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Who is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump's pick for vice president
ABC News:
RNC 2024 Day 1 live updates: Trump picks Vance as running mate
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance for vice president
Associated Press:
Trump's vice presidential choice takes on an additional significance in shooting's aftermath
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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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor's appointment
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Live Updates: Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump
CNN:
Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump
The Daily Beast:
Mystery Over Trump's Diagnosis and Treatment After Assassination Attempt  —  UNANSWERED QUESTIONS  —  Trump was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital close to where the attack happened, but no details have been officially released.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief
Discussion: ABC News
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Multiple things are true about Trump's shooting
Discussion: Slate
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans
New York Times:
Trump Credits Chart for Saving His Life, His Former White House Doctor Says
Discussion: TMZ.com
John Mulholland / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's New Mr. Nice Guy Act Doesn't Even Last A Day  —  AND JUST LIKE THAT  —  He was Lazarus.  He was spiritual.  “Getting shot in the face changes a man.”  And then he took to Truth Social. … Well that didn't last long.  —  Throughout Sunday and overnight into Monday morning …
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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.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
‘Unity’ Doesn't Mean Covering Up the Truth About Donald Trump
Discussion: The Status Kuo
New York Times:
Biden Facing Challenges in Two Must-Win States, Times/Siena Polls Find  —  The polls, taken before the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, found President Biden trailing Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania, a swing state critical to his re-election hopes, and slightly ahead in Virginia, a state he won by 10 points in 2020.
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Daines: Low-propensity ‘Trump voters’ will help GOP flip Senate control
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Roll Call
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:   History Shows Democrats Can't Lose the Presidency and Win the House
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.
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 …
Politico:
Trump met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to seek endorsement  —  Former President Donald Trump met this morning in Milwaukee with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss the possibility of the independent candidate endorsing the Republican nominee, according to multiple people familiar with the huddle.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AOC to anonymous Democrat who said party resigned to Trump win: ‘Retire’  —  Comments made by unnamed senior Democrat after Trump shooting draw stinging rebuke from progressive  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a simple message for an unnamed senior Democrat who reportedly said the party had …
Discussion: New York Post and New Republic
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 …
Washington Post:
Swing states get prime spots on the RNC convention floor — except one  —  As more than 2,400 delegates gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, some will have much better seats than others in Fiserv Forum.  —  MILWAUKEE — The live band playing “God Bless the U.S.A.” …
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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CNN:
‘We are speaking of a failure’: Mayorkas on security at Trump rally
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Few Lawmakers Called for Tougher Gun Laws After Trump Shooting
Erin Doherty / Axios:
McConnell drowned out by boos during RNC roll call
NBC News:
Trump campaign sues Michigan Gov. Whitmer over new voter registration sites
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
A History of Violence  —  Reminder: We'll be livestreaming convention coverage tonight on YouTube.
Discussion: Infinite Scroll
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Washington Post:
Republicans approve new platform with revised abortion position
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
‘Secretary of Retribution’ and ‘Deep State Marauder’ Joins Board of Michael Flynn's Group
Tess Owen / Wired:
Militias Are Recruiting Off of the Trump Shooting
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Silence Enables the Autocrat; Talk about Policy Outcomes, not Personalities
emptywheel:
Aileen Cannon Dismisses Stolen Documents Case Based on Special Counsel Appointment
 

 
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