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Jason Sattler / I Know How Much You Care:
JD Vance is Trump's gift to Putin  —  The GOP nominee may have picked the one American his second-biggest donor prefers over him.  —  1×  —  The pick of JD Vance, who underperformed Ohio's last Republican Senator by 15% and the entire Ohio GOP ticket by 11%, has made clear …
Discussion: Semafor and The 19th
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Why J.D. … - Youth & vigor: Vance, who turns 40 in two weeks, is half Trump's age. … - Smart: Vance can put an intellectual wrapper around Trump's red meat. … - American Dream bio: James David Vance grew up in a broken Rust Belt home in Middletown, Ohio, with deep ties to Appalachia.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Authoritarian Ticket  —  Another one for the “weeks where decades happen” files: Hours before the Republican National Convention and Donald Trump's selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate took over the news cycle, Judge Aileen Cannon squeezed in a little news of her own …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
JD Vance Is The GOP's Next-Gen Authoritarian
New York Times:
How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trump
Politico:
Playbook: Trump upstages Vance on Night 1
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Here's who could take Vance's Senate seat after his vice president call
Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Europe reacts to J.D. Vance as Trump's VP pick: ‘This is a disaster for Ukraine’
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Lester Holt / NBC News:
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News
Associated Press:
Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of all charges, including accepting bribes paid in cash, gold and a car  —  U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday of all the counts he faced at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting …
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ABC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts, including acting as foreign agent, in federal corruption trial  —  Menendez is the first senator to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent.  —  Sen. Bob Menendez leaves Manhattan federal court, July 15, 2024, in New York City.
Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all charges in federal corruption trial
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Stop Pretending You Know How This Will End  —  In the immediate aftermath of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life, pundits and politicians rushed to proclaim that they knew exactly how the awful event would affect American politics.  Commentators on the left and right predicted on social media that …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump
Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI, DHS warn of possible ‘follow-on or retaliatory’ attacks in wake of Trump assassination attempt
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
It's Time to Prepare for the Worst  —  If you're going to suffer through tonight's Republican convention, you might as well do it with us.  We'll be livestreaming here.  —  1. Sandbags  —  Yesterday Bill and Tim talked about not giving up hope vs. being resigned to a Trump presidency.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
‘Blindsided’ Jack Black Ends Tenacious D Tour After Trump Assassination Joke  —  SHOW'S OVER  —  The actor and musician also said he was “putting all creative plans on hold” amid an angry online backlash to his bandmate Kyle Gass' quip about the assassination attempt.
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors  —  Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos.  Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties.
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Trump campaign says the map has expanded
Discussion: Florida's Voice
ProPublica:
In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller  —  Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network.  The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business and culture.
Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost  —  Donald Trump has not received a poll boost in the first presidential election survey conducted since the  —  on Saturday.  —  The poll, conducted by Morning Consult of 2,045 registered voters on Monday, reveals that Trump is leading
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Thomas Matthew Crooks Had Donald Trump Signs in His Yard—Neighbor  —  A neighbor of the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President  —  said there have been pro-Trump signs on display in the yard of his family's home.  —  Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman …
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Trump for Platforming Amber Rose at RNC  —  ‘EMBARRASSMENT’  —  Republicans have misidentified Rose as a porn star as they rip into her following her speech at the convention this week.  —  Some on the right are not happy with Trump's choice to platform media personality Amber Rose …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Ugly New Post-Shooting Rant Instantly Wrecks His “Unity” Pivot  —  In the wake of the horrific attempt to shoot Donald Trump, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios reported Monday that advisers close to the former president say he “plans to seize his moment by toning down his Trumpiness” …
Veronica Riccobene / The Lever:
J.D. Vance Wants Police To Track People Who Have Abortions  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Donald Trump's pick for vice presidential nominee, pressured federal regulators last June to kill a privacy rule that prevents police from accessing the medical records of people seeking reproductive services …
 
 
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