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2:35 PM ET, July 16, 2024

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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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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 …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Why J.D.
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
JD Vance Is The GOP's Next-Gen Authoritarian
Discussion: The Guardian and Washington Post
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’
NBC News:
The inside story of how Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate
New York Times:
Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Race  —  Representative Adam B. Schiff of California told attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser that the party would lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.
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Politico:
House Dems plot last-ditch effort to delay Biden nomination  —  One Democratic lawmaker is circulating a letter asking the DNC to postpone the virtual roll call vote expected to be conducted in the coming weeks.  —  Dozens of House Democrats are organizing a plan to speak …
Discussion: Fox News, Semafor and Mediaite
Lester Holt / NBC News:
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News
New York Times:
Live Updates: Senator Menendez Found Guilty on All Counts in Corruption Trial  —  Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who survived a previous corruption indictment in 2017, was convicted in a federal bribery case involving businessmen and foreign governments.
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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.
Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Verdict reached in Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial  —  Verdict reached in Menendez case  —  The jury reached a verdict Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and two of his business associates, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, after a grueling nine-week complex trial in Manhattan.
CNN:
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in federal corruption trial; Chuck Schumer calls on him to resign
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Special counsels are unconstitutional if they make Trump sad  —  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 🏙️  —  It finally happened.
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Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Ex-FBI informant Smirnov asks judge to follow Cannon's lead and toss case
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
Discussion: UPI
YouGov:
Times/SAY24 swing-state polls show Biden trailing and Democratic Senate candidates leading  —  YouGov polled seven battleground states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin - between July 4 - 12, 2024 for the Times and SAY24, a joint project of Stanford, Arizona State, and Yale Universities.
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Trump campaign says the map has expanded
Discussion: Florida's Voice
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:   Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors
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.
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new super political-action committee backing former President Donald Trump's presidential run, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Other backers of the group, called America PAC, include Palantir Technologies …
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.
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” …
 
 
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In Leaked Phone Call, Trump Tries to Coax Kennedy Into His Camp
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This Is the Most Extreme Presidential Ticket in Modern American History
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Reuters:
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New York Post:
Firefighter Corey Comperatore's widow refused Biden call after Trump rally shooting: 'Didn't want to talk to him'
 

 
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