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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: Business Insider 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. … - 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.
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
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Here's who could take Vance's Senate seat after his vice president call
NBC News:
The inside story of how Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate
Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Europe reacts to J.D. Vance as Trump's VP pick: ‘This is a disaster for Ukraine’
Paul Bradley Carr / The San Francisco Standard:
With J.D. Vance as VP, Peter Thiel would finally have Trump right where he wants him
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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Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
The education of Aileen Cannon  —  Audio playback is not supported on your browser.  Please upgrade.  —  Judge Aileen Cannon is not smart enough to come up with the idea of ignoring controlling precedent to hold that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment violates the Constitution.
Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Ex-FBI informant Smirnov asks judge to follow Cannon's lead and toss case
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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
Discussion: The Guardian
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These Republicans use violent rhetoric. They are featured speakers at the RNC.
Discussion: American Prospect and New Republic
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.
Politico:
FBI, DHS warn of possible retaliation for attack on Trump  —  Intelligence bulletin raises alarm about election violence.  —  U.S. authorities are concerned about possible attacks in retaliation to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI, DHS warn of possible ‘follow-on or retaliatory’ attacks in wake of Trump assassination attempt
Discussion: UPI
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.
Lester Holt / NBC News:
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News  —  President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt.  —  LESTER HOLT: Mr. President, thank you for sitting down with us.  There's a lot to talk about.  I'd like to start with the horrible events …
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Donald Trump may be the luckiest man in the world
Washington Post:
Trump's incredible lucky streak
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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.
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” …
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money.  Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona's Budget.  —  Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.
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.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Leaked Phone Call, Trump Tries to Coax Kennedy Into His Camp  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized for a leaked video of the phone call, in which Donald Trump offers anti-vaccine messaging and says the wound to his ear “felt like the world's largest mosquito.”
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
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 …
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.
 
 
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