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David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Crew Is Totally Beatable — At the climax of the Republican National Convention last night, former President Donald Trump's nomination-acceptance speech was a disheveled mess, endless and boring. He spoke for 93 minutes, the longest such speech on record.
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Jill Filipovic:
Was That the Worst Convention Speech of All Time? — I hope that you were not, like me, required to watch Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night (and into Friday morning), and were instead doing something more enjoyable: Going out with friends …
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Daniel McCarthy / The American Conservative:
Why Did Trump Give a Bad Speech? — There may be more to the former president's turn at the RNC than meets the eye. — Donald Trump filibustered his own nomination Thursday night—and Friday morning, too: His 90-minute acceptance remarks didn't finish until well after midnight Eastern time.
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Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:
In the Blood — “That was some weird shit.” So said George W. Bush after watching Donald Trump's inauguration speech in person in January 2017, and he might have said the same thing if he watched Trump give his 2024 convention speech in Milwaukee. — For days leading up to Trump's address …
Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:
Fact Checking Donald Trump's RNC Speech — In his latest bid for reelection, Donald Trump delivered the longest nomination acceptance speech in US history, peppered with so many falsehoods that it's impossible to fact-check them all in a single article. Perhaps that was the point.
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Doug Schoen / Fox News:
Trump did something he's never done before with RNC speech. Now, the election may already be over — I may be a Democrat, but I'm also a clear-eyed political analyst. Donald Trump clearly rose to the occasion with his RNC speech — Donald Trump may well have sealed the outcome …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump tramples unity theme in two-act convention speech … - Inside the Fiserv Forum, the ebullient mood gave way to rapt silence. … - “I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God,” he said, echoing a long list of GOP convention speakers who had cited divine intervention for Trump's survival.
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
Horny for fascism — You ever have one of those days where nothing surprises you but the sheer volume …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Emerges from Convention a Republican Caesar
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin'?
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Cannot Even Pretend to Change Who He Is
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New York Times:
Harris Struggles to Reassure Major Democratic Donors — On a call, Vice President Kamala Harris told about 300 donors that there was little to worry about. Several listeners said they found the call to have little value. — Vice President Kamala Harris tried to buck …
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New York Times:
Michael Moritz, Democratic Megadonor, Urges Biden Exit: ‘Clock Has Run Out’
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Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Kamala Harris allies weighing how they could build a campaign if Biden exits
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Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:
Too old to work? Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside
New York Times:
Here's the latest on the presidential campaign.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Inside the ‘doom loop’ of Joe Biden's campaign
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Biden campaign admits “slippage” but says he will “absolutely” remain in race
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
AOC Issues Dire Warning on Threats to Come if Biden Drops Out — On Instagram Live early Friday morning, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discussed the ongoing debate over whether President Biden is fit to run for reelection. — Speaking for close to an hour, the New York progressive explained …
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
'That's Bullsh*t!' AOC Slams Democratic Colleagues, Drops BOMBS in Impassioned Defense of Biden
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Warns of ‘Enormous Peril’ if Democrats Push Biden Aside
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Sean Casten / Chicago Tribune:
Rep. Sean Casten: It's time for Joe Biden to pass the torch — Our country faces an existential threat this November. — On the one hand, we have Joe Biden. A man who passed the biggest climate and infrastructure bills in our nation's history; expanded NATO; has overseen record-breaking economic growth …
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Top Biden ally says president is weighing options for November
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Politico:
Dems to Biden: Time's up. Get out.
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Seth Moulton / The Boston Globe:
Why Biden should exit the race
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NBC News:
Biden's family starts discussing his exit plan from the 2024 race — The president's family members have discussed how he would want to end his re-election bid on his own timing and with a carefully calculated plan in place. — WASHINGTON — Members of President Joe Biden's family …
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Reuters:
Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media — A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthcare. — An update to a product offered …
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
George W. Bush's Attorney General Is Worried About Trump — Alberto Gonzales discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity — and the prospect of a second Trump administration with more vendettas and fewer guardrails. — As the onetime White House counsel …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Leaked memo shows J.D. Vance's anti-woke ideology on foreign affairs — Trump's VP pick froze dozens of ambassador nominations over issues like gender transition care and diversity hiring, offering a glimpse into his anti-establishment views. — Before J.D. Vance became Donald Trump's pick …
Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Calls Trump's Response to Shooting ‘Badass’ — Meta CEO doesn't endorse Trump or Biden for president — Mark Zuckerberg said that former President Donald Trump's immediate reaction after being shot was “badass” and inspiring, and helps explain his appeal to voters.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Foreign officials courted Trump allies at the Republican convention — A number of ambassadors from other countries came to Milwaukee to get ready for a second Trump administration. — MILWAUKEE — Top foreign officials courted Donald Trump's allies during the Republican National Convention …
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