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7:30 PM ET, July 19, 2024

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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Eric Levitz / Vox:   The RNC clarified Trump's 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech
Discussion: New York Times
Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Emerges from Convention a Republican Caesar
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump tramples unity theme in two-act convention speech
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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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race  —  Brown has a competitive race in November, and his defection — the fourth by a Democratic senator — is a significant one.  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called on President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign Friday …
Politico:
Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out  —  Some California House Democrats don't want the process to replace the president on the ticket to seem like a Kamala Harris coronation.  —  In a meeting with fellow California Democrats last week …
Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Kamala Harris allies weighing how they could build a campaign if Biden exits
Matt Sedensky / Associated Press:   Too old to work? Some Americans on the job late in life bristle at calls for Biden to step aside
Associated Press:
Biden's campaign faces critical moment, as Democrats encourage him to consider exiting 2024 race
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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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:
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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 …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Florida OKs Misleading Statement To Print Next To Pro-Choice Ballot Measure  —  The supposedly nonpartisan committee that drafted it included an economist from the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025.  —  LOADING  —  The advocates behind Florida's pro …
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain Doesn't ‘Believe’ Biden Has COVID  —  TRUTHER  —  The late senator John McCain's daughter expressed her view that Biden's administration is using COVID as an “excuse for him to step down gracefully.”  —  Meghan McCain doesn't believe the president really has COVID …
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.
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
Horny for fascism  —  You ever have one of those days where nothing surprises you but the sheer volume of things not surprising you is kind of overwhelming?  —  Here's Politico reporter Natalie Allison with an extremely unsurprising yet deeply stupid bit of not-journalism:
 
 
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scientificamerican.com:
Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Science
Discussion: E&E News and Bloomberg
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Leaked memo shows J.D. Vance's anti-woke ideology on foreign affairs
Washington Post:
Behind the scenes as Joe Biden lost control of the Democratic Party
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk
Josh Sisco / Politico:
Biden regulators set to look into unequal online pricing scheme
 Earlier Items: 
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Foreign officials courted Trump allies at the Republican convention
Discussion: USA Today
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
George W. Bush's Attorney General Is Worried About Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Baltimore Sun
Derek Guy / Politico:
Who Slayed and Who Flopped With Their GOP Convention Looks
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 18, 2024  —  Paul Manafort walking onto the floor of the Republican National Convention …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The Zeal of a Convert  —  Much of the coverage of JD Vance presents has implied …
Discussion: Politico and The Spectator World
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Rudy Giuliani can't even fall out of bankruptcy right
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming
 
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