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11:30 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 …
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech  —  Kim Jung Un and Victor Orban are role models for a type of unity, but not the type you would enjoy  —  By now you have no doubt heard that Donald Trump (a man who, I should note, has spent years urging his supporters to commit violent acts …
Daniel McCarthy / The American Conservative:
Why Did Trump Give a Bad Speech?  —  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.
Eric Levitz / Vox:   The RNC clarified Trump's 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo
Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:   In the Blood  —  “That was some weird shit.”  So said George W. Bush after watching Donald …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Emerges from Convention a Republican Caesar
Discussion: The Message Box
New York Times:
Trump Struggles to Turn the Page on ‘American Carnage’
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 …
Discussion: The Independent and DNyuz
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed  —  The progressive New Yorker spoke on Instagram about the potential risks of pressuring President Joe Biden to end his campaign.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has issued a dire warning …
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 …
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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
Associated Press:
Biden's campaign faces critical moment, as Democrats encourage him to consider exiting 2024 race
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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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 …
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
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Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Kamala Harris allies weighing how they could build a campaign if Biden exits
NBC News:
Trump shooter flew drone over venue hours before attempted assassination, source says  —  The gunman was killed after he shot former President Donald Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt.  A motive remains unknown.  —  The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear …
New York Times:
Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies' Pressure to Drop Out of the Race  —  As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama.  —  Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming …
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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 …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: ‘When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.’  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — This is my town.  —  Nashville belongs to us — not the out-of-state neo-Nazis who have created havoc this week on our streets with their symbols of hate and vile words.
Discussion: Raw Story
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer  —  The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.  —  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.
Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News and WFAA-TV
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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Washington Post:
Behind the scenes as Joe Biden lost control of the Democratic Party
Discussion: Wide World of News
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: Raw Story and The Hill
CNN:
Trump's would-be assassin researched previous mass shooter Ethan Crumbley and his family before attack
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 18, 2024  —  Paul Manafort walking onto the floor of the Republican National Convention …
Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Calls Trump's Response to Shooting ‘Badass’
Reuters:
Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media
 

 
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Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments
 
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