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Washington Post:
Democratic donors funding an effort to vet potential VP candidates  —  The effort to vet potential running mates, should Biden exit and Harris become the nominee, is independent of the Biden campaign  —  Major Democratic donors are funding a preliminary vetting process for potential vice …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
GOP builds new case for Biden resignation … - “Everyone calling on Joe Biden to *stop running* without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism,” Trump's running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) posted on Saturday.  — “If you can't run, you can't serve.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Forbes and HuffPost
CNN:
Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside  —  No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside - but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside  —  Family members seek to provide private support while confronting a new level of scrutiny amid Democratic calls for Biden to end his candidacy.  —  President Biden had just arrived back at the White House following …
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
‘Ready to step up’: VP Harris gains Capitol Hill cheerleaders as Biden isolates with Covid … Vice President Kamala Harris has gained more public support from Democratic lawmakers as a potential replacement for President Joe Biden, should he decide to drop out of the race against former President Donald Trump.
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren Signals Support for Harris if Biden Drops Out
Axios:
Biden eyes Georgia and Texas trips from Rehoboth bunker
Discussion: Business Insider
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Kamala Harris reassures Democratic Party donors that there's nothing to worry about
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
There are still key questions about Trump's injuries after attempted assassination  —  It has been nearly a week since gunfire erupted at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, resulting in an injury to the former president, the death of one attendee …
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Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Calls For ‘Public Assessment’ Of Trump's Injuries After Shooting … LOADING
emptywheel:
Will Peter Baker Exhibit the Same Tenacity about Medical Records on the Trump Shooting as He Did a Parkinson's Conspiracy Theory?  —  Something funny happened on Xitter.  —  In an attempt to demonstrate the double standard and cowardice of the captive media, I tweeted at Peter Baker asking …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Searing Reminder That Trump Is Unwell  —  Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the RNC shows why the pro-democracy coalition is so worried about beating him.  —  Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the Republican National Convention shows why the prodemocracy coalition is so worried about beating …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Biden Grows Resentful Toward Democratic Leaders Amid Calls to Drop Out
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
How Project 2025 would change American life … - At least 140 former Trump administration officials contributed to Project 2025, CNN reports.  — Trump has publicly disavowed the project; his campaign has pointed to his own policy plan, Agenda47, and the official Republican Party platform as his agenda if he wins in November.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line and WFAA-TV
NBC News:
Some Democratic cities have quietly begun cooperating with ICE, director says  —  Some sanctuary cities that wouldn't tell ICE when they released undocumented immigrants from jail are now doing so because of public concern about crime, said P.J. Lechleitner.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else?  The Convention Rules Might Decide.  —  The rules might determine who gets the nomination.  —  It's been decades since America last witnessed an actual contested convention, so it's easy to forget something important as Democrats barrel toward …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
Michelle Shen / CNN:
Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74  —  Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died.  She was 74.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer
Discussion: Fox News and Times Now
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
JD Vance's wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts  —  Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants.  —  Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, July 17, 2024.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women  —  At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP  —  MILWAUKEE — On the third night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's WWE-inspired entrance to the came complete with a trollish musical cue …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now  —  Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump.  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon's stunning dismissal this week …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Federalist
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed
 
 
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