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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Suddenly Trump Looks Older and More Deranged — Four days after the end of the Republican National Convention, it suddenly looks like a very different event. I watched it intermittently, on television, along with perhaps 25 million other Americans (a relatively small number, though enough to matter).
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Making a Huge Mistake — Yesterday, Joe Biden did the honorable thing, after weeks of denying that anything had to be done at all. His announcement took his party by surprise—and now, in haste, the Democrats are making a colossal error and ensuring that they will reap …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘DEI,’ ‘Colored,’ ‘Jezebel’: MAGA Attacks on Kamala Harris Are Getting Ugly — The right right can barely contain its racist, sexist contempt for Biden's likely 2024 replacement — MAGA REPUBLICANS ARE subjecting Vice President Kamala Harris to a barrage of racist and sexist attacks …
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David Moye / HuffPost:
MAGA Crowd Melts Down After Mike Pence Says Something Reasonable — Trump followers were in a tizzy after the former vice president thanked Biden for “putting the interests of our Nation ahead of his own” by ending his campaign. — LOADING — Former Vice President Mike Pence managed …
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Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
Fake Harris audio spreads like wildfire on TikTok after Biden's announcement — Incoherent audio wrongly attributed to Vice President Kamala Harris is going viral among right-wing accounts on TikTok following President Joe Biden's exit from the presidential race.
Bethany Irvine / Politico:
Scoop: Harris' big-donor money bomb — SCOOP — Future Forward, the flagship super PAC blessed by President JOE BIDEN, received $150 million in new commitments from major Democratic donors in the 24 hours since the president announced he would step aside from the race, Elena Schneider reports.
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NBC News:
JD Vance says he's annoyed that he won't have the chance to debate Kamala Harris — In his first solo event as Trump's running mate, Vance blasted Biden and Harris, leaned into the culture wars and reminisced with a hometown crowd in Ohio. — MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio …
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Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris's vice presidential pick: The pros and cons of her top contenders — Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be on track to lock down the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden suspended his campaign Sunday afternoon. — Most of her potential competitors …
HuffPost:
Sen. Mark Kelly Emerges As Unexpected VP Candidate For Kamala Harris — Kelly is a low-profile senator with a strong resume from a swing state who could bring “demographic balance” to the Democratic ticket. — LOADING — Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) has emerged as a surprising running mate option …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Senate GOP plots new attacks on Kamala Harris … - The GOP plans to exploit the dynamic of Biden himself having doubted his VP's chances at beating Trump. — “It is important to remember the only reason Joe Biden held on as long as he did was by aggressively making the case …
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Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
The post-Biden era may be uncertain for the Democrats, but for Trump it will be utterly dismaying — Whoever is nominated, a fresh choice will be on offer - a far better one than a grudge match between two grumpy old men — To borrow from Shakespeare, “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.”
Marin Scotten / Salon:
Trump is already trying to back out of a debate with Kamala Harris — The former president said the debate, if it happens, should be broadcast by Fox News instead of “very biased ABC” — Donald Trump is already trying to change the rules for the second scheduled presidential debate …
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
Kamala Harris is breaking Republican brains — MAGA lacks issues against her, so it brings up the silly and the slimy — The MAGA crowd doesn't like Kamala Harris because she's a strong Democratic woman and candidate of African and Asian descent. — Those aren't good or valid reasons to oppose her, of course.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign began preparing for Biden exit in May, confidential memo shows — Exactly one month before Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, a Donald Trump campaign staffer distributed a document to top Trump campaign aides. The subject line: “Nominating An Alternative Democratic Presidential Candidate.”
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Will Select Nominee by Aug. 7 in a Online Vote — The party, which has rapidly consolidated behind Vice President Kamala Harris to replace President Biden, did not set an exact date for the vote. — The Democratic Party will choose its presidential nominee in an online vote by Aug. 7 …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Seven Lessons from Joe Biden's Candidacy
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Allies Are Freaking Out Over Biden Leaving Race
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CNBC:
Live updates: Harris, Democrats net $100 million in online donations after Biden exits race
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A guide to the coming attacks on Kamala Harris
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Samantha Latson / Politico:
Whitmer will co-chair Harris' campaign, not interested in VP
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Hailey Gomez / The Daily Caller:
CNN's John King Reported There Could Be ‘Risks’ Of Adding Jewish Candidate To Dem Ticket
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Allie Feinberg / The Tennessean:
Rep. Tim Burchett: Vice President Harris and Secret Service director are both a ‘DEI hire’
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Kamala Harris Will Have No Problems Getting on All of the Ballots
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TIME:
The Kamala Harris Campaign Is Embracing the Memes
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
All The Ways The Right Is Melting Down Over Kamala Harris
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ABC News:
Trump's social media suggests a campaign scrambling from Biden leaving 2024 race
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer and Jeffries Stop Short of Endorsing Harris
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
This Is Exactly What the Trump Team Feared
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Bloomberg:
World Leaders Rush to Size Up Harris While Bracing for Trump Win
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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Gov. Whitmer endorses Kamala Harris for president, says she's not leaving Michigan
Matthew Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Will Pay for the Biden Big Lie
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
How Harris is preparing to contrast her record as a prosecutor with Trump's as a felon
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emptywheel:
Biden's Timing: Undercutting Bibi
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
WSJ: Dem Cover-Up of Biden Senility Began in October 2021
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Mark Kelly: Spaceman, Hero—and Kamala Harris' Best Choice for VP
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump rails against Biden's decision to drop out
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Natasha S. Alford / TheGrio:
44,000 attend Black women's Zoom call for Kamala Harris, raise $1.5M
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Sen. Joe Manchin says he won't run for president but calls for Democratic “mini primary” now that Biden's out
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump's age and health under renewed scrutiny after Biden's exit — As president, Donald Trump released a report that experts said showed he had heart disease and was obese. But as a candidate, he has refused to release bloodwork results, his weight or other key information.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Prominent Biden donor says he won't fundraise for Harris
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr. floated a job in a Trump White House as he weighed endorsing Trump — The independent candidate suggested being given a senior job overseeing a portfolio of health and medical issues, an idea that the Trump campaign rejected — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held talks …
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