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6:00 PM ET, July 22, 2024

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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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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
This Is Exactly What the Trump Team Feared  —  On the evening of Super Tuesday, March 5, shortly before Donald Trump effectively ended the Republican primary and earned a general-election rematch with President Joe Biden, I asked the co-managers of Trump's presidential campaign what they feared most about Biden.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, New York Post and Axios
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and New Republic
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 …
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.
Discussion: Deadline, KHOU-TV, Snopes and NPR
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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Allies Are Freaking Out Over Biden Leaving Race  —  The former president is falling apart at the prospect of facing Kamala Harris instead of the president … “It's not over!  Tomorrow Crooked Joe Biden's going to wake up and forget that he dropped out of the race today!” …
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.”
Discussion: Variety, The Sun and New Republic
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A guide to the coming attacks on Kamala Harris  —  On Sunday at 1:46 PM Eastern Time, President Joe Biden announced he would end his campaign for reelection.  Seconds later, the attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris began.  —  Harris is not yet the nominee.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden doubted Harris' election chances … - Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton and many Democratic lawmakers quickly endorsed Harris, but others — including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
USA Today:
Kamala Harris is quickly securing the votes she needs to become the Democratic nominee  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris moved on Monday to quickly shore up the support she needs to secure the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, potentially avoiding a bitter internal party dispute …
Allie Feinberg / The Tennessean:
Rep. Tim Burchett: Vice President Harris and Secret Service director are both a ‘DEI hire’  —  On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.”
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer and Jeffries Stop Short of Endorsing Harris
Discussion: USA Today
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Seven Lessons from Joe Biden's Candidacy
Discussion: Elle, Times Now and New Statesman
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
All The Ways The Right Is Melting Down Over Kamala Harris
CNBC:
Live updates: Harris, Democrats net $100 million in online donations after Biden exits race
Matthew Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Will Pay for the Biden Big Lie
Discussion: Power Line
April Rubin / Axios:
Harris campaign raises a record $81 million in 24 hours
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Kamala Harris Will Have No Problems Getting on All of the Ballots
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Gov. Whitmer endorses Kamala Harris for president, says she's not leaving Michigan
Washington Post:
How Kamala Harris performs against Donald Trump in election polls
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump rails against Biden's decision to drop out
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and IJR
Mark Judge / Washington Examiner:
Are Republicans ready for Kamala Harris, the queen of opposition research?
Discussion: HotAir
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Biden can go down as an American hero — but only if Harris can beat Trump
Erin Griffith / New York Times:
In Silicon Valley, Where Trump Made Inroads, Democrats Are Now Invigorated
Discussion: Business Insider
NPR:
The Kamala Harris coconut tree meme, explained as best we can
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
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Pelosi endorses Harris as Democratic nominee
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Voto Latino pledges $44M to support Harris
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
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 …
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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Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Prominent Biden donor says he won't fundraise for Harris
Discussion: New York Post, FOX 13 Tampa Bay and IJR
 
 
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Nancy Vu / Washington Examiner:
Major permitting reform bill unveiled by Manchin and Barrasso
Discussion: The Hill and E&E News
Danielle Bochove / Bloomberg:
Pentagon to Bolster Response to China, Russia in Arctic
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
A DHS report on Jan. 6 could drop soon. It could be bad for the Secret Service.
Discussion: ABC News
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Politico:
House GOP forced to temporarily scrap 2 funding bills with abortion riders
Discussion: Roll Call
New Republic:
Trump's Alarming New Rant Praising Dictators Shows Media Is Failing Us
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Gil Duran / New Republic:
Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
Discussion: Fox Business
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

 
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