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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 …
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 …
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.
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: DNyuz, Raw Story, The Hill and New Republic
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 …
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 and Snopes
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 …
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
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.”
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 …
Washington Post:
How Kamala Harris performs against Donald Trump in election polls  —  See the results from a Washington Post average of 11 post-debate polls pitting Harris against Trump.  —  Even though President Biden has endorsed Vice President Harris to replace him at the top of the ticket …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Allies Are Freaking Out Over Biden Leaving Race
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden doubted Harris' election chances
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A guide to the coming attacks on Kamala Harris
CNBC:
Live updates: Harris, Democrats net $100 million in online donations after Biden exits race
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
USA Today:
Kamala Harris is quickly securing the votes she needs to become the Democratic nominee
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
All The Ways The Right Is Melting Down Over Kamala Harris
TIME:
The Kamala Harris Campaign Is Embracing the Memes
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer and Jeffries Stop Short of Endorsing Harris
Discussion: USA Today
Matthew Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Will Pay for the Biden Big Lie
Discussion: Power Line
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Gov. Whitmer endorses Kamala Harris for president, says she's not leaving Michigan
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
How Harris is preparing to contrast her record as a prosecutor with Trump's as a felon
New York Times:
Biden Vows to Campaign Hard to Elect Kamala Harris: 'I'm Not Going Anywhere'
Politico:
Playbook: The Kamala Harris juggernaut
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
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Prominent Biden donor says he won't fundraise for Harris
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
Nancy Vu / Washington Examiner:
Major permitting reform bill unveiled by Manchin and Barrasso  —  Top energy legislators released a long-awaited proposal for speeding up the approval of a wide range of projects, but it's expected to be dead-on-arrival in the Senate.  —  Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and E&E News
 
 
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