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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office unless he dropped out, set him up to fail at Trump debate: Sources  —  Operatives at the very highest levels of the Democratic Party threatened Joe Biden with forcibly removing him from office unless he stepped down, sources told The Post.
Morning Consult Pro:
Harris Is Uniting and Energizing Democratic Voters — and Polling Better Against Trump  —  65% of Democrats support Harris replacing Biden atop the ticket, where she's more competitive against Trump
Elizabeth Wagmeister / CNN:
Exclusive: Beyoncé gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song ‘Freedom’ for her presidential campaign  —  Vice President Kamala Harris made a big entrance during her first official visit to her campaign headquarters on Monday evening, walking out to Beyoncé's song “Freedom.”
Washington Post:
What Harris needs to do, now, to win  —  The vice president ought to explain where and why she differs from the president.  —  By the Editorial Board  —  With President Biden's exit from the race, Democrats are quickly coalescing around Vice President Harris.
Discussion: Althouse, The Hill, Raw Story and CBS News
New York Times:
Trump's New Rival May Bring Out His Harshest Instincts  —  After years planning to face President Biden, Donald J. Trump and his team will be campaigning against Kamala Harris.  He has attacked female rivals and critics in brutal and personal terms.  —  Donald J. Trump and his political team spent nearly …
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.
Punchbowl News:
7/23/24 ☀️ AM:  —  GOP struggles to find its Harris message  —  Vulnerable Dems see chance for ‘reset’ with Biden out  —  Inside Johnson's assassination commission  —  GOP struggles to find its Harris message … House Republicans just got the rug pulled out from under them.
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Progressive youth voting group endorses Harris  —  The progressive youth voting group NextGen PAC is backing Vice President Kamala Harris for 2024 after President Biden made the unprecedented move to bow out of the running, giving her bid a boost with the critical bloc.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Post:
Biden cancels nine trips, extends Delaware stay after dropping out of 2024 race  —  President Biden has canceled nine trips that were scheduled for the next two weeks after suddenly dropping out of the 2024 race, The Post can reveal.  —  Biden was scheduled to leave Monday for the West Coast …
CNN:
Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination
The Daily Beast:
Harris Opens Fire On Trump: ‘Predator, Fraudster, Cheater’
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Democrats “well-positioned” to take back House and have big leg up in fundraising, campaign committee says
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Peter Hamby / Puck:
Reintroducing Kamala  —  Riding a surge of Democratic enthusiasm, endorsements …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
‘Defenders of democracy’ staged a cover-up and coup
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Inside Harris' sprint to the Democratic nomination
Discussion: NOTUS, Politico, CBS News and Fox News
Washington Post:
J.D. Vance bashes Democratic nominee change as anti-democratic
New York Times:
Harris Clinches Majority of Delegates as She Closes In on Nomination
Associated Press:
Harris looks to lock up Democratic nomination after Biden steps aside, reordering 2024 race
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours
Jordan Schachtel / The Dossier:
Exclusive: President Biden suffered an undisclosed medical emergency during his time in Las Vegas, police sources say  —  When President Joe Biden began his campaign trip in Las Vegas last week, everything seemed to be running as smoothly as it could for an 81-year-old president in physical and cognitive decline.
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Oliver Wiseman / The Free Press:
The Curious Case of the Missing President  —  This piece was first published in our news digest, The Front Page.  To get our latest scoops, investigations, and columns in your inbox every morning, Monday through Thursday, become a Free Press subscriber today:  —  Subscribe now
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Popular Information:
Top Sinclair anchor resigned over concerns about biased and inaccurate content  —  Eugene Ramirez, the lead anchor of Sinclair's national evening news broadcast, resigned in January over concerns about the accuracy and right-wing bias of the content he was required to present on air, three sources told Popular Information.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault  —  Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault, even suggesting in one TV segment that in a …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
Judge Cannon and JD Vance Are on the Same Team  —  In the days since Judge Aileen Cannon issued her inexplicable 93-page dismissal of the classified-documents case against Donald Trump, I've been coming back to something JD Vance said on a podcast in 2021.  —  Mr. Vance, the Ohio senator …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Takeaways from the House hearing with Secret Service Director Cheatle on the Trump assassination attempt  —  US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
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Kat Lay / The Guardian:
HIV ‘vaccine’ could be made for just $40 a year for every patient  —  Generic version of a drug already on the market, which can suppress and prevent HIV, would still yield 30% profit if the current price was slashed, researchers say  —  A new drug described as “the closest we have ever …
Discussion: STAT and Raw Story
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Mastercard, JPMorgan Get FTC Inquiry Over ‘Surveillance Pricing’  — Agency querying firms that offer pricing software to companies  — Companies more often setting individualized prices on products … The US Federal Trade Commission said it sent subpoenas to eight firms seeking information …
Discussion: The Hill and The Verge
 
 
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Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
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Fraudulent Failson Judgement: JD Vance “Ain't From Here”
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$30 million gift will fund center to push for Supreme Court overhaul
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Biden aims for more achievements despite the bane of lame-duck presidents: diminished relevance
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