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3:20 PM ET, July 23, 2024

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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris leads Trump 44% to 42% in US presidential race, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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USA Today:
Harris campaign vetting 7 Dems for VP, including Whitmer, Cooper, Kelly, Shapiro  —  Joey Garrison Phillip M. BaileyUSA TODAY  —  REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign has requested vetting materials from seven Democrats under consideration …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Camp Is Planning to ‘Willie Horton’ Kamala Harris  —  Can the campaign—and the candidate—stay focused on her record rather than her race?  —  DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN IS PREPARING a full-scale blitz on Vice President Kamala Harris, with broadsides on her record that borrow from the ad that came to define dog-whistle politics.
Jill Filipovic / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Set Deadly Election Trap for Himself  —  CHECKMATE  —  Jill Filipovic, CNN columnist and author of OK Boomer Let's Talk, on how Kamala wins. … It's barely been 48 hours since Joe Biden dropped out of the race for the White House, but one thing is clear: Kamala Harris can win.
Discussion: Roll Call
David Strom / HotAir:
Trump Is Suddenly Too Old  —  A month ago Joe Biden, at 81, was fit as a fiddle, sharp as a tack, and able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.  Any dissent about these assertions was mere “ageism,” you bigot!  —  Now that Biden is out of the race, Trump is far too old to be president and should be rejected on that basis alone.
Discussion: New York Post
ABC News:
VP vetting process has begun: Shapiro, Cooper, Kelly, Beshear asked to submit materials  —  The vetting of potential running mates for Harris has already begun, according to a source briefed on the process.  —  “The horse has left the barn,” the source said.
Nathan R. Shrader / The Hill:
How Harris can change the narrative to beat Trump
Discussion: National Review
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Yang says he'll support Harris for president in November
Discussion: DNyuz
New York Times:
Trump's New Rival May Bring Out His Harshest Instincts
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
Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Race: Trump vs. Harris Too Close To Call, Trump Slightly Ahead In 6-Way Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 62% Say Biden Dropping Out Of Race Right Thing To Do
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Progressive youth voting group endorses Harris
Discussion: NPR, RedState and Washington Post
Politico:
Harris into the whirlwind  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY
Politico:
Secret Service director resigns after Trump shooting fallout  —  Director Kimberly Cheatle revealed her decision in an internal message to Secret Service employees.  —  Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday over the agency's failure to prevent the assassination attempt …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns over Trump shooting outrage … U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday following widespread outrage over how her agency failed to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally earlier this month.
Gloria Dickie / Reuters:
World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 21, monitor says  —  Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to preliminary data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.  —  The global average surface air temperature on Sunday reached 17.09 degrees Celsius …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Semafor
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:   Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, scientists say
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Biden will address nation from Oval Office on decision to exit 2024 race  —  The White House has not said when Biden will make public remarks on his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election  —  President Biden will address the nation on Wednesday after his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election.
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Washington Post:
Bob Menendez to resign Senate seat following federal bribery conviction  —  A storied career in New Jersey politics comes to an end as Menendez bows to calls for him to leave the Senate following his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges.  —  Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) …
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 …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Steve Bannon to go on trial in December for alleged fraud in We Build the Wall fundraiser  —  Bannon was recently jailed on a contempt of Congress conviction.  —  Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon leaves a press conference outside the federal correctional institution, July 1, 2024, in Danbury, Conn.
Discussion: Roll Call
Judd Legum / 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.
Andrea Pitzer / scientificamerican.com:
Trump's Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History  —  Trump's language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results  —  The Republican National Convention hit rock bottom on its third day in Milwaukee …
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.”
Politico:
Feds discover transcripts of Biden chats with biographer  —  Justice Department relents by contacting former special counsel Robert Hur to respond to records requests.  —  The Justice Department told a federal judge late Monday that it has located transcripts it previously denied having …
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Trump's Sons Keep Falsely Blaming Democrats for the Assassination Attempt  —  Eric and Don Jr. are pushing a narrative that threat experts say will fuel violence.  —  Since a 20-year-old gunman opened fire more than a week ago at former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Butler …
Politico:
Schumer and Jeffries set to endorse Harris for president  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are poised to endorse Kamala Harris for president at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, three people familiar with the plans told POLITICO.
Nandika Chatterjee / Salon:
Harris has the best 48 hours in presidential campaign history, raising $100 million since Sunday  —  “Kamala Harris has had the single best first day of any presidential candidate in history,” MSNBC's O'Donnell said  —  The first 48 hours of Kamala Harris as a U.S. presidential candidate …
Discussion: CBS News, USA Today and The Daily Beast
emptywheel:
Fraudulent Failson Judgement: JD Vance “Ain't From Here”  —  As always with DC's gossip press, they exercise almost none of the scrutiny with Donald Trump that they do with others.  —  One recent example comes in the treatment of Joe Biden and Trump's sons' involvement in campaign decision-making.
 
 
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Bryan Metzger / Business Insider:
GOP senator falls for sexually explicit Jimmy Carter death hoax
Discussion: HuffPost, Gizmodo and Raw Story
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
J.D. Vance Spends Weird, Low-Energy Speech Praising Diet Mountain Dew
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden to address nation Wednesday night
Discussion: Scripps News, Breitbart and IJR
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
After key Baptist leader applauds Biden's withdrawal, agency retracts announcement of his firing
April Rubin / Axios:
George Clooney, Melinda French Gates headline celebrity rush to Harris
Kat Lay / The Guardian:
HIV ‘vaccine’ could be made for just $40 a year for every patient
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Three Army Reserve officials disciplined after review of Card shooting
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Oliver Wiseman / The Free Press:
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Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
Judge Cannon and JD Vance Are on the Same Team
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$30 million gift will fund center to push for Supreme Court overhaul
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