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2:30 PM ET, July 23, 2024

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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.
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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.
Discussion: Newsweek, ABC News, The Economist and Forbes
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 …
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
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Yang says he'll support Harris for president in November  —  Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang declared that he will back Vice President Harris and her eventual running mate in the November general election after criticizing the Democrats' previous choice of President Biden as the party's nominee.
Discussion: DNyuz
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  —  Rarely is an American political party presented with the opportunity for a course correction of this magnitude so late in the election cycle.  Democrats showed how American political parties can be resilient and speedy when they need to be …
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
Politico:
Harris into the whirlwind  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Progressive youth voting group endorses Harris
Discussion: NPR, RedState and Washington Post
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.
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.
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April Rubin / Axios:
George Clooney, Melinda French Gates headline celebrity rush to Harris
CNN:
Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to address nation for first time since ending candidacy  —  President Biden on Wednesday night will deliver his first on-camera remarks since deciding not to seek reelection, he announced.  —  “Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden to address nation Wednesday night
Discussion: Axios, Scripps News, Breitbart and IJR
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.”
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Says His Trans Daughter Was ‘Killed by Woke Mind Virus’  —  MASK OFF  —  The billionaire made the extraordinary claim in an interview with Jordan Peterson, adding that he “vowed to destroy” the “virus” after losing his child to it.  —  Elon Musk says his transgender daughter is “dead.”
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: USA Today, CBS News and The Daily Beast
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 …
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.
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
 
 
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
J.D. Vance Spends Weird, Low-Energy Speech Praising Diet Mountain Dew
Andrea Pitzer / scientificamerican.com:
Trump's Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
After key Baptist leader applauds Biden's withdrawal, agency retracts announcement of his firing
Gloria Dickie / Reuters:
World registers hottest day ever recorded on July 21, monitor says
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Raw Story and Semafor
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Three Army Reserve officials disciplined after review of Card shooting
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Democrats “well-positioned” to take back House and have big leg up in fundraising, campaign committee says
Discussion: Fox News and Politico
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The Curious Case of the Missing President
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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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