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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden's performance against Trump in early look at new matchup  —  The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril  —  Republicans close to Trump tell him that while they were heading for a landslide before, Harris is putting key swing states back in play  —  IN THE DAYS since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, several Republicans close to Donald Trump …
Nicole Narea / Vox:
So what does Joe Biden do now?  —  President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office Wednesday night in the culmination of a pivotal few weeks that saw him relinquish the Democratic presidential nomination — an act that may one day be the defining moment of his political career.
Natalie Allison / Politico:   As Trump unloads on Harris, even his supporters see her gaining ground
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
Ellen Ioanes / Vox:
Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?
Discussion: UnHerd
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In Oval Office address, Biden to frame his 2024 decision as a ‘defense of democracy’
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump said to be ‘freaking out’ as he's ‘caught in a no-win situation’ against Harris
Discussion: Salon
CNN:
Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Pelosi says Netanyahu gave ‘the worst’ speech to Congress from any foreign leader  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters
Discussion: Washington Times
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Around half of Congress' Democrats skip Netanyahu speech … - Among the boycotters are former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). … - Most of the lawmakers who did attend the speech are on the more moderate …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Sweeping bipartisan Netanyahu boycott grows to include Pelosi
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Capitol Hill's Netanyahu speech no-shows
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump's Nephew Reveals Racist Comments From Former President In New Book  —  In a new memoir, Fred C. Trump III claims his uncle, Donald J. Trump, made cruel and racist comments.  —  In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump's niece, Mary Trump …
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Fred C. Trump III / TIME:
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’  —  When my uncle was elected President, I recognized what a highly privileged position I would be in.  I would have some access to the White House.  And as long as that was true, I wanted to make sure I used that access for something positive.
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
Posts spread baseless rumors about GOP vice presidential pick JD Vance having sex with a couch  —  CLAIM: Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir about having sex with a couch.  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.  Vance does not write about performing such an act in his bestselling book.
CBS News:
Kamala Harris vetting about a dozen possible VP candidates  —  Approximately a dozen individuals are being vetted as possible running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a source familiar with the process.  —  That number is larger than previously reported …
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Washington Post:
Trump allies crush misinformation research despite Supreme Court loss  —  High court ruling green-lighting contact between government and tech companies to stymie falsehoods online hasn't deterred a GOP campaign against academics, nonprofits and tech industry initiatives aimed at addressing their spread.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
New York Times:
The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire  —  Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family's irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force.  Several of his children are fighting back.  —  Rupert Murdoch is locked …
Caleb Groves / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan endorses Harris, says he's ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’  —  Former Atlanta Mayor Bottoms joins ‘Politically Georgia’ to talk about vice president's Atlanta connections  —  In an interview Wednesday on “Politically Georgia,” former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said he would vote …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal  —  DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more. … Google is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web's …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris Took Command of the Democratic Party in 48 Hours  —  She worked the phones.  Her team worked the delegates.  When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it.  —  She worked the phones.  Her team worked the delegates.
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Republicans condemn Netanyahu protesters for burning US flags — and waving Hamas ones instead  —  Republicans seized immediately on images of burning U.S. flags and vandalism at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station following Benjamin Netanyahu's speech as evidence of widespread antisemitism …
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Washington Post:
U.S. flag set ablaze, 23 arrested as thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Harris' Wall Street allies strategize on private call, Rubin, Lasry, Wolf among them … Vice President Kamala Harris' allies on Wall Street huddled on a private Zoom call Wednesday to strategize how to defeat former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Don't treat Trump like he has no agency  —  Reporters who know Donald Trump know that he will respond to Kamala Harris's candidacy with racist and sexist attacks on her as a woman of color.  —  In fact, he's already started.  —  But the way two New York Times journalists wrote about it on Tuesday …
Laura K. Field / Politico:
JD Vance Has a Bunch of Weird Views on Gender  —  Overt chauvinism is the unifying thread of the New Right.  —  On July 29, 2021, JD Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's show back when he was still a Fox News host.  Like Carlson, Vance had once opposed Donald Trump, and like Carlson …
Sara Moniuszko / CBS News:
Why is COVID surging this summer?  A doctor explains what to know and how to stay safe.  —  It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country.  —  Nearly 40 states are reporting high COVID activity levels …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Johnson seeks to quash “DEI hire”-type attacks on Harris … - Johnson (R-La.) encouraged members to" focus on policy not personality" during a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday, later echoing that sentiment publicly to reporters.  — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) encouraged members in the meeting to …
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Politico:
Possible Burchett censure resolution
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could Republicans get buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance?
Discussion: Fox News and Business Insider
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi endorses ultra-progressive San Francisco official, an Elon Musk foe
Discussion: The Hill
San Francisco Chronicle:
Aging, incoherent felon refuses to drop out of presidential race
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Gould / Politico:
Sen. Mark Kelly, a Harris veep contender, rips into JD Vance on Ukraine
Zachary D. Carter / Slate:
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Rebecca McCray / The Guardian:
A Jewish couple was rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future Project 2025 envisions
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
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