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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Kamala Harris hype is real  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  🥥 Subscribe to Public Notice 🌴  —  Just three days after President Joe Biden dropped …
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Max Burns / The Hill:
It's time to talk about Donald Trump's age  —  At 78, former President Donald Trump is now the oldest presidential nominee in American history.  If he wins re-election in November, Trump will end his term just a few months shy of his 83rd birthday, making him two years older than President Joe Biden is now.
Discussion: The Federalist, Fox News and People
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Kamala Harris makes Donald Trump do the one thing he fears most: Get up and get out  —  With Kamala Harris running, Donald Trump needs to actively campaign — and not just in MAGA country  —  The joyful reception that Vice President Kamala Harris received from Democrats when President Joe Biden dropped …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump said to be ‘freaking out’ as he's ‘caught in a no-win situation’ against Harris  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' energetic speech in Milwaukee on Tuesday signaled a sea change in how the 2020 presidential campaign will be run, argues Salon's Amanda Marcotte.
Discussion: The Hill
Hillary Rodham Clinton / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: How Kamala Harris Can Win and Make History  —  History has its eye on us.  President Biden's decision to end his campaign was as pure an act of patriotism as I have seen in my lifetime.  It should also be a call to action to the rest of us to continue his fight for the soul of our nation.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris Changes the Race  —  In some ways, the new matchup figures to be strangely familiar.  —  When all the dust settles on a chaotic few weeks of American politics, this year's presidential race will look very different than it did before.  —  But despite the upheaval …
New York Times:
Trump Demands Equal Airtime in Light of Biden's Planned Address  —  President Biden is set to address the nation on Wednesday night from the Oval Office to discuss the end of his re-election bid.  —  Ahead of President Biden's planned prime-time address from the Oval Office on Wednesday night …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Kamala Harris Beats Trump  —  The Vice President starts as an underdog, but she has real political advantages  —  As of Monday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee.  According to reports from multiple news outlets, she now has majority support from the Democratic delegates.
Jill Filipovic:
It's Fun When Politics Are Fun
Discussion: DNyuz and The Hill
New York Times:
Trump's Favorite Lies, Puffery and Flights of Fancy, Up Against the Data
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
Jedidajah Otte / The Guardian:
‘I was not voting before, now I am’: gen Z voters on what they think of Kamala Harris
Discussion: Reason
Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:   Yes, the Assassination Attempt Changed Trump. It Made Him Even Worse
Katrina Kaufman / CBS News:
Trump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris
Politico:
Playbook: The 2 big questions Harris must answer
Discussion: DNyuz
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Harris plans to finish Biden's progressive agenda
Discussion: Politico
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Clinton: Harris can overcome ‘double standards of American politics’ and beat Trump
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Capitol Hill's Netanyahu speech no-shows  —  Presented by With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  RSVP-ING NO TO NETANYAHU  —  Dozens of rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers plan to steer clear of Benjamin Netanyahu's long-awaited address to Congress on Wednesday …
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Coral Murphy Marcos / The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders condemns speech to Congress by ‘war criminal’ Netanyahu
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lots Of Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu's Address To Congress
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump nephew reveals Uncle Donald's racist outburst in new book  —  Exclusive: Fred C Trump III shares story of presidential nominee using N-word and describes Trump's attitude on race  —  In a new book, Donald Trump's nephew recalls the future US president, at the start of his New York real estate career …
Discussion: Salon, HuffPost, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Repeatedly Used N-Word, Says His Own Nephew  —  RACIST RANT  —  Fred C. Trump III reportedly details his uncle's shocking outburst in a forthcoming memoir.  —  Donald Trump repeatedly used the n-word in response to his car being damaged in the early 1970s, his nephew reportedly writes in a new memoir.
M.D. Kittle / The Federalist:
Secret Service Threatens Trump: Stop Your Massive Rallies, Or Else  —  The Secret Service is ‘encouraging’ the Trump campaign to halt the large-scale events his supporters have grown accustomed to.  —  The same agency that failed to protect former President Donald Trump from a would-be assassin's bullet …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies
emptywheel:
Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him  —  In their latest installment of an editorial making demands of Joe Biden, other Democrats, and voters, but never Donald Trump, the NYT on Monday joined the horde of outlets begging for an open primary.
Eva Roytburg / Fortune:
Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn't ‘subscribe to cult of personality’ … Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created a new super political action committee (PAC) to fund the Republican candidate …
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Helen Sullivan / The Guardian:
Elon Musk denies report he will donate $45m a month to Trump Super Pac
Ajit Niranjan / The Guardian:
Sunday was world's hottest ever recorded day, data suggests  —  Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’  —  World temperature records were shattered on Sunday on what may be the hottest day scientists have ever logged, data suggests.
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Associated Press:
Monday breaks the record for the hottest ever day on Earth
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz  —  Two of Silicon Valley's famous venture capitalists made a case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters. … Last week, the founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz declared …
Discussion: @anildash@threads.net
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Veep Stakes  —  In a normal presidential campaign, such as the one Vice-President Kamala Harris is running, “veepstakes” is a harmless play on the word “sweepstakes,” invoking a friendly competition to become a vice-presidential nominee.  One can enjoy thinking about matches between …
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards:
Senators Should Support Bill to Codify Chevron Deference, Modernize Rulemaking  —  Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators should support the Stop Corporate Capture Act, introduced today by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards said.
Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
Federal judge upholds FTC ban on noncompete agreements  —  A federal judge has rejected a tree-trimming company's bid to block the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect.  —  The FTC issued a rule in April that would ban all new noncompete agreements …
Discussion: Reason, New York Times and Reuters
 
 
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Biden's Approval Rating Hit New Low Before Exit From Race
NBC News:
Nadler urges Republicans to investigate X's restrictions on Kamala Harris' campaign account, citing censorship concerns
Discussion: Forbes and The Hill
Politico:
Britain and Germany team up on defense as fears grow Trump will ditch Ukraine
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
New York's Democratic Party shows new interest in electing Democrats
Washington Post:
Netanyahu will have a mostly GOP audience today
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Black men backing Kamala Harris fuel another fundraising spree
Sydney Bauer / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk, You Are So Wrong About Your Trans Child
Discussion: HuffPost, Times Now and DNyuz
Politico:
House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris
 

 
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