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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 …
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump is back to insulting his opponents despite reported transformation  —  The attempted assassination may not have changed him after all.  —  So much for the new Donald Trump.  —  The former president is back, after a brief pause, to the insults and personal attacks that characterized …
Washington Post:
Historic flood of cash pours into Harris campaign and allied groups  —  Democrats reported raising more than $250 million since Biden announced he was leaving the presidential race and endorsed Harris.  —  Weeks of pent-up Democratic panic gave way to a historic flood of campaign cash …
Jill Filipovic:
It's Fun When Politics Are Fun  —  It's a hot Harris summer.  —  ∙ Paid  —  There remains a whole lot to say about Kamala Harris and her candidacy.  I believe she can win, for one.  And for two, it's fun to see an injection of optimism and fun into this race.
Discussion: DNyuz, The Hill and Roll Call
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Clinton: Harris can overcome ‘double standards of American politics’ and beat Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:   Playbook: The 2 big questions Harris must answer
Associated Press:
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Harris plans to finish Biden's progressive agenda
Discussion: Politico
The Big Picture:
The Kamala Harris Effect
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris leads Trump 44% to 42% in US presidential race, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The simple reason why Kamala Harris has Donald Trump running scared
Julia Black / The Information:
Reed Hastings Backs Pro-Kamala Harris PAC with $7 Million Donation
New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Harris Rallies Exuberant Wisconsin Crowd, Saying ‘When We Fight, We Win’
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 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
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
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Johnson warns of arrests over Netanyahu speech disruptions  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent a letter to House members warning that there would be arrests if people disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to lawmakers Wednesday.  —  Johnson said in his letter …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lots Of Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu's Address To Congress
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.
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.
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Politico:
House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris  —  Leadership warned lawmakers during a closed-door meeting to focus on the vice president's record, not her race.  —  House Republican leaders told lawmakers to focus on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris' record without reference …
New York Times:
Trump's Favorite Lies, Puffery and Flights of Fancy, Up Against the Data  —  For more than 90 minutes last week, Donald Trump gave a rambling speech accepting the Republican nomination for president for a third time.  He used the opportunity, as well as his June debate with President Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Buttigieg hits Vance over ‘childless’ remarks  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hit back at Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), tapped earlier this month to be former President Trump's running mate, for remarks he made in the past about “childless” figures within the Democratic Party.
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
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
New York's Democratic Party shows new interest in electing Democrats  —  After a poor performance in 2022, the state apparatus appears ready to compete for battleground seats.  —  ALBANY, New York — The New York State Democratic Committee is trying something new this year — working to elect Democrats in New York.
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 …
 
 
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Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:
Yes, the Assassination Attempt Changed Trump. It Made Him Even Worse
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Britain and Germany team up on defense as fears grow Trump will ditch Ukraine
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US Department of Justice:
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Sending Violent Antisemitic Threats to Anti-Defamation League
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Washington Post:
Netanyahu will have a mostly GOP audience today
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Arkansas has the worst voter registration rate. Republicans are pushing to make registration harder.
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Black men backing Kamala Harris fuel another fundraising spree
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