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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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 …
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Jedidajah Otte / The Guardian:
‘I was not voting before, now I am’: gen Z voters on what they think of Kamala Harris — Young US voters weigh in on why they like or dislike the VP as a candidate and if they think she could beat Trump — American gen Z voters share how they feel about Kamala Harris's presidential bid …
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Louder With Crowder and Reason
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 …
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The Boston Globe, The Guardian, New Republic, Politico and New York Times
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.
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 …
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 …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Young voter registration spikes to record numbers in 48 hours after Harris takes helm — New voter registration spiked to record levels in the first 48 hours after president Joe Biden ended his presidential campaign. — The nonpartisan Vote.org website saw its highest level …
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New York Times:
Trump Demands Equal Airtime in Light of Biden's Planned Address
Trump Demands Equal Airtime in Light of Biden's Planned Address
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New York Times:
Trump's Favorite Lies, Puffery and Flights of Fancy, Up Against the Data
Trump's Favorite Lies, Puffery and Flights of Fancy, Up Against the Data
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Raw Story
Adam Wren / Politico:
Trump is back to insulting his opponents despite reported transformation
Trump is back to insulting his opponents despite reported transformation
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Politico:
Playbook: The 2 big questions Harris must answer
Playbook: The 2 big questions Harris must answer
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Associated Press:
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
CNN:
Trump reemerges in North Carolina to a new opponent and a political landscape reshaped once again by the extraordinary
Trump reemerges in North Carolina to a new opponent and a political landscape reshaped once again by the extraordinary
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Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:
Yes, the Assassination Attempt Changed Trump. It Made Him Even Worse
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
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Grace Panetta / The 19th:
‘A historical event’: Eager supporters and makeshift merch crowd Harris' first campaign rally
‘A historical event’: Eager supporters and makeshift merch crowd Harris' first campaign rally
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Katrina Kaufman / CBS News:
Trump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris
Trump campaign files complaint with FEC seeking to keep Biden from transferring campaign funds to Harris
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Washington Post:
Historic flood of cash pours into Harris campaign and allied groups
Historic flood of cash pours into Harris campaign and allied groups
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PJ Media, The Hollywood Reporter and CBS News
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Kamala Harris campaign maps out ‘path to victory,’ raises $126 million in three days
Kamala Harris campaign maps out ‘path to victory,’ raises $126 million in three days
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Politico, The Dispatch, NPR, OutsideTheBeltway, Axios, The Hill and DNyuz
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president
Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president
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Raw Story and Baltimore Sun
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Clinton: Harris can overcome ‘double standards of American politics’ and beat Trump
Clinton: Harris can overcome ‘double standards of American politics’ and beat Trump
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Sweeping bipartisan Netanyahu boycott grows to include Pelosi … - “The purpose of having Netanyahu address Congress is to bolster his political standing in Israel,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a libertarian isolationist, said in a post on X. — “I don't feel like being a prop so I won't be attending,” he said.
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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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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Omar: Allowing Netanyahu to address Congress ‘utterly immoral and cruel’
Omar: Allowing Netanyahu to address Congress ‘utterly immoral and cruel’
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freebeacon.com, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Slate
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 …
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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.
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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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NBC News:
Trump plans to stop holding outdoor rallies after assassination attempt
Trump plans to stop holding outdoor rallies after assassination attempt
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies
Secret Service encourages Trump campaign to stop outdoor rallies
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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
Elon Musk denies report he will donate $45m a month to Trump Super Pac
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New Republic, Semafor, Bloomberg and Rolling Stone
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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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 …
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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 …
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