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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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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 …
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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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.
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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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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The Hill and The Federalist
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
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.
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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 …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris Changes the Race
How Kamala Harris Changes the Race
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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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April Rubin / Axios:
The Senate's last Harris hold out
The Senate's last Harris hold out
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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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Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, OutsideTheBeltway and Mediaite
Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:
Yes, the Assassination Attempt Changed Trump. It Made Him Even Worse
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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Associated Press, Reuters and NC Newsline
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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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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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lots Of Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu's Address To Congress
Lots Of Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu's Address To Congress
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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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The Guardian, 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
Trump Repeatedly Used N-Word, Says His Own Nephew
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Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Trump Said Some Disabled People “Should Just Die,” According to His Nephew — When his uncle Donald became president, Fred Trump III—whose son William, due to a rare genetic mutation, has seizures and an intellectual disability—saw an opportunity to advocate for disability rights.
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Fred C. Trump III / TIME:
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’
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A Humble Peddler of Weres
Zachary D. Carter / Slate:
You Have No Idea What Joe Biden Did for Employment — Joe Biden restored full employment as the bedrock economic commitment of the Democratic Party. It is a simple legacy of great consequence. — Until Biden's presidency, American full employment—the economic situation when everyone …
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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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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
FBI head says Trump gunman researched JFK assassination before shooting … - Wray also publicly confirmed that the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, flew a drone near the event site hours before the shooting and possessed multiple explosive devices. — Wray said the FBI currently does …
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
FBI Director Testifying Before Congress Over Trump Rally Shooting
FBI Director Testifying Before Congress Over Trump Rally Shooting
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Washington Times, DNyuz and Washington Post
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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Reuters:
NATO finds gaping holes in Europe's defences — The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from the public stage, the alliance's military planners have been focused on assessing the enormous cost of fixing Europe's creaking defences.
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The Daily Caller, Semafor and DNyuz
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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 …
Rebecca McCray / The Guardian:
A Jewish couple was rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future Project 2025 envisions — The conservative blueprint envisions ‘a biblically based’ definition of marriage and wants to protect adoption agencies that only work with Christians
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, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Rolling Stone
climate.copernicus.eu:
New record daily global average temperature reached in July 2024 — WHAT CAUSED THIS NEW RECORD GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE? - WAS THIS EXPECTED? - WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS? - IS 2024 LIKELY TO BE THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD? - WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS RECORD?
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