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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 …
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
CNN:
Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail  —  President Joe Biden's address to the nation Wednesday evening will serve not only to explain his shocking decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race but will carry an element …
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 …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign … - The administration's early infighting, blame-shifting and indecision around their border response does not help her, either. … - “Harris was appointed ‘border czar’ in March of 2021, and since that time, millions and millions …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In Oval Office address, Biden to frame his 2024 decision as a ‘defense of democracy’
emptywheel:   Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him
Caleb Groves / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan endorses Harris, says he's ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’
Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Kamala Harris makes Donald Trump do the one thing he fears most: Get up and get out
Discussion: New York Daily News
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Kamala Harris Beats Trump
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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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 …
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 …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lots Of Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu's Address To Congress
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.
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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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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:   Veep Stakes  —  In a normal presidential campaign, such as the one Vice-President Kamala Harris …
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 …
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.
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 …
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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Elena Schneider / Politico:
DNC gives would-be Harris rivals 3 days to declare  —  The timeline approved by the convention rules committee could also push Harris to pick a running mate in the next week.  —  If anyone is going to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, they have only until this weekend to do it.
Politico:
Possible Burchett censure resolution  —  A pair of House Democrats are considering introducing a censure resolution for Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) in response to his comments calling Vice President Kamala Harris a “DEI hire,” according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Discussion: The Hill and The Root
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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 …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Aging, incoherent felon refuses to drop out of presidential race  —  With Biden's exit, we hope the purple parts of the country that couldn't trust the president's mental competency will now see the obvious truth about Trump  —  Joe Biden's promise to America was always one of a return to normalcy.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could Republicans get buyer's remorse with J.D. Vance?  —  New polls show him to be unusually unpopular for a new VP pick.  Here's how that compares historically, and what it could mean.  —  Nine days ago, Donald Trump picked a running mate in Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) that projected confidence about the race ahead.
Discussion: Fox News and Business Insider
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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