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2:05 PM ET, July 27, 2024

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Trump urges Christians to vote: 'You won't have to do it' in four years  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Tells Christians 'You Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He's Elected  —  Donald Trump, after lamenting that conservative Christians are not “big voters,” urged the religious right to turn out for him “just this time.”  —  In the closing minutes of his speech to a gathering …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Cryptically Declares, 'You Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He Wins Second Term  —  Former President Donald Trump urged members of a crowd in Florida to vote and said that if he wins, they “won't have to vote anymore.”  —  Speaking at a Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach on Friday …
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break  —  This past month has been one of the most consequential and dizzying periods in modern American politics.  It began with President Biden's disastrous debate in late June.  Then came an assassination attempt against former President Trump.
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Bloomberg:
Harris' Running-Mate Search Zeroes In on Three Top Contenders  — Kelly, Shapiro, Walz are in top tier for vice presidential run  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on a group of potential running mates, as she faces a two-week dash to make the biggest decision of her nascent presidential bid.
Discussion: Raw Story and 6abc
Katherine Fung / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Ignores Hillary Clinton's Playbook
Discussion: RedState
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
JD Vance, an Unlikely Friendship and Why It Ended  —  His political views differed from a transgender classmate's, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Mr. Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.  —  When his book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” was published in 2016 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Mediaite
Politico:
Playbook: The JD Vance remorse parade  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT A CENTURY THIS MONTH HAS BEEN — “I don't know what they've got in these performance enhancers, but I'm feeling pretty jacked up,” President JOE BIDEN posted …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Usha Vance told friends Trump appalled her.  Now she's working to elect him.  —  The potential second lady found Trump's actions on Jan. 6 “deeply disturbing,” a friend said.  But ambition and devotion to her husband ultimately drove her to a place in the former president's campaign.
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Republicans continue to flail, further endangering their majority  —  GOP members struggled with basic tasks this summer, heading for a long break with few accomplishments.  —  In his bid to claim the House speaker's gavel and end three weeks of chaos last fall, Rep. Mike Johnson mapped out an ambitious agenda.
Discussion: Salon and The Hill
Jennifer Gerson / The 19th:
The night White women raised millions for Harris.  And broke Zoom.  —  Over 164,000 women joined a Zoom call to discuss support, privilege and allyship as they raised millions for the vice president's campaign.  —  *Correction appended.  —  “Girl, we broke Zoom,” Erin Gallagher said over text …
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Politico:
Harris' Zoom-fueled campaign triggers a dormant Democratic base
Discussion: ABC News
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
This is a misogyny emergency.  A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election  —  This time Kamala Harris will be the target for the social media platforms that promote prejudice  —  In 2016, a historically unprecedented incident took place.  And yet, barely anyone even noticed.
William Gavin / Quartz:
Major Democratic donors want Kamala Harris to fire the FTC chair if she becomes president  —  FTC Chair Lina Khan has taken an aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement  —  Not even a week after Kamala Harris took over as the Democratic presidential nominee, major donors are already making demands of her potential administration.
Tom Hauser / KSTP-TV:
KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: Harris takes lead over Trump in first Minnesota poll  —  Riding a wave of mostly positive coverage as the presumptive new presidential nominee for Democrats, Vice President Kamala Harris has a significant lead over former Republican President Donald Trump in Minnesota …
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Wall Street Journal:
Harris Erases Trump's Lead, WSJ Poll Finds
Reuters:
Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court - report  —  US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders  —  Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the US supreme court on Monday, Politico reported, citing two people familiar …
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Calder McHugh / Politico:
Republicans Keep Trying to Copy Trump's Humor — And Voters Keep Cringing  —  Far-right candidates just can't duplicate the flair Trump brings from his TV career.  —  On Monday, in the midst of a speech in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, one of JD Vance's half-jokes landed with a thud.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Seen in Public Without Ear Bandage  —  LOOKS GOOD  —  The former president has ditched the gauze over his right ear which became a viral meme after the Republican National Convention.  —  Journalist  —  Donald Trump ditched his ear bandage for his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Panicking Trump Loses It Over FBI Director's Bullet Injury Testimony
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Seen Without Bandage For First Time Since Shooting, Seemingly Uninjured
 
 
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Even some Whitmer fans say Harris should probably pick a white guy
freebeacon.com:
WATCH: Joe Biden's Senior Moment of the Week (Rest in Peace Edition)
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Politico:
Justice Department reaches $2M in settlements with FBI officials whose texts infuriated Trump
Washington Post:
Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement
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Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:
Kamala Harris Has Brought the Joy
Discussion: UnHerd and America, America
Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Harris calls Sonya Massey's family
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and Frontpage Mag
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Trump greets Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, says World War III could happen if Harris wins
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The Perfect Storm  —  On the Secret Pod today, Sarah and I spun through the new polling numbers …
 

 
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