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4:40 PM ET, July 27, 2024

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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The election has been totally upended.  Here's what the polls show.  —  It's clear the presidential contest is reshuffled.  —  The polls are in after a chaotic few weeks in the 2024 presidential election, and they point to a newly hyper-competitive race.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' elevation …
Discussion: Fox News, DNyuz and Bloomberg
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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.
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: The Hill and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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 …
Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Trump Says Americans 'Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He Wins  —  He's telegraphing his authoritarian intentions in plain sight.  —  Yesterday, former President Donald Trump told a group of supporters that they won't have to vote again if they elect him to the presidency.
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
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 …
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: DNyuz, Raw Story and 6abc
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.
Politico:
Harris' Zoom-fueled campaign triggers a dormant Democratic base  —  They logged on.  They raised millions.  —  When a group of Black women political organizers assembled for a regular Zoom call on Sunday, they suddenly had a new mission.  A mere hours earlier, President Joe Biden had ended …
Discussion: ABC News
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Rolling Stone:
Dems Go All-In on Blasting Trump and MAGA as ‘Sick Freaks Who Everyone Hates’  —  After years of trying to stay above the fray, Democrats are going after Trump, J.D. Vance, and MAGA Republicans for being “weird”  —  DEMOCRATS INSIST THEY are learning from their mistakes …
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
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.
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Could Josh Shapiro win Kamala Harris the Electoral College?  —  Do home-state effects matter?  —  In a change from four years ago, when neither Kamala Harris nor Mike Pence were from anything resembling a swing state  —  1, Harris — now heading the Democratic ticket …
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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Moms for Liberty claims more than 2,000 schools should have federal LGBTQ protections blocked
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Even some Whitmer fans say Harris should probably pick a white guy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Calder McHugh / Politico:
Republicans Keep Trying to Copy Trump's Humor — And Voters Keep Cringing
Discussion: Raw Story
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election
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Katherine Fung / Newsweek:
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Discussion: RedState
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
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Politico:
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Washington Post:
Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement
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