memeorandum: Stricter Covid mask rules could've saved hundreds of thousands of lives, new study finds (Josh Marcus/The Independent)

11:20 PM ET, July 27, 2024

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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:

Trump Says Americans 'Won't Have to Vote Anymore' If He Wins — 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. “You won't have to do it anymore,” Trump said at the Turning Point Believers' Summit in Florida.

Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Progress Pond, Baptist News Global, Democrats, Reuters, CNN, Mother Jones and Just a Thing

ABC News:

Harris camp responds to Trump telling Christians they 'don't have to vote again' if he gets elected — “I don't care how, but you have to get out and vote,” Trump said. — As former President Donald Trump wrapped his nearly 75-minute speech on Friday night, he delivered a final pitch …

Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:

Trump Tells Christians They Won't Have to Vote in Future: 'We'll Have It Fixed' — During an event in Florida, the former president urged attendees to vote and said that if reelected, they “won't have to do it anymore” — Donald Trump, the former president who double downed on his ambitions …

Discussion: HuffPost, Lawyers, Guns & Money, DNyuz, The Mahablog, Whatever and What is a blogger? …

Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Trump tells supporters they won't have to vote in the future: 'It'll be fixed!'

Discussion: Lucian Truscott Newsletter, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Alternet.org, New York Times, Twitchy, TMZ.com, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and Crooks and Liars

Ian Swanson / The Hill: Trump urges Christians to vote: 'You won't have to do it' in four years

Ken Bensinger / New York Times:

Elon Musk Shares Manipulated Harris Video, in Seeming Violation of X's Policies — The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris's voice, without disclosing that it had been altered. — Elon Musk, the world's richest man …

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

Politico:
Playbook: The JD Vance remorse parade

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Tom Hauser / KSTP-TV:
KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: Harris takes lead over Trump in first Minnesota poll

Discussion: Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Forbes, Reuters and HotAir

Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Thinks the Trump Fever Could Break

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, WNDU-TV and ABC News

New York Times:

5 Excerpts From JD Vance's Emails to a Transgender Classmate — A former Yale Law School classmate shared with The Times about 90 emails and text messages with Mr. Vance. Here are some of the most revealing moments in their correspondence. — As Senator JD Vance seeks the vice presidency …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Fox News, Mediaite, DNyuz and The Sun

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: Raw Story and DNyuz

Josh Marcus / The Independent:

Stricter Covid mask rules could've saved hundreds of thousands of lives, new study finds — Restrictions in Northeastern states likely ‘saved many lives’ say researchers — Support truly — independent journalism — Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.

Discussion: Twitchy, Daily Kos, i can only be perceived …, The Hill and CBS News

Jared Gans / The Hill:

Kelly emerges as a top contender for Harris's VP pick — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions — descriptions off, selected

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:

Speaker Johnson blasts Olympics for mocking Christians, Last Supper — 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 — Descriptions

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A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:

The Seagulls Descend — So I guess it's time to write about elections. — In the United States, I've noticed that elections seem to be a time for politically activated people to come together to bicker and fight and make points that everyone has already heard and considered …

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 …

Discussion: UPI, New York Post and Vox

Scottie Andrew / CNN:

How ‘cat lady’ became an insult for women of a certain age — The stereotypical “cat lady” is one of pop culture's most bizarre characters — and easiest punching bags. — She's “The Simpsons” recurring character Eleanor Abernathy, a reclusive resident of Springfield who speaks in gibberish and hurls her cats at passersby.