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10:40 AM ET, July 29, 2024

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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law  —  We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore the public's faith in our judicial system.  —  The writer is president of the United States.  —  This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden endorses Supreme Court reforms, amendment to limit immunity  —  For Biden, who has long resisted calls to reform the Supreme Court, the announcement Monday marked a major shift in his posture toward one of America's three branches of government.  —  President Biden endorsed sweeping changes …
Discussion: CNBC
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Biden to push Supreme Court term limits, immunity constitutional amendment in Monday speech
Noah Bressner / Axios:
Trump's insult trap: Republicans hunt for elusive Harris attack line … - Black voters could be sensitive to attacks on Harris' identity, including quotes from multiple Republican lawmakers last week labeling her a “DEI vice president.”  — Years-old comments from J.D. Vance calling Harris a …
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
Harris Camp Warns Supporters: Don't Get Duped by ‘Scam PACs’  —  KAMALA HARRIS'S TEAM IS WARNING DONORS not to fall prey to “financial scams” from groups sending email and text messages that suggest they're raising money for the vice president.  —  Those messages came rapidly last week …
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Just Had His Worst Week—Ever
Discussion: NBC News and PoliticusUSA
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
How to Buy a President  —  Donald Trump's joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Elon Musk takes fire for posting fake video of Kamala Harris  —  Elon Musk is being accused of violating his own policies on X after he shared a fake video of Vice President Harris, which uses an artificial intelligence voice mimicking Harris to spew insults about her campaign and President Biden.
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NBC News:
Elon Musk retweets altered Kamala Harris campaign ad
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Associated Press:
Venezuela election live updates: Opposition claims victory after Maduro was declared the winner  —  Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro gather at Miraflores Palace in Caracas as Maduro is declared the winner in Venezuela's presidential election amid opposition claims of irregularities.
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New York Times:
Venezuela's Autocrat Is Declared Winner in Tainted Election
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
Former US ambassador says US ‘asleep’ amid Russia threat  —  The News  —  Morgan Chalfant: What did you learn about Russian President Vladimir Putin on the job that you might not have known otherwise, or that people don't understand about him and the way that he operates?
Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Fox News hit Pete Buttigieg with a gotcha question on Trump vs. Harris.  It didn't go well for them  —  Sooner or later, Fox News producers and hosts will learn a lesson: So far, several attempts to corner Pete Buttigieg with (what they believe are) clever questions has backfired.
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   Buttigieg Tells Fox Viewers that MAGA Is a Cult
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead  —  In good news:  —  Joe Biden nominated former Florida Congresswoman Val Demings to the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) Board of Governors.  He also nominated Republican businessman William Zollars.  —  The USPS Board of Governors consists of eleven people …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
What Has Happened to My Party Haunts Me  —  With so much attention focused on the changes at the top of the Democratic ticket, we are not paying enough attention to the lack of change on the top of the Republican ticket.  This month, Donald Trump won his party's nomination for the third straight time.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally  —  A close reading of the prayers delivered before the former president speaks  —  A week before christmas, an evangelical minister named Paul Terry stood before thousands of Christians, their heads bowed, in Durham, New Hampshire, and pleaded with God for deliverance.
Discussion: Raw Story
emptywheel:
“My Beautiful Christians:” Trump's Pandering to Christian Nationalists  —  The other day, during an address to a Turning Point conference, Trump implored, … Video  —  Horse race journalists didn't care.  They found it more important to repeat and therefore magnify Trump's latest slur on Vice President Harris.
Discussion: Washington Times, Axios and ABC News
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Schumer: Vance VP pick helps Democrats  —  “I'll bet President Trump is sitting there, scratching his head, and wondering, ‘Why did I pick this guy?’”  Schumer said.  “The choice may be one of the best things he ever did for Democrats.”  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) …
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Vance stumps in a reliably Republican part of Minnesota after a rocky start.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump uses immunity ruling to try to blow up his conviction  —  And thanks to the Supreme Court's right-wing nihilists, it just might work. … On July 1, the last day of the Supreme Court's term, six conservative justices took a sledgehammer to democracy.
Discussion: Just Security and Fox News
 
 
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MSNBC:
‘This is an assault’ that means people's lives: Gov. Inslee on Project 2025's plans for the climate
Tim Judah / Financial Times:
Can tyrants be curtailed?  —  Two books examine how today's autocrats differ from those of the past …
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Why does so much of the media refuse to accept that Republicans want to ban abortion nationally?
Discussion: 6abc
Will Carless / USA Today:
Project 2025 decried as racist. Some contributors have trail of racist writings, activity
Noah Bressner / Axios:
Trump's falling legal fees free up campaign cash
Chuck Ross / freebeacon.com:
‘An Inspiration to Me Always’: Meet Kamala Harris's Radical Pastor
Max Tani / Semafor:
A more media-friendly Kamala Harris runs for president
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House Dem super PAC adds $24M to fall TV ad buys
Discussion: Washington Post
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
They have jobs, but no homes. Inside America's unseen homelessness crisis.
Discussion: Breitbart
John Bowden / The Independent:
Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib
Wall Street Journal:
America's New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
 

 
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