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John Giles / Arizona Republic:
Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris over Trump  —  Arizona Republicans like me can emulate Sen. John McCain's motto of ‘Country First’ and beat back Trump and his threat to democracy.  —  The time has come for my fellow Arizona Republicans to return to the core foundations of the Grand Old Party.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Republicans Are About To Become Desperate  —  But they won't respond by listening to the public; they'll respond by ratcheting up the menace.  —  Prior to this most improbable of months, a hallmark of the Biden era had been a great forgetting of the Trump years that preceded it.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Vance tells donors Harris change was a ‘sucker punch,’ at odds with campaign  —  “The bad news is that Kamala Harris does not have the same baggage as Joe Biden,” Trump's running mate acknowledged at a private event.  —  The Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) …
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Old and quite weird”: Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it  —  After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade  —  Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a would-be dictator …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign hits Trump again over debate ‘backtrack’  —  Vice President Harris's campaign is doubling down on its attacks against former President Trump, accusing him of backtracking on the next presidential debate.  —  Campaign communications director Michael Tyler said …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, MSNBC and Fox News
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Harris is endorsed by border mayors in swing-state Arizona as she faces GOP criticism on immigration  —  Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted endorsements from mayors of border towns in swing-state Arizona Monday as she looks to blunt the impact of Republican criticism of her handling of illegal border crossings.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
Harris Trolls Trump: I'll Go to Debate Even If You Don't
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
New York Times:
Roy Cooper Withdraws From Kamala Harris VP Sweepstakes  —  Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket.  It was not immediately clear why he withdrew.  —  Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina …
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Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper backs out of consideration to be Kamala Harris' running mate  —  One source told NBC News that Cooper never indicated to Harris' campaign that he wanted to be vice president and told her aides that he did not want to be considered.
Discussion: WHAS-TV
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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law
Axios:
Scoop: Biden left Congress in dark on Supreme Court reforms
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split  —  DRIP DRIP DRIP  —  A months-long internal feud among the justices over a key case about abortion access in Idaho has been leaked—the latest internal communication to escape the high court.  —  The Supreme Court has been hit …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court's negotiations and compromise on Idaho's abortion ban  —  The Supreme Court began the year poised to build on its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and to deliver a new blow to abortion access.  —  In January, the court took the extraordinary step …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
J.D. Vance May Be The Worst Politician I've Ever Seen  —  This is before even taking the couch into consideration.  —  I already have promised to stay as far away from the J.D. Vance couch story as I intend to stay away from the couch in question.  (Got a flight booked for Neptune already.)
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
JD Vance says feelings not hurt by ‘weird’ insult from Democrats
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Drew Winces From Billionaires' Gathering With Trump Pitch  —  PALM BEACH CONFAB  —  Some people in the crowd of rich donors reportedly winced and shook their heads after the world's richest man told them they should tell their friends to vote for Donald Trump.
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Fellow billionaires ‘visibly winced’ as Elon Musk went on conspiracy theory rant: report
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Obama photographer Pete Souza deletes X account after Trump ear attacks  —  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
Discussion: RedState
Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers  —  At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day  —  WHEN ELECTION NIGHT comes in November, it will be up to thousands …
New Republic:
Trump's Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I've Gotten Worse” … Donald Trump took his authoritarian threats in a dark new direction during two new public appearances.  He suggested our next election might be our last, reiterated in advance that the election will be rigged against him …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jamie Dupree / Regular Order:
Video surprise - Capitol security tapes show fake GOP electors scheme  —  Tapes detail Jan. 5 effort to get bogus documents to Pence  —  The Jan. 6 security tapes being released by House Republicans have produced a surprise - video evidence of Donald Trump's fake GOP elector scheme in action …
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80  —  He was the only person convicted in connection with the atrocity, in which American troops killed hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children.  —  William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer …
Discussion: New York Times
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Arizona GOP Congressional Candidate Said Childless Cat Ladies Are ‘Demented’ And ‘Sick’  —  Blake Masters said in 2021 that “there's something very dysfunctional” about people who decide not to get married and make babies.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― Arizona Republican congressional …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP senator, Fox News host battle over Harris ‘ding dong’ remark  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Monday said Americans view Vice President Harris as “a bit of a ding dong,” a comment that was met with some pushback from Fox News host Neil Cavuto.  —  Kennedy fired off a series of attacks …
Discussion: Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
Axios:
Scoop: Sen. Gary Peters emerges as VP dark horse … - Labor leaders have had discussions with the Harris campaign about including Peters in the vice presidential selection process, one senior Democratic source told Axios.  — A Michigan Democratic Party official told Axios Peters …
CNN:
A half-million records and one app: The group behind a massive effort to ‘clean’ voter rolls  —  Police officers in Texas, senior citizens at a nursing home in Pennsylvania and people who had registered to vote at a Marine base in California.  —  They are among the thousands of voters whose right …
Discussion: The Federalist
New York Times:
Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and Other Tech Billionaires Brawl Over Politics  —  Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and other tech billionaires, many of whom are part of the “PayPal Mafia,” are openly brawling with one another over politics as tensions rise.  —  Less than an hour after a gunman in Butler …
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.
Reuters:
Foreign actors will seek to influence reshaped U.S. presidential race, says intelligence officer  —  U.S. foes targeting November's election with influence operations are expected to adapt to presidential contest developments, a U.S. intelligence official said on Monday, in an apparent reference to Joe Biden dropping his reelection bid.
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Is Working to Undercut Trump in Presidential Election, U.S. Spy Agencies Say
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Marianne Williamson Ends Longshot 2024 Presidential Bid  —  Marianne Williamson said she failed to meet the deadline to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, effectively ending her longshot bid.  —  “We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth.
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts  —  Dutch artist's 17th-century work said to have inspired tableau that has offended Christian and conservative critics  —  A controversial tableau in the Olympics opening ceremony denounced by Christian …
Nell Scovell / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bro-Pocalypse Advisers Got Him ‘Cat Lady’ Vance  —  THE FOUR DORKSMEN  —  Without Melania, Ivanka, Kellyanne, and Hope, the 2024 Trump Campaign is suffering from mood swings and brain fog.  Is it too late for estrogen replacement therapy? … Since assuming the mantle …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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ABC News:
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