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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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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 …
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.
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Talking Points Memo
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Just Had His Worst Week—Ever — IT MUST BE HARD TO TRANSITION from martyr anointed by God and positioned to win in a blowout to jealous old whiner grumbling about the misunderstood relevance of Hannibal Lecter. — Life came at Donald Trump fast when Sleepy Joe Biden took his name off …
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HotAir, CNN, Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris' Approval Rating Surges as Donald Trump's Falls — has seen a significant boost in her approval ratings ever since she became the presumptive Democratic 2024 nominee, while — 's has fallen, according to a poll. — An — News/Ipsos survey of 1,200 adults released …
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New Republic, Washington Examiner, The Livingston Post.com, The Hill and Bloomberg
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
Fox News hit Pete Buttigieg with a gotcha question on Trump vs. Harris. It didn't go well for them
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Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars, Fox News, Raw Story, Twitchy, PoliticusUSA and Politico
Politico:
Playbook: After the sugar high
Playbook: After the sugar high
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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 …
How to Buy a President — Donald Trump's joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 — From his first day in office—and every day since then—President Biden has taken action to strengthen American democracy and protect the rule of law.
Axios:
Scoop: Biden left Congress in dark on Supreme Court reforms … - The White House didn't reach out to coordinate with Durbin (D-Ill.) or his committee about Biden's proposals prior to Monday's announcement, a source familiar with the matter told Axios. — One senior House Judiciary …
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden endorses Supreme Court reforms, amendment to limit immunity
Biden endorses Supreme Court reforms, amendment to limit immunity
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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.
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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 — In a recent private meeting with fellow billionaires, tech tycoon Elon Musk appeared to endorse the far-right Great Replacement Theory as an explanation for why he is backing former President Donald Trump, reported The Daily Beast on Monday.
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The media fails to take Trump at his word. Again. — There was a whole (faintly ridiculous) debate in media and politics circles during the 2016 campaign about whether to take Donald Trump “literally or seriously.” — Let's not reprise it here except to quote poet Maya Angelou …
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New York Times, Today's Edition Newsletter, Politico, Rolling Stone and Washington Times
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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.
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Press Watch, The Guardian, KHOU-TV, Truthout, Digby's Hullabaloo, Newsbusters and Axios
ABC News:
Local SWAT team blames Trump assassination attempt on lack of planning, communication — The local SWAT team at the Butler Trump rally shared their story with ABC News. — Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents …
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RedState, USA Today, Louder With Crowder, Fox News, 6abc, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Business Insider
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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.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Daily Caller News Foundation
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Is Working to Undercut Trump in Presidential Election, U.S. Spy Agencies Say — Tehran's preference is rooted in concerns about a Trump presidency fanning tensions with U.S. — WASHINGTON—Iran is seeking to harm Donald Trump's presidential campaign in covert online influence operations …
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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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Raw Story, New Republic and American Doom
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 …
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The Federalist
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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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. National Debt Tops $35 Trillion for First Time — The presidential candidates have offered few ideas for reducing the debt burden as red ink continues to mount. — America's gross national debt topped $35 trillion for the first time on Monday, a reminder of the nation's grim fiscal predicament …
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The U.S. House Committee …, Washington Examiner, IJR and The American Conservative
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 …
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Crypto, As a Political Characteristic — The more that politicians talk about Bitcoin, the greater the chance they are frauds. — The first thing that needs to be said about cryptocurrency is that it has no socially redeeming reason to exist. The primary thing that it is actually useful …
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The Unz Review and Fortune
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Klain was ‘surprised’ by Biden's exit after ‘nasty’ pressure campaign — Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain opened up about his reaction to what he called a “nasty” pressure campaign from Democrats to push President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race, revealing he was “surprised” …
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New York Magazine and The Guardian
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 …
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The Daily Beast and Reason
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 …
Elizabeth Beyer / USA Today:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: I have not been vetted as Kamala Harris' running mate — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, rumored to be in the running for Vice President Kamala Harris' potential ticket mate, told CBS Mornings that she has not been a part of the vetting process since Monday.
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