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12:30 PM ET, July 30, 2024

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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Harris and Democrats keep calling Trump and Vance ‘weird.’ Here's why  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies are emphasizing a new line of criticism against Republicans — branding Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as “weird.”
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Peter Hamby / Puck:
Yes They Can?  —  Democrats haven't been this fired up about a presidential candidate since Obama, and the Harris campaign is racing to capitalize on the momentum: hiring veteran ad-maker Jim Margolis, doubling down on TikTok (where Kamala is approaching Trump-level virality), and leaning into the J.D. Vance creep factor.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Republicans Are About To Become Desperate  —  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.  —  Joe Biden's belief that he could unilaterally turn down the temperature in American politics …
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Playbook: The anti-Harris ad blitz begins  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE BURDEN OF WHAT HAS BEEN — “How Kamala Harris Can Bury the Ghosts of 2020,” by Christopher Cadelago: “The KAMALA HARRIS of 2024 is light-years better than the Harris of 2019.
Politico:
Harris was expected to have fundraising trouble. Here's why big donors are actually lining up in droves.
Discussion: The Message Box and Fox News
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Vance tells donors Harris change was a ‘sucker punch,’ at odds with campaign
Carl Lamarre / Billboard:
Megan Thee Stallion to Join Kamala Harris During Rally in Atlanta for Special Performance
CNN:
It's not just ‘cat ladies’: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including fundraising off his now-infamous …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Where J.D. Vance's weirdest idea actually came from  —  How Vance's proposal to give parents extra votes illustrates the fundamental flaw in his politics. … Since his selection as former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance has developed a reputation for being a bit strange.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and DNyuz
CNN:
Exclusive: The inside story of John Roberts and Trump's immunity win at the Supreme Court  —  The Supreme Court's toughest cases during Chief Justice John Roberts' tenure have often generated internal suspense, with shifting votes, last-minute switches and the chief's own push toward compromises …
Discussion: Gallup, Reason, Raw Story, SCOTUSblog and Reuters
Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris and her VP pick will tour battleground states next week - sources  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will tour battleground states next week with her vice presidential candidate, two sources familiar with the planning said on Tuesday, a signal the selection process for her running mate is coming to a close.
Discussion: IJR
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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 …
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
‘White Dudes for Harris’ — including The Dude himself — raise over $4M  —  The Zoom fundraiser for Vice President Harris, attended by actor Jeff Bridges, Mark Hamill and Pete Buttigieg among others, raised over $4 million, organizers said.  —  After Black Women for Harris and White Women for Harris …
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
‘White Dudes for Harris’ is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president
Alia Shoaib / Newsweek:
‘White Dudes for Harris’ X Suspension Sparks Fury: ‘Election Interference’  —  A social-media account for white male supporters of  —  was briefly suspended from X, formerly  —  , sparking anger online.  —  Newsweek observed that the White Dudes for Harris X account had been temporarily suspended …
Discussion: Deadline
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The battle for Trump power … - Trump constantly tells friends he felt burned by disloyal Cabinet officials and staff last time around. … - JD Vance would be very involved with planning Trump's transition — the high-stakes period between Election Day and the inauguration.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Harris's best response to the ‘too liberal’ attack  —  She is the one aligned with the bulk of Americans.  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), a possible pick for vice president, gave a pitch-perfect answer on CNN to the charge that he is too “liberal”:
MSNBC:
Maddow points out frightening truth about Trump's lack of concern about votes  —  Rachel Maddow rounds up instances in which Donald Trump not only assures his supporters that if he is elected they won't have to vote in the future, but also that even for this 2024 election he does not need votes.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Better late than never  —  Biden proposes reforms to a Court in desperate need of them. … Though a lot of people will probably scorn it as too little too late, President Joe Biden just called for substantial court reform.  However, much like the adage “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
NJ Rep. Pascrell breathing on his own as doctors discuss hospital discharge, staff says  —  The 87-year-old Democrat checked into St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson on July 14 with a fever.  —  Rep. Bill Pascrell remains hospitalized but is no longer receiving breathing assistance, according to his office.
Discussion: New Jersey Globe
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
William L. Calley Jr., Convicted in My Lai Massacre, Is Dead at 80  —  Hundreds of Vietnamese civilians died at the hands of American soldiers, but Lieutenant Calley was the only one found guilty.  —  William L. Calley Jr., who as a young Army lieutenant during the Vietnam War …
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Historian Timothy Ryback: “Hitler could only have dreamed” of Trump's fanatical support  —  Parallels between America in 2024 and Weimar Germany “astonish me,” says eminent historian of the Nazi era  —  The world has seen a version of this story before: A charismatic leader and demagogue …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kstewart / NABJ:
NABJ to Host Former President Trump for a Conversation in Chicago During Annual Convention  —  CHICAGO - Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump will participate in a conversation with journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention & Career Fair during …
ProPublica:
Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration  —  This month, former President Donald Trump's media company announced it was making its first major purchase: technology to help stream TV on Truth Social, its Twitter-like platform.
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
AOC Shuts Down Republican Whining About Kamala's “Weird” Trump Attack  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday shut down Vivek Ramaswamy's attempt to fire back at the Kamala Harris campaign's criticisms of Republicans as “weird.”  —  It started when Ramaswamy posted on X …
Haley Byrd Wilt / NOTUS:
House Republicans Finally Admit Defeat on Their Doomed Spending Bill Strategy  —  Some Republicans would rather “get nothing than something,” according to Rep. Dan Crenshaw.  — Copy  —  In a parallel universe, House Republicans are passing their spending bills this week …
Discussion: NBC News, WHDH-TV and The Hill
 
 
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán / NPR:
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Chuck Ross / freebeacon.com:
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Bloomberg:
Ken Griffin Is Spending Millions to Shape the New Face of the Republican Party
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
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Politico:
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Clyde Wayne Crews / Competitive Enterprise Institute:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner and IJR
Radley Balko / The Watch:
Trump's reckless vaccine ultimatum
Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Obama photographer Pete Souza deletes X account after Trump ear attacks
New Republic:
Trump's Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I've Gotten Worse”
Discussion: Alternet.org
 

 
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