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2:55 PM ET, July 30, 2024

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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: USA Today, RedState, DNyuz, Raw Story and IJR
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:   Progressives urge Harris to consider Beshear, Walz for VP, not Shapiro
Carl Lamarre / Billboard:
Megan Thee Stallion to Join Kamala Harris During Rally in Atlanta for Special Performance
New York Times:
Roy Cooper Withdraws From Kamala Harris VP Sweepstakes
CBS News:
Senators grill new Secret Service chief at Trump assassination attempt hearing
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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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Murkowski slams Vance's ‘childless cat lady’ comments as ‘offensive’ to women  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hit her party's own vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), for what she called “offensive” comments about “childless cat ladies.”  “If the Republican Party is trying …
Niha Masih / Washington Post:
JD Vance just ‘loves family,’ Trump says after ‘childless cat ladies’ backlash
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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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Where J.D. Vance's weirdest idea actually came from
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Republicans Are About To Become Desperate
Discussion: The Hill
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
AOC Shuts Down Republican Whining About Kamala's “Weird” Trump Attack
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.
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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”:
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Lara Trump Compares Harris to a Fashion Designer's Faux ‘Trash Bag’  —  It was the latest in a series of vicious personal attacks Republicans have lobbed at the vice president since Democrats coalesced around her as their presidential nominee.  —  Lara Trump, the Republican Party co-chair …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Beast and HuffPost
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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
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 …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘White Dudes for Harris’ raise $4 million for Democrat's campaign against Trump
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 and Mediaite
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Harris is in much better shape than Biden.  But she has one big problem.  —  It's the Electoral College.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The Silver Bulletin presidential election forecast model relaunched today, and there's some good news for Democrats: Kamala Harris is in a considerably better position …
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Rosa Brooks / The Bulwark:
Democracy Will Suffer a Relatively Quiet Death.  We Simulated It.  —  We also found steps we can take now to save it.  —  PICTURE THIS: It's March 2025, and Donald Trump is back in the White House.  Despite the burst of euphoria that followed Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race …
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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Whoa: Trump Hits 52% in New Harvard/Harris Poll  —  Say, whose honeymoon is this, anyway?  Supposedly, Kamala Harris has “totally upended” the race with The Anointment and the media's rush to proclaim the advent of “Kamalot.”  Also, Donald Trump only has a ceiling in the mid-40s …
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu and RedState
Politico:
Trump would ‘absolutely’ scrap Biden's Air Force One colors, adviser says  —  If reelected, Trump still has time to change the paint job back to red, white and dark blue.  But it'd be expensive.  —  If Donald Trump returns to the presidency, he'll have another shot at achieving a goal …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
The 2024 Presidential Debate Plan Was Set. Now It's Chaos.
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Facebook admits it wrongly censored iconic photo of bleeding Trump pumping his fist after assassination attempt: ‘This was an error’
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán / NPR:
Illegal crossings hit Biden-era low as migrants wait longer for entry
Kstewart / NABJ:
NABJ to Host Former President Trump for a Conversation in Chicago During Annual Convention
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Historian Timothy Ryback: “Hitler could only have dreamed” of Trump's fanatical support
Discussion: Raw Story
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NJ Rep. Pascrell breathing on his own as doctors discuss hospital discharge, staff says
Discussion: New Jersey Globe
Bloomberg:
Ken Griffin Is Spending Millions to Shape the New Face of the Republican Party
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
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