memeorandum: Symbolism won't persuade Black men to vote for Harris. Here's what will. (Roger House/The Hill)

2:20 PM ET, July 31, 2024

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Hans Nichols / Axios:

Scoop: Wall Street thinks Kamala Harris picking governor for VP … - If the campaign signals are being correctly interpreted, that would narrow the veepstakes down to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. — Some donors in the financial services …

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Roger House / The Hill:

Symbolism won't persuade Black men to vote for Harris. Here's what will. — As Kamala Harris inherits the presidential campaign of Joe Biden, she also inherits his sagging poll numbers with working-class Black men. The historic nature of Harris's candidacy will be viewed by many Black male voters …

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Politico:

Playbook: Harris puts Trump on his heels — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT — “Hamas leader ISMAIL HANIYEH was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday …

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Politico:

Harris to hold first rally with running mate Tuesday in Philadelphia — The vice president is expected to announce her pick sometime before the appearance. — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in Philadelphia.

Jared Mitovich / Politico:

Mark Kelly, potential VP pick, plans to be in Arizona next week — Kelly amplified the Harris campaign's immigration message by invoking his biography as a border state senator. — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly says he'll be in his home state of Arizona next week as speculation swirls around …

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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:

Who's Afraid of Josh Shapiro? — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. — A politician designed in a lab to help Democrats win pivotal Rust Belt swing states would probably look a lot like Josh Shapiro. In 2016, when Donald Trump won Pennsylvania …

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Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasts Trump for comments about Jewish Americans

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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Harris VP candidates release glossy campaign-style videos

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AP-NORC:
Democrats are supportive of Harris, but many adults think Trump has the electoral advantage

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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Sen. Mark Kelly rips Trump over role in killing bipartisan border bill

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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post: Trump suggests Harris would struggle with world leaders based on her appearance

Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Harris dares Trump to debate her as she campaigns in Atlanta: “Say it to my face”

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The problem(s) with Trump's ugly rhetoric about Harris, antisemitism

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Washington Post:
Harris holds raucous rally in Atlanta as she and Trump battle for Georgia

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Associated Press:
About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll

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New York Times:
Harris, Rallying Thousands in Georgia, Challenges Trump to ‘Say It to My Face’

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New York Times:
Harris Created a Huge Wave of Energy. How Long Can Democrats Ride It?

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Rolling Stone:

Trump Flipped Out That ‘Lunatic’ Project 2025 Could Tank His Campaign — The former president effectively “birthed” Project 2025. Now that the project is a political liability, one of Trump's foot soldiers is out of a job — AS HE ENTERED the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race …

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:

Massacre on Mass. Ave. — Rolling Stone: “In the world of two weeks ago, the graphic Democratic euphoria on display in Atlanta Tuesday would have been almost inconceivable: a Division I basketball arena packed so full of ecstatic supporters that the fire marshal was refusing to let anyone else in.”

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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Forces Out Project 2025 Mastermind

Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Read J.D. Vance's Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader's New Book

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Danielle Greyman-Kennard / Reuters:

Hamas leader Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran — Haniyeh, along with one of his guards, was reportedly killed at his Tehran residence. — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran, Hamas claimed on Wednesday morning, while claiming Israel was behind the attack.

Reuters:

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran - what we know so far — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said. — This is what we know about the killing of Haniyeh, one of Israel's numerous assassinations of its enemies over the years.

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Iran to Israel: You'll Pay For This ‘Cowardly Act’

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Calvin Yang / Channel NewsAsia:
US not involved in the killing of Hamas chief Haniyeh, says Secretary of State Blinken

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Associated Press:
Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran

Washington Post:

X suspends ‘White Dudes for Harris’ account after massive fundraiser — The account was reinstated, but the issue sparked concerns about how Musk could use X to sway voters, even as Republicans welcome his influence. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk's social media platform X suspended …

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Hanna Trudo / The Hill:

RFK Jr.'s campaign struggles with Harris in race — 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 — descriptions off, selected

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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump's nephew declares support for Harris

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Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:

J.D. Vance's Obsessions Are Way Creepier Than Being Childless — DON'T DISS DOLLY! — OK, J. D. Vance: When did we begin equating fertility with patriotism? And, if Republicans are so keen on people having kids, why would the party cut family assistance programs? … Having children is good.

Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
It wasn't just a single rant about “childless cat ladies.” Here are 12 other times JD Vance disparaged people who “don't have kids.”

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Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:

Meet the conspiracy theorist and anti-LGBTQ extremist pulling the strings at major American corporations — In recent months, major companies have publicly announced that they are abandoning their diversity efforts. In at least two cases, companies were pressured into taking action …

New York Times:

More Than 100 Silicon Valley Investors Pledge to Support Kamala Harris — The group, including Democratic donors such as Reid Hoffman and Vinod Khosla, has been organized under an effort called VCsForKamala. — More than 100 venture capitalists said on Wednesday that they had pledged …

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:

Willie Brown on Kamala Harris: 'She'll Deport My Ass' — At 90, Harris's mentor and former boyfriend is basking in her rise to power — along with those of his many other proteges. — SAN FRANCISCO — Since Kamala Harris became vice president, her former boyfriend and political mentor …

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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:

Rick Wilson on the weirdness of JD Vance — “The Mountain Dew jokes, the awkward campaign videos — it just doesn't connect.” — ∙ Paid … Like many liberals, I quietly hoped heading into the RNC that Donald Trump would pick JD Vance as his running mate, because I suspected it might go badly.

Alex Hammer / Daily Mail:

DNC official gives devastating assessment of ‘weirdly unpopular’ Kamala Harris in bombshell secret recording and reveals fundraising tactic that will leave donors furious — A member of Kamala Harris's team who is also a prominent member of the Democratic National Committee was filmed conceding that she will not ‘win this year.’

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