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Politico:
Hostile Trump takes the stage at Black journalists' conference  —  The former president claimed to be the best president for Black people since Abraham Lincoln and suggested his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, used her race to help her get elected.  —  Within moments of Donald Trump taking …
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Mother Jones:
White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black  —  Former President Donald Trump's appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual convention on Wednesday shocked audience members within its opening minutes, as the GOP presidential nominee insulted the moderators …
Reuters:
Trump questions whether Harris is ‘Black’ at conference of Black journalists  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumpquestioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is “Black” during a contentious appearance at the country's largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday.
Kstewart / NABJ:
VP Harris In Talks With NABJ For Virtual or In-Person Q&A in September, Former President Trump Set to Appear In Person Wednesday
Roger House / The Hill:
Symbolism won't persuade Black men to vote for Harris. Here's what will.
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race
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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Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasts Trump for comments about Jewish Americans
Discussion: Raw Story and Mock Paper Scissors
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Harris VP candidates release glossy campaign-style videos
Discussion: Associated Press and The Dispatch
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:   Who's Afraid of Josh Shapiro?
Politico:
Playbook: Harris puts Trump on his heels
Discussion: NBC News and The Mahablog
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.
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Ramsey Al-Rikabi / Bloomberg:
Iran's Leader Orders Retaliatory Strike on Israel, NYT Says  —  Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct strike on Israel in retaliation for what it said was the assassination of Hamas' top leader while in Tehran, the New York Times reported.
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.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Iran to Israel: You'll Pay For This ‘Cowardly Act’
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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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Forces Out Project 2025 Mastermind
Tariro Mzezewa / Slate:
I Was at the Kamala Harris Rally in Atlanta.  What You're Seeing Is Very Real.  —  In the past two years, Vice President Kamala Harris has made so many visits to Georgia that Atlantans frustratedly joke that perhaps she doesn't know that there are 49 other states or that maybe she's looking for real estate in the Southern city.
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 …
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Army's $11 Million Deal With The Rock Backfires Spectacularly  —  ‘CATASTROPHIC’  —  The Army reportedly spent millions getting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and his United Football League to drive up recruitment, only to end up losing enlistments.  —  The U.S. Army's $11 million advertising deal …
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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and HuffPost
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.”  —  Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is facing a week-long firestorm after video of a 2021 Fox News interview resurfaced in which Vance smeared …
Discussion: New Republic, The Hill and MSNBC
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Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:   J.D. Vance's Obsessions Are Way Creepier Than Being Childless
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Maya Rudolph returning to play Harris on ‘SNL’  —  Maya Rudolph is reportedly making her return as Kamala Harris on “Saturday Night Live” as the vice president's White House campaign kicks into full gear.  —  The “SNL” alum, who famously first portrayed the then-California senator …
HotAir:
Second Assassination Attempt: Leaked Secret Service Documents!  —  On this full episode of LARRY, we discuss a leaked email that exposes rank and file Secret Service agents' devastating concern that a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump could occur as soon as in the next 30 days …
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
Discussion: New Jersey Online and IJR
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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Autoworkers Union Endorses Kamala Harris for President  —  The United Automobile Workers had backed President Biden but did not immediately endorse the vice president.  Ms. Harris will rally with U.A.W. members in Detroit next week.  —  The United Automobile Workers endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed holds rates steady and notes progress on inflation … WATCH NOW  —  WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday held short-term interest rates steady but indicated that inflation is getting closer to its target, which could open the door for future interest rate cuts.
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Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
New Jan. 6 security tapes reveal Trump alleged co-conspirator handing off fake elector docs to aides for key lawmaker: Report
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Michigan Supreme Court Brings Back Higher Minimum Wage, Paid Leave Laws
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AIPAC Used Distorted Photo of Cori Bush in $7 Million Negative Ad Blitz
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Ben Zimmer / Wall Street Journal:
‘Weird’: How an Old Term for Fate Became a Political Slur
Discussion: New York Times, New Republic and IJR
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire 2024 Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%
Discussion: New Jersey Online, Forbes, The Hill and CNN
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Walz on Vance: 'I guarantee you he can't shoot pheasants like I can'
Discussion: RedState
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
Discussion: Breitbart
Moustafa Bayoumi / The Guardian:
Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn't he?
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Meet the conspiracy theorist and anti-LGBTQ extremist pulling the strings at major American corporations
 

 
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