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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 and The Root
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
Danielle Greyman-Kennard / Reuters:
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran  —  Hamas: Haniyeh killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid” in the Iranian capital  • Israel yet to take responsibility for assassination  —  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital of Tehran early Wednesday morning …
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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.
Reuters:
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran - what we know so far
Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg:
Death of a Hamas Chief Exposes Failure at Core of Iran's Rule
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 …
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay  —  Word of the deal emerged in a letter from prosecutors to family members of victims of the attacks.  —  The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:   J.D. Vance's Obsessions Are Way Creepier Than Being Childless
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
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 …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
10 Days: Kamala Harris has not held a press conference since emerging as presumptive Democratic nominee  —  Critics feel Harris is copying President Biden's 2020 playbook  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 10 days without holding a press conference since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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 …
 
 
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire 2024 Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%
Discussion: New Jersey Online, Forbes, The Hill and CNN
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Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn't he?
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