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8:55 AM ET, August 2, 2024

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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Burgum says Russia agreed to prisoner swap because they think 'Trump's going to win'  —  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said he thinks that Russia agreed to the prisoner swap announced Thursday because they think former President Trump is “going to win” the upcoming election.
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The Hill:
Morning Report — Historic swap frees U.S. hostages from Russia
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Freed Americans back in U.S. after historic prisoner swap with Russia
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Vance: Prisoners coming home 'a testament to Trump's strength'
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident  —  Is it, perhaps, a sign that the Vice-President's swift rise in the polls has him panicked?  —  Spoiler alert: he meant it.  When Donald Trump claimed, on Wednesday afternoon, in a combative onstage interview at the National Association …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump hits back at Dem attacks: 'They're the weird ones'  —  “Nobody's ever called me weird.  I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not,” Trump said.  —  After over a week of Vice President Kamala Harris and her surrogates calling Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance “weird,” the former president attempted to play an Uno reverse card.
CNN:
Vance defends Trump over former president's false claims about Harris' racial identity
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump campaign says it raised $138.7 million in July
Axios:
Scoop: Kamala Harris' brother-in-law emerges as key campaign adviser … - But some Democratic advisers in close contact with the campaign worry West's prominent role could re-create the same family dynamics that at times caused unnecessary drama in her 2020 campaign.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Politico:
Kamala Harris' veepstakes races toward the finish line  —  The vetting team has met with several contenders as Harris prepares to pick a running mate in the next few days.  —  Kamala Harris is preparing for the final stage of selecting a running mate: face-to-face interviews.
NBC News:
Harris campaign has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end  —  The top contenders include governors, a senator in a key battleground state and a member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has met …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Women's Group to Harris: Dump Shapiro Over Sex Case Failings  —  VEEPSTAKES  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's involvement in a sexual harassment claim against a longtime aide may hit his VP chances.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is the betting favorite …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro cancels Hamptons trip, days before expected Harris VP reveal
Joe Edwards / Newsweek:
Republicans Want Someone Younger Than Donald Trump as President: New Poll  —  voters have said they would prefer a president who is younger than the 78-year-old former commander-in-chief.  —  In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of  —  surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and DNyuz
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The presidential election is a toss-up  —  Kamala Harris is giving Democrats the race that Joe Biden couldn't.  —  I don't want to get in the habit of making a huge ruckus every time the election model passes a certain arbitrary probabilistic threshold.  There are still a very long 96 days …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Mediaite
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Now Leads Donald Trump in Seven National Polls  —  Kamala Harris is now leading her opponent Donald Trump in seven national polls.  —  The new polls show the presumptive Democratic nominee is leading the former president by between 1 and 4 points.  —  The vice president has the biggest lead in a
Washington Post:
$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt  —  Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case.  —  This story is based partly on research that Davis and Leonnig conducted …
Discussion: The Raw Story and emptywheel
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
JD Vance Is An Investor In A Far Right Video Platform Filled With Neo-Nazi Content  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has been making headlines for his “rocky rollout” since being named former President Donald Trump's running mate last month.
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
What happened to JD Vance?  —  The 2014 version had a lot more to offer than the guy who now exemplifies the toxicity of Trumpism. … Americans have been waiting for decades, since the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, for a political leader who offered the promise of bringing …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking … - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems.  — Lemon told Axios, “There were audio problems, but they were resolved very quickly.”
Politico:
Recount confirms Bob Good's loss after GOP rallies to oust one of their own  —  A recount on Thursday confirmed that state Sen. John McGuire beat Good in the June election by just a few hundred votes, according to The Associated Press.  —  Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the chair …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / NOTUS:
The Country's Most Diverse Democratic Bench Is On the Cusp of Its Moment  —  Democratic lieutenant governors serving under governors on Kamala Harris' VP list are standing by for a possible promotion.  — Copy  —  There is a group of elected Democrats who are younger than most …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Former CIA chief: Prisoner swap a ‘remarkable display’ of ‘successful’ diplomacy by Biden administration  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CBP officers in Arizona seize more than half a ton of fentanyl in largest seizure in agency history  —  TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Lukeville recently seized approximately 4 million blue fentanyl pills — weighing more than 1,000 pounds …
Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
The Man Behind Project 2025's Most Radical Plans  —  In January 2023, a group of about 15 people gathered for three days at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative Washington think tank a few blocks from the Capitol.  Their aim was ambitious and farsighted: to start building …
Discussion: Politico, Tangle and WBUR
 
 
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden privately weighs how to use the time left in his presidency
Discussion: Frontpage Mag and The Hill
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
U.S. Recognizes Maduro's Rival as Winner of Venezuelan Election
emptywheel:
How to Fact Check Trump's Lies about His Document Case
Constance Grady / Vox:
Legendary activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on why those white people Zooms give her hope
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Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
The MAGA Abuse of the English Language
Amber Ruch / KFVS-TV:
Gov. Beshear cancels planned stop in western Ky.
Discussion: Business Insider
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks bipartisan bill to expand child tax credit
 

 
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