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2:00 PM ET, August 2, 2024

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election … If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up.  —  The ad shows a young man lying in bed late at night when someone else texts him, “Hey you need to vote,” …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Thursday he believes former President Trump is “bewildered” by Vice President Harris and the excitement she has generated among Democrats.  —  “Kamala Harris is the perfect person at this moment …
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris team says it raised $310M in July, more than twice what Trump's team announced  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' team said it raised $200 million during the first week of her campaign. … Jobs report, stock declines put the economy back into the spotlight ahead of the election
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris officially secures Democratic nomination for president  —  Harris becomes the first woman of color on a major national ticket, with a chance to become the first woman president in American history.  —  Vice President Harris secured a majority of the pledged delegates …
NBC News:
Election 2024: Harris VP search narrows; Trump continues attacks on Harris' race  —  Former President Donald Trump falsely said yesterday that Vice President Kamala Harris “became Black” for political purposes. … Former American prisoners reunite with loved ones
CBS News:
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
Politico:   Playbook PM: Plouffe joins Harris campaign
CNN:
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul
Matt Viser / Washington Post:   Harris events: Not your father's campaign rallies (or Biden's)
Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:   Joe Biden's gifts to America
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident
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.”
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
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Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg:
Trump Pushes Back on Debate With Harris, Saying He's Up in Polls  — Campaign has declined to commit to Sept. 10 ABC News debate  — 'I'm leading in the polls,' Trump says to explain his stance  —  Republican Donald Trump dismissed pressure to debate Vice President Kamala Harris …
Joe Edwards / Newsweek:
Republicans Want Someone Younger Than Donald Trump as President: New Poll
Discussion: Balloon Juice, PoliticusUSA and DNyuz
Bloomberg:
How Biden Persuaded Scholz to Release a Top Kremlin Assassin  — Close relationship between German, US leaders was key to deal  — Biden cites German concessions, Scholz sees solidarity with US  —  The historic prisoner swap that brought about the release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Burgum says Russia agreed to prisoner swap because they think 'Trump's going to win'
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Biden Disses Trump On Prisoner Swap: 'Why Didn't He Do It?'
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
What does “weird” even mean?  Why the vagueness works — and why it's driving MAGA nuts  —  The “weird” discourse is turning MAGA-style doublespeak against itself — and it's totally working  —  Almost as soon as Democrats started circulating the word “weird” as a primary attack on Donald Trump …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump pushes back: 'I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not'
Discussion: Gizmodo
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
What happened to JD Vance?  —  This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  🏔️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏔️  —  Americans have been waiting for decades …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Angry New Attack on “Dumb” Kamala Gets Wrecked by Leaked Data  —  At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Donald Trump rolled out a new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris that showcased his well-known fondness for high-toned discourse: Her handling of immigration reveals her as not just weak, but also dumb.
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
They Begged Dems for Money—Then Spent Lavishly on Hotels and Entertainment  —  ON NOVEMBER 13, 2023, the political action committee Democratic Victory emailed out a fundraising solicitation expressing concerns about its financial wellbeing.  —  “We're falling short of last week's goal by 18%,” the group's note read.
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
Dear Media, You Are Allowed to Call Trump a Racist  —  Dear readers, I am not a doctor.  I'm just a simple writer.  I share this because I don't know if there are indeed “racist bones” in the human body.  I also don't know what's in “people's hearts.”  Thankfully, I'm married to a doctor who has assured me such a bone doesn't exist.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators fear ugly campaign after ‘uncomfortable’ Trump outburst on race  —  Many Republican senators are feeling “uncomfortable” and “embarrassed” by former President Trump's suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't really Black and only “happened” to adopt that identity out of political convenience.
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AP-NORC:
Few are very confident the Secret Service can protect presidential candidates from political violence  —  A majority believe political division and the Secret Service are to blame for the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. … In the wake of the attempted assassination …
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Associated Press:
Few Americans trust the Secret Service after a gunman nearly killed Trump, an AP-NORC poll finds
Discussion: Breitbart and DNyuz
 
 
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David Strom / HotAir:
Director Rowe Personally Crippled Trump's Secret Service Team
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation as risk of regional war grows
Global Affairs:
Republican Concerns over Immigration Hit All-Time High
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
Tiffany Stanley / Associated Press:
After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes
The Hill:
House Democrats home in on Tim Walz for Harris ticket
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US adds 114K jobs in July, jobless rate rises to 4.3 percent
Evan McMorris-Santoro / NOTUS:
The Country's Most Diverse Democratic Bench Is On the Cusp of Its Moment
M. Gessen / New York Times:
How Aleksei Navalny's Death Restored Evan Gershkovich's Life
Politico:
Recount confirms Bob Good's loss after GOP rallies to oust one of their own
 

 
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