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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.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris raised $310 million in July, dwarfing Trump haul for month … The presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that its political operation raised $310 million in July, dwarfing the tally raised for the Republican nominee Donald Trump in the same month.
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CNN:
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul
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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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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Elon Musk's Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win
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 …
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Washington Post:
Harris hires Obama campaign veterans to join 2024 effort, replacing Biden loyalists — David Plouffe, Stephanie Cutter and Mitch Stewart are joining the effort. — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris hired a battery of new senior advisers to her campaign this week …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Plouffe among corps of new advisers to Harris campaign — The Barack Obama veteran had been the subject of internal rumors for weeks. — Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is bringing on a new echelon of senior advisers, most prominently David Plouffe, the former top political adviser to Barack Obama.
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Politico:
Playbook PM: Plouffe joins Harris campaign — MAJOR STAFFING NEWS FOR HARRIS — DAVID PLOUFFE is joining KAMALA HARRIS' campaign as a senior adviser, a person familiar with the move tells Ryan. — Plouffe was BARACK OBAMA's 2008 campaign manager and in 2012 served a similar role …
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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.”
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Giuliani's bankruptcy formally dismissed, freeing Georgia election workers to seek $148M — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Simone Biles jabs Trump: ‘I love my Black job’
Simone Biles jabs Trump: ‘I love my Black job’
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign calls Trump ‘too scared’ to debate, says he ‘needs to man up’
Harris campaign calls Trump ‘too scared’ to debate, says he ‘needs to man up’
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris secures enough votes to be Democratic nominee for president
Harris secures enough votes to be Democratic nominee for president
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The Sun, The Post Millennial and RedState
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 …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement
Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement
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CBS News:
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
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Politico:
Trump's stalled election-subversion prosecution revs back to life — Former president's opponents seek “mini-trial” to call attention to his role in Jan. 6 unrest — The stalled criminal case against Donald Trump for seeking to subvert the 2020 election is starting to move.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump's Jan. 6 case officially back in Judge Chutkan's hands after immunity ruling — Former President Trump's federal election subversion charges officially returned to his trial judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday to determine the case's future after the Supreme Court last month carved out immunity for former presidents.
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Convicted Assassin Is a Russian Security Agent, Kremlin Acknowledges — Vadim Krasikov, who was returned to Russia in the big prisoner swap, received a hero's welcome from President Putin, along with others who were freed. — The convicted assassin who was the linchpin of the biggest prisoner swap …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump isn't celebrating as Americans return home from Russia
Why Trump isn't celebrating as Americans return home from Russia
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Associated Press:
An assassin, a Putin foe's death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together
An assassin, a Putin foe's death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Harris blames Trump for latest dreadful jobs report nearly a full term after he left office — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is blaming former President Trump for the latest negative jobs report — nearly a full term after he left office. — “Donald Trump failed Americans as president …
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US adds 114K jobs in July, jobless rate rises to 4.3 percent
US adds 114K jobs in July, jobless rate rises to 4.3 percent
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden admin freezes controversial migrant flight program after fraud revelations — DHS told Fox News Digital the move came ‘out of an abundance of caution’ — EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration has put a controversial program that allows tens of thousands of migrants from four nations …
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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 …
Brahm Resnik / KPNX:
Arizona AG Kris Mayes says defendant in ‘fake electors’ case has agreed to flip — Mayes says announcement coming next week, but wouldn't provide more information. — PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants in her investigation …
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Matthew Chapman / The Raw Story:
GOP governor blames ‘Democrat machine’ after bank forecloses on his luxury hotel — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is blaming Democrats for his financial troubles that have led to a luxury resort he owns facing foreclosure and auction. — According to the nonprofit outlet Real WV, Justice …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Group of senators introduces bill to end military draft — A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to end the military draft, calling it an “outdated” government program that no longer serves a purpose. — The bill, introduced Thursday by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Wyden …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
JD Vance says he was asked in front of his wife if he had ‘any secret family’ during vice presidential vetting — Sen. JD Vance of Ohio recounted how intrusive his vice presidential vetting could be. — Vance said a lawyer asked him if he had any “secret family.”
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Punchbowl News:
8/2/24 ☀️ AM: — NEW: McConnell pushes back on Dems and Trump — Choose your adventure: Schumer, McConnell talk Senate map — What to expect from the assassination task force — One HFC member survives, but its leader goes down — NEW: McConnell pushes back on Dems and Trump
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