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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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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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and CBS News
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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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:
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Simone Biles jabs Trump: ‘I love my Black job’  —  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  — Chapters  —  Descriptions
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:   Harris campaign calls Trump ‘too scared’ to debate, says he ‘needs to man up’
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
Discussion: Althouse
CBS News:
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
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.
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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Associated Press:
An assassin, a Putin foe's death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump isn't celebrating as Americans return home from Russia
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Real WV, Gizmodo and Associated Press
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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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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
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.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
IBA:
Statement made by the International Boxing Association regarding Athletes Disqualifications in World Boxing Championships 2023  —  As stated, the International Boxing Association (IBA) feels it appropriate at this prevalent time, to address recent media statements regarding those athletes Lin Yu-ting …
 
 
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The Hill:
House Democrats home in on Tim Walz for Harris ticket
Discussion: New Republic and IJR
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
What does “weird” even mean? Why the vagueness works — and why it's driving MAGA nuts
Discussion: New Republic
Hans Nichols / Axios:
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