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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:   Elon Musk's Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win
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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
Discussion: Breitbart
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’
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
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
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
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:
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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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 …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Arizona Mirror
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
Kit Walsh / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Federal Appeals Court Rules That Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits  —  Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a ban on reading any copyrighted work that is encumbered by access restrictions.  It makes it illegal for you to read and understand the code …
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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CBS News:
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
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
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Netanyahu, Defiant, Appears to Have Gone Rogue, Risking a Regional War  —  Ignoring the efforts of President Biden and the condemnation of many allies, the Israeli prime minister is forcing the pace of the war and feeding the revolt of the far right.  —  As the Biden administration …
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Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused Sept. 11 Plotters  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III assumed direct oversight of the case and effectively put the death penalty back on the table.  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday relieved the overseer of the war court …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
North Carolina GOP candidate Mark Robinson, a harsh abortion critic, reveals his wife once had the procedure  —  The state's lieutenant governor, who is running for governor, made the revelation in a new TV ad with his wife.  —  The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina …
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: Gizmodo, Real WV and Associated Press
The Hill:
House Democrats home in on Tim Walz for Harris ticket  —  As Vice President Harris weighs her choice for running mate, House Democrats are increasingly advocating for a former colleague: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.  —  First elected to Congress in 2006, Walz served in the House for 12 years …
Discussion: New Republic and IJR
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
 
 
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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
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Black Muslim group endorses Harris after its ‘uncommitted’ stance on Biden
Discussion: The Guardian and freebeacon.com
Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
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X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

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