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11:50 PM ET, August 3, 2024

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CNN:
Harris plans to use ABC debate time even if Trump doesn't show up  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to show up for the previously agreed-upon debate set for September 10 on ABC - even if Donald Trump does not, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Scaramucci: ‘Disaster’ if Trump doesn't debate Harris  —  Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci signaled Saturday that former President Trump could face “disaster” if he doesn't debate Vice President Harris ahead of November.  —  Harris, who was officially nominated Friday …
Politico:
Trump goes low as Harris gains ground  —  In a succession of crude social media posts, Trump called Harris “low IQ,” “dumb” and lacking “mental capacity.”  —  Donald Trump broadsided Kamala Harris in a string of derisive social media posts on Saturday, focusing his attacks …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump claims new debate deal as Harris urges sticking to existing date  —  The Harris campaign was baffled by Trump's claims that he had struck a deal for a new debate on Fox.  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed late Friday night to have struck a deal for a new debate …
Discussion: Mediaite, DNyuz, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Mocks Donald Trump for ‘Running Scared’ Over Debate  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign responded to former President  —  's announcement that he had “agreed” to a  —  nominee of “running scared” on Saturday.  —  Harris formally became the
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump calls off ABC debate, suggests Fox News face-off instead
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
Trump says he's agreed to Fox News offer to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with daughter Ella's nanny Najen Naylor - and got her PREGNANT  — Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with Najen Naylor, now 47  — Naylor also taught at their children's pricey Los Angeles private school
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Emhoff acknowledges affair during first marriage after tabloid report  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff acknowledged Saturday in a statement to CNN that he had an affair during his first marriage after the alleged details of the relationship were published by a British tabloid.
Sarah D. Wire / USA Today:
Jimmy Carter says he's hoping to vote for Kamala Harris as 100th birthday approaches  —  WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter told family that as he approaches his milestone 100th birthday this fall that he's holding on to vote in the presidential election.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter's next goal is voting for Kamala Harris for president  —  The former president is ‘more alert and interested in politics’ in recent days, his family says  —  As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his milestone celebration isn't on his mind.  —  Defeating Donald Trump is.
Isabel van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Jimmy Carter Says He's Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris
Discussion: Instapundit
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans forgot Trump's recklessness.  It's back to haunt them.  —  GOP senators relished watching Democratic infighting during the summer, neglecting that their nominee would never merely focus on policy issues.  —  For weeks, Senate Republicans delighted in the misery of their Democratic counterparts.
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
With Vance's elevation, Pennsylvania voters reexamine Trump's views on women
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Trump team gambles on new ground game capitalizing on loosened rules
Discussion: The Raw Story
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Trump Says Georgia's Governor Is Hampering His Efforts to Win There  —  At a rally in Atlanta, former President Donald J. Trump said the battleground state's governor and its top election official wanted him “to lose” and falsely claimed that he'd won the state twice.
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Salon:
Dog whistling past Dixie: Republicans are in over their heads playing the Kamala Harris race card  —  The attempts to disqualify the vice president reek of desperation  —  Donald Trump just made it official, in case you had doubts: The GOP is the party of racism, whether reverse-spun, dog-whistled or broadcast without guise.
Discussion: The Nation
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Racist Attacks on Kamala Harris Are Part of a Larger, Unhinged Plan
Discussion: The Raw Story, DNyuz and Daily Kos
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump congratulates Putin over deal that brought Evan Gershkovich home  —  Trump also seemed to lash out at the deal after it was trumpeted Thursday by President Biden and Vice President Harris, who met the freed prisoners in an emotional ceremony.  —  ATLANTA — Former president Donald …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
How JD Vance Thinks About Power  —  Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas: “We have to get pretty wild, pretty far out there.”  —  Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Why she should pick Shapiro  —  Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions, Edition #11A.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Welcome to Edition #11A of Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions.  I'm going to do something slightly unusual here and break this into two parts.  This half consists of a single long answer …
Discussion: Wide World of News
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Emma Camp / Reason:
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Why Kamala Harris Has A Chance To Make History As A Policymaker
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trump and Harris go all-in to make Pennsylvania the new Florida
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Politico:
Mussolini, Trump and What Assassination Attempts Really Do
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's new competition TV show, debuting October 30, will have entrepreneurs pitch judges, including Amazon execs; finalists' product will be sold on Amazon

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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