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10:10 AM ET, August 5, 2024

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Surprise Poll Reveals a Key Trump Weakness Against Kamala Harris  —  It's one of the biggest unknowns about Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy: Will she successfully reconstitute the Democratic coalition amid Donald Trump's surprising, persistent strength among nonwhite voters, particularly Latinos, and young people?
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips  —  The hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a rejoinder to Republican Donald Trump's effort to woo restaurant and hotel workers by promising to make their tips tax-free.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
What's Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris's Crowds  —  The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump.  Vice President Kamala Harris's first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.  —  When former President Donald J. Trump walked onto the stage at his rally in Atlanta on Saturday …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play … - A new CBS poll shows Harris and Trump are tied across the collective battleground states, erasing Trump's previous lead over Biden.  — The Harris campaign is counting on a strategy that involves engaging Republicans who have endorsed Harris …
Discussion: HotAir, NOTUS and Los Angeles Times
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
JD Vance is touring the same states as Harris this week  —  The Republican vice presidential nominee is “bracketing” Harris as she introduces her runningmate.  —  JD Vance is planning to trail Kamala Harris to a series of battleground states over the coming week, a move that comes …
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour  —  Vice President Kamala Harris was expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday after conducting interviews with top contenders at her Washington home over the weekend, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Beast
Eugene Daniels / Politico:   Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday with likely video
David P. Deavel / AMAC:
Media Lets Kamala Do Another Basement Campaign
Discussion: Power Line
Politico:
Playbook: Decision day for Harris
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
Discussion: The Economist, The Hill, NPR and Raw Story
Politico:   What's shaping up as tension points between Harris and the left
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Ex-Trump White House officials, dozens of Republicans endorse Harris
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park  —  Mr. Kennedy, an independent presidential candidate, confessed to dropping off the bear cub 10 years ago and making it appear that a bike had hit the animal.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posts video saying he put a young dead bear in Central Park
Discussion: IJR, The Raw Story, The Hill and DNyuz
Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
RFK Jr. Admits Planting Dead Bear in Central Park
Discussion: DNyuz and CBS News
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Usha Vance Defends Hubby J.D. Over His ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment  —  WELL, ACTUALLY...  Trump's running mate was actually trying to make a “substantive” point, his wife said on “Fox & Friends.”  —  J.D. Vance's wife is pushing back against criticism her husband is facing for his …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, Fox News and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Secretaries of state urge Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info  —  Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk's X platform, suggested that Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states.  She hasn't.  —  Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter …
Discussion: Axios, The Guardian and Mediaite
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want?  —  The third-party Presidential candidate has a troubled past, a shambolic campaign, and some surprisingly good poll numbers.  —  In December of 2021, the pollster Jeremy Zogby began designing a national survey to capture the radical changes …
Discussion: The Guardian and Mediaite
William Wallis / Financial Times:
Why are the far right rioting in England?  —  A horrific knife attack, disinformation and extremists whipping up anger have all played a role in triggering a shocking outburst of violence  —  England is experiencing an eruption of anti-immigrant and far-right violence the likes of which has not been seen for years.
Discussion: The Guardian, New York Times and DNyuz
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Journal still can't confirm January story about UN agency for Palestinians  —  The Scoop  —  In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency …
Washington Post:
Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela's opposition show  —  Edmundo González likely beat President Nicolás Maduro in the July 28 election by millions of votes, a review of data from election receipts shows.  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's opposition candidate …
Streiff / RedState:
ABC's Stephanopoulos Loses His Crap When Rep. Donalds Refuses to Back Off on Kamala's ‘Blackness’  —  ABC Washington correspondent and host of This Week George Stephanopoulos went down in a spectacular blaze when he tried to badger Trump surrogate and Florida Congressman Byron Donalds …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Gorsuch on Biden Supreme Court proposals: ‘Be careful’  —  The justice said an independent judiciary “means that when you're unpopular, you can get a fair hearing.”  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch is pushing back against President Joe Biden's recent proposals to restructure the Supreme Court.
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Pilar Arias / Fox News:
Gorsuch has stern message when asked about Biden Supreme Court proposals: ‘Be careful’
 
 
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Thomas Catenacci / freebeacon.com:
Far-Left Climate Activists Say Kamala Harris Is One of Them
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Lauren Shirreff / Telegraph:
The obscure Russian-linked ‘news’ outlet fuelling violence on Britain's streets
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
No, We Have No Idea What the Migrant Crime Rate Is
Discussion: New York Post
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ABC News:
Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway registers as lobbyist for Ukrainian billionaire with past ties to Trump
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
ABC Host Received Death Threats Following Trump Interview