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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?
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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 …
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Harris VP search comes down to the wire, with Dems divided over Shapiro, Walz, Kelly  —  Harris is due to appear with her running mate in Pennsylvania on Tuesday  —  Join Fox News for access to this content  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is quickly coming to a close …
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
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 …
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.
David P. Deavel / AMAC:
Media Lets Kamala Do Another Basement Campaign  —  You have to give Donald Trump credit.  He boldly marches in where most politicians fear to tread.  He has already done an interview with CNN.  And, despite being called a racist at every turn, among Republican candidates he has been stalwart …
Discussion: Power Line
Eugene Daniels / Politico:   Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday with likely video
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators say Trump caught ‘off guard’ by Harris's strength
Discussion: KRQE NEWS 13
Politico:
Playbook: Decision day for Harris
Politico:   What's shaping up as tension points between Harris and the left
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
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 …
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 …
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
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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Michael Dahlstrom / Yahoo News:
Free speech fears after Aussie group SUSPENDED by Elon Musk's X … Australian anti-nuclear campaigners have been suspended from billionaire Elon Musk's privately-owned social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.  The decision has sparked fears about US-based companies limiting free speech by environmental campaigners.
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term … Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government.  He recently described political opposition as …
Discussion: CNN and The Raw Story
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 …
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Thomas Catenacci / freebeacon.com:
Far-Left Climate Activists Say Kamala Harris Is One of Them
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Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Blinken told G7 Iran and Hezbollah could attack Israel in next 24 hours
Streiff / RedState:
ABC's Stephanopoulos Loses His Crap When Rep. Donalds Refuses to Back Off on Kamala's ‘Blackness’
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Wall Street Journal:
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