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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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Digby's Hullabaloo
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Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday with likely video — Biden's 2020 introduction of Harris is a likely model, campaign insiders say. — Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing her crash search for a running mate to a close, with a final decision expected over the next 24 hours …


Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour
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Reuters, The Guardian, Washington Post, PoliticusUSA and Political Wire

Harris VP search comes down to the wire, with Dems divided over Shapiro, Walz, Kelly
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Reuters, Scripps News, IJR, USA Today and New York Times

Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
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The Economist, New Jersey Online, Breitbart, The Hill, NPR and Raw Story

8/5/24 ☀️ AM: — Sanders pushes Harris on progressive agenda
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Washington Examiner

Is Sen. Marky Kelly in or out of Harris VP search? Posts on X stir intrigue
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The Hill, New York Post, RedState, Fox News, Raw Story and New York Times


1 big thing: Sun Belt surprise … - Why it matters: Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina — which had looked to be trending toward former President Trump — are suddenly crackling battlegrounds online, on the airwaves and on the ground. — 🖼️ The big picture …
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PoliticusUSA and Associated Press
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Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips

Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
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HotAir, NOTUS and Los Angeles Times


A Harris presidency would give the GOP time to purge Trumpism — Ejecting those who fail a MAGA loyalty test puts the party I've always called home on a path to irrelevance. — What a difference a month can make. — July started with Georgia Republicans giddy about former President …
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The Raw Story, Townhall, Washington Post and Sun-Sentinel
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GOP senators say Trump caught ‘off guard’ by Harris's strength — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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‘Unprecedented’: Launch of ‘Republicans for Harris’ causes commotion
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Townhall, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Chicago Sun Times, Scripps News, The Hill and The Daily Beast


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 …
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, New Republic, New York Post, Forbes, Mediaite, Rolling Stone and The Guardian

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 …
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Business Insider, CNBC, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Guardian, New York Times and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
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Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say
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Quartz

Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
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New Republic and Raw Story


Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin's adopted son reportedly removed from abusive facility in Jamaica — No one came for him after authorities removed eight boys from Atlantis Leadership Academy, reports Sunday Times of London — As Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin said his overriding goal was to reform …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


Justice Thomas Failed to Reveal More Private Flights, Senator Says — Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow's lawyer after records showed undisclosed flights between Hawaii and New Zealand with the Supreme Court justice in 2010.
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Orlando Sentinel, The Raw Story and NBC News


Harris vs. Trump: New poll shows 7-point swing in presidential race — A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted between July 29 and Aug. 1 showed a 7-point swing in the presidential race since the last time the poll was conducted in January.The poll went from a 4-point lead …
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New Jersey Online and The Daily Caller


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 …
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CNN, Alternet.org and The Raw Story


The Democrats Will Unite Behind Any VP Choice — Even if your niche corner of the internet will not. — Tim here, sitting in today—JVL has the week off, so we'll be taking turns subbing for him. — 1. The Internet Is Not Real Life, Part Eleventy Bajillion


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UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’ — LONDON — Britain's Keir Starmer took aim at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire claimed the wave of far-right violence hitting the U.K. was “inevitable.” — The British prime minister's spokesperson said there was …
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Bloomberg, Breitbart, The Sun, Fortune, Semafor and The Mirror, more at Techmeme »
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Why are the far right rioting in England?
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Trump leans into religious extremism to energize rightwing evangelicals — Ex-president turning to Christian nationalists for support as Kamala Harris's potential nomination poses hard challenge — Donald Trump, now facing a tougher challenge in the US election after Joe Biden stepped …
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Washington Post


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.


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 …
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Washington Examiner and Wide World of News