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2:45 PM 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?
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
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 …
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.
New York Times:
Harris Faces Party Divisions as She Chooses a Running Mate
Politico:
What's shaping up as tension points between Harris and the left
Discussion: Breitbart
Punchbowl News:
8/5/24 ☀️ AM:  —  Sanders pushes Harris on progressive agenda
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Playbook: Decision day for Harris
Discussion: The Hill
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Has Harris finally broken Trump?  He's flailing, glitching and running scared.  —  Vice President Harris, what have you done to this already very unstable man?  The cheese has somehow slid farther off his cracker.  —  Folks, I think Vice President Kamala Harris has broken Donald Trump.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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
Discussion: KRQE NEWS 13
Geoff Duncan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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 …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Townhall
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
JD Vance is touring the same states as Harris this week
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips
Discussion: Fox News and Quartz
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
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.
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 …
Axios:
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Associated Press
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
Discussion: NOTUS, HotAir and Los Angeles Times
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 …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Quartz
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Deborah Yetter / Kentucky Lantern:
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 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
Dave Eisenstadter / masslive.com:
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 …
Jordan King / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Polling Losing Streak Grows as He Goes a Week Without Win  —  Donald Trump has not won a national poll in around a week, with Vice President  —  taking the lead in at least four of the most recent polls.  —  Since President  —  dropped out of the race and endorsed …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
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
Andrew McDonald / Politico:
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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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
 
 
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Meridith McGraw / Vanity Fair:
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Sheila Jackson Lee's children endorse Sylvester Turner for her House seat
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Molly Jong-Fast / MSNBC:
Why 'We're not going back' is such a powerful statement  —  Harris' platform is all about going forward.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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