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3:55 PM ET, August 5, 2024

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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
Discussion: KRQE NEWS 13
Geoff Duncan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A Harris presidency would give the GOP time to purge Trumpism
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
How the Compressed Election Timeline Could Benefit Kamala Harris
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips
Discussion: Fox News and Quartz
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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The Hill:
Polls are showing an undeniable shift toward Kamala Harris  —  Two weeks after becoming the Democratic nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris's surge in enthusiasm and support has considerably narrowed the 2024 election.  —  Last week in these pages, we wrote …
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 …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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 …
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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
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 …
CNN:
Google loses massive antitrust lawsuit over its search dominance  —  New York CNN —  Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, a federal judge ruled Monday, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans …
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
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
Discussion: NOTUS, HotAir and Los Angeles Times
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
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Trumpworld Trashes Kellyanne Conway After She Registers as a Foreign Agent for Ukraine  —  “She's been pushing Trump to bring her back in, and meanwhile, she's getting paid by the Ukrainians,” an informal adviser to Trump told NOTUS.  “Basically, it's a hostile takeover attempt by the Ukrainian government.”
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 …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
It's fine to laugh at JD Vance and his couch  —  🚨 This all-free, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  🛋️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🛋️
John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to a porn star and left …
Meridith McGraw / Vanity Fair:
The Woman Who Engineered Donald Trump's Rise From the Ashes of 2020  —  In an excerpt of Trump in Exile, Meridith McGraw reveals how the former president was overwhelmed by the dysfunction his election loss brought upon Mar-a-Lago—until Susie Wiles took the wheel of his comeback campaign.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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 …
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Trump hikes Mar-a-Lago membership to $1m, raising concerns of selling access  —  Four new spots at his resort have opened at a 43% spike in a move seen as buying political influence  —  Donald Trump has set a million-dollar price tag for the ability to whisper in his ear should he win …
Discussion: DNyuz and The Raw Story
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Sheila Jackson Lee's children endorse Sylvester Turner for her House seat  —  The children of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) endorsed former Houston, Texas, Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) for her House seat on Monday.  —  The late congresswoman's children, Jason Lee and Erica Lee Carter …
Discussion: Off the Kuff
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
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Democrats Will Unite Behind Any VP Choice  —  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  —  For days there has been chatter on the progressive interwebs about how Josh Shapiro would “divide” the party.
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
‘QAnon Shaman’ may retrieve ‘spear and helmet’ from Jan. 6 riot: Judge  —  Jacob Chansley, known online as the “QAnon Shaman,” has been granted permission by a federal judge to reclaim his iconic horned helmet and spear from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest.
Discussion: Business Insider and The Raw Story
 
 
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Urban Family Exodus Is a Warning for Progressives
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Justin Horowitz / Media Matters for America:
Donald Trump is set to be interviewed by streamer Adin Ross, who has hosted white nationalists and neo-Nazis
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Post Millennial
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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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign
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Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say
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