memeorandum: Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play (Sophia Cai/Axios)

9:25 AM ET, August 5, 2024

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Crooks and Liars

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: The Daily Beast, New York Times and Raw Story

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: NOTUS, Los Angeles Times and CBS News

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Wide World of News

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.

Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
‘Unprecedented’: Launch of ‘Republicans for Harris’ causes commotion

Discussion: UPI, Raw Story and Chicago Sun Times

Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Is Sen. Marky Kelly in or out of Harris VP search? Posts on X stir intrigue

Discussion: New York Post, Fox News, Raw Story and New York Times

Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Ex-Trump White House officials, dozens of Republicans endorse Harris

Discussion: The Hill and CNN

CNN:
Harris' whirlwind search for running mate enters final hours as she prepares to take new Democratic ticket on the road

Discussion: New York Times, Scripps News, The Daily Beast, Politico, HuffPost, Fox News and Associated Press

Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Aides Desert Donald for Kamala in ‘Republicans for Harris’ Drive

Discussion: Fox News, New Jersey Globe, PoliticusUSA, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones, Scripps News and The Hill

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?

Politico:

Playbook: Decision day for Harris — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BAD DAY TO CHECK YOUR 401(K) — “Losses Cascade as Traders Look to Fed for Rescue,” by Bloomberg's Robert Brand and Allegra Catelli: “As concerns about a US economic slowdown intensified …

Discussion: The Hill and San Diego Union-Tribune

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 …

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 …

Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posts video saying he put a young dead bear in Central Park

Discussion: The Hill and DNyuz

Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
RFK Jr. Admits Planting Dead Bear in Central Park

Discussion: DNyuz, Mediaite and CBS News

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: New York Times and DNyuz

CNN:
Rioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years

Discussion: The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Mirror, New York Times, Boston Herald, The Sun, Breitbart, Washington Post, DNyuz, Metro.co.uk and Bloomberg

Lauren Shirreff / Telegraph: The obscure Russian-linked ‘news’ outlet fuelling violence on Britain's streets

Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Riots erupt in UK after stabbing spree falsely blamed on asylum seeker

Discussion: CBS News, The National Pulse, The Mirror, UPI, RedState, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Metro.co.uk

Liz Dye / Public Notice:

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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: Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Politico, The Gateway Pundit, El País, BBC and Associated Press

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 …

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: The Hill, Fox News and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: New York Times, The Raw Story, Reason, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit