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4:10 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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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
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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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
How the Compressed Election Timeline Could Benefit Kamala Harris
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
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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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
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
Discussion: NOTUS, HotAir and Los Angeles Times
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.
David McCabe / New York Times:
Google Violated Antitrust Laws in Online Search, Judge Rules  —  The ruling by Judge Amit P. Mehta was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.  —  Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search, a federal judge ruled on Monday …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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
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 …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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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
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
Ward Clark / RedState:
SHOCKER: Former Secret Service Chief Pushed to Destroy White House Cocaine Evidence  —  In July of 2023, a uniformed Secret Service agent found a bag of cocaine in the White House.  Now we don't, to this day, know who the cocaine belonged to - we may very well speculate, for instance …
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 …
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
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
Washington Post:
With voting under attack, Arizona schools don't want to be polling locations
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
 Earlier Items: 
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The Democrats Will Unite Behind Any VP Choice
CNN:
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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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Max Tani / Semafor:
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Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
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