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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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Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Times
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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 …
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New Jersey Online
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Daily Caller, IJR, DNyuz and The Post Millennial
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 …
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Washington Post, The Post Millennial, DNyuz, Florida Politics and The National Pulse
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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The Raw Story, New Republic and Washington Post
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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
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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 …
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The Raw Story and Townhall
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
JD Vance is touring the same states as Harris this week
JD Vance is touring the same states as Harris this week
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Washington Examiner and Wide World of News
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
GOP gaslighting gets weirder: Why Trump and Vance spread lies about race and gender
GOP gaslighting gets weirder: Why Trump and Vance spread lies about race and gender
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The Raw Story, The Weekly Sift and Alternet.org
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.
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freebeacon.com, Reuters, Forbes, The Guardian, Instapundit, Politico, Washington Post, CNN, PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Harris VP search comes down to the wire, with Dems divided over Shapiro, Walz, Kelly
Harris VP search comes down to the wire, with Dems divided over Shapiro, Walz, Kelly
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Scripps News, Reuters, IJR, USA Today and New York Times
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
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Vox, Washington Examiner, The Economist, New Jersey Online, Breitbart, The Hill, NPR and Raw Story
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.
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CNN, The Raw Story, Axios, CBS News, Forbes, Orlando Sentinel and NBC News
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 …
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PoliticusUSA and Associated Press
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play
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NOTUS, HotAir and Los Angeles Times
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 …
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, New Republic, Mediaite, New York Post, Forbes, Rolling Stone and The Guardian
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 …
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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 …
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CNN, New Republic, Democrats, The Raw Story, Associated Press and Alternet.org
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say … - The chatbot wrongly told social media users that Vice President Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states: Alabama, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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Washington Examiner and Quartz
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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 …
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, NBC News, New Republic, USA Today, The Guardian, CNN, New York Post, The Daily Signal, Mediaite and IJR
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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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 …
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Washington Post
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.”
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The Kyiv Independent, The American Conservative and ABC News
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
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.
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 …
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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 …
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DNyuz and The Raw Story