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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona elector case  —  In a deal that allows Ellis to avoid potential jail time, she has agreed to provide prosecutors with evidence that could implicate other defendants.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) …
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Arizona Attorney General's Office:
Attorney General Mayes Announces Cooperation Agreement in Fake Electors Case  —  PHOENIX - Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced a cooperation agreement with a defendant in the fake electors' case.  Jenna Ellis signed the agreement earlier this morning.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Jenna Ellis flips to help Arizona prosecutors in 2020 election case  —  Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in their 2020 election subversion case against aides to former President Trump and the state's so-called fake electors.
Discussion: Associated Press
NBC News:
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis to cooperate with prosecutors in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case  —  Ellis initially pleaded not guilty when the charges were unveiled earlier this year.  The charges against her are now being dropped.  —  Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes' office announced Monday …
Discussion: Axios, KPNX and New York Times
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?
Discussion: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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
Discussion: New Jersey Online, Roll Call and Vox
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.
Discussion: The Raw Story and New Republic
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators say Trump caught ‘off guard’ by Harris's strength
Discussion: KRQE NEWS 13
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
GOP gaslighting gets weirder: Why Trump and Vance spread lies about race and gender
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
How the Compressed Election Timeline Could Benefit Kamala Harris
Geoff Duncan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A Harris presidency would give the GOP time to purge Trumpism
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 …
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David McCabe / New York Times:
‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case  —  The ruling on Google's search dominance 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 …
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 …
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.
Stan Choe / Associated Press:
Dow drops 1,000 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake worldwide  —  Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling as fear of a slowing U.S. economy grows and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.
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New York Times:
Fears of Slowing U.S. Growth Jolt Markets Around the World
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 …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday, likely with 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
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 …
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
Madeleine Greenberg / Democracy Docket:
Nevada Court Rejects Trump Campaign's Attempt To Throw Out Some Mail-in Ballots  —  The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) have lost yet another attempt to weaken mail-in voting ahead of the November election.  This time, a state court judge has denied the campaign's request …
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump keeps attacking their spouses.  Top GOPers keep supporting him anyway.  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is the latest to find a family member in Donald Trump's crosshairs.  —  Some of the ugliest moments in the 2016 Republican nominating contest came when Donald Trump attacked Sen. Ted Cruz's family.
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: The Raw Story and DNyuz
Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
UK knocks Musk for ‘civil war’ comment amid nationwide riots  —  The U.K.'s 10 Downing Street has hit back at Elon Musk's comments over violent unrest in Northern England and pushed back on his statement that “civil war is inevitable”.  —  Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson responded …
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.
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.”
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 …
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
Joseph Simonson / freebeacon.com:
Kamala Harris Wants a Reparations Commission Like California's, Which Called To Decriminalize Public Urination  —  The reparations bill supported by Vice President Kamala Harris would set up an independent commission similar to the one in California that called for sweeping changes …
Eric Geller / Wired:
How Project 2025 Would Put US Elections at Risk  —  Experts say the “nonsensical” policy proposal, which largely aligns with Donald Trump's agenda, would weaken the US agency tasked with protecting election integrity, critical infrastructure, and more.  —  The winner of the 2024 US presidential election …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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Liz Crampton / Politico:
Arizona could become the blueprint for Democrats looking to build state power
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Urban Family Exodus Is a Warning for Progressives
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ward Clark / RedState:
SHOCKER: Former Secret Service Chief Pushed to Destroy White House Cocaine Evidence
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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
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Democrats Will Unite Behind Any VP Choice
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Trump leans into religious extremism to energize rightwing evangelicals
Discussion: Washington Post
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
It's fine to laugh at JD Vance and his couch
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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