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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Bringing back the joy”: Kamala Harris' rally blows away JD Vance's weird appearance across town — In Philadelphia, thousands cheered for Tim Walz, while Trump's running mate spoke to a small, aggrieved group — “He's so weird! He's so weird!” the crowd chanted in a sing-song …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Why Trump supporters are calling Walz ‘Tampon Tim’ — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris's inspired choice — Democrats often use their running mate to pivot to the center. But not this time. — 🚨 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.
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump World Fueled an Anti-Shapiro Whisper Campaign — AS KAMALA HARRIS BEGAN WINDING DOWN her search for a running mate, Donald Trump's team knew one thing clearly: It didn't want her to pick Josh Shapiro, the popular governor of swing-state Pennsylvania whose more moderate record made him a formidable opponent.
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Rolling Stone:
Harris Campaign Plans to Deploy Tim Walz as Her Anti-MAGA ‘Sledgehammer’ — The vice president's new running mate is going to be her attack dog against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance … Walz is set to be, in the phrasing of one Harris 2024 source, the campaign's go-to “sledgehammer against Vance and Trump” from now until Election Day.
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump's reset opportunity — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — ANOTHER INCUMBENT GOES DOWN — Prosecutor WESLEY BELL defeated Rep. CORI BUSH (D-Mo.) in a St. Louis primary election yesterday, 51 percent to 46 percent, per Nick Wu.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
J.D. Vance's Backdrop Makes It Look Like He's Campaigning for ‘Kamala’ — AWKWARD — The unfortunate signage gaffe came on the same day Harris announced her VP pick. — Well that's confusing. — J.D. Vance delivered a rally speech Tuesday in Pennsylvania with a backdrop that made it appear …
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Fox News:
I served with Tim Walz as a Republican in the House. He'll be a good vice president — More than ever, America needs a normal guy like Tim Walz to help lead our nation and bring us together — Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is a normal guy.
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Democrats Lost Their Minds Over Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' New Midwestern Running Mate — The Minnesota governor delighted a Philadelphia audience with attacks on Donald Trump, previewing his role in the campaign for the next 91 days. — PHILADELPHIA — A crowd of thousands went absolutely nuts …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Tim Walz Joins the Anti-weirdness Ticket
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
In Walz, Harris Sees a Battleground Strategy Dressed in Carhartt
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New York Times:
Harris and Walz Make Their National Debut at Philadelphia Rally
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Christopher Ingraham / Minnesota Reformer:
Former geography teacher Tim Walz is really into maps
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Shares Video Informing Walz He Is Her Pick
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Washington Post:
JD Vance over text: Crude, dismissive and friendly with the far-right fringe — Private messages show Trump's running mate entertaining conspiracy theories and scorning the late Sheldon Adelson. — The day after JD Vance was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, he received a congratulatory text …
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Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Musk's Twitter ‘Boycott’ Lawsuit Is a ‘Hideous Joke’: Former FTC Official — “This complaint doesn't even get into the batter's box, much less get the chance to strike out,” says David Balto, FTC policy director from 1998 to 2001 … This time, the company is going after a cohort of advertisers …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
X sues the advertising industry
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kamala Goes Electric and Trump Melts Down — Last Thursday the Harris campaign began offering tickets for a campaign rally in Detroit the following Wednesday (tomorrow, August 7th). Over the first 24 hours they received 47,000 requests for tickets. 47,000.
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to — The grand jury ultimately indicted 18 Trump allies, including Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. — PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Donald Trump allies …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Arizona Republican becomes first fake elector to plead guilty for role in Trump scheme
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Firearms Policy Coalition:
FPC Taking Maryland's “Assault Weapons” Ban to Supreme Court Following Fourth Circuit Decision — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has issued a highly flawed en banc (full court) decision on the merits upholding Maryland's ban …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Appeals court upholds Maryland ban on certain semiautomatic weapons
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Harris takes 3-point lead over Trump as she gains on key issues: poll — Harris has clawed back ground on key issues where President Biden was losing — Vice President Harris has taken a 3-point lead over former President Trump as she gains ground on key issues, according to a new poll.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Harris jumps to a small national lead over Trump
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
How Are Conspiracy Theorists Responding After False Claims of President Biden's Death? — An outlandish idea that President Biden was dead or nearly dead was quickly refuted. Few of the accounts that had spread it online recanted. — A podcaster said President Biden was “dying or possibly already dead.”
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Project 2025 leader's book with JD Vance introduction delayed until after election — A JD Vance-introduced book by a leader of Project 2025, the vast and controversial hardline rightwing plan for a second Trump administration, will be delayed until after the 2024 election.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From — Gyan Abhishek is standing in front of a giant touch screen, like Jim Cramer on Mad Money or an ESPN talking head analyzing a football play. He's flicking through a Facebook feed of viral, AI-generated images. — “The post you are seeing …
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