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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:
Axelrod suggests Harris passing over Shapiro was ‘mutual’ decision  —  Democratic strategist David Axelrod suggested Vice President Harris's decision not to tap Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) as her running mate was a “mutual” one between the two Democrats, rather than a one-sided conclusion.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
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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.
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.
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
Having a Chance Has Changed the Democrats  —  In the long, sweaty line for Vice President Kamala Harris's Philadelphia rally yesterday, people said they were happy she'd chosen Tim Walsh as her running mate.  They were glad about Tim Wentz, and truly thrilled with the man whose actual name is Tim Walz …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump World Fueled an Anti-Shapiro Whisper Campaign
Rolling Stone:
Harris Campaign Plans to Deploy Tim Walz as Her Anti-MAGA ‘Sledgehammer’
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Brown walked so Walz could run
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Democrats Lost Their Minds Over Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' New Midwestern Running Mate
David Montgomery / YouGov:
What voters think about Tim Walz
Politico:
What Walz told Harris in his VP interview
New York Times:
Harris and Walz Make Their National Debut at Philadelphia Rally
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
In Walz, Harris Sees a Battleground Strategy Dressed in Carhartt
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.
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John Kenneth White / The Hill:
Trump has never had to face someone with Kamala Harris's raw talent
Discussion: Twitchy
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 …
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
Courtney Cohn / Democracy Docket:
Georgia Election Board Passes Rule That Could Delay Election Certification  —  The Georgia State Election Board passed a new rule with a 3-2 vote on Tuesday that could delay election certification and give board members more discretion to investigate elections.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Election Board approves new ‘inquiry’ for certifying election results
Olivia Goldhill / STAT:
Trump keeps losing his train of thought.  Cognitive experts have theories about why  —  In a speech earlier this year, former President Trump was mocking President Biden's ability to walk through sand when he suddenly switched to talking about the old Hollywood icon Cary Grant.
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.
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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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Project 2025 partner event called surrogacy and IVF a “crime,” “evil,” and “the most rotten thing a society can possibly do to children”  —  Young America's Foundation, a right-wing group involved with Project 2025, hosted an event last December featuring anti-surrogacy and anti-IVF commentator Michael Knowles.
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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.”
 
 
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Reuters:
Tim Walz's handling of George Floyd protests put in spotlight
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