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2:55 PM ET, August 7, 2024

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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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Bryan Metzger / Business Insider:
Tim Walz doesn't own any stocks: What to know about Kamala Harris' running mate's personal finances  — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is a man of relatively modest means, according to financial disclosures.  — In fact, he doesn't own a single stock.  — Like other members of Congress …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, USA Today and Raw Story
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris's inspired choice  —  🚨 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.  —  📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Brown walked so Walz could run  —  During her first presidential bid, Kamala Harris' top aides mused about naming Sen. Sherrod Brown as a running mate should she secure the nomination.  He shares many qualities with her current pick.  —  Kamala Harris never got close enough …
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
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.
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.
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
Having a Chance Has Changed the Democrats
Discussion: New York Post
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's reset opportunity
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's New Attack on Tim Walz Proves Irony Is Dead
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Harris Chooses Comfort Food: Will America Bite?
Rolling Stone:
Harris Campaign Plans to Deploy Tim Walz as Her Anti-MAGA ‘Sledgehammer’
J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:   Electoral College Rating Changes: GA Back to Toss-up, MN/NH Better for Democrats
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump World Fueled an Anti-Shapiro Whisper Campaign
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Democrats Lost Their Minds Over Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' New Midwestern Running Mate
Politico:
What Walz told Harris in his VP interview
Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Delayed publication of Heritage president's book reflects Project 2025 shell game  —  Media Matters has obtained a galley copy of Dawn's Early Light, which decries IVF, abortion, childlessness, and dog parks  —  Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts' book will be published …
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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.
Discussion: Page Six
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Another fake elector domino falls in Arizona after ex-Trump attorney caves to prosecutors  —  Amid scrutiny by the congressional Jan. 6 committee into Donald Trump's alleged fake elector scheme in Arizona two years ago, Republican activist Lorraine Pellegrino deflected on her role in advancing …
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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
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
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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David Montgomery / YouGov:
What voters think about Tim Walz
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
Crow Jim: Project 2025's Obsession With Reverse Racism
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Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From
Discussion: Gizmodo and Boing Boing
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Tim Walz's handling of George Floyd protests put in spotlight
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Bob Woodward's next book, ‘War,’ will focus on conflict abroad and politics at home
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
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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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