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11:40 AM ET, August 8, 2024

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Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
BREAKING: The New York Times helps JD Vance Swiftboat Tim Walz  —  Tim Walz “enlisted Army National Guard in Nebraska in 1981 and retired honorably in 2005,” according to his military records.  Months after Tim Walz retired from the Army National Guard in 2005, his unit received orders to deploy to Iraq.
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Politico:
Why Harris isn't taking questions  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  There is a line in the movie “Bull Durham” where CRASH DAVIS, the sage journeyman catcher played by KEVIN COSTNER, tells “NUKE” LaLOOSH …
Josephine Walker / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Awkwardly Retreats After Bizarre Attempt to Storm Harris' Empty Plane  —  NO, NOT WEIRD  —  The made-for-TV moment was so weird that it could have been a page taken right out of the script of political TV show “Veep”.  —  JD Vance briskly marched up to Air Force 2, Kamala Harris' plane …
Washington Post:
Tim Walz's military record, National Guard departure get new scrutiny  —  The Harris-Walz campaign has cited his Army experience as an asset.  But Republicans and some who served with him have questioned claims about his service.  —  Tim Walz was weighing a life-altering decision when he stepped …
Anusha Mathur / Politico:   JD Vance's TikTok flop
David Strom / HotAir:
Will Walz's Stolen Valor and Demotion Be a Fatal Wound?
Discussion: Breitbart
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’: Harris fires back at Gaza protesters at rally
Politico:
Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz's military service
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris, Walz rally seeking to build momentum in Blue Wall states with Michigan, Wisconsin stops
ABC News:
Despite new criticism, Trump told Walz in 2020 he was ‘very happy’ with his handling of George Floyd protests
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump team targets Walz and his military record in attempt to slow down Harris
CNN:
Vance reopens line of attack into Walz's military record as two veterans now vie to be vice president
Chuck Ross / freebeacon.com:
Tim Walz Falsely Claimed He Served in Afghanistan. When a Local Vet Called Him Out, His Office Did Nothing.
Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media push old debunked smear of Walz's military record despite his 24 years of service
Charles Franklin / Marquette University Law School:
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Harris leading Trump and outperforming Biden against Trump; enthusiasm to vote among Democrats having risen substantially  —  MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Vice President Kamala Harris is the choice …
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Washington Post:
Trump complains about campaign as advisers try to focus on attacking Harris  —  The GOP nominee has grown increasingly upset about Kamala Harris's surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Joe Biden on the ticket.  —  Donald Trump's candidacy appeared all but destined for victory only weeks ago.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Hold a News Conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday  —  The former president's prominence in news coverage has slipped since President Biden withdrew from the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Donald J. Trump plans to hold a “general news conference” …
Robert Costa / CBS News:
Biden “not confident” Trump will accept 2024 election results  —  President Biden said he is “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in January 2025 if former President Donald Trump is defeated.  —  “He means what he says.  We don't take him seriously.  He means it.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Vibes and Polls and Positioning of the Harris Candidacy  —  Trump campaign staffers may be able to define her if she doesn't beat them to the punch.  —  As I wrote Tuesday, Kamala Harris passed on an opportunity to define herself as a moderate when she selected the progressive favorite Tim Walz …
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
Presidential Campaign Reset: Arizona, Georgia and Nevada Move From Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Three weeks ago, Donald Trump was leading President Joe Biden in the Cook Political Report national vote tracker by about 2.5%.  Today, Kamala Harris leads Trump by less than one point …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Harris's Rise Has Unsettled Trump, Who Is Struggling to Focus, Supporters Say
Discussion: Wide World of News and Axios
S.V. Date / HuffPost:   Trump, Off The Campaign Trail, Comes Up With New Puerile Insult For Harris: ‘Kamabla’
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi on Biden: ‘We did not have a campaign that was on the path to victory’
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Tim Walz's normal dad energy is causing MAGA to come unglued  —  Walz is the opposite of weird: Kamala Harris' running mate shows masculinity can be about love and not hate  —  In their first go-round in attacking Gov. Tim Walz, the Donald Trump campaign bet that maximum hyperbole …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Trump's Plan to Brand Walz as Too Liberal Will Fail  —  Good luck turning the gun-owning, football coach into a member of the Squad.  —  For the second time this month, Republicans were absolutely flummoxed by an entirely predictable outcome.  First, they had no plan or message …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Walz's ‘couch’ quip, and Democrats' growing comfort in going low
Andrew McDonald / Politico:
Elon Musk shares fake news claiming UK rioters will be sent to ‘detainment camps’  —  LONDON — Elon Musk is at it again.  —  Amid an ongoing feud with the British government about unrest on the country's streets, the billionaire X owner boosted, and then deleted, an entirely-manufactured …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Steve Martin turns down Walz role on ‘SNL’: 'I'm not an impressionist'  —  Comedian and actor Steve Martin has reportedly turned down the role of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL).  —  Martin, according to the Los Angeles Times, was reached out to by the show's executive producer …
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Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
Why Steve Martin declined Lorne Michaels' offer to play Tim Walz on ‘SNL’
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Media Chronicler Strikes Out on His Own  —  Oliver Darcy is starting a subscription-based news site dedicated to covering the media industry, joining a crowded field.  —  Just how big is the market for news about the news?  —  That's a question that Oliver Darcy, a veteran media reporter, is poised to answer.
Maya Boddie / The Raw Story:
‘I think this settles it’: Vance busted over resurfaced post jabbing ‘undisputed war hero’  —  A two-year-old social media post written by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) resurfaced on Wednesday, and it's not helping his campaign for vice president.  —  During his candidacy for the Senate in 2022 …
Fiona Harvey / The Guardian:
‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy  —  UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies  —  Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow …
Discussion: NPR and The Nation
 
 
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Tim Walz unleashes hell on Earth
Discussion: The Mahablog
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Crosshairs drawn on his head’: Jan. 6 rioter back in custody after threatening Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump RICO judge, feds say
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reinvestigation of Fulton's 2020 election ordered by Georgia Election Board
Kenneth L. Khachigian / Wall Street Journal:
Nixon Shouldn't Have Resigned  —  I argued in August 1974 that the president should stay and fight.
Discussion: Reason, WTTG-TV and USA Today
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Chutkan in charge: Judge ignites flurry of activity in Trump Jan. 6 case
Public Notice:
The world has a lot to lose from a second Trump presidency
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