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12:50 PM ET, August 8, 2024

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Anusha Mathur / Politico:
JD Vance's TikTok flop  —  BALANCE OF POWER — When Kamala Harris opened her own personal TikTok account in late July, separate from her existing campaign account, within days she received millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of supportive comments welcoming her to the app.
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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 …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Harris's Rise Has Unsettled Trump, Who Is Struggling to Focus, Supporters Say  —  Donald J. Trump's allies want him to talk about the issues, but he seems distracted by Kamala Harris's burst of momentum.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump dialed into “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday morning …
Discussion: Wide World of News and Axios
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” …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Vibes and Polls and Positioning of the Harris Candidacy
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Trump's Plan to Brand Walz as Too Liberal Will Fail
Discussion: Washington Post, Twitchy and Politico
Josephine Walker / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Awkwardly Retreats After Bizarre Attempt to Storm Harris' Empty Plane
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’: Harris fires back at Gaza protesters at rally
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris, Walz rally seeking to build momentum in Blue Wall states with Michigan, Wisconsin stops
New York Times:
Election Highlights: Harris and Walz Make Their Appeal in Midwest Swing
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump team targets Walz and his military record in attempt to slow down Harris
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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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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Walz's ‘couch’ quip, and Democrats' growing comfort in going low
David Strom / HotAir:
Will Walz's Stolen Valor and Demotion Be a Fatal Wound?
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Breitbart
Politico:
Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz's military service
Chuck Ross / freebeacon.com:
Tim Walz Falsely Claimed He Served in Afghanistan. When a Local Vet Called Him Out, His Office Did Nothing.
CNN:
Vance reopens line of attack into Walz's military record as two veterans now vie to be vice president
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 …
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Nancy Pelosi's Art of Power  —  The former Speaker discusses how she hastened Joe Biden's decision to drop out, her new memoir, and not getting “doggy doo-doo on your shoe.”  —  Nancy Pelosi likes to say that she went from “housewife to House member to House Speaker.”
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Pelosi says it's her life goal to ensure ‘that man’ Trump never steps in the White House again
Discussion: Rolling Stone and HuffPost
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 …
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.
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.
Brendan Morrow / USA Today:
Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials  —  The suspect accused of plotting a terrorist attack at Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna confessed that he intended to kill himself and a crowd on Thursday or Friday, according to officials.
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 …
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 …
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’
 
 
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Fiona Harvey / The Guardian:
‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy
Discussion: NPR and The Nation
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Tim Walz unleashes hell on Earth
Discussion: The Mahablog
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reinvestigation of Fulton's 2020 election ordered by Georgia Election Board
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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
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Hunter Biden ‘received compensation’ from Romanian businessman aiming to influence U.S. policy, special counsel in tax case says
Trisha Thadani / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's X accused of bias after pro-Harris accounts labeled as ‘spam’
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Why the Harris Walz Camo Hat Is Becoming a Status Symbol for Liberals
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