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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. and the third-party effect are now hurting Trump  —  The dynamic has shifted with Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket.  And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — once elevated by Trump allies — is looking more like a significant liability for the GOP nominee.
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Get Ready Now: Republicans Will Refuse to Certify a Harris Win  —  Some darkness in honor of JVL.  It's important stuff.  —A.B. Stoddard  —  1. Trump's Not Taking the L. . .  The last two weeks—the unveiling of the Harris-Walz ticket, and Kamala Harris's surge in the polls—feels like some surreal dream state.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump says he wants to face Harris in 3 debates in September  —  At a press conference Thursday, the former president said he's accepted invitations from NBC News, Fox News and ABC News.  —  Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would be open to debating Vice President Kamala Harris three times in September.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump isn't campaigning as hard as he used to  —  In 2016 and even 2020, Trump kept up a brisk pace of events in the summer.  This year, he hasn't.  —  Donald Trump has always been fixated on crowd size, to the point that it's one of the defining features of his approach to politics.
Discussion: The Hill and The Raw Story
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 …
Associated Press:
Trump and Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC, network says  —  ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees.  The announcement Thursday came shortly …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Hold a News Conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Vibes and Polls and Positioning of the Harris Candidacy
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Biden ‘not confident’ there will be a peaceful transfer of power in first interview since dropping out of the race
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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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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump campaign calls Harris' surge ‘suspended reality’
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Ipsos poll  —  Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday.  —  The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos survey …
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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 …
Highground Inc.:
Democrats Take Early ‘Top of the Ticket’ Lead Following Arizona's Primary Election  —  You are here: - Home - Democrats Take Early 'Top of...  Harris holds slim lead over Trump within the margin while Gallego leads Lake by 11 in Arizona  —  Contact: Paul Bentz, 602-528-3684
Jared Mitovich / Politico:
Harris campaign tweaks Walz biography amid scrutiny of military credentials  —  The update comes a day after Republicans escalated attacks on his record in the Army National Guard, accusing Walz of inflating his rank at retirement.  —  Kamala Harris' presidential campaign updated …
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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 …
Politico:
Playbook: Team Trump tries to tear down Walz
Discussion: Breitbart and HotAir
Peter Cox / MPR News:
What Walz — and the records — say about his military service as others criticized it
David Strom / HotAir:
Will Walz's Stolen Valor and Demotion Be a Fatal Wound?
Politico:
Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz's military service
New York Times:
Elon Musk's X Sued an Advertising Coalition.  Now It's Shutting Down.  —  The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott.  —  An influential advertising industry group said it would shut down after being sued this week by X …
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is ‘discontinuing’ after Elon Musk's X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it  — The World Federation of Advertisers is ‘discontinuing’ the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.  — The decision follows an antitrust lawsuit filed …
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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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
What the Jeffrey Epstein Documents Reveal About Donald Trump  —  Speculation about which famous and powerful figures would be tarnished by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal heated up at the end of last year when a judge ordered that court documents from a years-old case related to the disgraced financier be made public.
Dan Gillmor / The cornerstone of democracy:
A daily compendium of helpful reporting and commentary surrounding the pivotal 2024 elections in the United States.  You won't find horse race coverage here, or the standard “both sides” BS that passes so often for political journalism.  What you will find are links, with brief commentary …
Discussion: The Guardian and Mother Jones
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 …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warns Iran of ‘Serious Risk’ if It Conducts Major Attack on Israel
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump says abortions not ‘big factor’ in elections anymore
Discussion: Althouse
Bloomberg:
Trump Wants Presidents to Have Some Say Over Interest Rates
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's misleading election claims have accrued 1.2 billion views on X, new analysis says
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Man who brought firearm near Capitol sentenced to 2 years in prison
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Brendan Morrow / USA Today:
Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials
Anusha Mathur / Politico:
JD Vance's TikTok flop
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
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Steve Martin turns down Walz role on ‘SNL’: 'I'm not an impressionist'
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Chutkan in charge: Judge ignites flurry of activity in Trump Jan. 6 case
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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