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emptywheel:
In Which Ian Miles Cheong Understands Trump's Campaign Better than NYT — The second I saw video of Vice President Harris rolling up to a hangar at Detroit's airport on Air Force Two, then alighting with Tim Walz in front of cheering crowds, I knew it would break Donald Trump's brain.
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Balloon Juice and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris — The soundtrack suggested a Beyoncé concert. The light-up bracelets evoked the Eras Tour. And the exuberant crowd—more than 14,000 strong, lining up in the rain—resembled the early days of Barack Obama. Inside a Philadelphia arena on Aug. 6 …
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, Twitchy and Mediaite
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is Freaked Out in Ways He Never Imagined Were Possible … The Harris-Walz campaign proved two important things last week. First, it proved that sometimes all you really have to do is answer attacks—the mere fact of answering them deflates their momentum.
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The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims That the Crowds Seen at Harris Rallies Are Fake — The former president, in a series of social media posts, said that Vice President Kamala Harris had used A.I. technology to create images of fake crowds at her events. — Former President Donald J. Trump has taken …
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NBC News, The Good in Us, The Hill, Spectrum News NY1, Raw Story, Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
James Powel / USA Today:
Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy
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Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, NOTUS and RedState
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris' soaring start
The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris' soaring start
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Raw Story, El País and Associated Press
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrats continue to joke about false JD Vance rumor after years of criticizing Trump for spreading misinformation
Democrats continue to joke about false JD Vance rumor after years of criticizing Trump for spreading misinformation
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New York Daily News
Associated Press:
Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
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Associated Press, RUMBLE and The Guardian
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump spreads false conspiracy theory about Harris' Detroit crowd size
Trump spreads false conspiracy theory about Harris' Detroit crowd size
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Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, Alternet.org, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Diane Ravitch's blog, Mediaite and Raw Story
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Harris is beating Trump by transcending him
Harris is beating Trump by transcending him
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America, America
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos
Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos
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USA Today, The Verge, The Daily Beast, ComingSoon.net, Business Insider, CNBC, Rolling Stone and HuffPost, more at Techmeme »
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The most expensive political ad of all time — In 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, one of the world's largest social networks, for $44 billion. From a financial perspective, it has not worked out well. Over the last two years, the value of Twitter — which Musk renamed X — has plunged.
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BBC, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, New Republic, Semafor, Twitchy and The Hill
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Poll: Democratic attacks on JD Vance are working — The Scoop — New polling shared exclusively with Semafor shows Democrats' attacks on JD Vance's views on abortion, divorce and “childless cat ladies” are sticking with voters. — A pair of surveys by Blueprint, the centrist Democratic pollster backed …
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PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, Boing Boing and Blueprint
Robyn Vinter / The Guardian:
Far-right rallies abandoned amid warnings of 10-year sentences — Anti-racism marches attract large crowds as foreign secretary says rioters forgot ‘what it means to be English’ — Planned far-right rallies did not materialise over the weekend, amid a large turnout of anti-racist protesters …
Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
White House launches broad new regulatory effort, as Harris prepares to unveil economic plan … The Biden Administration on Monday unveiled a new, multi-agency regulatory initiative to target corporate practices that officials claim are designed to waste consumers' time and needlessly burden …
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Associated Press, HuffPost, ABC News, Plain Dealer, Quartz, CBS News, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
‘A different level than 2020’: Trump's plan to steal election is taking shape — Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results serves as a preview to expected challenges in November — The fight for democracy is supported by — There wasn't anything particularly controversial …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Early numbers show violent crime dropping sharply … - It also gives Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor in San Francisco and California attorney general, a potent defense against attacks from the right on crime. … - 54 of the 69 major cities in the report saw drops in violent crime …
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Washington Examiner, Boing Boing, Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America's largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands …
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Quartz
Financial Times:
Delays hit 40% of Biden's major IRA manufacturing projects — FT research shows that $84bn of initiatives announced in first year of the IRA and Chips Act have experienced slowdowns — Some 40 per cent of the biggest US manufacturing investments announced in the first year …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging ‘political persecution’ — Trump attorney says ‘unconstitutional’ raid should never have been approved by Garland, Wray — Join Fox News for access to this content — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump is set to sue …
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CNN, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Quartz, Mediaite, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Can a Minnesota teacher win Pennsylvania? — ‘MAINSTREAM AMERICAN VALUES’ — Can Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both rally the Democratic Party's base and win over persuadable conservative and independent voters in battleground states? — Weekly Education caught up with Arthur Steinberg …
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Washington Examiner
Na Eng / The Hill:
Walz's candidacy is making kindness great again — When Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, my heart burst with pride for my home state. As a daughter of Minnesota, it has been thrilling to watch how quickly the country has gone wild for Walz.
Washington Post:
Experts warn of election disruptions after Trump says campaign was hacked — At least two prominent lawmakers are asking for more information from intelligence officials about whether Trump was targeted by foreign hackers. — Analysts and intelligence experts warned Sunday that wider efforts …