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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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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, Twitchy, Mediaite and Washington Post
James Powel / USA Today:
Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm — Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris stands as the slight betting favorite over Republican nominee former President Donald Trump to win the White House.
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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New Jersey Online, CNN, NBC News, The Good in Us, Diane Ravitch's blog, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
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
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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The Guardian
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Vance hails Trump's Fed idea and pushes back against criticism over past words on American families
Vance hails Trump's Fed idea and pushes back against criticism over past words on American families
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The Hill, Fortune and New York Times
Joseph Konig / Spectrum News NY1:
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI
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OutsideTheBeltway, Rolling Stone, The Mahablog, HuffPost, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Techmeme »
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, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ComingSoon.net, Business Insider and CNBC
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
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 …
Popular Information:
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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Washington Examiner, 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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Boing Boing and Blueprint
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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HuffPost, Associated Press, ABC News, Plain Dealer, Bloomberg, Quartz, CBS News and Washington Examiner
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
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.
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Obama secretly running Kamala Harris campaign: ex-Speaker McCarthy — Former President Barack Obama is secretly running Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, using his people to direct her bid, ex-Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy claimed Sunday. — “If you're watching the campaign now …
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Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, NOTUS and RedState
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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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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Quartz, Mediaite, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House Freedom Caucus sets its terms for September spending fight — The House Freedom Caucus is ramping up pressure on GOP leaders to back a short-term funding bill into early 2025 — seeking to punt major spending decisions into a potential Trump administration.
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
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Effort to Crack Down on Everyday Headaches and Hassles That Waste Americans' Time and Money — New actions will take on corporate tricks and scams like excessive paperwork, long wait times, and more that pad the profits of big business …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Trump shooting task force demands documents from top Biden officials in probe kickoff — The House of Representatives is kicking off its formal probe into the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Monday. — The bipartisan Trump shooting task force sent a pair of letters announcing …
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New York Times, Politico, The Hill and Punchbowl News
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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Washington Post