Top Items:
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.
RELATED:
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Can't Deal With Harris's Success — Kamala Harris has had as good a three-week stretch as any presidential candidate in modern American history. — When Joe Biden dropped out on July 21, less than a month after his catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump …
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Why Donald Trump Can't Let Go of Joe Biden — The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making. — Pocket — With remarkable speed, the Democratic Party has embraced Kamala Harris as their presumptive nominee and moved on from Joe Biden, the party's standard-bearer since 2020 …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, CNN and Mediaite
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 …
Discussion:
freebeacon.com, RedState, American Greatness, The Atlantic, New York Post, Washington Post, Fox News, Twitchy and Mediaite
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
Discussion:
Raw Story, New Republic and Washington Post
John L. Dorman / Business Insider:
Kamala Harris is going on the offensive on border security. It could keep Arizona blue and cut off Trump's path to victory.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Fox News and Axios
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrats continue to joke about false JD Vance rumor after years of criticizing Trump for spreading misinformation
Discussion:
Fox News and New York Daily News
James Powel / USA Today:
Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm
Politico:
Playbook: The unwritten Harris agenda
Discussion:
HotAir, Fox News, Associated Press and Townhall
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The 2024 campaign will now turn on whether Trump can blunt Harris' soaring start
Discussion:
NBC News, Raw Story, Alternet.org, El País and Associated Press
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.
RELATED:
emptywheel:
Elon Musk's Machine for Political Violence — Last October, I wrote a post called “Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism,” describing how Twitter had twice served Donald Trump's electoral ambitions. — In 2016, trolls — including Don Jr — workshopped memes on a DM list and then used their reach to pressure MSM to adopt their narratives.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Townhall, Breitbart and New York Daily News
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
EU warns Musk on hate speech ahead of Trump interview; receives profane response
Discussion:
The Hill, Politico, Reuters, Breitbart, New York Times, American Greatness, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Human Events and RTÉ
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump posts campaign ad on X ahead of Musk interview
Discussion:
NBC News, USA Today, HuffPost, UPI, Axios, Townhall, Washington Times, Breitbart, City A.M., Raw Story, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Semafor and IJR
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Desperate Trump Returns to X as Poll Numbers Keep Tanking
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, NBC News, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Twitchy, Business Insider, New York Post, Alternet.org and The Hill
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.
Discussion:
Roll Call, The Daily Beast and Scripting News
RELATED:
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0 — They're taking a page out of Karl Rove's shameful playbook. … Donald Trump is down so bad that his campaign is bringing back Republican dirty tricks from 20 years ago. — Kamala Harris is packing arenas and rising in the polls …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
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 …
Discussion:
Mediaite, Raw Story, The Hill, New Republic, The Independent, The Daily Beast, One America News Network, IJR, Law & Crime, Washington Times, Breitbart, Boston Herald, Townhall, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, Quartz, RedState, Alternet.org and acecomments.mu.nu
RELATED:
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law — WASHINGTON (AP) — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn't know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. — Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed …
Discussion:
The Texas Tribune
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Second Photo Alleged to Show JD Vance in Drag Posted Online — OMG! — The Vance campaign has not denied that the man in drag in a viral photo was Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election running mate. — A second image of JD Vance allegedly dressed as a woman in a blonde wig has been posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Discussion:
HuffPost, Boing Boing, New Republic, LGBTQ Nation and New York Daily News
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 …
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA, New Republic, Boing Boing, Raw Story and Blueprint
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
House GOP Hardliners Threaten Government Shutdown Over Baseless Illegal Voters Bill — A right-wing group known as the Freedom Caucus says Republicans should insist on the bill when Congress returns in September. — LOADING — A group of hardline House Republican conservatives …
Discussion:
NBC News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal, Washington Times and Fox News
RELATED:
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Betsy DeVos would consider working with Trump again — under one condition — Donald Trump's former education secretary Betsy DeVos has changed her mind on serving in his administration if he wins re-election. — DeVos resigned on Jan. 7, 2021, following the U.S. Capitol riot, which she called …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast
Dani Blum / New York Times:
Should You Get Another Covid Shot Now? — The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection. We asked experts about the right time for a booster. — Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California …
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 …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
JD Vance's false claim that ‘green energy scam’ ships jobs to China — The GOP vice-presidential candidate knocks the Inflation Reduction Act, which was designed to combat China's green energy dominance. — “She cast the deciding vote for the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that sent a lot of our resources to China.”
RELATED:
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Vice President Kamala Harris's choice of Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate seems to cement the emergence of a new Democratic Party. — When he took office in January 2021, President Joe Biden was clear that he intended to launch a new era in America, overturning the neoliberalism …
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
