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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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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 …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans can't replace their old man nominee, so they're pretending JD Vance is the GOP candidate
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Can't Deal With Harris's Success
Discussion: HuffPost and NewsBreak
James Powel / USA Today:   Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm
Associated Press:
Trump reportedly used a slur against Harris in private conversations
Discussion: The Root
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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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.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump posts campaign ad on X ahead of Musk interview
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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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Desperate times: Trumpers launch Swiftboating 2.0
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 …
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NBC News:   Trump plans to file a $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department over Mar-a-Lago search and ‘witch hunts’
CNN:
Trump wants Justice Department to pay him $100 million for alleged damages from FBI's Mar-a-Lago search
Discussion: Forbes
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
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 …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
House Freedom Caucus backs short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House Freedom Caucus sets its terms for September spending fight
Discussion: The Hill
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.
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 …
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
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump super PAC plans $100M ad blitz  —  The ads come as Republicans seek to undercut Kamala Harris ahead of the DNC.  —  A pro-Trump super PAC is planning a $100 million TV ad blitz in the lead-up to Labor Day, a massive sum as Trump moves to regain his footing in the campaign.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Daily News
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:   Harris campaign touts border record in new ad
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 …
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 …
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.”
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Financial Times:
Delays hit 40% of Biden's major IRA manufacturing projects
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
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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