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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune:
Goldman Sachs says voters are shifting to Kamala Harris—and the odds of a blue wave are swelling … Kamala Harris has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in national polls as voters turn away from third parties and the odds of a blue wave increases, according to Goldman Sachs.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Campaign's ‘Please Shut Up’ Phase  —  That was a crazy public service provided by Elon Musk and X.  —  The X Spaces interview delivered Donald Trump without makeup or dress-up, talking unselfconsciously: manic, boastful, untruthful, aggrieved, abusive, obsessive, random, ignorant …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Media's Double Standard Favors Donald Trump, Not Kamala Harris … Conservatives are complaining about media bias, as is their wont, especially when Republicans are losing.  They are correct that Kamala Harris has enjoyed fairly positive coverage to date.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Harris in ‘striking distance’ of Trump in Florida, pollster says  —  Vice President Harris is nipping at former President Trump's heels in his home state of Florida, a pollster from Suffolk University says after a new Sunshine State survey.  —  The USA Today/Suffolk University/WSVN-TV poll found Harris …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Former aide: Trump ‘feels this election slipping away’  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions  — descriptions off, selected
Ashley Carnahan / Fox News:
Nikki Haley has blunt message for Trump, GOP as Kamala Harris gains momentum: ‘Quit whining’  —  Haley says Trump and the Republican Party need to focus on policy, not petty attacks  —  Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley weighed in on the state of the 2024 race Tuesday …
Rolling Stone:
After Trump's Disastrous Musk Interview, Harris Mocks ‘Rich Guys’ Who Can't Run a Livestream
Nick Robertson / The Hill:   Haley says GOP, Trump need to ‘quit whining’ about Harris
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How Long Until Trump Fires His Campaign Managers?
Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
12:30 Report — GOP presses Trump to abandon insults
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
In Pennsylvania, Harris can't shake her anti-fracking past
Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart, freebeacon.com and IJR
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Ex-Twitter staffer wins $600K over Musk's click-yes-or-resign ultimatum  —  Elon Musk's 24-hour email ultimatum unfairly dismissed Twitter staff, court says.  —  Elon Musk had no business sending Twitter employees an email giving them 24 hours to click “yes” to keep their jobs …
Discussion: RTÉ and Bloomberg
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Missouri voters could face choice between continued abortion ban and new constitutional amendment  —  Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state's near-total ban on the procedure.
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Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
With over 577,000 signatures verified, Arizona will put abortion rights on the ballot  —  Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution.  —  The Arizona secretary of state's office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures …
NBC News:
Abortion rights initiative will appear on Missouri's November ballot
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Harris campaign's Google ads rewrite news headlines … - According to Google's ad transparency center, the Trump campaign isn't running these types of ads, but this technique has been used by campaigns before.  — The ads say that they are sponsored, but it's not immediately clear …
Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times:
Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American.  How to protect yourself  —  About four months after a notorious hacking group claimed to have stolen an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information from a major data broker, a member of the group has reportedly released …
Discussion: 9to5Mac
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Justin Mayhugh / UAW:
UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company  —  After President Biden dropped his re-election bid, his administration released records showing that while he was vice president, his son solicited U.S. government assistance.  —  Hunter Biden sought assistance …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Teamsters' Black caucus defies leadership with Harris endorsement  —  The vote comes as the larger union withholds its support.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has won the endorsement of the National Black Caucus of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — even as the larger union withholds its endorsement.
Variety:
J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE)  —  J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have both been named in a criminal complaint filed to French authorities over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Trump Email Hack Is A Moment Of Reckoning For Him—Or The News Media  —  Outlets like the New York Times owe their readers frenzied coverage of his campaign's emails, or a mea culpa for their history-altering emails fixation in 2016  —  You might say Politico won the weekend with a metascoop.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it
Reuben Jones / Spectrum News 1 Charlotte:
Republican who voted to convict Trump says he'll support him in November  —  Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says he plans to vote for former President Donald Trump this November, even though he voted to convict Trump at his second impeachment trial.  —  What You Need To Know
Discussion: HuffPost, NBC News and Raw Story
Marina Hyde / The Guardian:
So Donald chatted with Elon, and here's the future as they see it - losers win, incompetence rules  —  Both claim they are part of a bright new dawn, but last night the politician could only slur inanities, and the tech boss made a hash of the tech  —  Would you like to travel in the advance party …
Discussion: Associated Press, USA Today and Semafor
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Former NBA player Royce White will take on Klobuchar for Senate seat  —  Former NBA player Royce White won the Republican Senate primary to take on Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.  —  White, backed by the state GOP …
Discussion: Twin Cities
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Ilhan Omar fends off challengers to win primary after AIPAC stays out of the race  —  Omar defeated a challenger who had come just 2 points shy of ousting her in 2022.  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar, the final member of the progressive “Squad” to face a primary this cycle, fended off her primary opponents …
Associated Press:
‘J6 praying grandma’ avoids prison time and gets 6 months home confinement in Capitol riot case  —  A Colorado bed-and-breakfast operator who promotes herself online as the “J6 praying grandma” was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement in her Capitol riot case after the judge railed against …
CNN:
Workers allege ‘nightmare’ conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund  —  As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Here's What Scares Republicans Most About a Harris Win … The day after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris's choice for vice president, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a crowd of lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky, that a Harris administration would spell certain doom for the Republican Party.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris and Walz Plan Rally in Milwaukee During Democratic Convention
Crystal Hill / Democracy Docket:
Senate Democrats to DOJ: More Action Is Needed To Protect Election Workers
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Tim Walz Isn't Very Rich. Americans Disagree on Whether That's a Good Thing.
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
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