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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris's joyful realism  —  This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  🥥 Subscribe to Public Notice 🌴  —  The prevailing “take” …
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.
Politico:
Playbook: Where Biden's head is at  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  REGRETS, HE MIGHT HAVE A FEW — International Brotherhood of Teamsters President SEAN O'BRIEN made a splash last month speaking at the Republican National Convention …
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How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign  —  Laura Loomer is a far-right internet personality and former Republican congressional candidate.  She has said the United States should be a “white Judeo-Christian ethnostate,” called for the creation …
Discussion: ComingSoon.net
Lalee Ibssa / ABC News:
Donald Trump to deliver remarks on economy as he campaigns in North Carolina
Discussion: Associated Press and Scripps News
Nick Robertson / The Hill:   Haley says GOP, Trump need to ‘quit whining’ about Harris
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:   Former aide: Trump ‘feels this election slipping away’
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
12:30 Report — GOP presses Trump to abandon insults
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 …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Ilhan Omar wins primary
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 …
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 Fortune
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
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 …
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 …
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
UAW files labor charges against Trump and Musk after X interview, claiming worker intimidation  —  The United Auto Workers on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing the duo of trying to “intimate and threaten” …
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Marina Hyde / The Guardian:
So Donald chatted with Elon, and here's the future as they see it - losers win, incompetence rules
Rolling Stone:
After Trump's Disastrous Musk Interview, Harris Mocks ‘Rich Guys’ Who Can't Run a Livestream
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Trump Campaign Forced to Pay North Carolina City $82k in Advance for Rally  —  's campaign was forced to pay more than $82,000 in advance for this week's rally in Asheville, North Carolina.  —  Trump is set to take the stage at Asheville's Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Wednesday after paying $82,247.60 …
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
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” …
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
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.
Washington Post:
Why newsrooms haven't published leaked Trump campaign documents  —  The Trump campaign said the documents from a mysterious source came from an Iranian hack.  The FBI is now investigating.  —  An alleged Iranian hacking operation that the Donald Trump campaign says leaked internal documents …
Washington Post:
Walz, Harris shore up labor support, woo working class  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) addressed union members in Los Angeles on Tuesday in his first solo campaign stop.  The appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate at a convention of the American Federation of State …
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Wall Street Journal:   Tim Walz Isn't Very Rich. Americans Disagree on Whether That's a Good Thing.
 
 
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