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5:35 PM ET, August 14, 2024

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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Jump in Enthusiasm for 2024 Race  —  Harris picks up support among young voters and ‘double haters’  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats' enthusiasm has skyrocketed since they swapped their presidential nominee.  The latest national Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds voter support …
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Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
The Fight To Redefine the 2024 Race for President  —  A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Pennsylvania 2024: Harris Has Slight Edge Over Trump In Tight Race, Gets Boost From Women, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Senate Race: Casey Up 8 Points Over McCormick  —  mail_outline  —  In the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight edge …
Discussion: The Hill
FAU PolCom Lab:
Harris Narrows in Florida: Is the Sunshine State Up for Grabs?  —  As the 2024 U.S. presidential race intensifies, a new poll from the Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab (PolCom Lab) and Mainstreet Research USA reveals the shifting tides of politics in Florida …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Where Harris has improved the most on Biden  —  She's doing much better than Biden in every swing state.  —  ∙ Paid  —  I'll have a story forthcoming for you later this week — if I can find the time in between the zillion podcasts I'm doing — on renewed GOP efforts to “unskew the polls”.
Discussion: The Hill
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Trump Allies Fear He's Sabotaging His Own Campaign  —  The former president can't get over feeling “cheated” by Joe Biden's exit from the race, says one source, while another speculates he might “have PTSD” following last month's assassination attempt.  —  In the hierarchy of Donald Trump's put-downs …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
J.D. Vance Is Bombing His Audition As Trump Heir Apparent  —  One of the many interesting things about the abrupt change in the trajectory of the 2024 presidential election since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee is that once very lively questions that had fallen by the wayside are returning.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Carville says Harris is more likely to win by larger margin than Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:   Kamala Harris's joyful realism
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Trump and Vance Fan Out on the Trail
Todd Runkle / The Asheville Citizen Times:
Donald Trump rally in Asheville live updates: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium is full  —  Former President Donald Trump is in Asheville today, Aug. 14, to hold a campaign rally in his bid to regain the presidency in the Nov. 5 general election.  It is Trump's first campaign visit to Asheville since September 2016 …
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Reuters:
Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in hush money case  —  A New York judge declined for a third time to step aside from the case in which Donald Trump was convicted of charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, dismissing the former U.S. president's claim of conflict …
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Prepare for Trump to be sentenced to prison on September 18
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Google says Iranian efforts to hack US presidential campaigns are ongoing and wide-ranging  —  Google said Wednesday that an alleged Iranian hacking operation aimed at US presidential campaigns is ongoing and more wide-ranging than previously known as the hackers continue to target …
Discussion: Forbes and The Times of Israel
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Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press:
Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet  —  An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state's highest court ruled Wednesday.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Politico:
A Florida referendum is putting Trump in a bind on abortion  —  The former president is under pressure to say how he'll vote on the measure.  —  Donald Trump still doesn't have an answer on how he'll vote on an abortion measure in his home state.  And it's about to become a lot harder for him to avoid it.
Politico:
Biden harbors lingering frustration at Pelosi, Obama, Schumer  —  Ahead of the convention that's meant to unify the party, tensions still remain.  —  President Joe Biden is frustrated that Barack Obama wouldn't tell him to his face that he should leave the race.
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
GOP pollster on Trump-Harris: 'I haven't seen anything like this'  —  Republican pollster Frank Luntz appears stunned at the current state of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump matchup and this year's presidential election.  —  Luntz, who's been called “The Nostradamus of pollsters” …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Reporter grills Trump over ‘false’ crowd size claim: 'There's all kinds of video evidence'  —  Former President Donald Trump continued to falsely claim this week that he had spoken to the largest crowds in history.  —  After casting his ballot during early voting in the Florida primary Wednesday …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The big question touching a nerve this election: “Can my husband find out who I am voting for?”  —  November may come down to a battle between controlling men and women who just want their freedom  —  “Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?”
Discussion: Alternet.org
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US inflation dipped in July as Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates  —  Prices rose at an annual rate of 2.9% in July, as inflation dipped below 3% for the first time since 2021  —  US annual inflation rate dipped below 3% in July for the first time since 2021 …
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Lauren Gill / Bolts:
Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor  —  Andrew Warren is running to win back his old job as Tampa's top prosecutor.  Since the Democrat joined the race in April, he has released campaign videos, basked in endorsements, and raised hundreds …
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Project 2025's Climate Cuts Would Cost Americans Billions Of Dollars Per Year  —  The Republican manifesto would cost millions of jobs and cause a dramatic surge in emissions.  —  LOADING  —  Project 2025 ― the plan that Republican operatives have drafted as a policy blueprint …
Discussion: Energy Innovation and E&E News
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Project 2025 promises billions of tonnes more carbon pollution - study
Discussion: Common Dreams
Associated Press:
Turnout in Wisconsin election tops 26%, highest in 60 years for fall primary in presidential year  —  Turnout in Wisconsin's election Tuesday was the highest in 60 years for a presidential year partisan primary, with over 26% of the state's voting-age population casting ballots, based on unofficial results.
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Nassau County, New York, signs first face covering ban into law  —  “This is not an abridgment of anybody's rights.  Nobody has a constitutional right to hide their identity in public,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Wednesday.  —  A controversial ban on wearing face coverings …
David Moye / HuffPost:
Trump Mocked For Calling Good Inflation Report ‘Kamalanomics’ … LOADING
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Biden demands Austin Tice's ‘immediate release’ from Syria on 12-year anniversary of disappearance  —  President Biden on Wednesday called for the Syrian government to “immediately” release journalist Austin Tice, marking the 12-year anniversary of the former Marine's disappearance from a checkpoint outside Damascus.
 
 
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