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1:45 AM ET, August 14, 2024

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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 …
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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.
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 …
Justin Engel / MLive.com:
Kamala Harris would debate Donald Trump in Grand Rapids on this condition, campaign says  —  GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Campaign officials for Vice President Kamala Harris said they would consider debating Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, but first he must demonstrate his willingness to participate in an earlier commitment.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:   Former aide: Trump ‘feels this election slipping away’
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Campaign's ‘Please Shut Up’ Phase
Nick Robertson / The Hill:   Haley says GOP, Trump need to ‘quit whining’ about Harris
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
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
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 …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Ilhan Omar wins primary  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has won the primary for the Democratic nomination for her seat representing Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, almost certainly giving her two more years in the House, Decision Desk HQ projects.  —  Omar fended off a challenge …
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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 …
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
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Rolling Stone:
After Trump's Disastrous Musk Interview, Harris Mocks ‘Rich Guys’ Who Can't Run a Livestream
Justin Mayhugh / UAW:
UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers
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
NBC News:
Abortion rights initiative will appear on Missouri's November ballot
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 …
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” …
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.
MSNBC:
Nate Silver: Democrats more than doubled their chance of winning overnight  —  Nate Silver on Monday released an updated forecast for the presidential election, and he has Kamala Harris as a slight favorite over Donald Trump.  Silver joins Morning Joe to discuss 2024 and his new book ‘On the Edge’.
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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 …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Election Official Immediately Spews Conspiracies After Conviction  —  GIVE IT UP ALREADY  —  Election-denying felon Tina Peters complained about “vote-flipping software that is basically in Serbia.”  —  Hours after being convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado in the name …
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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Daniel McCarthy / New York Post:
Hit the road, Don: ramp up the rallies and campaign like it's 2016
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Harris and Walz Plan Rally in Milwaukee During Democratic Convention
Discussion: Mediaite
Crystal Hill / Democracy Docket:
Senate Democrats to DOJ: More Action Is Needed To Protect Election Workers
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Starbucks gets new CEO following boycott sparked by Gaza conflict
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Alice Hancock / Financial Times:
Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Does Donald Trump understand how the ocean works?
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How Long Until Trump Fires His Campaign Managers?
Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal
Washington Post:
This oil tycoon brings in millions for Trump, and may set his agenda
Discussion: Raw Story and nationalinterest.org
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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