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12:50 AM ET, August 15, 2024

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Washington Post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job  —  Harris has rebuffed the offer of an endorsement, while Kennedy has also had conversations with Republican nominee Donald Trump about a role in his administration.  —  Independent presidential candidate Robert …
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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 …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’  —  ‘OVER AND OVER AGAIN’  —  Sources close to the ex-president's campaign have said he's particularly fixated on a single seven-second clip.  —  Those close to Donald Trump fear the former president “may have legit PTSD” …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: New matchup, same result — Trump bests Harris by one point  —  Highest share of voters in over two years rate their personal finances positively  —  Join Fox News for access to this content  —  No matter how many major events intervene, and goodness knows there have been several …
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”.
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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 …
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
The Fight To Redefine the 2024 Race for President
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Carville says Harris is more likely to win by larger margin than Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio  —  J.D. Vance's views on gender and parenting have come back to haunt him, again.  —  In 2020, long before he entered politics, Vance appeared on a podcast where the host said that having grandmothers help raise children is …
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Clare Olson / Heartland Signal:
JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’  —  While appearing on “The Portal” podcast in April 2020, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) agreed with host Eric Weinstein's claim that “postmenopausal females” exist just to help take care of children.
Associated Press:
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region  —  Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion across border  —  Remnants of war left in border area as Ukraine claims more advances in Russia incursion
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Financial Times:
Russians fleeing Ukraine's incursion say Putin has abandoned them  —  ‘Lies are causing civilians to die’, says resident of town captured by Kyiv's forces  —  On the day Ukrainian forces started rolling into Russia's Kursk region, a group of about 40 people, mostly women, filmed a video about what was happening in their town.
Associated Press:
Arizona court: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in abortion measure voter pamphlet  —  PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for voters who will decide whether to guarantee the constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being,” the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Jessica Boehm / Axios:   Arizona will call fetuses “unborn human beings” in abortion initiative description
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Prepare for Trump to be sentenced to prison on September 18  —  The objective here is to enable VP Kamala Harris and the media-Democratic complex to label Trump ‘a convicted felon sentenced to prison’ as voting begins  —  To the surprise of no one, Judge Juan Merchan has yet again denied …
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Reuters:
Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in hush money case
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump effort to push back oral arguments in case against Fani Willis denied … - Postponed oral arguments were requested by Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow to accommodate a pre-paid international trip with his wife to celebrate his 70th birthday and their 45th wedding anniversary, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Discussion: Law & Crime and The Root
Fox News:
Walz responds to vice presidential debate invitation; Vance says 'I strongly suspect we're going to be there'  —  The debate, which would include Republican VP nominee JD Vance, is slated for Oct. 1 on CBS  —  Join Fox News for access to this content  —  The Democratic candidate for vice president …
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CBS News:
Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
George Helmy will be new U.S. Senator from New Jersey  —  Gov. Phil Murphy intends to appoint George S. Helmy, his former chief of staff, to the United States Senate to replace Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.  —  Murphy is expected to formally offer Helmy the post on Thursday …
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Martha Williams / Daily Mail:
Former Trump aides claim Donald is in ‘meltdown’ and ‘feels the election is slipping from him’... so is ‘lighting up the campaign’  —  Donald Trump is ‘lighting up’ his campaign staffers as he hunkers down at Mar-a-Lago, two former aides have claimed.  —  The former president's reported meltdown comes …
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” …
Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
South Korea's Yoon Offers Rare Olive Branch to Kim Jong Un  — Seoul to keep offering humanitarian aid to North, Yoon says  — Yoon proposes new group for talks and cooperation with North  —  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered aid, dialogue and a path to unification to North Korea …
Discussion: Reuters and UPI
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats invite public to off-site ‘DemPalooza’ convention events in Chicago  —  The public events at the McCormick Place convention center will be separate from the nightly televised events for party delegates.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris aims to share the campaign trail vibes …
Discussion: Democrats
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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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names  —  The Wisconsin English teacher, Jordan Cernek, argues in the suit that the district violated his freedom of religion and free speech in mandating the use of the students' preferred names and pronouns.
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Biden administration releases national heat strategy
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Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's?
Lauren Gill / Bolts:
Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The big question touching a nerve this election: “Can my husband find out who I am voting for?”
Discussion: Alternet.org
 

 
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