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7:25 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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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” …
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 …
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Fox News
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 …
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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”.
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Worry as Red State Polls Look ‘Worse Than They Should’ for Trump  —  With Harris leading the Democratic ticket, Republicans are increasingly concerned about “softening support” for Trump  —  THIS MONTH, GOP operatives and others close to Donald Trump have grown increasingly nervous …
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Jump in Enthusiasm for 2024 Race
Axios:
Campaign spending booms in race to define Harris … - Harris and Trump are rushing to lock in perceptions about her for a sliver of the electorate in the six or seven swing states likely to decide the winner on Nov. 5.  — Through Thursday, the Harris and Trump campaigns and their supporting groups …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's “election integrity” plan tests his campaign … - Trump's “election integrity” team also has raised concerns among Democrats about potential voter intimidation at the polls.  — If Trump loses on Nov. 5, the election teams would be his evidence collectors for what almost certainly …
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Gambles on Outside Groups to Finance Voter Outreach Efforts
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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 …
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.
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Associated Press:
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region
CBS News:
Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1  —  Washington — Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign has not yet agreed to the date …
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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
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 an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being …
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Jessica Boehm / Axios:
Arizona will call fetuses “unborn human beings” in abortion initiative description
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Harris, Trump compete over costly care proposals  —  Policies like paid leave and the child tax credit have surfaced more than ever this presidential election.  —  JD Vance has floated the idea of more than doubling the child tax credit.  Kamala Harris has repeatedly called for both that benefit …
Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
Disney+ terms prevent allergy death lawsuit, Disney says  —  Disney World is arguing a man cannot sue it over the death of his wife because of terms he signed up to in a free trial of Disney+.  —  Jeffrey Piccolo filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Disney after his wife died in 2023 …
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 …
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New York Times:
Harris Is Set to Lay Out an Economic Message Light on Detail  —  The vice president is expected to recalibrate President Biden's policy themes in a bid to turn the Democratic economic agenda into an asset.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's sudden ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket …
Politico:
NYC kickoff rally for Harris confronts pro-Palestinian demonstration  —  “Hold onto all of that anger until after November,” Mayor Eric Adams responded, calling for unity behind the Democratic ticket.  —  NEW YORK — The energy and size of an ebullient rally of elected New York Democrats hyped …
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
South Korea's Yoon Offers Rare Olive Branch to Kim Jong Un
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
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John Sexton / HotAir:
DA Gascon Retaliated Against Prosecutor Who Revealed a Defendant Was Pretending to Be Trans
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats invite public to off-site ‘DemPalooza’ convention events in Chicago
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Trump Mocked For Calling Good Inflation Report ‘Kamalanomics’
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration releases national heat strategy
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Lauren Gill / Bolts:
Tampa Voters Get Their Say Two Years After DeSantis Axed Their Democratic Prosecutor
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo