memeorandum: Harris surges with Black voters in key battleground states but gaps remain (USA Today)

10:35 AM ET, August 17, 2024

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Trump's Capitol Hill allies fume at his unfocused candidacy … - “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the most left-wing ticket in history,” National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said on the call, according to a source familiar with his comments.

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Mary L Trump / The Good in Us:

Trolling the Troll — Kamala Harris knows how to get under Donald's skin — Americans have known for a while that my uncle has the thinnest skin on the planet. We now know that Vice President Kamala Harris is all the way under it because Donald keeps admitting it. — “I'm very angry at her,” Donald said Thursday.

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Irie Sentner / Politico:

‘When they go low, we go with the flow’: Dems ramp up attacks on Trump — Democrats are embracing snark. — If Democrats in 2016 rallied around Michelle Obama's mantra that “when they go low, we go high,” today they're burying that ambition under a hill of insults, memes and snark.

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Paige Oamek / New Republic:

Trump Is Pissed at Harris for Trapping Him in Two Debates — Is Donald Trump really trying to get out of debating Kamala Harris again? Or is it the opposite? — On Thursday, it seemed like the dust had finally settled. “The debate about debates is over,” said Michael Tyler …

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New York Times:
Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep

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Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Harris Campaign Attempts To Mask Its Own Retreat With Outright Lie About Debates

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Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Trump recruits Tulsi Gabbard to Mar-a-Lago to help him prepare for debate

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New York Times:

Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play, Times/Siena Polls Find — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in close races across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, crucial swing states that Mr. Trump had seemed en route to run away with just a few weeks ago.

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USA Today:

Harris surges with Black voters in key battleground states but gaps remain — Deborah Barfield Berry Terry Collins Lauren VillagranUSA TODAY — After two years without work, Darryl Gatewood got a job earlier this year driving a pharmaceutical delivery truck in suburban Pennsylvania - a good-paying job, with healthcare.

Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2024 Poll: Trump 49%, Harris 48%

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John Solomon / Just The News:
Presidential race swings 6 points in two weeks, catapulting Trump to lead and ending Harris surge

Discussion: Washington Post, The Napolitan Institute, Breitbart and RedState

Washington Post:

The times demand serious economic ideas. Harris supplies gimmicks. — ‘Price gouging’ is not causing inflation. So why is the vice president promising to stamp it out? — Vice President Kamala Harris's speech Friday was an opportunity to get specific with voters about how a Harris presidency …

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Rocio Fabbro / Quartz:
Kamala Harris wants to stop Wall Street's homebuying spree

Discussion: Raw Story

Mailchimp:
Vice President Harris Lays Out Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families

Joshua Kaplan / ProPublica:

Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia — This story discusses threats of violence and contains a racial slur. — Reporting Highlights — Militias After Jan. 6: Internal messages reveal how AP3, one of the largest U.S. militias …

Leo Shane III / Military Times:

Trump belittles Medal of Honor award in campaign speech — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a “better” award than the Defense Department's Medal of Honor because service members have to sacrifice their lives or health to receive the military's highest honor …

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.:

VFW Admonishes Former President for Medal of Honor Remarks — The following is a message from VFW National Commander Al Lipphardt — WASHINGTON — “On Thursday, former President Donald Trump spoke at an event where he made some flippant remarks about the Medal of Honor and the heroes who have received it.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump draws a parallel between a campaign donor and war heroes

Ron Harris / Associated Press:

Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years …

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:

Gov. Tim Walz shares his ‘white guy’ taco recipe with VP Kamala Harris — (FOX 9) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz explains his “white guy tacos” to Vice President Kamala Harris in a new video on social media. The first step of his recipe: unseasoned ground beef. — What's in the recipe?

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Paige Oamek / New Republic:
Tim Walz's Quip on “White Guy Tacos” Sends MAGA Into Meltdown

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Mark Morales / CNN:

Former congressman George Santos expected to plead guilty to charges related to campaign fraud Monday — Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal.

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Politico:

Harris reset the election, and congressional Dems are starting to shift strategies — Democrats are seeing new energy — and poll numbers. But they also know they still have a serious fight on their hands in November. — Battleground Democrats are suddenly jumping at the chance to campaign with the top of the ticket.

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Politico:

Playbook: Could the Harris campaign become the Harris movement? — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BIDEN UNPLUGGED — Is it just us, or does non-candidate JOE BIDEN seem a little more liberated these days?

Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:

Supreme Court refuses DOJ request to partially reinstate new Title IX rule — The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration's emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule. — The sweeping changes extend the sex-discrimination law's protections …

Bethan Sexton / Daily Mail:

California man who was wrongfully convicted by Kamala Harris reveals her sickening taunt when he was found guilty — An actor who was wrongfully convicted of murder by Kamala Harris said the Vice President laughed in his face when the verdict was read out in court.

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Washington Post:

House Republicans launch probe into Tim Walz's relationship to China — The House Oversight Committee, led by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), is turning its recent scrutiny from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate. — House Republicans on Friday launched …

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