memeorandum: Trump to Visit Border in Bid to Counter Harris Convention Speech (Bloomberg)

4:45 PM ET, August 18, 2024

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Harris holds slight national lead over Trump, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds — The result is a notable improvement for Democrats in a contest that a little more than a month ago showed Biden and Trump in a dead heat. — Vice President Kamala Harris holds a narrow lead over former president Donald Trump …

Discussion: HuffPost, Rolling Stone, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Semafor, New Jersey Online, Townhall, New York Post and PoliticusUSA

Avery Lotz / Axios:

“Fake polls”: Vance downplays Harris rise … - Among likely voters, Harris holds a 6-point lead, 51% to 45%. — Independents swung from Trump +4 against President Biden in July to Harris +11 over Trump in August. … - CBS/YouGov polling also released on Sunday shows Harris leading Trump by a 3-point margin nationally.

Discussion: The Hill, Business Insider, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Breitbart

CBS News:

CBS News poll: Gender gap, enthusiasm, economy make for tight Harris-Trump race on Democratic convention eve — When Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, the party saw a major surge in enthusiasm from its voters. It pulled the party into an effectively even race …

Discussion: New York Post, The Hill and New Jersey Online

Bloomberg:

Trump to Visit Border in Bid to Counter Harris Convention Speech — GOP nominee also visits Michigan, Pennsylvania this week — Republicans hope blitz can blunt Harris momentum in race — Republican Donald Trump will travel to the US-Mexico border later this week …

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘Trump the provocateur, the showman may not win this election’

Discussion: Axios, Fox News, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, USA Today, The Hill, The Guardian, Breitbart, Raw Story, Mediaite and Rolling Stone

David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Trump Has Turned Over an Old Leaf

Flynn Nicholls / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Erases Donald Trump's Significant Lead On Mental Sharpness

Discussion: Al Jazeera, CBS News, Washington Post and CNN

Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris leads Trump overall but not on handling of the economy: POLL

Discussion: Forbes, PoliticusUSA, IJR and The i Paper

Politico:

Trump's ‘nuclear explosion’ on Kemp was months in the making. He could pay a price in November. — Republicans in the state had tried to ease tensions before Trump's blow-up at a rally. — Donald Trump was privately stewing over Brian Kemp earlier this year — long before he unloaded …

Discussion: Raw Story

Edward Luce / Financial Times:

Pennsylvania is slipping from Donald Trump's grasp — Kamala Harris gains ground with crucial Hispanic voters in swing state that could decide 2024 US election — Asked why he had robbed a bank, William Sutton, one of the FBI's most wanted postwar criminals, replied, “because that's where the money is”.

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

Axios:

Behind the Curtain: Trump's devil-in-Georgia problem … Yet Trump himself has made this make-or-break state dramatically more breakable by torching its popular Republican governor, Brian Kemp, bluntly and repeatedly. — “He's a bad guy. … - “Little Brian, little Brian Kemp,” Trump continued.

Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story, Townhall, Washington Times and Mediaite

Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Harris and Walz will campaign by bus in Pennsylvania before the Democratic convention in Chicago

Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, Washington Post, New York Times, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Fox News and NBC News

ABC News:
Harris and Walz launch their 1st bus tour through western Pennsylvania

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times, NBC News and Reuters

Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:

Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America — The presidential election is three months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides democracy is over-rated? — Just over four years ago …

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Whitmer says people ‘reading too much’ into price-gouging plan specifics — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, RedState and IJR

Lauren Sforza / The Hill: Beshear says Harris's economic plan to ensure ‘capitalism stays within the guardrails’

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to counter Democratic convention with swing-state blitz

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump continues personal attacks against Harris: 'I'm a better looking person'

Discussion: Raw Story

Shia Kapos / Politico:

Protesters paused to reconsider opposing Harris at the DNC. They decided on full steam ahead. — There are at least six major protests planned during the DNC in Chicago. — CHICAGO — There was a moment after Vice President Kamala Harris was tapped to run for president …

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Forbes, Twitchy, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and WisPolitics

Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Promises to Arrest ‘Troublemaker’ DNC Protesters

Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNN, New York Times and Rolling Stone

Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Protests planned for Democrats' convention spark safety, speech worries

Discussion: Townhall, New York Times and IJR

Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:

Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia's Election Results — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.

Discussion: Salon

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:

Far-right influencers turn against Trump campaign — Hard-right provocateurs take aim at how the former president's aides are positioning him for the November vote — though not at the Republican candidate himself. — Some of the internet's most influential far-right figures are turning …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Progress Pond and Raw Story

Axios:

Michelle Obama to address Democratic Convention on Tuesday … - NBC News was first to report the Tuesday speaking slot. … - The DNC will kickoff on Monday, with President Biden headlining opening night and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also speaking.

Discussion: The Hill

Phillip M. Bailey / USA Today:
Former first lady Michelle Obama to deliver speech at 2024 Democratic convention

Discussion: Politico, Washington Examiner and Newsbusters

Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump tries to undermine Harris' legitimacy as a candidate

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, USA Today, New York Times, Associated Press, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Bloomberg and RTÉ

David Martin / CBS News:

Former aide H.R. McMaster on how Trump enjoys “pitting people against each other” — Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster had been a soldier for three decades when Donald Trump named him his national security adviser just one month into his administration. “Lots of people told me not to do it,” McMaster said.

Julia Azari / MSNBC:

JD Vance isn't helping Trump's ticket. Removing him would be even worse. — A main purpose of the vice presidential candidate, beyond avoiding harm or generating negative news cycles, is to highlight the presidential candidate's judgment and values. — Experts often debate about the best approach …

Discussion: Raw Story