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12:10 PM ET, August 19, 2024

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Harris-Walz probes ignite House GOP divisions … - One House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity to critique their party's investigations, said the probes are “unnecessary.”  — “We have an election to win. … - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) argued that investigating Harris and Walz is …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, UPI and The Hill
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How Democrats Reversed the Script on the GOP  —  Now it's Harris' party that's showing a sense of unity, purpose and relentless focus on winning.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is discarding her now-inconvenient left-wing proposals from her 2020 primary bid and airing tough-on the-border ads?
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Makes Impeachment Case Against Biden Without Proof of Crime  —  In a lengthy report released on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Republicans used circumstantial evidence to accuse the president of corruption tied to his son's foreign business dealings.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The election is extremely close  —  Harris is winning — but her strategy still seems a little complacent  —  Kamala Harris has pulled off a virtuosic political performance this summer.  In the immediate aftermath of Joe Biden's debate fiasco, the Democratic Party was paralyzed …
CNN:
GOP-led committees release Biden impeachment report without formally recommending the House move forward with impeachment  —  The trio of Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Monday released a report arguing that the president has …
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
The Populist Mantle Is Harris's for the Taking
Daniel Payne / Politico:
Harris isn't pushing Medicare for All anymore. Progressives say that's OK.
Discussion: The Federalist and New York Times
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Trump's carny act isn't working anymore  —  His Folgers Coffee™ Conference showed a candidate in decline.  —  🚨 This special five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
Discussion: The Weekly Sift
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Washington Post:
‘This was a coup.’ Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win.  —  Amid a tight presidential race, Donald Trump has tried to delegitimize Kamala Harris's nomination and undermine confidence in this year's election.  —  From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris emerged …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Harris implies Trump a ‘coward’ during Pennsylvania campaign appearance
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Donald Trump Falsely Claims Taylor Swift Has Endorsed Him by Posting AI Images: ‘I Accept’  —  Donald Trump has posted a series of AI-generated images on his Truth Social account falsely claiming that Taylor Swift has endorsed him for president.  —  O n Sunday night, Trump shared several screenshots …
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Trump Falls For AI-Generated Taylor Swift Fans In Kooky Endorsement Claim: ‘I Accept!’  —  The former president shared a number of fake “Swifties for Trump” pictures including one that's clearly labelled “satire.”  —  LOADING  —  Donald Trump had a “love story” for fake photos indicating …
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite, Raw Story and IJR
Beatrice Nolan / Business Insider:
Donald Trump shares seemingly fake pictures of Taylor Swift — and Swifties are furious
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Biden's bitter, sweet exit … He'll herald Vice President Kamala Harris, who'll turn 60 in October, as the future of the party and the country.  — Look for the president to say he believes in democracy, and believes in America.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Jill Biden's speech at convention honors President Biden and marks an end for the first lady, too
Discussion: Breitbart and Associated Press
Politico:
'It's very complicated': Harris' big week begins with Biden's farewell
TODAY.com:
Legendary TV talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88  —  Donahue died on Sunday night following a long illness, his family said in a statement.  —  Longtime TV talk show host Phil Donahue died on Sunday night following a long illness, his family said.  He was 88.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Gouging out the truth  —  In a speech on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris fleshed out some of the economic policies she would pursue if she won the presidency in November.  Harris spoke briefly about her plans to crack down on price gouging in the grocery industry.
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Democrats Taunt Trump At Trump Tower Chicago Ahead of Convention  —  The DNC is tagging Trump Tower amid reports former president plans to use his property during the Democratic convention … Party operatives, armed with a high-powered projector, booked themselves a room across the street …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Governor Who Endorsed Trump to Heal American Politics  —  Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.  —  On the evening last month when Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, Spencer Cox was at home in the Utah governor's mansion.
Jeff Asher / Jeff-alytics:
Murder Is Likely Falling At The Fastest Pace Ever Recorded In 2024  —  Richards Heuer's Psychology of Intelligence Analysis was required reading when I was a baby analyst at CIA and I like to think that its teachings have permeated throughout my analysis and writing.
Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It's Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States  —  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: Missouri Independent
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
SEC charges Carl Icahn with hiding billions in loans backed by IEP stock  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn illegally failed to disclose billions of dollars worth of personal margin loans pledged against the value of his Icahn Enterprises stock.
Peter Savodnik / The Free Press:
John Fetterman Has No Regrets  —  John Fetterman is skipping this week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and, to hear it from him, it has nothing—literally nothing—to do with him scotch-taping photos of the Israeli hostages to his Senate office walls.
Washington Post:
Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city  —  Victor Miller has skirted attempts by OpenAI and the state to shut down his campaign, believed to be the first U.S. effort of its kind.  —  Mayoral candidate Victor Miller, a bespectacled librarian with an AI obsession …
Discussion: The Guardian
The Times of Israel:
Hamas claims Tel Aviv blast as attempted suicide bombing, vows to carry out more  —  Police and Shin Bet confirm incident an intended terror attack, dead bomber's identity unknown; reports suggest attacker came from Nablus area in the West Bank  —  Security camera footage shows a man walking …
Associated Press:
Republicans are central in an effort to rescue Cornel West's ballot hopes in Arizona  —  A group of lawyers with deep ties to the Republican Party scrambled over the weekend to rescue an effort to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the Arizona ballot, offering …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russia Bans George and Amal Clooney's Foundation as ‘Undesirable’  —  SHUT DOWN  —  It's not a word typically associated with the couple.  —  Russian authorities on Monday declared George Clooney's nonprofit “undesirable,” effectively blocking it from operating inside the country.
Discussion: UPI, Raw Story and Politico
 
 
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David Strom / HotAir:
Is Kamala Drunk?  —  There is a lot of chatter on Twitter/X regarding Kamala Harris' bizarre word salads.
Discussion: Townhall
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’
Adrianna Tomasello / Democrats:
DNC Releases 2024 Party Platform to be Voted on at Convention
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Conservatives Are Already Working to Enact Their Project 2025 Agenda
Robert Reich:
We thank you, Joe  —  Tonight is for you  —  Tonight's opening of the Democratic National Convention …
Rachel Maddow / New York Times:
What Worries Me Most About Election Night
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
3 Women With Harrowing Pregnancy Stories Will Speak at Convention
Maggie Severns / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Kamala Harris's Enormous Fundraising Drive
Politico:
Kamala Harris is making one big strategic break from Hillary Clinton
Discussion: New Republic
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Former GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock says she's voting for Harris
Discussion: Washington Post
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy's last flop … - Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is expected to win easily on Tuesday despite …
Discussion: The Hill
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