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2:10 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
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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?
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP investigators accuse Biden of ‘impeachable conduct’ in long-awaited report  —  It's unlikely to change the fact that Republicans don't have the votes to impeach the president.  —  House Republican investigators accused President Joe Biden of engaging in “impeachable conduct” as part of a long-awaited report.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican ‘impeachment probe’ ends the way it began: with nothing  —  What the probe reveals more than anything is the extent to which Republican House officials were willing to use their power to aid Donald Trump politically.  —  Congressional committees have sweeping power …
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Prominent Republicans supporting Harris will speak at the Democratic National Convention
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   How Harris built her political network as vice president
CNN:
Exclusive: Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy  —  Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:   ‘This was a coup.’ Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   The election is extremely close
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
The Populist Mantle Is Harris's for the Taking
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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Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Worried About the TV Ratings for Harris' DNC Speech  —  The former president has been telling allies his convention's TV ratings were “tremendous” and won't be topped by Harris this week … But as the 2024 Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago this week …
Beatrice Nolan / Business Insider:
Donald Trump shares seemingly fake pictures of Taylor Swift — and Swifties are furious  — Donald Trump appears to have shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans.  — The images, which have telltale signs of AI use, show Swift and fans endorsing him in the election.
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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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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Fetterman spokeswoman reamed for reportedly contradicting boss on Israel: ‘Unparalleled hubris’
Discussion: The Free Press
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Veteran Jailed With Brother in United Arab Emirates: I Was Drugged Then Framed  —  HELLHOLE PRISON  —  A local rights group has asked Donald Trump's running mate Senator JD Vance for help bringing Ohio brothers Joseph and Joshua Lopez home.  —  An Air Force veteran turned social media influencer …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge dismisses George Santos's suit against Jimmy Kimmel over Cameo videos  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed former Rep. George Santos's (R-N.Y.) lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel over the late-night host's requests for personalized videos on Cameo, a ruling that landed just hours before Santos …
Discussion: CBS News
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Blinken says Israel agrees to a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire and calls on Hamas to do same  —  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, as he pushes for a halt to the fighting in Gaza.  He called it a “decisive moment” …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Proposes Ban on Criticizing Pro-Trump Judges … Over the weekend, Donald Trump expressed in a speech his belief that public criticism of judges and Supreme Court justices who rule in Trump's favor should be illegal.  —  Trump took this position expressly, twice, in his speech, albeit in a stream-of-consciousness riff.
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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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: Tangle and acecomments.mu.nu
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.
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 …
Pluralistic:
Corporate Bullshit (permalink)  —  Corporate Bullshit: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America is Nick Hanauer, Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen's 2023 book on the history of corporate apologetics; it's great:  —  https://thenewpress.com/books/ corporate-bullsht
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
 
 
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John S. Tobey / Forbes:
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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
The Times of Israel:
Hamas claims Tel Aviv blast as attempted suicide bombing, vows to carry out more
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Governor Who Endorsed Trump to Heal American Politics
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Robert Reich:
We thank you, Joe  —  Tonight is for you  —  Tonight's opening of the Democratic National Convention …
Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It's Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States
Discussion: Missouri Independent
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russia Bans George and Amal Clooney's Foundation as ‘Undesirable’
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Politico:
Kamala Harris is making one big strategic break from Hillary Clinton
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