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11:15 AM ET, August 20, 2024

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 takeaways from the Democratic convention, Biden's speech on Day 1  —  Biden's swan song, Ocasio-Cortez's coming-out party and a heavy Trump focus.  —  CHICAGO — Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the 2024 election, where the Democratic National Convention so far is largely about Donald Trump.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Former Trump official Stephanie Grisham to speak at the Democratic convention  —  Grisham resigned from the Trump administration immediately after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  CHICAGO — Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will speak at the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Harris, Needling Trump, Holds a Rally at His Convention Site  —  In her latest move that seems meant to get under Donald Trump's skin, Kamala Harris will hold an event at the same Milwaukee arena where he accepted the Republican nomination.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally …
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story, The Root and Bloomberg
CBS News:
Former Trump press secretary, other Republican officials to speak at DNC this week  —  Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary under the Trump administration, will speak at the Democratic National Convention to show her support for Vice President Kamala Harris this week.
Discussion: CNN and NBC News
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
In 2016, Obama Passed a Baton.  Tonight, He'll Aim to Resurrect a Movement.  —  In his speech at the Democratic National Convention, the former president will have the tricky task of helping to reassemble the kind of coalition that powered his own rise.  —  “Fair to say, this is not your …
Discussion: The Guardian, Slate and USA Today
Washington Post:
Trump portrays Harris as foreign, echoing past attacks on Democrats of color  —  “I wonder if they knew where she comes from,” Trump said, echoing a 2019 call for Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to where they came from.  —  YORK, Pa. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Hillary Clinton gets her Trump revenge moment
The Daily Beast:
DNC Crowd Roars ‘Lock Him Up!’ as Hillary Clinton Slams Felon Trump
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump defends personal attacks on Harris, discusses election outcome, release of medical records
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Harris proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, rolling back a Trump law
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Joe Biden didn't just pass the torch at the DNC — he paid tribute to the future  —  The president's Monday night address to the Democratic convention was a barn burner defense of his wins, which he happily shared with his hopeful successor.  —  President Joe Biden wiped away tears as he stepped …
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Politico:
Democrats blame ‘raucous applause’ for massive delays to convention programming  —  It's something in the way they cheered.  Or at least that's how Democratic convention officials spun it.  Democrats pushed President Joe Biden out of primetime on Monday — just a few weeks after driving him out of the race altogether.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Proud and Impassioned, Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.  —  In a valedictory speech in Chicago, the President mapped his legacy and asked to be remembered as a man who pulled the country from the maw of tragedy.  —  For years, Joe Biden has told fellow-politicians, with rueful wisdom …
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden, surrounded by family, speaks at the DNC: ‘I gave my best to you’  —  “My dad used to have an expression,” the president said.  “He'd say, ‘Joey, family is the beginning, the middle and the end.’”  —  CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, for several moments, couldn't speak.
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: The Final Ride of Adderall Joe
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
DNC to adopt platform that echoes Biden more than Harris, no arms embargo on Israel
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Who is speaking at the 2024 DNC? Here's the list of speakers for the Democratic convention
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Project 25 co-author says the quiet part on tape  —  Russ Vought is confident that Trump will come through once again for anti-choice Republicans.  —  🚨 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: PBS NewsHour and New Republic
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis  —  Loans of around $13 billion have remained ‘hung’ for nearly two years, bringing in interest payments but weighing on banks' balance sheets  —  The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter …
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Meredith Shiner / New Republic:
Beware the Pundit-Brained Version of the Democratic Convention  —  It's one of those moments that is tattooed on your brain forever—if your brain is the kind that is fully occupied by an encyclopedic memory of inane political moments that normal people forget: Donald Trump steps out onto …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Insists He's “Extremely Normal” During Incredibly Weird Speech  —  After stewing in Tim Walz's “weird” label for several weeks, Donald Trump has finally cooked up a comeback: No, you.  —  “You know, he said we're weird,” Trump told a small crowd in York, Pennsylvania …
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Axios:
DNC makes Teamsters president sweat … - The Teamsters boss became the first-ever union president to speak at an RNC last month, delivering fiery remarks before a party that has a track record of opposing labor movements.  — Rank-and-file Teamsters retirees have been invited to attend the DNC …
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Trump Is About to Get the All-Clear to Cash In on Media Shares  — Donald Trump has not indicated plans to sell any of 60% stake  —  Donald Trump is a month away from being able to turn his paper social-media fortune into cold, hard cash.  The question is, will he?
Discussion: Fortune and Crikey, more at Techmeme »
Yash Roy / The Hill:
Former Trump voter: Trump is ‘lying about pretty much everything’  —  Rich Logis, a former voter for former President Trump, appeared in a video message broadcast to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to say that the COVID-19 pandemic showed him how Trump was “lying about pretty much everything.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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ABC News:
Former Trump supporter Rich Logis says he's ‘all in’ for Harris
Discussion: NPR
Amanda L Gordon / Bloomberg:
Harris Unlocks Unprecedented Wave of Money from Women Donors  —  Billionaires and small-dollar donors alike are pushing women to give at higher rates than in any previous presidential election.  —  Kamala Harris' rise to the top of the presidential ticket has unlocked a flood of money from an ascendant group of donors: women.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention  —  Speakers said that Trump called for injecting bleach, wrote love letters to dictators and advocated that women be punished for abortion, among other claims.  —  The first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured …
 
 
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JD Vance / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Wages War on U.S. Energy
Discussion: Washington Examiner and E&E News
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden's Sad Presidential Legacy
Discussion: The Federalist
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Highlights From Night 1 of the Democratic Convention
HuffPost:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Prime-Time Speech Reflects Long March To Mainstream
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump says he may end EV tax credit; is open to naming Elon Musk as an adviser
David Moye / HuffPost:
Alex Jones Considers Leaving U.S., And Social Media Approves
Discussion: The Moscow Times and Raw Story
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Business Insider:
Taylor Swift can absolutely sue Trump over the fake endorsement images he reposted. Winning a lawsuit might be harder.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Even Republicans don't think America will become communist
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
JD Vance gets a cheesesteak at Pat's
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Twitchy and Raw Story
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
‘Short-sighted and stupid’: Dem megadonor abandons crypto super PACs
Discussion: Fortune and CoinDesk
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's unsettling new question: ‘Why are we having an election?’
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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