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10:20 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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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: The Root, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Walks Out to Beyoncé and a Standing Ovation During DNC Debut  —  SURPRISE!  —  The vice president took the stage in Chicago on Monday to the delight of a jubilant crowd, which roared back at her a “we will win” chant.  —  CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris …
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.
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
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.
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Highlights From Night 1 of the Democratic Convention
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden's Sad Presidential Legacy
Discussion: The Federalist
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: Slate and USA Today
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The Daily Beast:
DNC Crowd Roars ‘Lock Him Up!’ as Hillary Clinton Slams Felon Trump
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton tells DNC that Harris will break ‘hardest glass ceiling’
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: CBS News, Raw Story and The Hill
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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: New Republic and PBS NewsHour
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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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
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Pro-Palestinian Protest Fizzles in Chicago  —  The Democratic National Convention begins today in Chicago; it promises a flurry of prime-time speeches, a formal nominating process (which has already been decided), and celebrity guest appearances.  All eyes Monday were on a pro-Palestinian protest …
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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 »
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's unsettling new question: ‘Why are we having an election?’  —  Given Donald Trump's hostility toward democracy, it's worth pausing when he asks supporters, “Why are we having an election?”  —  By all appearances, Donald Trump really doesn't like it when Democrats describe him as a threat …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump defends personal attacks on Harris, discusses election outcome, release of medical records
CNN:
Exclusive: Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy
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 …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters  —  The Republican Party wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on a nauseatingly complicated voting rights case, which could potentially disenfranchise thousands of presidential voters in the swing state of Arizona.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns  —  U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen …
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HuffPost:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Prime-Time Speech Reflects Long March To Mainstream
David Moye / HuffPost:
Alex Jones Considers Leaving U.S., And Social Media Approves
Discussion: The Moscow Times and Raw Story
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
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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
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
The Curious Hiring of Corey Lewandowski
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Don't Get Carried Away: The Election Could Still Go to Hell
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Harris proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, rolling back a Trump law
New York Times:
George Santos Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican ‘impeachment probe’ ends the way it began: with nothing
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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