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7:50 PM ET, August 20, 2024

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Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Brazenly Steals Kamala Harris' Beyoncé Anthem  —  COPYCAT  —  Trump's campaign co-opted the star's song “Freedom” just days after accusing Harris of “copying” him.  —  Not even a week after telling the crowd at a North Carolina rally that Kamala Harris was copying him …
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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 …
Reuters:
Trump to campaign in Michigan town with historic links to white extremism
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Hillary Clinton gets her Trump revenge moment
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Kamala Harris Understands The Real Challenge
Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris' election effort raises around $500 million in a month, sources say  —  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' election effort has raised around $500 million since she became the Democratic presidential candidate, sources told Reuters, an unprecedented money haul …
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Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
Harris leads Trump in new Nebraska 2nd District poll
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Eli Okun / Politico:   Playbook PM: Harris tries to build a big tent
Damita Menezes / NewsNation:
Biden's DNC speech delayed, pushed past prime-time coverage  —  (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden's highly anticipated speech at the Democratic National Convention was delayed, pushing past prime-time network coverage as the program ran more than an hour behind schedule.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
D.N.C. Live Updates: Democrats to Emphasize Unity in a Two-Arena Show  —  The second night of the Democratic convention is underway in Chicago, where former President Barack Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders will be among the speakers.  The Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, will rally in Milwaukee …
Max Tani / Semafor:
A friendly media grows grumbly in Chicago  —  The Scoop  —  Kamala Harris has ridden a wave of positive press coverage to the United Center in Chicago, but to judge by the grumbling here in Chicago, the honeymoon may be ending soon.  —  The Democratic National Convention …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump says he'd consider appointing RFK Jr. to role in administration  —  Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “certainly” be open to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing a role in his administration if the independent candidate drops out of the 2024 race and endorses the former president.
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CNBC:
RFK Jr. campaign ‘looking at’ joining forces with Trump, running mate Shanahan says
Josh Marcus / The Independent:
DNC night one ratings beat RNC by 21 percent despite late Biden speech  —  Early data comes as Trump reportedly concerned Kamala Harris nomination speech will outshine his from RNC  —  Support truly  —  independent journalism  —  Our mission is to deliver unbiased …
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why This DNC Is Different: A New Generation Is Steering, Finally
Discussion: The Dispatch and New York Times
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden's late-night swan song: Day 1 takeaways from the DNC
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Proud and Impassioned, Joe Biden Passes the Torch at the D.N.C.
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
North Carolina Moves to Toss-up, Setting Up November Battle for Magnificent Seven Swing States  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  —North Carolina moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up in our Electoral College ratings, further emphasizing a focus on 7 key swing states to the exclusion of almost everywhere else.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Old Man Who Saved American Democracy.  Twice.  —  1. Joe  —  I hope you drank it in last night.  It was one of the most human moments I've ever seen in politics, from the second the president stepped on stage and embraced his daughter.  —  But it was more than that.
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TIME:
Watch and Read Joe Biden's Full Speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The New AOC  —  The evolution of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a political force in American politics is fully apparent from just two speeches.  The first was delivered at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, two years after the insurgent progressive from New York was elected to Congress.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats tap border hawk as DNC immigration speaker
Discussion: New York Daily News
Hailey Bullis / Washington Examiner:
AOC uses bartending roots to rally Democrats at DNC opening and jab at Trump
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
'It's not a pro-life position': Anger after Trump says no to Comstock  —  Many prominent conservatives and anti-abortion activists were outraged by the remark, calling it “nonsensical” and “cowardly.”  —  Former President Donald Trump gave his clearest answer to date on the federal regulation …
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 …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat  —  In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.  —  President Biden approved in March …
CNN:
Trump attorney was targeted by hackers, sources say  —  One of Donald Trump's attorneys was targeted in a hacking attempt, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, marking a potentially serious new development as American intelligence agencies confirmed Monday that they have concluded Iran …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Exclusive: UAW's Shawn Fain on Teamsters RNC speech — “I wouldn't have” done it
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Gaetz faces primary challenge amid McCarthy revenge tour
NPR:
Here's who's speaking on Day 2 of the DNC
Gabriel Sandoval / Associated Press:
Arizona judge to announce winner of Democratic primary recount for US House race
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Mallory McMorrow at DNC calls Project 2025 conservative plan for a Trump dictatorship
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Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
New College of Florida Is Dumping Books—and Losing Professors
Discussion: USA Today
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
A Desperate Kennedy Campaign, and the Mystery of 110,000 Signatures
Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Gwen Walz reveals she underwent a different treatment, not IVF, in new details about fertility struggles
David Strom / HotAir:
Andy Beshear Hopes Somebody Rapes J.D. Vance's Wife or Daughter
David Jeans / Forbes:
A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The GOP's greatest skill: Taking credit for things Democrats did
Discussion: Raw Story
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Project 25 co-author says the quiet part on tape
Discussion: New Republic
 

 
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