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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 …
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why This DNC Is Different: A New Generation Is Steering, Finally — Even as Democrats on Monday gave President Joe Biden the warmest appreciation of his five-decade career and celebrated his decision to forego re-nomination, the sepia-hued nostalgia betrayed the not-so-subtle gnashing of the party's rank-and-file.
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Hillary Clinton gets her Trump revenge moment — Hillary Clinton is finally getting (one form of) revenge on Donald Trump. The former secretary of state used her primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention to rip into her former presidential rival as a selfish criminal who Democrats now have …
Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
Harris leads Trump in new Nebraska 2nd District poll — Most recent local Biden-Trump polling had shown Trump narrowly leading or slightly behind — OMAHA — A new poll in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District shows Vice President Kamala Harris has reinvigorated local Democrats, infusing them with renewed hope.
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roanoke.edu:
Roanoke College Poll: Harris holds slim lead over Trump in Virginia
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Kamala Harris Understands The Real Challenge
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CBS News:
Former Trump press secretary, other Republican officials to speak at DNC this week
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden's late-night swan song: Day 1 takeaways from the DNC
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Reuters:
Trump to campaign in Michigan town with historic links to white extremism
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Proud and Impassioned, Joe 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 …
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Politico:
Democrats blame ‘raucous applause’ for massive delays to convention programming
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Joe Biden didn't just pass the torch at the DNC — he paid tribute to the future
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Biden urges voters to elect Harris in order to ‘preserve democracy’ in hopeful speech
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden, surrounded by family, speaks at the DNC: ‘I gave my best to you’
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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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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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Biden's Valediction: Twenty Pounds ... As Always
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Gwen Walz reveals she underwent a different treatment, not IVF, in new details about fertility struggles — Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz clarified in a statement to CNN that she did not use in vitro fertilization to conceive, sharing new details about her and Gov. Tim Walz's fertility struggles …
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David Jeans / Forbes:
A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs — Two children of alleged Kremlin allies work on the investment team at 8VC, the firm led by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale. — Venture capital firm 8VC, which has invested in U.S. defense contractors like Palantir and Anduril …
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.
David Strom / HotAir:
Andy Beshear Hopes Somebody Rapes J.D. Vance's Wife or Daughter — The Democrat Party is filled with trash people. — That's not to say every Democrat is trash; just an abnormally large number of them are disgusting, nasty, vile, hateful liars whose fondest wish is to harm people they disagree with.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The GOP's greatest skill: Taking credit for things Democrats did — One party keeps lying about its public service record. Talk about “stolen valor.” — Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has accused his Democratic counterpart of “stolen valor,” a term that typically refers to lying about a military service record.
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