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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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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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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 …
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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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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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Kamala Harris Understands The Real Challenge — This is what a party looks like when it's purpose-built to hold the anti-Trump coalition together. — ∙ Paid — Early in Donald Trump's presidency—perhaps as early as one day after his inauguration, when millions …
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Reuters:
Trump to campaign in Michigan town with historic links to white extremism
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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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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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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 …
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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give — “Thank you, Joe!” the crowd members chanted to a tearful president for his lifetime of public service. But they were also thanking him for not running again. — When the crowd members in the United Center first chanted, “Thank you, Joe!
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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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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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roanoke.edu:
Roanoke College Poll: Harris holds slim lead over Trump in Virginia — Lead within margin of error; Cao trails Kaine in race for Senate seat — Vice President Kamala Harris holds a slim three-point lead over former President Donald Trump (47%-44%) in a head-to-head matchup in Virginia and a similar lead …
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Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
Harris leads Trump in new Nebraska 2nd District poll
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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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Washington Examiner
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 …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Biden's Valediction: Twenty Pounds ... As Always — Give Joe Biden this much credit — he stayed up past his bedtime. And mine, and pretty much everyone's east of the Colorado River. For some reason, the organizers of the Democrats' national convention let the schedule slide more than an hour …
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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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Raw Story
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?
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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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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Pro-Palestinian Protest Fizzles in Chicago
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