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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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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 takeaways from the Democratic convention, Biden's speech on Day 1
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Harris, Needling Trump, Holds a Rally at His Convention Site
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Hailey Bullis / Washington Examiner:
AOC uses bartending roots to rally Democrats at DNC opening and jab at Trump
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden's late-night swan song: Day 1 takeaways from the DNC
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give
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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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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 — 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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Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: Harris tries to build a big tent — HEADS UP — NICOLE SHANAHAN said she and ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. have to choose whether to stay in the race or drop out and join forces with DONALD TRUMP to stop VP KAMALA HARRIS. “Not an easy decision,” she said on Tom Bilyeu's “Impact Theory” podcast.
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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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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Is Kamala Scared to Debate Trump on Fox?
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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.
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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 …
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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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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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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Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Walz Family Fertility Journey Ran Not Through I.V.F. but Another Common Treatment
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Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
New College of Florida Is Dumping Books—and Losing Professors — The conservative transformation of the institution continues, with gender studies texts being tossed and the faculty chair, plus other professors, taking leave. — This past week provided plenty of reminders …
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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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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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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
A Desperate Kennedy Campaign, and the Mystery of 110,000 Signatures — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential team relied on a super PAC for the signatures needed to get on the ballot in Arizona, according to people with knowledge of the operation. — On Friday, a longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Survey shows Latinos more interested in voting with Biden out of race — A new national survey of registered Latino voters found they are significantly more interested in voting in the 2024 presidential election now that President Biden is out of the race and Vice President Harris …
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Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Mallory McMorrow at DNC calls Project 2025 conservative plan for a Trump dictatorship — State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, walked onstage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a prop: A giant book featuring the cover of Project 2025, a playbook for the next conservative presidential administration.
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