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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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The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Hill, Politico, Vox, USA Today and Townhall
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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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The Bulwark, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Hill, WUSA, The Western Journal, Mediaite, New Republic, New York Daily News, Washington Times and USA Today
Reuters:
Trump to campaign in Michigan town with historic links to white extremism
Trump to campaign in Michigan town with historic links to white extremism
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Townhall, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Detroit Free Press, Newsbusters, Black America Web and Fox News
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Kamala Harris Understands The Real Challenge
Kamala Harris Understands The Real Challenge
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New Republic and Digby's Hullabaloo
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Harris, Needling Trump, Holds a Rally at His Convention Site
Harris, Needling Trump, Holds a Rally at His Convention Site
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
In 2016, Obama Passed a Baton. Tonight, He'll Aim to Resurrect a Movement.
In 2016, Obama Passed a Baton. Tonight, He'll Aim to Resurrect a Movement.
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The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Guardian, Washington Post, Slate and USA Today
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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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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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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Breitbart, New York Post, The Hill, WRIC-TV, The Daily Caller, Virginia Mercury, Blue Virginia and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Exclusive: Harris' election effort raises around $500 million in a month, sources say
Exclusive: Harris' election effort raises around $500 million in a month, sources say
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New York Times
Adria R Walker / The Guardian:
Ex-Nikki Haley voters rally behind Kamala Harris: ‘I picked the side that had the least issues’
Ex-Nikki Haley voters rally behind Kamala Harris: ‘I picked the side that had the least issues’
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, ABC7, Raw Story and Boing Boing
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Barack and Michelle Obama look to add a flavor of 2008 to Harris's bid
Barack and Michelle Obama look to add a flavor of 2008 to Harris's bid
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The Hill, NBC News, RedState, Advocate, Semafor, Associated Press, The Daily Signal, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Forbes, The Guardian, New York Magazine, USA Today, The Message Box, Breitbart, Reuters, abc7NY, New York Post and Deadline
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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New York Times
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden's late-night swan song: Day 1 takeaways from the DNC
Biden's late-night swan song: Day 1 takeaways from the DNC
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MSNBC, Associated Press, RedState, Washington Post, Fox News, Townhall, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, New York Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, USA Today, Breitbart, CBS News, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give
The Speech Biden Never Wanted to Give
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The Guardian, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, RTÉ, Fox News, USA Today, ABC News and Variety
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 takeaways from the Democratic convention, Biden's speech on Day 1
5 takeaways from the Democratic convention, Biden's speech on Day 1
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New York Post, Business Insider, Poynter, NC Newsline, USA Today, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
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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The Daily Beast, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fortune, New Republic and Pharyngula, more at Techmeme »
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
Scoop: Democrats tap border hawk as DNC immigration speaker
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New York Daily News
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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Washington Examiner, The Hill and PoliticusUSA
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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Digby's Hullabaloo, Los Angeles Times, Reason, El País, Townhall, UnHerd, CBS News, The Post Millennial, Washington Times and Scripps News
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 …
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Bloomberg, Semafor and Foreign Policy
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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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 …
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 …
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Raw Story, TechCrunch, Forbes, Al Jazeera, Washington Times, RTÉ, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Associated Press, USA Today and RedState
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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New Republic
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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USA Today
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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freebeacon.com, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Wired, Breitbart and CNBC
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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Twitchy, acecomments.mu.nu and Fox News
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