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1:15 PM ET, August 21, 2024

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Kwan Wei Kevin Tan / Business Insider:
Watch the Obama joke everyone is talking about from the DNC  — GOP nominee Donald Trump loomed large in Barack Obama's speech at the DNC on Tuesday.  — Obama slammed Trump's “weird obsession with crowd sizes” while making a suggestive hand gesture.  — Obama said Trump has …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama's DNC Speech Had a Hidden Message to Democrats  —  Experienced in the moment, Barack Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago felt like the rousing culmination of a pep rally, peppered with funny insults of Donald Trump and familiar soaring patriotic oratory.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race
Discussion: Fox News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
“Who's gonna tell him”: Michelle Obama jabs Trump on “Black jobs”
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama lifts up Harris while lambasting Trump
Gabe Hauari / USA Today:
DNC speakers schedule tonight: See who is speaking Tuesday, including Barack and Michelle Obama
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
DeSantis takeover of Florida school boards has big setback  —  At least 11 of his endorsed candidates appear to have lost Tuesday.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to elect conservative-leaning school board members across Florida hit a snag Tuesday …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Democrats In Array  —  The official delegate roll-call to nominate a presidential candidate is usually one of the more boring parts of a convention to watch, so the DNC party-planners' decision to score each delegation's mini-monologues with state-specific hype music was an inspired one.
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New York Times:
Harris, in a Show of Force, Holds a Large Rally 80 Miles From Her Convention
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Former Trump press secretary says he mocked his supporters as ‘basement dwellers’  —  Stephanie Grisham was one of several Republicans to address the Democratic National Convention and urge a vote for Kamala Harris.  —  Among the more eyebrow-raising speakers Tuesday night …
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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Trump's Former Press Secretary Shows DNC A Troubling Text With Melania
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's claims about violent crime increasingly diverge from reality  —  From cherry-picked data to imaginary anecdotes, Trump presents a bleak vision of an obviously non-existent America.  —  On Tuesday, as former president Donald Trump was making remarks at a Michigan sheriff's office …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Surprised by Who Hurt His Feelings the Most at the DNC  —  ‘I WAS AMAZED’  —  “Her total hatred, and statements made about me, had no bounds,” he said.  —  Donald Trump has apparently been stewing on a speech given at the Democratic National Convention by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump slams New York governor's speech at DNC: ‘Nastiest speaker’
Discussion: New York Magazine, IJR, Raw Story and Axios
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump sets the stage for another coup attempt  —  There's an authoritarian method to his madness.  —  🚨 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.
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Michelle Obama Suits the Moment  —  On Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention, the former first lady (and her husband) suited up for the next stage.  —  From the moment Michelle Obama strode onstage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night baring arms …
Discussion: Glamour and Reason
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Trump “Disgusts Me to My Core”: Ex-MAGA Supporters Tell the World Why They're Voting for Kamala Harris  —  “Voting against Trump and for Kamala Harris is the right thing to do.”  —  From the president of the United Auto Workers calling him a “scab” and Senator Raphael Warnock deeming him a …
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights  —  Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the issue before the electorate this fall.
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Bill Pascrell, longtime N.J. congressman and fierce Trump critic, dies at 87  —  The Democrat's four decades in rough-and-tumble New Jersey politics prepared him well for one of his most visible roles: Donald Trump antagonizer.  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell …
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Judge orders Trump to update him on unanswered Secret Service subpoena tied to Jan. 6 civil case  —  A federal judge overseeing civil litigation brought against Donald Trump by lawmakers and police who endured the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has agreed to give the former president …
Kyle Khan-Mullins / Forbes:
‘Call This Idiot’: Trump Ordered Cabinet Secretary To Pressure Fed Chair To Cut Rates  —  In his new book, one-time Trump cabinet member Wilbur Ross claims the then-president threatened to remove Powell as Fed chairman if he kept raising rates, a policy that not only affected everyday Americans but hurt Trump's personal finances.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Associated Press
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
The Vibe Has Shifted Downballot Too  —  Democrats in key state legislature races say they're seeing a surge in money, volunteers—and hope.  —  It doesn't take a lot of detective work to grasp that the mood within the Democratic party has improved dramatically since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Maria Bartiromo's wild and “kind of racist” election conspiracy theory collapses immediately  —  Bartiromo, who was deeply involved in promoting the Dominion election conspiracy theories that Fox News paid for, is at it again  —  Maria Bartiromo repeatedly used her Fox Business show to peddle …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump's Latest Scheme to Beat Harris May Have Crossed Legal Lines … He may not be in office, but Donald Trump has been speaking with the powers that be about Israel's war on Gaza—but it's not in an effort to end the genocide.  —  Instead, Trump has allegedly been talking …
Discussion: Raw Story, Amadi Talks and Meret
John Sexton / HotAir:
Kamala Harris Supports a 25% Wealth Tax on Unrealized Gains  —  Joe Bide was up to his old tricks last night when talking about billionaires and what they pay in taxes.  He has been lying about this for years so why stop now.  CNN fact-checked him this morning: … I've gone over all of this before.
Discussion: Townhall, HuffPost, Raw Story, CNN, WUSA and NPR
 
 
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Done With Us
Discussion: Harvard Law School and Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payroll growth revised down by 818,000, Labor Department says
Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
North Carolina election board allows virtual student IDs to comply with mandate
Discussion: Associated Press and NC Newsline
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising
Francesca D'Annunzio / The Texas Observer:
Observing the Borderlands  —  After stints at the McAllen Monitor and as a Lege staffer …
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Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Harris-Walz team has largest mobilization week of campaign cycle
Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Trump Drops the Mic After Reporter Asks Why He Visited a City ‘Linked to White Supremacy’
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
How Harris wants to handle Gaza at the Democratic convention
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr.'s running mate drops the pretense about helping Trump