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10:45 AM ET, August 21, 2024

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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
“Who's gonna tell him”: Michelle Obama jabs Trump on “Black jobs” … - She added: “Who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?”  — Michelle Obama's words carry great weight among Democrats. … - A “familiar feeling that's been buried too deep for far too long.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama lifts up Harris while lambasting Trump
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’
Gabe Hauari / USA Today:
DNC speakers schedule tonight: See who is speaking Tuesday, including Barack and Michelle Obama
Jim Rutenberg / Associated Press:
Highlights From Night 2 of the Democratic Convention
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.
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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  —  As Stephanie Grisham spoke at the Democratic National Convention, a screen behind her displayed a text exchange she said she'd had with Melania Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former White House press secretary …
Donald J. Trump For President 2024:
DNC ROUNDUP: Most Outrageous Moments From Day Two  —  Day two of the DNC in Chicago was exactly like the first — angry, delusional, and devoid of any solutions to the problems facing Americans.  —  It was the same story, different day on day two of the DNC — in which one angry Democrat …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story, USA Today and Daily Kos
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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.
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.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising  —  STACKING UP  —  Her first four weeks as a presidential candidate have been a fundraising frenzy.  —  Kamala Harris raised an unprecedented haul of about $500 million in the first month of her candidacy, according to a report.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
GOP megadonor drops another $50M into pro-Trump super PAC
Discussion: Quartz and NBC News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr.'s running mate drops the pretense about helping Trump  —  Nicole Shanahan offered some surprisingly unvarnished comments that played into Democrats' long-standing allegations.  —  For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been running for president, Democrats have cast him as a stalking horse for Donald Trump.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump says he'd consider appointing RFK Jr. to role in administration
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 …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Peltola Finishes First in Alaska House Primary, With Begich as Top Challenger  —  The conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family came in second in a ranked-choice primary that could play out similarly to 2022, when Republicans split their votes and elected a Democrat.
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: 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: HuffPost, Townhall, Raw Story, CNN, WUSA and NPR
Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Trump Drops the Mic After Reporter Asks Why He Visited a City ‘Linked to White Supremacy’  —  Donald Trump appeared in Howell, MI, on Tuesday as part of a sprint through several battleground states, with the Republican nominee seeking to offer voters some counter-programming to the Democratic National Convention.
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 …
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Trump returns to Michigan to talk crime, but data shows rates dropped after he left office  —  Howell — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan, arguing there is a “crime wave” going on at levels “nobody has ever seen before,” but Federal Bureau …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The fact-checking industrial complex  —  Holding powerful people accountable for lying is an important task for the media.  Many larger media outlets have dedicated reporters, known as fact-checkers, to perform this function.  They evaluate claims made by politicians and others in positions …
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Democrat Civil War Watch: Biden's Revenge Is Coming  —  It was an amazing thing to see last night.  After pushing Biden out of the race, the night that was supposed to be his swan song became the Democrats' final insult as Biden's speech was pushed well past primetime.
Discussion: RedState, Puck, Fox News and freebeacon.com
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Politico:
Democrats are ordered to keep speeches short and on time
Discussion: USA Today
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Harris-Walz team has largest mobilization week of campaign cycle  —  The campaign said it contacted more than 1 million voters.  —  Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hold a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Aug. 20, 2024.
 
 
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Francesca D'Annunzio / The Texas Observer:
Observing the Borderlands  —  After stints at the McAllen Monitor and as a Lege staffer …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
How Harris wants to handle Gaza at the Democratic convention
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans worry Trump blowing their chances for Senate majority
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Democratic Senate campaign chief ‘encouraged’ by races in Florida, Texas
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump baffles onlookers with claim Americans can't buy bread without getting raped or shot
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Leland Pinder / 6abc:
Republican leader in Montgomery County swatted after publicly endorsing Kamala Harris
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Gaetz fends off primary challenge in Florida, dealing blow to McCarthy
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Harris campaign knocks Trump over event in ‘KKK capital of Michigan’
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