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10:10 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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Gabe Hauari / USA Today:
DNC speakers schedule tonight: See who is speaking Tuesday, including Barack and Michelle Obama
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama lifts up Harris while lambasting Trump
Jim Rutenberg / Associated Press:
Highlights From Night 2 of the Democratic Convention
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 …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Harris campaign knocks Trump over event in ‘KKK capital of Michigan’
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Kamala Harris has raised nearly $500 million in the past month
Washington Examiner:
Doug Emhoff tells DNC that Kamala Harris is ‘ready to lead’
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 …
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
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.
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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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
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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press:
Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion  —  The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way for voters to decide on the constitutional right to an abortion.
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Shawn Fain Explicates ‘Scab’  —  And other observations by the UAW's president  —  United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, August 19, 2024.  —  Having prompted the delegates …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump baffles onlookers with claim Americans can't buy bread without getting raped or shot  —  Former President Donald Trump took time out of his day Tuesday to muse that people can't even go to the grocery store anymore without getting raped, mugged or even shot.
Discussion: HuffPost
Jessica Piper / Politico:
GOP megadonor drops another $50M into pro-Trump super PAC  —  Timothy Mellon has now given $115 million this cycle to the group.  —  A reclusive Republican megadonor gave $50 million to a pro-Trump super PAC in July, following two other massive donations to boost the former president this cycle.
Discussion: Quartz and NBC News
 
 
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans worry Trump blowing their chances for Senate majority
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
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