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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Trump has far less campaign money and infrastructure than Harris  —  The former president's campaign infrastructure is smaller than Harris' — and his own from 2020.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign spending more than doubled last month as he dropped big money on ads attacking his new opponent …
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Max Burns / The Hill:
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Discussion: New Republic
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 …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:   Trump sets the stage for another coup attempt
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race  —  Most of us, Michelle Obama said, “will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”  —  In her speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2016, Michelle Obama coined one of the defining phrases …
Discussion: Fox News
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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.
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 …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama lifts up Harris while lambasting Trump
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
“Who's gonna tell him”: Michelle Obama jabs Trump on “Black jobs”
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
RFK Jr. plans speech on ‘path forward’ amid talk of potentially backing Trump  —  Nicole Shanahan, the independent presidential candidate's running mate, said in an interview that the campaign was weighing staying in versus joining forces with Trump.  —  Independent presidential candidate …
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Washington Post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moves closer to Trump endorsement  —  His campaign has announced an address to the nation Friday in Arizona about what happens next.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he will address the nation about the path forward for his campaign Friday in Arizona …
ABC News:
RFK Jr. plans to drop out of presidential race by end of week: Sources
Discussion: CoinDesk and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Free Bill Clinton
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
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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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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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Isn't Finished  —  The damage inflicted on the nation during Donald Trump's first term in office pales in comparison with what he will do if he is elected to a second term.  How can we know this?  The best evidence is Trump himself.  He has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to tear the country apart.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payroll growth revised down by 818,000, Labor Department says  — As part of its preliminary annual benchmark revisions to the nonfarm payroll numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the actual job growth was nearly 30% less than the initially reported … WATCH NOW
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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Associated Press:
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC  —  (AP video: Serkan Gurbuz, Carrie Antlfinger)  —  Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate …
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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
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Vladimir Putin manipulated Donald Trump's ‘ego and insecurities’, book says  —  Former US national security adviser HR McMaster claims Russian president had a hold over Trump in new memoir  —  Vladimir Putin exploited Donald Trump's “ego and insecurities” to exert an almost mesmeric hold …
Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
Oath Keepers lawyer pleads guilty to ordering militia to destroy evidence after Capitol riot  —  Kellye SoRelle, of Texas, pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstruction of justice.  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas woman who served as the former general counsel for the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Wednesday …
Discussion: The Hill
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Pelosi makes no apologies at DNC for her role in Biden's ouster  —  The DNC is also serving as something of a no-apologies tour for the former House speaker who has been meme-d for her role in getting Biden to decide not to seek reelection.  —  CHICAGO — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …
Discussion: WBUR
 
 
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Trump On The Assassination Attempt, Israel, The Border And “Comrade Kamala”
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
JD Vance accused Tim Walz of lying about his IVF experience. Fertility doctors say confusion is common.
Reuters:
Trump earns big from Florida golf resorts as his other businesses flag
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Telecom company agrees to $1M fine over Biden deepfake
Discussion: The Verge
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