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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 …
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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.
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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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
“Who's gonna tell him”: Michelle Obama jabs Trump on “Black jobs”
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David Harsanyi / New York Post:
Obamas lecture America on decency as the Democrats lie
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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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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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Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Both Harris and Trump have yet to disclose their top fundraisers
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising
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Matt K. Lewis / The Hill:
Harris vs. Trump, joy vs. fear
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Harris and Trump Shield Their Big Campaign Fund-Raisers From the Public
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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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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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Gabrielle Russon / Florida Politics:
Ron DeSantis' School Board picks sputter on Election Night
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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 …
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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 …
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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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’
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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.
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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Done With Us — The damage inflicted on the nation during Donald J. Trump's first term in office pales in comparison to 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.
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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.
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Reuters:
Trump earns big from Florida golf resorts as his other businesses flag — Donald J. Trump's golf club in Jupiter, Florida, where multi-million-dollar villas flank the greens of an 18-hole course, reflects the new geography of his family business. Long based in New York …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Telecom company agrees to $1M fine over Biden deepfake — Federal authorities hope the settlement will deter the deceptive use of AI-generated impersonations of political figures and others. — A telecom company has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for its role in the deepfake robocall …
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 …
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