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2:05 PM ET, August 21, 2024

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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 …
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”
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Michelle Obama Suits the Moment
Discussion: Glamour, The Root and Reason
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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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 …
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:   Both Harris and Trump have yet to disclose their top fundraisers
Max Burns / The Hill:   Look out — Republicans are defecting from Trump's MAGA army in droves
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Harris and Trump Shield Their Big Campaign Fund-Raisers From the Public
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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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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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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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Trump's Former Press Secretary Shows DNC A Troubling Text With Melania
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Harvard Law School and Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
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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Gwen Walz Is Sharing Her Fertility Struggles for the First Time
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Harris, in a Show of Force, Holds a Large Rally 80 Miles From Her Convention
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
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
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Maria Bartiromo's wild and “kind of racist” election conspiracy theory collapses immediately
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Francesca D'Annunzio / The Texas Observer:
Observing the Borderlands  —  After stints at the McAllen Monitor and as a Lege staffer …
Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Trump Drops the Mic After Reporter Asks Why He Visited a City ‘Linked to White Supremacy’
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RFK Jr.'s running mate drops the pretense about helping Trump
 

 
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