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From Dems, a Reminder: January 6 Was Horrible — Shove all us grouchy Shapiro-or-bust types in a locker: Tim Walz's speech last night was the speech of the convention so far—and with the single best moment of the convention so far: — The bar has officially been raised for crowd-reaction shots of Ella Emhoff tonight.
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Donald Trump: ‘I Hate My Opponent’ — DONALD TRUMP HAS NO PLANS TO HEED the advice of his aides and limit himself to policy contrasts when he debates Kamala Harris. He wants to make it personal. — “This is just the way I am. I hate my opponent. I hate my opponents,” …
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Raw Story and New York Post


Donald Trump to rally at same Glendale arena where Kamala Harris drew thousands
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, USA Today, Mediaite, Breitbart, New York Post and Forbes

I worked in Trump's White House. Here's why I'm voting for Kamala Harris.
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D.N.C. Live Updates: Kamala Harris to Wrap Convention With Formal Acceptance Speech
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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Associated Press, CBS News and USA Today

Democrats Use the Convention to Try to Define Trump as a Self-Interested Fraud
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The Hill, New York Daily News and Los Angeles Times

Trump Media stock is trading near record lows as Kamala Harris reshuffles election odds
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New York Times, Quartz and Raw Story

The most unusual thing about Kamala Harris' convention speech? She hasn't given a high-profile one before
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Los Angeles Times

How Kamala Harris Is Preparing for the Biggest Speech of Her Life
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HuffPost, USA Today, Alpha News and Politico

A DNC Trend Emerges: Republican Officials Backing Harris
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The Hill, Arizona Republic, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA

Are Voters Ready to Elect a Woman? Democrats Say They Have No Doubt.
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Mercury News


Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's rejection of signature petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November.
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Washington Examiner, Politico, New York Times, Arkansas Advocate and Associated Press


Trump's Angry New Rants About the Obamas Betray a Deeper MAGA Fear — After Barack and Michelle Obama ripped into Donald Trump at the Democratic convention, it unleashed a flood of responses from the former president. He ranted that the Obamas had called him names, blamed his advisers for constraining him …
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Republicans Don't Have Anyone Who Even Approaches Barack and Michelle Obama's Weight Class — When they go low, we go for the jugular. — CHICAGO—Late Tuesday night, we saw a vivid demonstration of the difference between a charismatic political event and the gathering of a cult.
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Barack and Michelle Obama are done turning the other cheek — and Democrats couldn't be happier
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Trump slams Obamas' DNC speeches for ‘getting personal’
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Democrats: All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Tonight after Kamala Harris wraps, the team will be getting together for an immediate livestream over on the YouTube channel. — Come and hang out! — 1. Outreach — Last night the Democratic party served notice that it is not satisfied …
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What anxious parents of neurodivergent children can learn from Tim and Gwen Walz — The Walzes' words and their embrace of their son may seem utterly unremarkable. But that's the point. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's open acknowledgement that he and his wife used fertility treatments …
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The Status Kuo, Arizona Republic, ComingSoon.net, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, USA Today and Minnesota Reformer
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“That's my dad!” Tim Walz's DNC speech moves his kids to tears
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Anatomy of a Smear: “Tampon Tim” to “Tiananmen Tim”
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PoliticusUSA


White House condemns antisemitism after Trump attacks ‘Jewish Governor’ Shapiro — The White House on Friday issued a fresh condemnation of antisemitism after former President Donald Trump referred to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as the “highly overrated Jewish Governor” and criticized him for supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Trump takes it upon himself to decide who is a proper Jew — In an interview and a late-night social media post, the former president railed against and disparaged Jewish Democrats, largely for being anti-Trump. — One of the defining characteristics of Donald Trump's politics is the extent …


How Tim Walz Learned To Throw a Punch — The vice presidential candidate was a steady centrist. Now he's a fighting progressive. — CHICAGO — Democrats let loose with roars Wednesday evening for the version of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that they have come to know over the past month …
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Axios
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Bill Clinton and the wide gap in job gains by presidential party — Speaking at the Democratic convention, Bill Clinton suggested that the partisan “score” on job creation since the Cold War was 50 million to 1 million. It is. — Former president Bill Clinton, speaking during the third night …
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Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and USA Today


Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, ‘The Defiant Ones’ … Former president Donald Trump on Thursday promoted a soon-to-launch, Trump Organization crypto platform, “The DeFiant Ones” to his 7.5 million followers on Truth Social. — “For too long, the average American has been squeezed …


Freedom Takes Center Stage: Harris and Walz's Secret Weapon Against the GOP — The song that was inspired by this article is available here. — My reading this article as an audio podcast is available here. — Share — When President Biden was running for re-election …
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New Republic and Washington Post


‘Queering Nuclear Weapons’ — If you want world peace, it's time to make nuclear weapons “Queer.” — That is the genius plan of the Biden Administration's new Special Assistant, National Nuclear Security Administration, Sneha Nair. — No, really. It makes as much sense as hiring …


Where Harris Has Gained and Lost Support Compared With Biden — Gains among women are one example of her distinctive mark on the race. — When Kamala Harris became her party's nominee, she inherited a Democratic coalition in shambles. — As she wraps up her party's convention one month later …
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Cook Political Report, Raw Story and Politico


Dems press Harris to invite a Palestinian-American speaker on stage — A growing number of prominent Democrats are calling for a Palestinian American to be granted speaking time at the last night of the convention, describing an urgent need to hear from an important constituency that is suffering from the war in Gaza.
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PBS' Judy Woodruff apologizes for remark about Trump and peace talks in Israel — She said her remarks had not been based on any original reporting on her part. — Veteran PBS correspondent Judy Woodruff apologized on Wednesday for comments she had made on the air regarding former President Donald Trump …