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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Hosting Fundraiser For Domestic Terrorists Who Assaulted Cops On Jan. 6  —  The “J6 Awards Gala” is to take place at the coup-attempting criminal former president's New Jersey country club next month.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is hosting a fundraiser …
Discussion: Mediaite and New Jersey Online
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
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.
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Trump Visits Border as Harris Prepares D.N.C. Speech
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
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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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Arkansas Supreme Court rejects bid to put abortion initiative on the ballot
Discussion: Truthout
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Reason and USA Today
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court partly grants GOP request to enforce Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law  —  The Arizona measure, enacted in 2022 but never enforced, would impose new requirements on people registering to vote and could affect thousands of voters.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court partially reinstates Arizona voting law at RNC's request
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
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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New Republic:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Boing Boing
Stephanie Moore / WYFF-TV:
Greenville County Schools will not host in-person book fairs this year: Here's why  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. —  Greenville County Schools will not host in-person book fairs this school year.  —  (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF News 4)  —  District Spokesman Tim Waller released the following statement about the pause:
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump says he's refusing intel briefings so he won't be accused of leaks … - Briefings also help candidates ensure that they don't say anything that undermines U.S. national security, former acting CIA Director Michael Morell explained in a Q&A with the Center for Presidential Transition.
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:   Donald Trump reveals he doesn't want intelligence briefings so he can't be accused of leaking classified information
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Ann Coulter posted about Tim Walz's son.  The backlash was swift.  —  The sight of Tim Walz's 17-year-old son, Gus, weeping with pride Wednesday night during his father's speech accepting the vice presidential nomination instantly became an iconic feel-good moment of the convention.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
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 …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
White House condemns antisemitism after Trump attacks ‘Jewish Governor’ Shapiro
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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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New York Times:
Full Transcript of Tim Walz's Speech at the Democratic Convention
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Approves and Authorizes Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines …
David Strom / HotAir:
‘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 …
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Outraged Kennedy Volunteers Beg Him Not to Quit For ‘Backroom Deal’ With Trump  —  In the wake of reports that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will drop out from the presidential race to endorse Republican candidate Donald Trump in exchange for a leadership role in a potential Trump administration …
Trisha Thadani / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's X reveals investors in court filing  —  A court filing obtained by The Post lists which firms and individuals have a financial stake in the platform.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Elon Musk's X to unseal the list of shareholders involved with X Holdings Corp. …
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
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 …
Char Adams / NBC News:
MIT's Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling  —  The university's white and Asian American student populations have increased, while all others have declined — some even down to zero, according to MIT.  —  Enrollment for Black …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
What We Learned In Our First Year of 404 Media  —  A year ago today, we published a blog post called “Welcome to 404 Media.”  In that post, we explained that the four of us quit our jobs to start something new, and set some goals for ourselves.  —  “We aspire to do society-shifting technology journalism …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Democrats Give Harris Nearly Unanimous Positive Ratings  —  Biden receives a bump in his job approval rating after exiting the presidential race  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' views of Vice President Kamala Harris have improved markedly in a Gallup poll conducted mostly before the Democratic National Convention began.
Discussion: Townhall and Semafor
Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
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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Axios:
“That's my dad!” Tim Walz's DNC speech moves his kids to tears
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
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 …
Mitchell Koch / KASW-TV:
Southern Arizona authorities search for man connected to threats to kill Trump  —  COCHISE COUNTY, AZ (AZFamily) — Authorities are searching for a southern Arizona man connected to a threat to kill former President Donald Trump on the same day that Trump will be at the Arizona border.
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Gov. Abbott sent zero migrant buses from Texas to blue cities in July  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed at the RNC on July 17 to keep sending the buses, but state government data obtained by NBC News shows no buses left Texas in July.  —  Data obtained by NBC News seems to indicate that Texas …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Sen. Bob Casey targeting “greedflation” in DNC speech
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Reuters:
Exclusive: Israeli demands for troops in Gaza blocking truce deal, sources say
Discussion: USA Today and Middle East Monitor
Holly Michels / Missoulian:
Sen. Tester, Pearl Jam's Ament talk rural Montana politics at Wilma
Texas Attorney General:
Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Reports that Organizations May Be Illegally Registering Noncitizens to Vote
Jared Mitovich / Politico:
Dems press Harris to invite a Palestinian-American speaker on stage
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
NY state urges appeals court to uphold Donald Trump's nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Kamala Harris' ‘Build, Baby, Build’ Convention
Discussion: Semafor and Business Insider
Politico:
PBS' Judy Woodruff apologizes for remark about Trump and peace talks in Israel
Filip De Mott / Business Insider:
Trump Media stock is trading near record lows as Kamala Harris reshuffles election odds
Discussion: New York Times, Quartz and Raw Story
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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