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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
Arkansas Supreme Court rejects bid to put abortion initiative on the ballot
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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 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
From Dems, a Reminder: January 6 Was Horrible
From Dems, a Reminder: January 6 Was Horrible
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Most GOP-devastating statistic in Bill Clinton's DNC speech confirmed by fact checker — Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday used part of his speech at the Democratic National Convention to hit back at the notion that Republican presidents were better on the economy than Democratic presidents.
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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 …
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
Supreme Court partially reinstates Arizona voting law at RNC's request
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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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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
With Harris, Democrats try a new tack to take down Trump: Making fun of him — What was that hand gesture Barack Obama made actually about? — CHICAGO — A goal of every presidential campaign is to get voters to size up the opponent and, repulsed, decide, “No way.”
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Stephanie Murray / Arizona Republic:
Donald Trump to rally at same Glendale arena where Kamala Harris drew thousands
Donald Trump to rally at same Glendale arena where Kamala Harris drew thousands
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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:
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 …
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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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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.
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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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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.
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
White House condemns antisemitism after Trump attacks ‘Jewish Governor’ Shapiro
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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 …
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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. …
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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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CNN:
Exclusive: The Chicks to sing National Anthem at the DNC on Thursday — The Chicks will perform the National Anthem on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, multiple sources told CNN. — The country music group - formerly known as the Dixie Chicks - are set to take the stage …
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Tim Hecke / CWB Chicago:
Texas delegate, in town for Democratic convention, gets robbed at gunpoint in downtown Chicago — CHICAGO — A member of the Texas Democratic Delegation, in town for the party's national convention, was robbed at gunpoint while walking in downtown Chicago on Wednesday morning.
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