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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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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Fund-Raiser for Jan. 6 Defendants Will Be Held at Trump's Golf Club  —  Mr. Trump is said to not be attending the event, although an invitation lists him as an “invited guest speaker.”  It will be held two months before Election Day.  —  A nonprofit organization that supports people charged …
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
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
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 …
Discussion: Reason and USA Today
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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USA Today:
Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad.  Then the bullying began  —  Michael Collins Sam WoodwardUSA TODAY  —  CHICAGO - A tearful, unscripted moment between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has unleased a flood of praise and admiration - but also prompted ugly online bullying.
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 Republic, New York Post and Twitchy
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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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Democrats: All Your Base Are Belong to Us
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Tim Walz's Speech at the Democratic Convention
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:
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New Republic:
Trump's Angry New Rants About the Obamas Betray a Deeper MAGA Fear
Discussion: Boing Boing and Raw Story
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 …
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.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
CNN's Chris Wallace Notes Kamala Harris Convention Clobbering Trump's RNC Ratings: ‘People Are Watching This Convention’  —  CNN anchor Chris Wallace twisted the knife a little when he noted that former President Donald Trump's RNC ratings are getting eclipsed by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Convention.
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.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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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
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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 …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
RFK Jr. will probably drop out.  Is that bearish for Harris?  —  Pun absolutely intended.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Greetings from charmingly overcast Seattle, Washington, where I'm here for a book event tonight.  Given the timing and that I have family I rarely get to see all the way up here 1 …
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 …
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: The Hill, Axios, Townhall and Semafor
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
NBC News:
Trump says he will make ‘provisions’ for mixed-status families but doesn't rule out separations with mass deportations  —  The former president also told NBC News that spending billions to execute mass deportations of undocumented immigrants is justified because allowing them to remain would cost more.
Discussion: Gothamist
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 …
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
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 …
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. …
Zephyr Teachout / The Atlantic:
Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists  —  Kamala Harris's proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.  —  Last week, the economics commentariat and much of the mainstream media erupted with contempt toward Kamala Harris's proposed federal price-gouging law.
Discussion: The Free Press, Twitchy and NBC News
 
 
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Jim Jordan's Former Students Torch Him at DNC Over Sex Abuse Scandal
Discussion: Raw Story
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
How Kamala Harris Prepares for Big Moments
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Sen. Bob Casey targeting “greedflation” in DNC speech
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Signal
CNN:
Exclusive: The Chicks to sing National Anthem at the DNC on Thursday
 Earlier Items: 
Jared Mitovich / Politico:
Dems press Harris to invite a Palestinian-American speaker on stage
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
 

 
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