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7:40 AM ET, August 23, 2024

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why “we're not going back” is the perfect theme for 2024  —  Harris is referring to more than just the orange man.  —  🚨 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.
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
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John F. Harris / Politico:
It's a New Race.  Harris' Acceptance Speech Showed Why.  —  The vice president sought to dismantle Trump's caricature of her.  —  CHICAGO —  Donald Trump has dispensed with either mystery or nuance about the case he will make over the next 74 days against Kamala Harris.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
Discussion: MSNBC and ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I've Ever Seen
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:   With Harris, Democrats try a new tack to take down Trump: Making fun of him
TMZ.com:
BEYONCÉ NOT AT DNC AFTER ALL  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE  —  9:30 PM PT — To quote the great Beyonce: We gotta lay our cards down, down, down ... we got this one wrong.  —  Beyoncé is in Chicago, and getting ready to pop out for Kamala Harris on the final night of the Democratic National Convention ... TMZ has learned.
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Mesfin Fekadu / The Hollywood Reporter:
Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
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.
Discussion: Deadline, Fox News and The Daily Beast
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Trumped in the Ratings  —  MSNBC is posting the strongest total viewership during the DNC.  Conversely, Fox News has struggled. … After night one of the DNC bested night one of the RNC (an average of 20 million viewers to 18.1 million), night two saw the gap open up even wider.
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.
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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Ann Coulter posted about Tim Walz's son. The backlash was swift.
Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law  —  A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state …
Discussion: Axios
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court partly grants GOP request to enforce Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law
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 …
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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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Here Is the Speech That the Uncommitted Movement Wants to Give at the DNC  —  Read what Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman hopes to tell Democrats.  —  Delegates with the Uncommitted movement at the Democratic National Convention have continued pushing this week for either a Palestinian American …
Kassy Akiva / The Daily Wire:
WATCH: Vivek Ramaswamy Chased Out By Angry Mob At Anti-Israel Protest Outside DNC  —  Former Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy was chased out of an anti-Israel protest a few blocks away from the DNC after making a surprise appearance.  —  Ramaswamy was noticed by the crowd …
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 …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi: House majority goes through New York  —  Nancy Pelosi may be one of California's best-known Democrats, but she believes the path to retaking the House runs through New York.  The former speaker said she is intently focused on battleground seats in New York, and in fact spoke to her successor …
Associated Press:
The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public  —  Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women's voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.
Discussion: The Hill, Human Events and RTÉ
CNN:
Trump's businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns - including his own  —  Late last year, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of car dealership owner Bernie Moreno for Ohio's Senate seat - elevating an untested candidate …
Thomas Wheatley / Axios:
Georgia county election boards could become 2024 battleground … And if implemented, they say, the measures will trip up populous counties like Fulton and DeKalb, which also happen to be Democratic strongholds.  — “Elections are meant to be slow and deliberate processes with a whole lot …
New York Times:
Protests at the Democrats' Convention Weren't as Big and Disruptive as Some Expected  —  Pro-Palestinian organizers predicted overwhelming turnout that would take their case directly to the Democrats.  Protesters gathered, but they did not steal the show.  —  Protesters and police officers along a Chicago street on Wednesday.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Sullivan to make first China visit next week … - After dropping out of the presidential race, Biden has indicated that he plans to spend more time on foreign affairs, including more international travel.  — Both presidents are expected to attend the G-20 leaders summit in Brazil after the U.S. election in November.
Discussion: Reuters
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Kinzinger in DNC speech says GOP is “no longer conservative”  —  Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said during a speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday that the Republican Party is “no longer conservative” under former President Trump.
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.
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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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2024: Trump 49%, Harris 46%
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Convicted drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Trump charged with domestic violence
Discussion: New York Daily News and Raw Story
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Why Democratic women are wearing white at the DNC
Discussion: The Daily Beast
NPR:
Here's who's speaking on the final night of the DNC
Discussion: New Jersey Online, Daily Kos and CNBC
NBC News:
Trump says he will make ‘provisions’ for mixed-status families but doesn't rule out separations with mass deportations
Discussion: Quillette and Gothamist
Zephyr Teachout / The Atlantic:
Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists
Discussion: Twitchy and The Free Press
 Earlier Items: 
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Gov. Abbott sent zero migrant buses from Texas to blue cities in July
Discussion: CNBC and The Texas Tribune
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
What We Learned In Our First Year of 404 Media
Discussion: The Overspill
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Most GOP-devastating statistic in Bill Clinton's DNC speech confirmed by fact checker
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Democrats Give Harris Nearly Unanimous Positive Ratings
Discussion: So What, Axios, The Hill, Semafor and Townhall
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Outraged Kennedy Volunteers Beg Him Not to Quit For ‘Backroom Deal’ With Trump
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access