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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris has put Trump in a box, and he's struggling to break out — As Democrats emerge from their electrifying convention in Chicago, Trump finds himself on the defense, and it's not clear he knows what to do. — CHICAGO — In his history as a candidate for president …
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PBS NewsHour
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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.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Kamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down Trump — Kamala Harris's Democratic convention speech served two purposes: She introduced herself to the American people, and she revealed the case she intends to prosecute against Donald Trump. — Harris picked familiar targets …
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Rolling Stone, DNyuz, Breitbart, Associated Press, HuffPost, PoliticusUSA, ComingSoon.net and MSNBC
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.
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NPR, New York Magazine, Raw Story, New York Times, DNyuz, Reuters and The Guardian
Politico:
Playbook: Harris delivers. Now comes the hard part. — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — KAMALA HARRIS stuck the landing. DONALD TRUMP seems thrown off his game. Democrats are giddy with excitement. — The question now …
The Bulwark:
Is That—Is That—Optimism We Feel? — Plus: The former pundit-in-chief works the phones. — What a week, huh? Thanks for staying with us through it. Happy Friday. — She Nailed It —William Kristol — Success. — Kamala Harris's acceptance speech last night was a success.
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Hollywood Life and IJR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I've Ever Seen … Kamala Harris rose to the occasion with a perfect nominating acceptance speech. I've never seen a nominee target their political objectives so precisely. The text was ideally suited to the electoral challenge she faces, and her delivery exuded strength and inspiration.
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Kamala Harris Turns the Page on the Trump Era — Despite being the sitting Vice President, Harris has come to embody the change people so desperately want — Here at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, speeches, videos, and chatter have centered on two words — hope and joy.
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New York Times
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Kamala Harris gave us no idea what she'd do as president — Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up? — After three nights of political hosannas where she was depicted as a cross between Eliot Ness and Mother Teresa, Harris finally took the floor to speak for herself Thursday night.
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New York Times, So What, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, CBS News, Climate Depot, The Hill, Washington Post and Politico
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
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Associated Press, ABC News and MSNBC
New York Times:
Harris Wants America to See Itself in Her
Harris Wants America to See Itself in Her
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National Review, Politico, DNyuz, Associated Press and CBS News
Matthew Continetti / freebeacon.com:
Kamala Harris's Obama Makeover
Kamala Harris's Obama Makeover
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Power Line, USA Today, Newsbusters, Black America Web, CNBC and Breitbart
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic pollsters have a warning about Kamala Harris' lead
Democratic pollsters have a warning about Kamala Harris' lead
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Boston Herald
Associated Press:
Kamala Harris' racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention
Kamala Harris' racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention
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Associated Press and Reuters
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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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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.
Trumped in the Ratings — MSNBC is posting the strongest total viewership during the DNC.
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acecomments.mu.nu, The Bulwark and Mock Paper Scissors
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
DNC Ratings Blow RNC Out of the Water for Third Night in a Row
DNC Ratings Blow RNC Out of the Water for Third Night in a Row
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USA Today, Axios, Raw Story and New Republic
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)
Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)
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Block Club Chicago, Reuters, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, TVLine, WBEZ Chicago, Slate, Forbes, NBC News, Variety, Us Weekly, Mediaite, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Examiner, USA Today and Consequence
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
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Fox News, Hollywood Life, DNyuz, New Yorker, Sun-Sentinel, UPROXX, USA Today, New York Times, Mother Jones, ComingSoon.net, PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
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 …
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HotAir, American Greatness, Geller Report, Axios and The Hill
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.
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Twitchy, NPR, Breitbart, Associated Press, USA Today, The Hill, HuffPost, WBEZ Chicago, Washington Examiner, CNBC, CBS News, New Republic and ABC News
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.
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.
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Boing Boing, Geller Report, The Hill, Human Events and RTÉ
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 …
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Punchbowl News and The Daily Beast
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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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 …
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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Mercury News
Aliyya Swaby / ProPublica:
A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year. — A 2023 state law requires a yearlong expulsion for any student who threatens mass violence on school property. But some students have been kicked out even when school officials determined that the threat was not credible.
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Tennessee Lookout