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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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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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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Is That—Is That—Optimism We Feel? — 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. It capped a Democratic convention that was a success.
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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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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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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 …
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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Washington Post:
Trump deflects, misleads in real-time reaction to Harris speech — Trump posted a series of comments as the Democratic nominee spoke, creating the unusual spectacle of simultaneous commentary by a nominee's rival. — Former president Donald Trump did not hold back as Democratic nominee …
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The Bulwark:
Kamala-Jitsu: Democrats Turn Trump Into the Incumbent — If the convention accomplished one thing, it's this: The people in power have now framed themselves as the opposition party. — DEMOCRATS SPENT FOUR DAYS in Chicago castigating, belittling, and demonizing Donald Trump.
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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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Kamala Harris gave us no idea what she'd do as president
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic pollsters have a warning about Kamala Harris' lead
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New York Times:
Harris Wants America to See Itself in Her
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Matthew Continetti / freebeacon.com:
Kamala Harris's Obama Makeover
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2024: Trump 49%, Harris 46%
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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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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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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Trumped in the Ratings — MSNBC is posting the strongest total viewership during the DNC.
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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
DNC Ratings Blow RNC Out of the Water for Third Night in a Row
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CNN:
RFK Jr. may drop out, but he could still alter a tight presidential race. Trump is banking on it — For the better part of the past year, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built and maintained a small but significant base of support for his quixotic White House bid, the two major parties wrestled …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
RFK Jr. will probably drop out. Is that bearish for Harris?
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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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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘I gave her an A’: Undecided swing state voters make up their minds after Harris' speech — Nearly every member of a focus group of undecided voters convened by CNN made up their minds after watching Kamala Harris' acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
No one's ready for this — Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke. — Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge; AI-altered images made with Google's Magic Editor. … An explosion from the side of an old brick building. A crashed bicycle in a city intersection.
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Why Kamala Harris is looking to WhatsApp to win over Latino voters — With WhatsApp used widely by Latinos, the Harris campaign hopes its channel will help activate a community that represents 14.7 percent of all eligible voters. — Evelyn Lees was hiking across the mountains of northern …
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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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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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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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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