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11:00 AM ET, August 23, 2024

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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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: CNN
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Discussion: New York Times
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
Discussion: Associated Press, UnHerd and ABC News
Associated Press:
Kamala Harris' racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:   With Harris, Democrats try a new tack to take down Trump: Making fun of him
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Deadline, The Daily Beast and Fox News
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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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Mesfin Fekadu / The Hollywood Reporter:
Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)
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.
Discussion: NPR
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 …
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.
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.
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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