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5:45 PM ET, August 23, 2024

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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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Fox News:
White House lawyers who advised Reagan, Bush endorse Harris over Trump in 2024 showdown  —  FIRST ON FOX: A dozen Republican White House lawyers who served in the administrations of then-Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Raw Story and freebeacon.com
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Going to Lose.  (Probably.)  —  No Secret pod today.  Sorry.  People are in transit.  Next week the world goes back to normal.  —  1. Strategery  —  This convention attempted to establish the following strategic positions:  — The Democratic party as a broad and diverse, but wholly unified, front.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Democrats Find Confidence Without Complacency  —  It's a balance they didn't strike well in 2016, with tragic consequences  —  The lead Kamala Harris built over Donald Trump through the first month of her campaign was palpable in the thematic content of the Democratic national convention.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Disaffected Republicans and former Trump officials spoke at the DNC.  Fox News didn't air a second of any of their speeches.  —  Fox News did not air a second of the speeches from alienated GOP leaders and former Trump officials who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at this week's Democratic National Convention.
Discussion: NPR and NBC News
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 …
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter:
Tonight the thrill ride ends, and the hard work begins  —  It's been something, hasn't it, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago?  Can you think of one thing you'd have done differently?  I can't.  —  Do you know how difficult it was to pull off, especially with just a month …
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
Trump's spectacle is no match for Harris's substance  —  This election isn't just another political match — it's a reckoning.  —  For years, Donald Trump has masqueraded as the champion of the working class, a man of the people with a golden touch for business and so-called “common-sense” solutions.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Harris campaign releases new ad to build on convention momentum
Discussion: NBC News
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Kamala Harris's Democratic Convention Speech
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
What Kamala Harris Was Really Saying in Her Convention Speech
The Bulwark:
Kamala-Jitsu: Democrats Turn Trump Into the Incumbent
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Understood the Assignment
Washington Post:
Trump deflects, misleads in real-time reaction to Harris speech
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.
Discussion: CNN
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Chicago, Dems redefined what it means to be American, then claimed it
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
John F. Harris / Politico:
It's a New Race. Harris' Acceptance Speech Showed Why.
Associated Press:
Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a Pennsylvania court filing that he's endorsing Trump  —  Ahead of a planned speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said in a Pennsylvania court filing Friday that he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.  Kennedy's independent campaign …
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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 …
NBC News:
RFK Jr. says in court filing that he's endorsing Trump as he ends presidential campaign  —  Kennedy had dropped in the polls in recent weeks.  He did not announce an endorsement but is expected to back Trump, according to two people with knowledge of his intentions.
Business Insider:
RFK Jr. suspends 2024 campaign, throws support behind Trump
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox Cuts Off Ranting Trump Then Mocks: 'He's Still Talking!'  —  SIGN OF THE TIMES  —  Minutes later, he called in to another show on Newsmax to continue his gripes.  —  Fox News unceremoniously dumped out of an interview with Donald Trump while the former president was mid-rant Thursday following the Democratic National Convention.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Harris Crushes Trump by 22% in Convention Speech Ratings
Discussion: Mediaite and NPR
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
DOJ sues software firm, alleging pricing algorithm enables landlords to raise rents  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the property management software company RealPage on Friday, alleging that its pricing algorithm enables landlords to share sensitive pricing information and raise rental prices.
more at Techmeme »
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Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters
Associated Press:
Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status  —  Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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America First Legal:
AFL, Texas, Idaho, and a Coalition of 14 State Attorneys General File Urgent Lawsuit and Request for Emergency Relief to Block New Biden-Harris Executive Amnesty …
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's Lawyers Quietly Subpoena Public Interest Groups  —  The billionaire's legal war over lost X advertisers takes a “really cynical” turn.  —  Lawyers representing Elon Musk and X, previously known as Twitter, have quietly begun sending subpoenas to a host of public interest groups, Mother Jones has learned.
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump Special Counsel Opts Against Mini-Trial Before Election  — Jack Smith focused on revising indictment in Jan. 6 case  — Judge Chutkan has set Sept. 5 hearing to review next steps
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter Roast Goes Viral as Internet Gets Revenge for Gus Walz  —  BLOWING UP  —  The conservative firebrand told the Daily Beast that Democrats were actually to blame for her mocking Tim Walz's son.  —  Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter was hit by a blizzard of criticism …
CBS News:
Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe  —  The U.S. Secret Service has placed at least five agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month's assassination attempt …
CBS News:
World Bank halts paid advertising on X after CBS News finds its promoted ads under racist content  —  The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements …
Discussion: Boing Boing
 
 
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘I gave her an A’: Undecided swing state voters make up their minds after Harris' speech
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