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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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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.
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 …
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.
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.
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
DNC unveils billboards dubbing Trump, Vance, RFK Jr. ‘weird as hell’  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions
Discussion: USA Today, Wired, Reason, Fox News and Al Jazeera
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
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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Understood the Assignment
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Kamala Harris's Democratic Convention Speech
The Bulwark:
Kamala-Jitsu: Democrats Turn Trump Into the Incumbent
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Trump deflects, misleads in real-time reaction to Harris speech
Fox News:
White House lawyers who advised Reagan, Bush endorse Harris over Trump in 2024 showdown
Discussion: freebeacon.com
NOTUS:
How the Trump Campaign Plans to Go All-In on Pennsylvania
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Kamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down Trump
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I've Ever Seen
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Speech of Kamala Harris's Lifetime
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Kamala Harris Turns the Page on the Trump Era
Discussion: The Ringer and New York Times
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
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.
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed Chair Powell indicates interest rate cuts ahead: ‘The time has come for policy to adjust’ … WATCH NOW  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he declined to provide exact indications on timing or extent.
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Wait, Did Trump Just Admit He Lost the 2020 Election?  —  UNBELIEVABLE  —  Of the 2020 election, whose outcome he's repeatedly lied about, the former president said his campaign “didn't quite make it, just a little bit short.”  —  One thousand three hundred eighty-eight days …
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
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
 
 
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Scott Lincicome / The Atlantic:
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Nicholas Sargen / The Hill:
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Politico:
Michigan Dems offer a swing-state reality check
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