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2:10 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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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 …
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
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.
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 …
The Bulwark:
Kamala-Jitsu: Democrats Turn Trump Into the Incumbent
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Understood the Assignment
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Kamala Harris's Democratic Convention Speech
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I've Ever Seen
Washington Post:
Trump deflects, misleads in real-time reaction to Harris speech
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Kamala Harris Turns the Page on the Trump Era
Discussion: The Ringer and New York Times
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Speech of Kamala Harris's Lifetime
Politico:   Playbook: Harris delivers. Now comes the hard part.
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 …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic pollsters have a warning about Kamala Harris' lead  —  Burned by numbers that were too rosy in 2016 and 2020, Democrats are holding their breath as Harris surges against Donald Trump.  —  CHICAGO — The Democratic Party's pollsters have spent the past three and a half years preparing for the next 75 days.
NOTUS:
How the Trump Campaign Plans to Go All-In on Pennsylvania
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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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: Fox News and Al Jazeera
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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
SCOTUS Approves Arizona Law Requiring Voter ID  —  The Supreme Court delivered something of a gut punch to Kamala Harris and the Democrats yesterday, upholding an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to be able to register to vote.  The decision was to take effect immediately.
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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.
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
Michigan Dems offer a swing-state reality check  —  With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  A DOSE OF SWING-STATE SKEPTICISM  —  Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin may be the slight favorite in Michigan's Senate race this November, running narrowly ahead in every major public poll this summer.
Discussion: NOTUS and MLive.com
 
 
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Scott Lincicome / The Atlantic:
What Kamala Harris Doesn't Get About Food Costs
Nicholas Sargen / The Hill:
Can Harris's ‘opportunity economy’ win back ‘Bidenomics’ doubters?
Discussion: Hartford Courant
CBS News:
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Gets Off to a Strong Start
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Why Kamala Harris is looking to WhatsApp to win over Latino voters
Aliyya Swaby / ProPublica:
A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi: House majority goes through New York
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Kinzinger in DNC speech says GOP is “no longer conservative”
TMZ.com:
BEYONCÉ NOT AT DNC AFTER ALL  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE  —  9:30 PM PT …
 

 
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