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New York Times:
Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on his Transition Team — Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Gabbard, who had been progressive Democrats for many years, will join the former president's sons and Senator JD Vance, his running mate, as honorary co-chairs. — Donald J. Trump plans to name his former rival …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is championing RFK Jr's view of public health, even as it puts your kids at risk
Fox News is championing RFK Jr's view of public health, even as it puts your kids at risk
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Chicago Sun Times, Axios, PolitiFact, Washington Examiner and The Daily Beast
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The thread connecting Robert Kennedy Jr., chemtrails and Project 2025
The thread connecting Robert Kennedy Jr., chemtrails and Project 2025
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HotAir and Alternet.org
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
How Democrats View Kennedy and Trump: ‘A Weirdo Campaign Just Got Weirder’
How Democrats View Kennedy and Trump: ‘A Weirdo Campaign Just Got Weirder’
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The Independent, Townhall, Althouse and Mike Rothschild
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Harris takes lead over Trump after convention: Poll — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Joshua Glanzer / Florida Atlantic University:
FAU/Mainstreet USA Poll: Harris Gains Momentum in Wake of DNC — The 2024 presidential election is just a few months away — A new poll from the Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab ( PolCom Lab ) and Mainstreet Research USA reveals significant shifts …
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Florida Politics
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
After raising complaints, Trump says he'll participate in debate with Harris — The ABC News-hosted debate is set to take place Sept. 10 in Philadelphia, Trump said Tuesday. — Follow live updates on the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Taunting Trump: Harris campaign's sneer tactics … Now he's the taunted. — It's another dimension of Vice President Harris' “happy warrior” approach to a campaign that's sure to get uglier this fall. … - But Monday's widespread coverage of the backstage fight over the “muted mics” …
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Raw Story, The i Paper, Associated Press and Robert Reich
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Crockett: Trump will ‘get his butt handed to him’ if he debates Harris
Crockett: Trump will ‘get his butt handed to him’ if he debates Harris
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Cruz urges Trump to agree to ‘whatever stupid rules’ Harris campaign wants for debate
Cruz urges Trump to agree to ‘whatever stupid rules’ Harris campaign wants for debate
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Conservatives Who Sold Their Souls for Trump — The rage and shame of the anti-anti-Trumpers is getting worse. — Today, Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review (the flagship conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley Jr.), published an article claiming that Donald Trump could win the 2024 election “on character.”
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Did the New York Times Let Itself Be Used as a Mule?
Why Did the New York Times Let Itself Be Used as a Mule?
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The Express Tribune, Crooks and Liars and New York Times
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
Texas GOP doubles down on fraud claims as Trump, Cruz leads shrink — Texas Republicans are doubling down on claims that Democrats in the state's biggest cities are attempting to steal an election in which the GOP's leads in the Senate and presidential races are increasingly narrowing.
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Votebeat
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Critics ask for probe after Texas raids homes of Latino campaign workers
Critics ask for probe after Texas raids homes of Latino campaign workers
Associated Press:
Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations — Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows …
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside Harris' big interview decision — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — ONE CEASE-FIRE DOWN — “Oasis reunites for tour and ends a 15-year hiatus during Gallagher brothers' feud,” by AP's Danica Kirka and Maria Sherman in London
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
First Trump supporter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 sentenced to over 4 years in prison — Michael Sparks, the very first rioter to breach the Capitol building on Jan. 6, indicated in court that he still believes Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election “to this day.”
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Los Angeles Times, Axios and CBS News
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Politico:
The bewildering politics of Telegram — Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint. — When Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested late Saturday at an airport outside Paris, accused of complicity in illegal online behavior and refusing to disclose information …
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DNyuz, Axios, Reason, Washington Post, Politico, NPR, The Hill, Blaze Media, New York Times, New York Post and CBS News, more at Techmeme »
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
How Telegram played itself
How Telegram played itself
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CoinDesk, Le Monde.fr, New York Times, Fortune, 404 Media, Semafor, Wired, The National Pulse, The Japan Times, Bloomberg and Associated Press, more at Mediagazer »
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
A sitting VP has won once in 188 years. Harris isn't likely to be next. — Only one sitting vice president has been elected to the top office in the last 188 years. — The Democrats are coming out of their Chicago convention brimming with confidence. But to win in November …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA attacks on Kamala Harris' stepdaughter threaten to backfire on Donald Trump — Ella Emhoff has triggered Trump's bitter bro fanbase — but his embrace of the incel vote could come back to haunt — MAGA thought leaders can't stop proving that they are weird, just as Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Raw Story
Axios:
Harris flip-flops on building the border wall … - Harris is embracing a more hawkish immigration policy as Donald Trump's campaign spends tens of millions of dollars attacking her about the border. — But she still has significant differences with Trump on immigration …
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Chinese government hackers penetrate U.S. internet providers to spy — Beijing's hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official. — Chinese government-backed hackers have penetrated deep into U.S. internet service providers …
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Lumen, freebeacon.com, The Register and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Georgia governor inquires whether he can remove MAGA election board members after series of alarming votes — Donald Trump recently praised the right-wing coalition on the Georgia state election board — Support truly — independent journalism — Our mission is to deliver unbiased …
Divya Kumar / Tampa Bay Times:
Sasse to keep $1 million salary from UF until 2028 — His amended contract will continue to pay him at his base president's salary until 2028 or until he finds a new job. — After defending his office's vast spending as University of Florida president, Ben Sasse stands to receive …
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Washington Examiner and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How the media blew 2024′s election — I'm back — back from Chicago and also back, inshallah, with weekly newsletters from now until Election Day. Friends and neighbors who watched on TV keep asking me what covering the Democratic National Convention was really like.
Alex Burness / Bolts:
Nebraska Reverts to 19th-Century Voting Restrictions, Clouding Rights for Thousands — The Nebraska Voting Rights Restoration Coalition was ready for July 19. A new state law, Legislative Bill 20, would take effect that day, instantly granting voting rights to some 7,000 people with past felony convictions.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
NH resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne virus — New Hampshire authorities on Tuesday confirmed an adult resident has died after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness with a high mortality rate. — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Associated Press and New York Daily News