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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 …

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” …

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

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.”

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Zuckerberg says Biden admin “pressured” Meta to censor Covid-19 content … - This included censoring “humor and satire,” he added, noting that officials “expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree.”  — “I believe the government pressure was wrong …

Trump's Latest NFT Sale Depicts Him as Superhero, Motorcyclist  — Buyers of 75 NFTs will have dinner with Trump in Florida  — Purchasers of 15 NFTs can get a piece of Trump's debate suit  —  Building on the growing interplay between crypto and politics, Donald Trump is offering …

Michael Sparks, the first Jan. 6 defendant to breach U.S. Capitol, sentenced to 53 months in prison  —  Michael Sparks, who was the first defendant to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 53 months in prison Tuesday for felony and misdemeanor charges.

Biden Program To Keep American Families Together Blocked By Ken Paxton and Project 2025 Allies Led by Stephen Miller  —  On Monday, sixteen states, led by Texas and Idaho, blocked the Biden administration's new immigration program helping keep American families together.

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.

Trump's Evangelical Supporters Just Lost Their Best Excuse  —  The pro-life justification for supporting the former president has now collapsed.  —  The most common argument made by former President Donald Trump's evangelical supporters in defense of their support is that although Trump …

The Lawmaker Leading the Investigation Into the Trump Assassination Attempt Says He Warned Campaign Staff About the Venue  —  Rep. Mike Kelly insisted in an interview that his task force would skirt politics as it seeks a complete answer to what happened in July.  — Copy

Confederate Voter Intimidation 2.0: The GOP's Dark Strategy for Winning  —  From Reconstruction to DeSantis to Paxton: How Republicans Are Keeping Power by Any Means Necessary...  The song that was inspired by this article is available here.  —  The Republican attorney general …

How The Hell Was Trump Allowed To Use Arlington National Cemetery As A Campaign Prop?  —  This is an insult to the over 400 Medal of Honor awardees buried there.  —  Well, luckily for the former president*'s campaign, it wasn't raining on Monday, when he grotesquely used Arlington National Cemetery …

Jackson: Supreme Court ‘has to be prepared to respond’ to election  —  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a new interview said she is “prepared as anyone can be” for the possibility that this year's presidential election could end up before the high court.

MAGA Is So ‘Desperate’ They've Now Gone After Tim Walz's Dog  —  PAW PATROL  —  MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki noted an “important lesson” for Republicans after the conspiracy was quickly debunked.  —  Republicans spent Monday ginning up a quickly-disproven conspiracy about vice presidential …