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9:45 AM ET, July 31, 2024

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Politico:
Harris to hold first rally with running mate Tuesday in Philadelphia  —  The vice president is expected to announce her pick sometime before the appearance.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, when she will hold her first rally with her pick in Philadelphia.
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Bloomberg:
Kamala Harris Wipes Out Trump's Swing-State Lead in Election Dead Heat  —  The vice president is polling better than Biden was before he dropped out, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey.  —  Kamala Harris has wiped out Donald Trump's lead across seven battleground states …
Politico:
Playbook: Harris puts Trump on his heels  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT — “Hamas leader ISMAIL HANIYEH was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday …
Discussion: Just Security
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Harris dares Trump to debate her as she campaigns in Atlanta: “Say it to my face”  —  Vice President Kamala Harris taunted former President Donald Trump to meet her on a debate stage before the November election while she campaigned in Atlanta on Tuesday night.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign unveils ad hitting Trump back over the border  —  Vice President Harris's campaign on Tuesday unveiled a new campaign video that attacks former President Trump over the U.S.-southern border in response to a Trump ad targeting Harris on the issue.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Wall Street thinks Kamala Harris picking governor for VP … - If the campaign signals are being correctly interpreted, that would narrow the veepstakes down to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.  — Some donors in the financial services …
AP-NORC:
Democrats are supportive of Harris, but many adults think Trump has the electoral advantage
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:   Trump suggests Harris would struggle with world leaders based on her appearance
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:   Harris to hold rally with VP pick in Philadelphia on Tuesday, sources say
Associated Press:   About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   Willie Brown on Kamala Harris: 'She'll Deport My Ass'
New York Times:
Harris Created a Huge Wave of Energy. How Long Can Democrats Ride It?
Discussion: Agence France-Presse and Politico
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Read J.D. Vance's Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader's New Book  —  Donald Trump has been desperate lately to distance himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's radical plan to remake the federal government under his presidency.  “I have no idea who is behind it,” …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Forces Out Project 2025 Mastermind  —  YOU'RE FIRED  —  The Trump campaign ousted the architect of Project 2025, an ultra-conservative policy manifesto.  But J.D. Vance is still tied to the right-wing project. … Donald Trump's campaign has forced an architect …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Flipped Out That ‘Lunatic’ Project 2025 Could Tank His Campaign  —  The former president effectively “birthed” Project 2025.  Now that the project is a political liability, one of Trump's foot soldiers is out of a job  —  AS HE ENTERED the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race …
Discussion: DNyuz and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Project 2025 to end policy work after Democratic attacks angered Trump
Danielle Greyman-Kennard / Reuters:
Hamas leader Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran  —  Haniyeh, along with one of his guards, was reportedly killed at his Tehran residence.  —  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran, Hamas claimed on Wednesday morning, while claiming Israel was behind the attack.
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Associated Press:
Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran  —  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday.  No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination but suspicion immediately fell on Israel …
Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:
J.D. Vance's Obsessions Are Way Creepier Than Being Childless  —  DON'T DISS DOLLY!  —  OK, J. D. Vance: When did we begin equating fertility with patriotism?  And, if Republicans are so keen on people having kids, why would the party cut family assistance programs? … Having children is good.
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Cassandra Good / The Atlantic:   Being a ‘Childless’ President Was Once Seen as a Virtue
Alex Tabet / NBC News:
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer loses GOP primary to right-wing challenger  —  Richer, a top election official in the largest county in battleground Arizona, drew the ire of Republicans who have echoed Trump's false 2020 election claims.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona state …
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NBC News:
Kari Lake wins Arizona GOP Senate primary, setting up a key race against Democrat Ruben Gallego
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Rick Wilson on the weirdness of JD Vance  —  “The Mountain Dew jokes, the awkward campaign videos — it just doesn't connect.”  —  ∙ Paid … Like many liberals, I quietly hoped heading into the RNC that Donald Trump would pick JD Vance as his running mate, because I suspected it might go badly.
Discussion: MSNBC and Florida Politics
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Meet the conspiracy theorist and anti-LGBTQ extremist pulling the strings at major American corporations  —  In recent months, major companies have publicly announced that they are abandoning their diversity efforts.  In at least two cases, companies were pressured into taking action …
Laura Gersony / USA Today:
Arizona congressional primary election: Blake Masters behind in close House race  —  PHOENIX - Arizona's three most hotly contested U.S. congressional primaries remain too close to call, according to the first round of unofficial results from Tuesday's primary elections.
Discussion: NPR and Associated Press
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on New Initiatives to Beat the Opioid Epidemic  —  Our Administration's efforts have helped lead to the first decline in overdose deaths in five years.  We have seized more fentanyl at our border in the last two years than in the last five years combined …
Discussion: Washington Post, UPI and The Hill
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The deranged left is breaking all the rules they claim to uphold to keep Donald Trump down
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Faces a Faster, Uglier Version of the Internet
Discussion: New Republic and Black America Web
The San Francisco Standard:
‘Aggressive’ homeless camp sweeps begin in San Francisco
Discussion: KTVU-TV
Christina Blacken / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Would Be A DEI President — And That's A Good Thing For America
Discussion: Twitchy and National Review
CNN:
Biden to open first night of Democratic convention, sources say
Discussion: CBS News
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Schumer's summer parting gift to vulnerable Dems
Discussion: Fox News
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Harris takes 4-point lead in Pennsylvania; Casey up 5 on McCormick: poll
Discussion: RedState
CBS News:
Norah O'Donnell to leave “CBS Evening News” anchor desk after 2024 election for new role at network
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV files FCC complaint, accusing Disney of bad faith negotiations and trying to block DirecTV from taking legal action against its anticompetitive demands

New York Times:
Insiders detail how Bob Iger undermined and outmaneuvered Bob Chapek and returned to power at Disney, as the question of how Iger misjudged Chapek still lingers

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Sinclair ousts Ken Solomon, CEO of the Tennis Channel since 2005, citing his time spent advising Dr. Phil McGraw's company as a growing distraction
 
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