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John Giles / Arizona Republic:
Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris over Trump — Arizona Republicans like me can emulate Sen. John McCain's motto of ‘Country First’ and beat back Trump and his threat to democracy. — The time has come for my fellow Arizona Republicans to return to the core foundations of the Grand Old Party.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Republicans Are About To Become Desperate — But they won't respond by listening to the public; they'll respond by ratcheting up the menace. — Prior to this most improbable of months, a hallmark of the Biden era had been a great forgetting of the Trump years that preceded it.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Vance tells donors Harris change was a ‘sucker punch,’ at odds with campaign — “The bad news is that Kamala Harris does not have the same baggage as Joe Biden,” Trump's running mate acknowledged at a private event. — The Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) …
Charles R. Davis / Salon:
“Old and quite weird”: Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it — After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade — Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a would-be dictator …
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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
U.S. intelligence official: Russia likely to use propaganda to support Trump over Harris — The official said Harris' being atop the ticket would most likely not change the Kremlin's strategy, which prioritizes cutting off funding to Ukraine. — The U.S. intelligence community believes …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris campaign hits Trump again over debate ‘backtrack’ — Vice President Harris's campaign is doubling down on its attacks against former President Trump, accusing him of backtracking on the next presidential debate. — Campaign communications director Michael Tyler said …
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The Daily Beast:
Harris Trolls Trump: I'll Go to Debate Even If You Don't
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Harris is endorsed by border mayors in swing-state Arizona as she faces GOP criticism on immigration
Harris is endorsed by border mayors in swing-state Arizona as she faces GOP criticism on immigration
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris' Approval Rating Surges as Donald Trump's Falls
Kamala Harris' Approval Rating Surges as Donald Trump's Falls
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Reuters:
Foreign actors will seek to influence reshaped U.S. presidential race, says intelligence officer
Foreign actors will seek to influence reshaped U.S. presidential race, says intelligence officer
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Is Working to Undercut Trump in Presidential Election, U.S. Spy Agencies Say
Iran Is Working to Undercut Trump in Presidential Election, U.S. Spy Agencies Say
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New York Times:
Roy Cooper Withdraws From Kamala Harris VP Sweepstakes — Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket. It was not immediately clear why he withdrew. — Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Obama photographer Pete Souza deletes X account after Trump ear attacks — 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
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split — DRIP DRIP DRIP — A months-long internal feud among the justices over a key case about abortion access in Idaho has been leaked—the latest internal communication to escape the high court. — The Supreme Court has been hit …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court's negotiations and compromise on Idaho's abortion ban — The Supreme Court began the year poised to build on its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and to deliver a new blow to abortion access. — In January, the court took the extraordinary step …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
J.D. Vance May Be The Worst Politician I've Ever Seen — This is before even taking the couch into consideration. — I already have promised to stay as far away from the J.D. Vance couch story as I intend to stay away from the couch in question. (Got a flight booked for Neptune already.)
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
JD Vance says feelings not hurt by ‘weird’ insult from Democrats
JD Vance says feelings not hurt by ‘weird’ insult from Democrats
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Washington Post:
William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80 — He was the only person convicted in connection with the atrocity, in which American troops killed hundreds of unarmed South Vietnamese men, women and children. — William L. Calley Jr., a junior Army officer …
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Drew Winces From Billionaires' Gathering With Trump Pitch — PALM BEACH CONFAB — Some people in the crowd of rich donors reportedly winced and shook their heads after the world's richest man told them they should tell their friends to vote for Donald Trump.
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Jamie Dupree / Regular Order:
Video surprise - Capitol security tapes show fake GOP electors scheme — Tapes detail Jan. 5 effort to get bogus documents to Pence — The Jan. 6 security tapes being released by House Republicans have produced a surprise - video evidence of Donald Trump's fake GOP elector scheme in action …
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Radley Balko / The Watch:
Trump's reckless vaccine ultimatum — For all the talk of Project 2025 and the debate over whether it is or is not a roadmap for a second Trump term (it definitely is), you don't really need to delve through a 900-page document to find potentially catastrophic proposals that, in a sane world …
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Justin Glawe / Rolling Stone:
These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers — At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day — WHEN ELECTION NIGHT comes in November, it will be up to thousands …
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Marianne Williamson Ends Longshot 2024 Presidential Bid — Marianne Williamson said she failed to meet the deadline to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, effectively ending her longshot bid. — “We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth.
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New Republic:
Trump's Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I've Gotten Worse” … Donald Trump took his authoritarian threats in a dark new direction during two new public appearances. He suggested our next election might be our last, reiterated in advance that the election will be rigged against him …
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Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election — As thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo González on Monday announced that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP senator, Fox News host battle over Harris ‘ding dong’ remark — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Monday said Americans view Vice President Harris as “a bit of a ding dong,” a comment that was met with some pushback from Fox News host Neil Cavuto. — Kennedy fired off a series of attacks …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and Other Tech Billionaires Brawl Over Politics — Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and other tech billionaires, many of whom are part of the “PayPal Mafia,” are openly brawling with one another over politics as tensions rise. — Less than an hour after a gunman in Butler …
Axios:
Scoop: Sen. Gary Peters emerges as VP dark horse … - Labor leaders have had discussions with the Harris campaign about including Peters in the vice presidential selection process, one senior Democratic source told Axios. — A Michigan Democratic Party official told Axios Peters …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Arizona GOP Congressional Candidate Said Childless Cat Ladies Are ‘Demented’ And ‘Sick’ — Blake Masters said in 2021 that “there's something very dysfunctional” about people who decide not to get married and make babies. — LOADING — WASHINGTON ― Arizona Republican congressional …
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts — Dutch artist's 17th-century work said to have inspired tableau that has offended Christian and conservative critics — A controversial tableau in the Olympics opening ceremony denounced by Christian …
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CNN:
A half-million records and one app: The group behind a massive effort to ‘clean’ voter rolls — Police officers in Texas, senior citizens at a nursing home in Pennsylvania and people who had registered to vote at a Marine base in California. — They are among the thousands of voters whose right …
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The Federalist
Nell Scovell / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bro-Pocalypse Advisers Got Him ‘Cat Lady’ Vance — THE FOUR DORKSMEN — Without Melania, Ivanka, Kellyanne, and Hope, the 2024 Trump Campaign is suffering from mood swings and brain fog. Is it too late for estrogen replacement therapy? … Since assuming the mantle …
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