The Guardian

Younger, slicker and more telegenic than her rival, the Democratic candidate really might just beat him, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him | Emma Brockes

California State

Many Republicans have criticized Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for what they call a border invasion. The vice president is pushing back, spotlighting what she contends is her history of tough border enforcement. From member station KQED in San Francisco, senior immigration editor Tyche Hendricks takes a look at Harris' record in California and finds it has a lot of nuance.

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s what her California record reveals

The Hill

Democratic strategist James Carville warned that Democrats’ “giddy elation” over Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign won’t be “helpful much longer” as Republicans seek to regain lost ground after President Biden’s withdrawal from the race. “They’re coming at us, and they’re gonna keep...

Carville: Democrats’ ‘giddy elation’ over Harris won’t be ‘helpful much longer’

HuffPost

The MSNBC host ripped Trump and his "most ardent super fans" after Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.

Rachel Maddow Breaks Down How Trump's 'Political Good Luck' Just Ended 'With A Crash'

NBC News

Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for her race, gender, parental status — and most recently, her laugh. With conservatives designating her laugh as “crazy,” “nuts” and a “cackle” in recent weeks, the language used to describe it is loaded and steeped in sexism, experts are saying.

Trump's campaign works to convince voters that Harris is 'crazy' because of her laugh

The New Republic

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, and admitted all the post-assassination “unity” talk was nonsense, openly declaring: “Maybe I’ve gotten worse.” We talked to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of the “Lucid” newsletter and the book Strongmen, who helps illuminate how Trump’s form of politics requires keeping his followers in a frenzy of excitement about what the authoritarian leader plans to inflict on their imagined enemies. Listen to this episode here.

Trump’s Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I’ve Gotten Worse”

Business Insider

Nancy Pelosi was asked if Donald Trump had messed up in selecting JD Vance. She responded by   calling it a "great choice" and laughing.

Nancy Pelosi burst out laughing after being asked if Trump screwed up by picking JD Vance

WashingtonExaminer

Former President Donald Trump last week set the internet ablaze after questioning the ethnicity of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.  During an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, Trump was asked whether he agreed with the narrative that the vice president was tapped by President Joe Biden to be “DEI hire” instead […]

If Trump keeps this up, he’s going to lose

Four years after SARS-CoV2 sparked a devastating global pandemic, U.S. health officials now consider COVID-19 an endemic disease. "At this point, COVID-19 can be described as endemic throughout the world," Aron Hall, the deputy director for science at the CDC's coronavirus and other respiratory viruses division, told NPR in an interview.

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means

Wisconsin State

Minnesota State

The country is learning a lot about Vice President Kamala Harris' choice for running mate this week. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has spent almost two decades in elected office. As Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters reports, the governor's record only recently became more progressive. CLAY MASTERS, BYLINE: On the opening...

How Tim Walz went from 'Blue Dog Democrat' to progressive champion

Washington State

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Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Mound Bayou, MS

MOUND BAYOU, Miss. — In the center of this historically Black city, once deemed “the jewel of the Delta” by President Theodore Roosevelt, dreams to revitalize an abandoned hospital building have all but dried up. An art deco sign still marks the main entrance, but the front...

Black hospitals vanished in the U.S. decades ago. Some communities have paid a price

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Salon

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow sat down with Democratic lawyer Marc Elias on Monday to discuss Donald Trump's past efforts at election subversion and how his supporters are preparing to again undermine the vote in November. "Republicans pioneered this in Michigan in 2020," Maddow said, speaking about Trump's pressuring of GOP officials...

"They're laying the foundation to do it again": Maddow details GOP plan to undermine 2024 election

The Atlantic

He used to talk about taking on corporate power. Now he’s openly pandering to plutocrats—and polling more strongly than ever.

Trump Isn’t Even Pretending Anymore

Mediaite

Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton burst into laughter after he was asked how he would advise Trump following his remarks about Kamala Harris' race.
The post GOP Strategist Bursts out Laughing When CNN Anchor Asks How He Would Advise Trump After Unhinged Presser first appeared on Mediaite.

GOP Strategist Bursts out Laughing When CNN Anchor Asks How He Would Advise Trump After Unhinged Presser

The Associated Press

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election.  In a series of Truth Social posts late Friday, the Republican nominee and former president said his agreement to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC “has been terminated” because he will no longer face Democratic President Joe Biden, who ended his campaign last month after a disastrous performance in their...

Trump says he'll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News

USA TODAY

With polling swinging in Harris' favor since she rose to top of the Democratic ticket, Trump isn't just losing the election. He's losing his mind.

'Kamabla'? Trump isn't just losing the election, he's losing his mind.

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump have agreed to a debate on Sept. 10...

Harris and Trump will debate in September. And, a COVID mystery unraveled

NewsNinja

A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

NewsBreak

'If You Can Keep It': Memes And Making Sense Of Political Moments

It's been a week since Vice President Kamala Harris seemingly fell out of a coconut tree... and into her spot as the frontrunner for the Democratic...

'If You Can Keep It': Memes And Making Sense Of Political Moments

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