Missouri State

The Associated Press

Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reevaluate his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing private concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step aside. Follow AP’s live coverage of the investigation into the assassination attempt on Trump, the RNC and more Democrats expressing concerns about President Biden’s candidacy. WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step away from the 2024 race. Biden’s orbit, already small before his debate fumbling, has grown even smaller in recent days. Isolated as he battles a COVID infection at home in Delaware, the president is relying on a few longtime aides as he weighs whether to bow to the mounting pressure to drop out.

Biden is isolated at home as Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race

NewsNation

Social Security reform is a major issue in the years ahead. If elected, here's what Vice President Kamala Harris might do about it.

What would a Kamala Harris presidency mean for Social Security?

Mediaite

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) attacked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in a fiery concession speech on Tuesday in which she blamed the organization’s influence on Democratic politics, vowing to “tear [AIPAC’s] kingdom down.” Bush, a prominent member of the progressive group of congressional lawmakers known as The Squad, lost her bid for reelection […]
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‘I’m Coming To Tear Your Kingdom Down!’ Cori Bush Unleashes Stunning Rant Against AIPAC After Her Primary Defeat

The Independent

 Democratic representative Cori Bush became the second member of the Squad to lose her primary as county prosecutor Wesley Bell beat her in a grueling and expensive primary on Tuesday evening.Pro-Israel groups spent massive amounts of money to depose Bush in the district where she pulled off an upset victory against a longtime incumbent Democrat in 2020. The United Democracy Project, a super PAC of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, spent $9.2m against Bush, according to AdImpact. That made the primary the second-most expensive one of the year after UDP spent millions in opposition to fellow Squad member...

Cori Bush becomes the second Squad member to lose her primary as she’s ousted from Missouri seat

Fox News

"Squad" member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., was mocked on social media Tuesday after the far-left lawmaker lost her primary to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell.

Social media reacts to ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush losing primary: ‘Good Riddance’

The Forward

The Democratic Socialists of America on Wednesday pulled their conditional endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for reelection after she hosted an online panel discussion with two leading Jewish experts on antisemitism. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, acknowledged in a June livestream with Amy Spitalnick, chief executive of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses Democratic Socialists endorsement after she speaks out against antisemitism

Pro-Israel groups celebrated a second victory Tuesday in their campaign to unseat Israel’s staunchest critics in Congress when Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lost in the Democratic primary. Rep. Jamaal Bowman was defeated in June. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC, the United Democracy Project, spent at least $24 million to oust Bush...

Pro-Israel groups helped defeat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush. Why aren’t they targeting Ilhan Omar?

Kansas City, MO

OK Magazine

Travis Kelce will always be there for his girlfriend, Taylor Swift — even if he's more than 5,000 miles away.The Kansas City Chiefs tight end couldn't physically be by his lady's side after news broke on Wednesday, August 7, that an ISIS terrorist attack had been planned on one of Swift's three now-canceled shows in Vienna, Austria, as Kelce remains in the United States due to his mandatory NFL training camp schedule.Despite not being in Europe to comfort the 14-time Grammy winner during an unimaginably frightening time, Kelce — whose football season kicks off on September 5 — is still...

'Very Concerned' Travis Kelce 'Immediately' Contacted Girlfriend Taylor Swift After Eras Tour Terror Plot Forced Her to Cancel Vienna Shows

Hakeem Jeffries held private meeting with President Joe Biden in which he expressed some of the "candid" conversations happening within the Democratic caucus.
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Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Issues Ice Cold Statement on Meeting With Biden

Florida State

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Uncovering Florida

With hurricane season posing a consistent threat six months out of the year, who would not like a little help getting their home ready for the harsh weather to come? Senate Bill 7028: My Safe Florida Home Program, approved by Governor DeSantis on April 24, 2024, and effective as of July 1, appropriates a one-time total of $200 million from 2024 to 2025 for the purpose of funding hurricane mitigation grants and inspections, as well as outreach and administration costs, to support homeowners in Florida.

DeSantis Signs New Bill Giving $200 Million To Homeowners

Ohio State

POLITICO

“I’m a little surprised they didn’t vet him as thoroughly as they should have," said one GOP strategist.

Republicans are already souring on JD Vance

NBC News

In an opinion piece published Saturday in The New York Times, Sen. Bernie Sanders defended President Joe Biden’s decision to remain the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, writing that “I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected” and calling on party members to stop “bickering and nit-picking” over his candidacy.

Bernie Sanders says Biden will be the Democratic nominee and it’s time to stop ‘bickering and nit-picking’

Ballotpedia News

Wesley Bell (D) defeated Rep. Cori Bush (D) and two other candidates in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on August 6. Bell received 51.2% of the vote and Bush received 45.6%. The primary election took place against the backdrop of a federal investigation of Bush’s alleged...

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) becomes the fourth U.S. House incumbent to lose a primary election this year

 The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has argued for the Democratic Party to nominate a Republican as their presidential candidate in a bid to beat Donald Trump.In recent weeks, calls for incumbent president Joe Biden to step down have grown ever louder, amid concerns over the president’s health and cognitive abilities.Current polling suggests that Trump, who was beaten by Biden in 2020 after serving one controversy-laden term in the Oval Office, is on course to win a second term this November.In an essay published by The New York Times, Sorkin drew parallels between real-world events and his acclaimed TV...

The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin pens essay telling Democrats to nominate Mitt Romney for president

The Hill

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) voted with Republicans on Thursday to block the nomination of Judge Sarah Netburn, who garnered significant controversy after ruling a transgender woman convicted of sex crimes should be transferred to a federal women’s prison. It marked a rare instance of a Democrat breaking with the...

Ossoff votes with Republicans to block controversial Biden nominee

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Arizona State

WashingtonExaminer

A nonpartisan election handicapper updated ratings for three states in the 2024 presidential election cycle, shifting three battleground states within striking distance for Democrats after Vice President Kamala Harris became the party’s nominee for president. The Cook Political Report is moving Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada into the “toss-up” category from “lean Republican.” Arizona has 11 […]

Three battleground states shift within reach for Harris after campaign reset

Minnesota State

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has turned into an overnight media sensation in China. The Minnesota governor’s experience teaching English in China in 1989, spending his honeymoon there, and organizing student trips to the country has led many Chinese social media users to hope that he could help thaw fraught US-China relations if elected.

Chinese media, activists have mixed feelings about Tim Walz

Bucks County Beacon

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Saint Louis County, MO

NewsOne

Social media critics called Wesley Bell a "sellout" for accepting AIPAC campaign cash to defeat Rep. Cori Bush in Missouri's congressional primary election.
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‘Sellout’: Critics Rip Wesley Bell After He Defeated Cori Bush With AIPAC Money, Empty ‘Progressive Promises’

NewsBreak

Q&A: The pro-Israel pollster behind Cori Bush’s primary loss

When she conceded her Democratic primary on Tuesday, Missouri Rep. Cori Bush put the blame on pro-Israel groups that dumped millions of dollars into St. Louis....

Q&A: The pro-Israel pollster behind Cori Bush’s primary loss

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