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Biden dropped out − is the news media to blame?

For weeks in July 2024, a mix of journalists and academics lamented the news media’s relentless coverage of President Joe Biden’s age since his disastrous debate performance on June 27.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024

Can a brush with death change politicians? It did for notorious Alabama segregationist George Wallace

Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet led me – a historian who has written about political polarization and the Civil Rights Movement – to think back to another norm-smashing populist who encountered death on the campaign trail: former Alabama governor and U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024

Supreme Court ruling may put presidents above the law – but even kings never were

Many observers say a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision from July 1, 2024, turns presidents into kings – but they underestimate how truly radical the ruling actually may be. In fact, though the court’s majority said it was honoring constitutional tradition, it appears to have created something entirely new: a…

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024

Harris, Trump In Tight Race As New Poll Shows Surge In Undecided Voters

The poll, conducted on Monday, revealed Harris with 45 percent support among registered voters, trailing Trump by a single point at 46 percent.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2024

‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

Suggestions definition of petrostate is too narrow as many rich countries that could phase out fossil fuels double down

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Hillary Clinton pens passionate op-ed supporting Kamala Harris and warning of Trump second term: ‘It’s old grievances versus new solutions’

Clinton noted that she ‘couldn’t break that highest, hardest glass ceiling’ in 2016 but vowed that Harris ‘can defeat Donald Trump’

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

First Thing: Kamala Harris says US not going back to ‘chaos’ of Trump years

Vice-president makes fiery speech in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Plus, Zosia Mamet on Girls and nepo babies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Mingus, Blige, Beyoncé: Black Twitter celebrates Kamala Harris’s pop-culture cred

From her Oakland background to her Black Hollywood ties, the vice-president’s experience is resonating with voters

The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2024

With Harris in, Trump can no longer hide

With Kamala Harris running, Donald Trump needs to actively campaign — and not just in MAGA country

Salon · Jul 24, 2024

Allred and Texas Dems bundle resources across the ballot

The statewide Democratic project will allow candidates across the ballot to share data and coordinate on grassroots operations.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 24, 2024