Deval Patrick is running, how hard is this last-minute filing stuff anyway?, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is running for her late husband’s House seat, and there’s a big asterisk in Twitter’s new rules about political ads.

Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Deval Patrick Joins the 2020 Race: ‘This Won’t Be Easy, and It Shouldn’t Be’ (NYT)
• Deval Patrick Announcement Video (YouTube/Deval For All)
• Deval Patrick bows out of 2020 presidential run (Politico)
• Bloomberg news: Michael Bloomberg launches presidential campaign in Alabama (Montgomery Advertiser)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Wednesday (The Guardian)
• CLIP: "President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden" (YouTube/C-SPAN)
• AP source: 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland (AP)
• Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings, will seek his seat in Congress (Baltimore Sun)
• Kweisi Mfume begins campaign to regain congressional seat, replace the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (Baltimore Sun)
• August 2, 2019: The Great Winding-Down [includes info on where leftover campaign funds can go] (Election Ride Home)
• Twitter Is Banning Political Ads. But It Will Allow Those That Don't Mention Candidates Or Bills. (BuzzFeed News)

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