Surprise Poll Reveals a Key Trump Weakness Against Kamala Harris  —  It's one of the biggest unknowns about Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy: Will she successfully reconstitute the Democratic coalition amid Donald Trump's surprising, persistent strength among nonwhite voters, particularly Latinos, and young people?

Secretaries of state urge Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info  —  Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk's X platform, suggested that Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states.  She hasn't.  —  Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter …

What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want?  —  The third-party Presidential candidate has a troubled past, a shambolic campaign, and some surprisingly good poll numbers.  —  In December of 2021, the pollster Jeremy Zogby began designing a national survey to capture the radical changes …

UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’  —  LONDON — Britain's Keir Starmer took aim at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire claimed the wave of far-right violence hitting the U.K. was “inevitable.”  —  The British prime minister's spokesperson said there was …

Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term … Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government.  He recently described political opposition as …

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Free speech fears after Aussie group SUSPENDED by Elon Musk's X … Australian anti-nuclear campaigners have been suspended from billionaire Elon Musk's privately-owned social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.  The decision has sparked fears about US-based companies limiting free speech by environmental campaigners.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park  —  Mr. Kennedy, an independent presidential candidate, confessed to dropping off the bear cub 10 years ago and making it appear that a bike had hit the animal.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate …

The Democrats Will Unite Behind Any VP Choice  —  Even if your niche corner of the internet will not.  —  Tim here, sitting in today—JVL has the week off, so we'll be taking turns subbing for him.  —  1. The Internet Is Not Real Life, Part Eleventy Bajillion

Harris vs. Trump: New poll shows 7-point swing in presidential race  —  A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted between July 29 and Aug. 1 showed a 7-point swing in the presidential race since the last time the poll was conducted in January.The poll went from a 4-point lead …