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?

1 big thing: Sun Belt surprise … - Why it matters: Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina — which had looked to be trending toward former President Trump — are suddenly crackling battlegrounds online, on the airwaves and on the ground.  —  🖼️ The big picture …

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 …

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 …

Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin's adopted son reportedly removed from abusive facility in Jamaica  —  No one came for him after authorities removed eight boys from Atlantis Leadership Academy, reports Sunday Times of London  —  As Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin said his overriding goal was to reform …

A Harris presidency would give the GOP time to purge Trumpism  —  Ejecting those who fail a MAGA loyalty test puts the party I've always called home on a path to irrelevance.  —  What a difference a month can make.  —  July started with Georgia Republicans giddy about former President …

Justice Thomas Failed to Reveal More Private Flights, Senator Says  —  Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow's lawyer after records showed undisclosed flights between Hawaii and New Zealand with the Supreme Court justice in 2010.

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 …

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 …

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

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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 …

Trump leans into religious extremism to energize rightwing evangelicals  —  Ex-president turning to Christian nationalists for support as Kamala Harris's potential nomination poses hard challenge  —  Donald Trump, now facing a tougher challenge in the US election after Joe Biden stepped …

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.