The Old Man Who Saved American Democracy.  Twice.  —  1. Joe  —  I hope you drank it in last night.  It was one of the most human moments I've ever seen in politics, from the second the president stepped on stage and embraced his daughter.  —  But it was more than that.

Harris leads Trump in new Nebraska 2nd District poll  —  Most recent local Biden-Trump polling had shown Trump narrowly leading or slightly behind  —  OMAHA — A new poll in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District shows Vice President Kamala Harris has reinvigorated local Democrats, infusing them with renewed hope.

Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis  —  Loans of around $13 billion have remained ‘hung’ for nearly two years, bringing in interest payments but weighing on banks' balance sheets  —  The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter …

Hillary Clinton gets her Trump revenge moment  —  Hillary Clinton is finally getting (one form of) revenge on Donald Trump.  The former secretary of state used her primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention to rip into her former presidential rival as a selfish criminal who Democrats now have …

Former Trump official Stephanie Grisham to speak at the Democratic convention  —  Grisham resigned from the Trump administration immediately after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  CHICAGO — Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will speak at the Democratic National Convention …

Gwen Walz reveals she underwent a different treatment, not IVF, in new details about fertility struggles  —  Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz clarified in a statement to CNN that she did not use in vitro fertilization to conceive, sharing new details about her and Gov. Tim Walz's fertility struggles …

Beware the Pundit-Brained Version of the Democratic Convention  —  It's one of those moments that is tattooed on your brain forever—if your brain is the kind that is fully occupied by an encyclopedic memory of inane political moments that normal people forget: Donald Trump steps out onto …

North Carolina Moves to Toss-up, Setting Up November Battle for Magnificent Seven Swing States  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  —North Carolina moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up in our Electoral College ratings, further emphasizing a focus on 7 key swing states to the exclusion of almost everywhere else.

Project 25 co-author says the quiet part on tape  —  Russ Vought is confident that Trump will come through once again for anti-choice Republicans.  —  🚨 This special five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.

Is Kamala Scared to Debate Trump on Fox?  —  That's how this formula works, right?  Isn't that the precedent Kamala Harris herself set when demanding Donald Trump stick to the debate he set with Joe Biden?  A refusal to do any proposed debate indicates fear?  —  In this case, it could be true.

A friendly media grows grumbly in Chicago  —  The Scoop  —  Kamala Harris has ridden a wave of positive press coverage to the United Center in Chicago, but to judge by the grumbling here in Chicago, the honeymoon may be ending soon.  —  The Democratic National Convention …

Andy Beshear Hopes Somebody Rapes J.D. Vance's Wife or Daughter  —  The Democrat Party is filled with trash people.  —  That's not to say every Democrat is trash; just an abnormally large number of them are disgusting, nasty, vile, hateful liars whose fondest wish is to harm people they disagree with.

Biden's Valediction: Twenty Pounds ... As Always  —  Give Joe Biden this much credit — he stayed up past his bedtime.  And mine, and pretty much everyone's east of the Colorado River.  For some reason, the organizers of the Democrats' national convention let the schedule slide more than an hour …

A Desperate Kennedy Campaign, and the Mystery of 110,000 Signatures  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential team relied on a super PAC for the signatures needed to get on the ballot in Arizona, according to people with knowledge of the operation.  —  On Friday, a longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

New College of Florida Is Dumping Books—and Losing Professors  —  The conservative transformation of the institution continues, with gender studies texts being tossed and the faculty chair, plus other professors, taking leave.  —  This past week provided plenty of reminders …