memeorandum: Schumer riffs on McConnell's legacy (Punchbowl News)

10:05 AM ET, September 3, 2024

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Ally Mutnick / Politico:

House and Senate Republicans are starting to panic about a huge money gap with Democrats — GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are privately — and publicly — warning donors they need more money. — Republicans are racing to plug a massive money hole — before it's too late.

Discussion: ABC News, Alternet.org and Raw Story

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:

Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates — The boost to House, Senate and state-level candidates follows a $540 million fundraising haul for the vice president over six weeks. — Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign and the Democratic National Committee plan …

Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg

Natasha Korecki / NBC News:

Biden and Harris rally in battleground Pennsylvania as Trump sits out Labor Day — Biden and Harris made the case for their administration's work with unions as Trump skipped the traditional campaign kickoff day. He has several events planned later this week.

Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost, Associated Press, The Hill, CBS News, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and New York Times

Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump ridiculed after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Newsweek and HuffPost

Chris Hayes / MSNBC:
Kamala Harris drives Democrats' enthusiasm up as Donald Trump drags the GOP down

Discussion: HotAir

Politico:
Playbook: The final sprint begins

Discussion: CNN and Washington Post

Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times: Haley's Voters Size Up a Scrambled Presidential Race

Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Plans to Make Voters Hate Harris

Discussion: Politico, Townhall and Washington Post

Davidrlurie / Public Notice:

Kamala Harris is cutting off Trump's political oxygen — 🚨 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. — 💥 Subscribe to Public Notice 💥

James Carville / New York Times:

Kamala Harris's Best Strategy to Defeat Trump — I hate to say it, but Donald Trump remains the singular most recognized name in the United States. Since he moseyed down that golden escalator in 2015, he has dominated the American airwaves and algorithms.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill, So What, PoliticusUSA, Fox News, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and RedState

Daniel Dale / CNN:

Trump is still telling lies he told eight years ago — In a speech last week to the National Guard Association of the United States, former President Donald Trump claimed that he was the president who “created” the Veterans Choice health care program, and got it “passed in Congress,” after others had wanted to do so “for 57 years.”

Adam Klasfeld / Just Security:

Chronology of a Dozen Times Trump Pushed to Prosecute His Perceived Enemies — The cascade of election coverage, commentary and speculation about how Donald Trump might use the power of the presidency to retaliate against his perceived political enemies has overlooked important context …

Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism:

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone's Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention … Actively Creepy — In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Chris Geidner / Law Dork:

Trump and the GOP still have no way of winning in a post-Roe America — It's been more than two years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and yet, this past week, Donald Trump and the Republican Party showed that they are no closer to an answer …

Discussion: NOTUS and Crooked Media

Nick Reisman / Politico:

New York Democrats fear abortion-rights amendment is faltering — Once a vehicle for boosting turnout, Democrats worry opponents are making inroads with voters. — NEW YORK — Democrats are squabbling over an effort to guarantee abortion rights in New York — a fight that is threatening …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Trump convicted of domestic violence — Davidson, who was convicted in the murder of a federal law enforcement officer in 1990, shared an attorney with Donald Trump Jr. — A drug kingpin convicted in the murder of a federal law enforcement officer …

Mike Allen / Axios:

JD Vance's “anytime, anywhere” media strategy … - Vance recently told his team he wants as many events as possible to include a press conference or press Q&A segment, a top adviser told Axios. … - “He can often be combative, but he's not trying to own the libs when he engages with the MSM …

Lisa Lerer / New York Times:

Vance Championed 2017 Report on Families From Architects of Project 2025 … In his introduction to the 2017 Heritage Foundation report, JD Vance argued that economic struggles were inextricable from what he saw as cultural decay.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Wide World of News and Raw Story

Emma Platoff / The Boston Globe:

Top Trump volunteer in Mass. no longer with campaign after warning New Hampshire is ‘no longer a battleground state’ — RNC says campaign remains on the ground in New Hampshire — A top Trump volunteer in Massachusetts “will no longer have any involvement” in the campaign after he sent …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and Raw Story

Associated Press:

Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for opposition's former presidential candidate — A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition's former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election …

Discussion: The Guardian, El País, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and Reuters

Bloomberg:
Maduro Orders Arrest of Rival to Quell Venezuela Dissent

Discussion: Washington Post and Semafor

Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:

Questions surrounding Trump's mental acuity are a real 2024 story — His speech is becoming harder and harder to understand. — The words below were taken verbatim from a campaign speech former President Donald Trump delivered in Potterville, Michigan, Thursday when he was attempting …

Discussion: Raw Story

Punchbowl News:

Schumer riffs on McConnell's legacy — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he's been “more friendly” with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in recent years, and it's not difficult to see why. … But for Schumer, that's not enough to reorient McConnell's legacy as the Kentucky Republican …

Discussion: HuffPost and The Guardian

Andrew Solender / Axios:

Scoop: Dems pummel Ex-Freedom Caucus chief on abortion … - Perry's district voted for former President Trump by 4 percentage points in 2020 — down from 10 points in 2016. — Democrats are looking at it as a prime pickup opportunity; Cook Political Report moved it to “Lean Republican” from “Likely Republican” late last year.

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Ariana Baio / The Independent:

Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’ — The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical people’ — Support truly — independent journalism — Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.

Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God., more at Techmeme »

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Trump's nephew: Former president 'doesn't give a s— about' soldiers — Fred Trump III, former President Trump's nephew, said Monday in an interview that his uncle “doesn't give a s—” about people who serve in the military. — He also recalled meeting the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, MSNBC, HuffPost, The Guardian and Mediaite