The mistakes of 2019 could cost Harris the election  —  Voters think she's too far to the left — but there's plenty of room to define Trump as radical.  —  For the second time this weekend, I'm upending previously laid plans to cover a more time-sensitive story: the New York Times/Siena College poll that came out this morning.

Trump's real Project 2025 was written for him in Moscow by Vladimir Putin's men  —  Unless you work on the politics desk of the New York Times or Washington Post, it's getting harder and harder not to notice the increasingly incoherent yet also dangerously unhinged nature …

Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels “never seen before”  —  The Republican candidate promised to imprison those whom he falsely claimed stole the 2020 election from him  —  Former President Donald Trump is promising to carry out what he described …

Cooper says he's ‘tired of seeing texts’ from students telling parents they're afraid of school shootings.  ‘We cannot normalize this.’  —  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said in an interview Sunday that he is “tired of seeing texts from children in a school telling their parents …

Variety Asked Elton John About Donald Trump and the TDS Afflicted Will NOT Like His Answer  —  Those on the Left afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome might not be fully satisfied by Elton John's response to a question from a Variety reporter at the Toronto Film Festival …

Translating the Crazy  —  UPDATES: I got COVID sixteen days ago and, though I am substantially better, I'm still exhausted.  I know every case is different, but is this normal?  Anyway, with my book coming out on Tuesday, there will be no rest for the weary any time soon.  More book news after today's piece.

‘This Week’ Transcript 9-8-24: Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders  —  Former Wyoming Congressman Liz Cheney announces her father's support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on the second day of panels at the 14th annual Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin, Texas.

Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris  —  The former congresswoman says not voting for Trump is not enough.  —  Rep. Liz Cheney Vice Chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol …

G.O.P. Report to Denounce Biden Administration Over Afghanistan Withdrawal  —  In an election-season document, Republicans are set to offer few new revelations but instead heap blame on the “Biden-Harris administration” while absolving former President Donald J. Trump.

Anti-Abortion Extremists Call the Shots in Trump's GOP  —  Trump's epic flip flop abortion is why Democratic fears about Project 2025 and a Federal abortion ban are well-founded.  —  The generally accepted — and oft-repeated — narrative about Trump is that he is a cult-leader who can bend the Republican base to his will.