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What if the media has the election all wrong?  —  Here's a question for you: What if the dynamics of the 2024 presidential election have dramatically shifted — and the national media has been too busy doing stenography to notice?  —  What if Kamala Harris — after a spectacular entry into the race …

Trump keeps creating avenues for people to quietly give him money  —  In the wake of the indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, it's worth considering how Trump's profiteering could be abused.  —  Among the allegations included in a federal indictment made public on Thursday …

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Trump Watch  —  On the Secret pod Sarah and I talked about whether or not Kamala Harris is “doing enough,” which is a question some people (not you guys) have been very unhappy with me for asking.  —  The show is here.  —  1. Trump Watch

DNC will send funding to all state parties to support down-ballot races  —  The nearly $2.5 million investment is the first time the national party has sent funding to every one of its state counterparts.  —  The Democratic National Committee is sending money to every state Democratic party …

NYT: Appeals Court Suuuuure Sounds Skeptical About Leticia James' Lawfare on Trump  —  Could Leticia James' attempt to bankrupt her political bete noire come to a crashing end?  Donald Trump tried before and during the massive fraud lawsuit to get an intervention from the New York state appellate court to no avail.

What Vance's Vetters Missed  —  Devastating scenes out of Florida last night after Hurricane Helene slammed into the state's Big Bend, leaving at least six people dead and knocking out power for millions of others across the Southeast.  Say a prayer for those in the impact zone today.  Happy Friday.

Trump meets with Zelensky, opening new chapter in a fraught relationship  —  The meeting is their first since 2019 and will happen in the final stage of a U.S. presidential race that has put a spotlight on partisan divisions over the war in Ukraine.  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump met …

How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz will meet for their first and only debate on Tuesday, hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

JD Vance, in 2020 messages, said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’  —  In previously undisclosed messages, the future vice-presidential nominee said Trump had not fulfilled his economic agenda and predicted he would lose to Biden.  —  Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has a go-to explanation …

Vance's Pre-Debate Prep Includes Christian Nationalist Who Called Harris a Witch  —  A LESS ANGRY RUSH LIMBAUGH  —  The veep hopeful will hold a town hall with a notorious televangelist who said last year that opponents of Donald Trump would soon suffer “sudden deaths” at the hands of God.

Special Counsel Proposes Making Public More Evidence From Trump Election Case  —  Jack Smith is seeking to disclose quotations from secret grand jury testimony and interviews, but is proposing to shield witness identities.  —  The special counsel, Jack Smith, has asked a federal judge …

Fox Weather meteorologist saves Atlanta woman from floodwaters during broadcast  —  Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being called a hero after he rescued an Atlanta woman trapped in rising floodwaters mid-broadcast.  —  Van Dillen launched the one-man rescue mission to save the screaming woman …

Exclusive: New Bill Would Prevent Trump From Quashing His Criminal Cases  —  A prominent House Democrat is introducing legislation Friday that would prevent former President Donald Trump from dismissing his ongoing criminal prosecutions if he were to win the presidency again.

John Roberts Doesn't Want You to Vote  —  Donald Trump is certainly going to lose the popular vote, like he did in 2020 and 2016.  —  Donald Trump is probably going to lose the Electoral vote, like he did in 2020.  —  But if the latter is close—and thanks to the antidemocratic architecture …

The Kleptocracy Club  —  Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.  —  Since the earliest days of the republic, America's international friendships have shaped domestic politics.  And some of those friendships helped America strengthen its democratic principles.

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 35 in 4 states … Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 35 people in four states, snapping trees like twigs …

Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual assault, murder convictions roaming US streets: ICE data  —  ICE provided the new data to lawmakers this week  —  Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions are loose on the streets …

Bill Barr, “So Far as We Knew”  —  As I described, the book written by Aaron Zebley and two of Robert Mueller's other former prosecutors breaks most new ground in its description of discussions between Mueller's team, Trump's lawyers, and those supervising the investigation at DOJ.