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2024 Election
Trumpworld Eyes RFK Jr. Endorsement as a Way to Blunt Democrats’ Momentum
While Kamala Harris’s surging campaign and joyful convention have captured the news cycle, the Trump campaign is projecting confidence and expecting a potentially crucial uptick in support if the independent candidate gets on board.
By Gabriel Sherman
Politics
Trump Somehow Surprised the Governor of New York Wasn’t Nice to Him During the Democratic National Convention
The man who has never met an opponent he didn’t attack thinks Kathy Hochul was too mean to him.
By Bess Levin
Politics
Trump “Disgusts Me to My Core”: Ex-MAGA Supporters Tell the World Why They’re Voting for Kamala Harris
“Voting against Trump and for Kamala Harris is the right thing to do.”
By Bess Levin
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Kamala Harris Is Nothing Like Veep’s Selina Meyer
But she knows which character from the HBO series has “made love to many couches.”
By Savannah Walsh
Politics
Lindsey Graham Warns Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on Harris May Lose Him the Election
Unfortunately for Graham, it appears that Trump is not willing or able to reel himself in.
By Bess Levin
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Did Taylor Swift Endorse Donald Trump? No, But He Seems to Think So
"I accept!" Trump wrote while sharing a series of AI-generated photos that he appeared to take as a vote of confidence from the singer.
By Kase Wickman
(non) normal people
John Oliver Begs Republicans to “Stop Being So F–king Weird”
“The ‘weird’ label has been particularly hard to shake because Republican candidates further down the ballot keep compounding it, including some who won primaries just this week.”
By Savannah Walsh
2024 Election
“I’m a Better Looking Person Than Kamala”: Donald Trump’s Off-Script Moments Are Getting More and More Unhinged
Allies are urging the former president to stick to policy points ahead of the DNC. Instead, he’s using his time to go after Harris’s looks.
By Katie Herchenroeder
Politics
JD Vance Again Defends Donald Trump, This Time From Insulted Veterans
The VP hopeful attempted to soften backlash from Trump’s recent comments diminishing the Congressional Medal of Honor.
By Katie Herchenroeder
Politics
Trump Made a Nice Little Profit on Trump-Branded Bibles, a.k.a. His “Favorite Book”
Nice work if you can get it!
By Bess Levin
2024 Election
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Is Bringing Good Vibes Only to the 2024 DNC: “You Can’t Buy It. You Can’t Fake It”
Democrats are riding a wave of “genuine energy” to Chicago next week, says Senator Dick Durbin, which could offer the veep a vital boost in the home stretch of the election: “I can understand why Donald Trump’s worried.”
By Eric Lutz
Inside the Hive
Sweet Emotion: How the Harris-Walz Ticket Wields Joy Against Donald Trump
On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, MSNBC analyst Anand Giridharadas discusses why the positivity around Harris is taking all the oxygen away from Trump’s frightening ambitions. “Fascism’s a f--king bore,” he says. “We have to show what it would feel like to be alive.”
By Brian Stelter
Politics
New Poll Shows Harris Beating Trump in Pennsylvania, Among Women, and in “Personality” and Honesty
Meanwhile, an average of national polls puts Harris ahead 47.2% to 46.7%.
By Bess Levin
Politics
Of Course Trump Is Going to Claim the Election Was Stolen If Harris Wins: Ex-Trump Official
This should come as a surprise to exactly no one.
By Bess Levin
2024 Election
Kamala Harris Needs to Knock Trump in Her DNC Speech—Without Popping the Joy Balloon
Still riding a wave of optimism, the veep is expected to forge a more personal connection with voters that could insulate her from future MAGA attacks. One top Democratic speechwriter says they were “dreading” writing a speech for Biden: “This will be a lot more fun.”
By Chris Smith
2024 Election
Trump Allies Fear He’s Sabotaging His Own Campaign
The former president can’t get over feeling “cheated” by Joe Biden’s exit from the race, says one source, while another speculates he might “have PTSD” following last month’s assassination attempt.
By Gabriel Sherman
Politics
Trump Suggests He’ll Flee to Venezuela If Harris Wins the Election
He absurdly claimed that the South American dictatorship will be safer than the US.
By Bess Levin
Politics
Donald Trump Has Jumped The Shark
The former president was hoping his conversation with Elon Musk could reset his spiraling campaign. Instead, the glitchy, garbled interview underscored just how boring the Trump Show has gotten.
By Eric Lutz
2024 Election
Have We Learned Anything Since 2016?
Donald Trump will still play assignment editor—if the media lets him.
By Molly Jong-Fast
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Kamala Harris’s Campaign Mocks How Much Donald Trump and Elon Musk Suck at the Internet
The two “cannot run a livestream in the year 2024,” the Harris campaign snarked on X.
By Kase Wickman