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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. No, Harris is not Biden’s ‘border czar’ More lies out of the mouths of Republicans. JD Vance isn’t the second coming of Sarah Palin—he’s far worse If only the worst thing Vance said is he could see Russia from his house. FBI testimony about Trump assassination attempt frustrates Republicans But if Ronny Jackson said it happened … Cartoon: Bankrupt MAGA shirts Going, going, gone! Watch Kamala Harris praise power of educators in speech to teachers union It’s another glowing… [...]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign smashed all kinds of records in the first 48 hours, and the momentum—and record-breaking—hasn’t flagged since. The grassroots is energized. Small donors are swarming to her. Big donors are flocking to her and the whole tenor of this fight to save our democracy has been infused with hope and enthusiasm and plain-old fun. The money continues to pour in—more than $130 million by mid-week primarily from small donors. That more than doubled the $96 million cash on hand the Biden-Harris campaign had at the end of June. Where some of that money is coming… [...]
Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor for Donald Trump, is spitting mad about what FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Wednesday about the July 13 attempt on Donald Trump’s life. Wray said that it’s not clear yet “whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that … hit [Trump’s] ear.” That’s blasphemy in Trump world. So Jackson is out to refute it. In a letter posted on Trump’s Truth Social site, Jackson insisted, “There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital… [...]
After nearly a near year of careful planning, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are in a mad dash to accommodate a new nominee, a re-crafted program, and a highly compressed deadline to pull everything off as though this was the plan all along. With President Joe Biden now out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris pursuing the party's nomination, a dramatic role reversal for the two is likely to play out before a nationally televised audience when around 5,000 delegates, 12,000 volunteers, and 15,000 media members gather for four days in Chicago starting Aug. 19. Harris is banking on introducing her vice presidential… [...]