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Donald Trump is in a very different position than he was just a month ago. And it shows.
The race remains close, but the credit now belongs to Kamala Harris and Trump’s crusade is heralding a reversal of racial dynamics, in other ways.
Trump continues to look for possible outlets for the Sept. 10 debate with Kamala Harris, complaining that he shouldn’t have to attend the debate because he is hosting it through ABC News, which he says endorses him. the fact that he has already agreed to a debate on ABC News, first with Biden and then again with Harris.
But in another sign of the race’s conversion dynamics, Harris’ crusader is now the one haggling over its terms, arguing that the candidates’ microphones will have to remain in the debate. This is an update on Biden’s position. He objected to hot microphones and made them a condition of his initial debate offer. In the grand scheme of things, this is a small game point, however, it’s one where Harris is more competitive than Biden, suggesting she’s content with going toe-to-toe with Trump’s attempts to reach out to her subject. and, sometimes, puts the responsibility. Trump to respond and avoid his demands.
In another transparent sign that Trump’s crusade is hot on his heels, Trump himself is accelerating his own crusade, his crusade team told the WSJ: “Trump’s advisers, who are gearing up for Harris to get a post-mainstream spice in the polls, say he will be more active in the election crusade after having set a modest pace when President Biden was still in the race.
I would adopt a wait-and-see strategy of how much additional effort Trump puts into his campaign. Believe it when you see it, especially in light of this WSJ report in the same article: “At a certain point in time, most of the time the measures taken through Trump’s crusade are smaller, save money, but are also designed to keep Trump more focused on a certain issue, a constant fight. “
If rebooting Trump’s crusade requires keeping him “on topic,” that makes me skeptical that the reboot is genuine. It will be a long road until November for the Trump crusade, stalled with a candidate who would likely be chronically overshadowed in his race by a mixed-race woman, and facing the prospect not only of waste but of genuine criminal pain when all is said and done. . and that’s it.
RFK Jr. ‘s bizarre, narcissistic, and unnecessary presidential crusade ended Friday in the only way possible, with Donald Trump’s victory. Despite (or perhaps because of) all their baggage: anti-vaxxers, pro-run-over bears, etc. RFK Jr. is now the topic of the week at MAGA Land, and Trump even went so far as to retweet a post referencing a Trump-Kennedy “ticket. “Poor JD Vance.
Colorado’s Republican Party voted to unseat its debatable president, Dave Williams, who was elected last year. Williams, among other things, had defamed the LGBTQ community and called for all Pride flags to be burned.
Adam Unikowsky, a former Antonin Scalia worker, takes a closer look at last week’s Arkansas Supreme Court ruling to reject an abortion rights polling initiative, because sponsors didn’t dot the i’s and t’s. Unikowsky’s provocative name gives an idea of where he is headed: “They did not present a photocopy that was not required. “
In another indication of the Supreme Court’s degraded and indistinct jurisprudence on firearms, a federal ruling in Kansas ruled last week that a long-standing ban on firearms violated the Second Amendment, ignoring gun ownership charges. of fire against an accused criminal.
After over a year in this job, I cannot understand Putin’s hold on Trump.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the United States response to the COVID pandemic and retired after nearly 40 years as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recovering at home after being hospitalized with a West Nile virus infection that peaked. he probably contracted a mosquito bite on his lawn in Washington. Fauci, 83, is expected to make a full recovery.
The two American astronauts trapped aboard the International Space Station will use the cursed Boeing Starliner that brought them there to return to Earth. Instead, the Boeing spacecraft will return autonomously next month, and astronauts will wait until next year for a SpaceX spacecraft to arrive and take them home, NASA announced this weekend.
Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore arrived at the ISS in June for a planned 8-day project that will now span about 8 months until the scheduled return of SpaceX’s Dragon in February.
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