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“Half of the eight mayoral hopefuls on Detroit’s primary ballot next week have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons,” a Detroit News analysis shows. “Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder. Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977. The most recent was in 2008.”
“For presidents of the United States, August almost always stinks. Whether it’s because key allies are out of town and unplugged, because the White House support network is thinner or because the nation’s woes seem a little more acute in Washington’s swampy August weather, presidents often get mired in controversies or crises — and often mishandle them — in the dog days of August.”
4.3%
U.S. employers added a seasonally adjusted 209,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump has herpes.”
— New message on an electronic traffic message board on Interstate 80 in California that was hacked, allowing someone to type a few words about President Trump, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
“Important White House ethics rule: don’t lie to a grand jury.”
— Bush White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter, on Twitter.
14 points
A new Quinnipiac poll finds Democrats leading Republicans in the generic congressional ballot by 14 points, 52% to 38%.
68% to 27%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters say by a 68% to 27% margin, including 55% to 39% among voters in military households, that transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military. Republicans oppose transgender service, 60% to 32%, but every other party, gender, education, age or racial group supports transgender service by margins of 22 percentage points or higher.
“The transcript of Donald Trump’s discussion with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull obtained by the Washington Post reveals many things, but the most significant may be that Trump in his private negotiations is every bit as mentally limited as he appears to be in public.”
18% to 61%
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Arizona finds Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) approval rate at just 18%, with 62% disapproving. In contrast, President Trump’s approval rate in the state is 44% to 53%. If the 2018 election were held today, Flake would lose to a generic Democrat, 47% to 31%.
“Trump’s administration has demonstrated total impotence by surrendering its executive authority to Congress in the most humiliating way.”
— Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, quoted by the Washington Post, after President Trump signed new Russian sanctions into law.
