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Harris Holds National Lead Among Likely Voters

September 3, 2024 Buck Banks

$48% to 43%

A new USA Today/Suffolk poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 48% to 43%. Also interesting: In June, 73% of Biden supporters predicted he would win; now 87% of Harris voters say she will, a jump of 14 points. Also in June, 88% of Trump supporters said he would win. Now 76% do ? a majority, but still, a drop of a dozen points.

Harris Wants Live Mics at Debate, Mocks Trump

September 3, 2024 Buck Banks

“Donald Trump is surrendering to his advisors who won’t allow him to debate with a live microphone. If his own team doesn’t have confidence in him, the American people definitely can’t. We are running for President of the United States. Let’s debate in a transparent way—with the microphones on the whole time.”

— Kamala Harris taunted Donald Trump for insisting on muted microphones at their debate.

A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 48% to 43%. “The findings reflect an eight-point turnaround in the presidential race from late June, when Trump had led President Joe Biden in the survey by nearly four points.”

Carville: Trump Knows He’s in Trouble, and It’s ‘Driving Him Crazy’

August 28, 2024 Buck Banks

“He has a shark-like survival instinct. And he knows that he’s not having the same effect as he used to. He knows that Harris has become what he’s always wanted to be, is the kind of hot item…. He’s not the new kid on the block anymore, and he’s struggling to regain that.”

— Democratic strategist James Carville told the New Republic that Donald Trump “knows he’s in deep trouble” — and it’s “driving him crazy.”

200-Plus Bush, McCain, Romney Republicans Endorse Harris

August 28, 2024 Buck Banks

200+

More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA Today.

More Abortion Contortions

August 27, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

We’re used to seeing Donald Trump’s policy contortions,
Like, whatever’s playing this minute is his current position.
A nationwide one would be great,
Or should we leave it to the states?
You just can’t pin the Trumpster down on abortion.

Trump: Hot or Not Hot?

August 27, 2024 Buck Banks

“I was sort of like a hot guy. I was hot as a pistol. I think I was hotter than I am now, and I became president. Okay. I don’t know. I said to somebody, was I hotter before or hotter now? I don’t know. Who the hell knows?”

— Donald Trump, at a campaign rally.

Trump ‘Adds’ RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm to What Was the Trump-Vance ‘Ticket’

August 26, 2024 Buck Banks

Donald Trump shared a post describing Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a “ticket.”

— Posted on X by Aaron Rupar

Harris’s Lead Grows

August 25, 2024 Buck Banks

50% to 43%

A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally by seven points among likely voters, 50% to 43%.

Harris’s National Lead Widens

August 25, 2024 Buck Banks

$48% to 43%

— Kamala Harris taunted Donald Trump for insisting on muted microphones at their debate.

48% to 43%

A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters, 48% to 43%. “The findings reflect an eight-point turnaround in the presidential race from late June, when Trump had led President Joe Biden in the survey by nearly four points.”

“He has a shark-like survival instinct. And he knows that he’s not having the same effect as he used to. He knows that Harris has become what he’s always wanted to be, is the kind of hot item…. He’s not the new kid on the block anymore, and he’s struggling to regain that.”

— Democratic strategist James Carville told the New Republic that Donald Trump “knows he’s in deep trouble” — and it’s “driving him crazy.”

200+

More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA Today.

“I was sort of like a hot guy. I was hot as a pistol. I think I was hotter than I am now, and I became president. Okay. I don’t know. I said to somebody, was I hotter before or hotter now? I don’t know. Who the hell knows?”

— Donald Trump, at a campaign rally.

Donald Trump shared a post describing Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a “ticket.”

— Posted on X by Aaron Rupar

50% to 43%

A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally by seven points among likely voters, 50% to 43%.

47% to 42%

A new Angus Reid poll finds Kamala Harris opening up a five point lead over Donald Trump among registered voters, 47% to 42%.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

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