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Gallup: “Americans’ favorable rating of Harris has increased 13 percentage points since June, to 47%, with 93% of Democrats, 41% of independents and 5% of Republicans holding positive opinions of her. … The vice president’s job approval rating is also now 47%, up seven points from the previous reading in December 2023.”

— David Plouffe, on X.

Seth Myers Skewers the Dumbest Part of the Trump-Musk X–Space Fest

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 Buck Banks

“Only a genius chess-master Jedi wizard would do a conference call on a dying app with a South African vampire and, after a 40-minute technical delay, brag about how awesome it is to fire people during a campaign where the number-one issue is jobs.”

— Seth Myers, on “Late Night with Seth Myers”

Biden: We Have Our Own Project 2025

August 16, 2024 Buck Banks

“Let me tell you what our Project 2025 is … Beat the hell out of them.”

— President Biden, at a campaign rally with Vice President Kamala Harris.

One Lame Campaign

August 16, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

It’s pretty widely agreed: Trump’s campaign is a hot mess,
No one asserts anymore he’s playing thee-dimensional chess.
It’s a funny kind of campaign,
Based on lies, invective and blame,
And featuring press conferences at his golf courses — without the press.

Luntz: Like Nothing I’ve Seen in My LIfetime

August 15, 2024 Buck Banks

“She’s bringing out people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden. So the entire electoral pool has changed. And if it continues in this direction, you have to start to consider Democrats winning the Senate and Democrats winning the House… I haven’t seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime.”

— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, on CNBC.

Trump Still Seeking a Nickname for Harris

August 15, 2024 Buck Banks

“The nickname game has been a staple of former President Trump’s campaigns — from Little Marco to Ron DeSanctimonious, his monikers made headlines. … But now, as the former president struggles to shift his messaging toward a new Democratic foe, he’s tried to launch a variety of labels for Vice President Kamala Harris — but they don’t seem to be sticking.”

— Axios

Trump Exceeds His Old Pace of Lies Told Per Minute

August 12, 2024 Buck Banks

162

NPR reviewed the transcript of Donald Trump’s news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. “That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for anyone – and even more problematic for a person running to lead the free world.”

Buttigieg Remains the Thorn in Vance’s Side

August 8, 2024 Buck Banks

“Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is … kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.”

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on X, defending Gov. Tim Walz against accusations by Sen. J.D. Vance.

Walz Ready to Debate Vance

August 7, 2024 Buck Banks

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Harris Approval Rating Surges

47%

At Least He was Succinct

“Now, let’s go win this f*cking thing.”

— David Plouffe, on X.

Seth Myers Skewers the Dumbest Part of the Trump-Musk X–Space Fest

“Only a genius chess-master Jedi wizard would do a conference call on a dying app with a South African vampire and, after a 40-minute technical delay, brag about how awesome it is to fire people during a campaign where the number-one issue is jobs.”

— Seth Myers, on “Late Night with Seth Myers”

Biden: We Have Our Own Project 2025

“Let me tell you what our Project 2025 is … Beat the hell out of them.”

— President Biden, at a campaign rally with Vice President Kamala Harris.

One Lame Campaign

Luntz: Like Nothing I’ve Seen in My LIfetime

— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, on CNBC.

Trump Still Seeking a Nickname for Harris

— Axios

Trump Exceeds His Old Pace of Lies Told Per Minute

162

NPR reviewed the transcript of Donald Trump’s news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. “That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for anyone – and even more problematic for a person running to lead the free world.”

Buttigieg Remains the Thorn in Vance’s Side

“Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is … kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.”

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on X, defending Gov. Tim Walz against accusations by Sen. J.D. Vance.

Walz Ready to Debate Vance

“I can’t wait to debate the guy. That is, if he’s willing to get off his couch and show up.”

— Gov. Tim Walz, speaking at a rally, about Sen. J.D. Vance.

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.

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