ALL IS FAIR
Tim Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Redefines BDE: Big Dad Energy
And can we discuss whatever is going on between the man and the turkey population as a whole?
By Kase Wickman
Trump’s Campaign Attacks Tim Walz for Allowing “Convicted Felons to Vote”
Who wants to tell them?
By Bess Levin
Hamptons Problems
A Trump Fundraiser in the Hamptons Unleashed a Gridlock Nightmare
Last Friday, never-ending traffic from Riverhead to Amagansett lasted late into the night, with vehicles on main roads, side streets, highways, and everything in between snarled for hours.
By Stephanie Krikorian
Republicans Think Trump Is Having a “Nervous Breakdown” Over Kamala Harris
The ex-president is definitely missing Joe Biden right about now.
By Bess Levin
The Clarence Thomas Saga Won’t Stop
Biden and the Democrats want Supreme Court reform. But, for now, at least, it remains theoretical.
By Eric Lutz
2024 Election
Warnings for Camp Kamala and Team Trump: 6 Ways to Spot Staff Infections—and Inflections—on the Campaign Trail
A veteran of four White House races reveals his trade secrets for the 2024 nominees.
By Mark McKinnon
ask jeeves
Kamala Harris's Campaign Imagines Trump Gazing Into the Algorithmic Abyss, Wondering If He's Weird
A new TikTok video from Kamala HQ speculates on the former president's search history.
By Kase Wickman
2024 ELECTION
Kamala Harris Gives VP Slot to Tim Walz, Creator of “Big Weirdos” Political Strategy
The former schoolteacher turned governor will join the Harris ticket after proving himself to be an entertaining attack dog.
By Andrew Kirell
JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful
She did not touch on his claim that people who don’t have kids are more sociopathic.
By Bess Levin
Donald Trump Has Nothing Else
When the ex-president is desperate, he gets stuck on the 2020 election—and racist taunts.
By Eric Lutz
RFK Jr. Says He Staged an Elaborate Bear-Cub Murder Scene in Central Park, but Only Because He’d Planned to Eat It Later
The admission follows stories about a worm eating his brain and living with an emu that repeatedly attacked his wife. Also, there was that animal carcass photo.
By Bess Levin
AURAL FIXATION
Kamala Harris's Campaign Doles Out An Extremely 2024 Diss on JD Vance: "No Aura"
A TikTok video from the campaign showcases some all-time cringe for the GOP VP candidate.
By Kase Wickman
Excerpt
The Woman Who Engineered Donald Trump’s Rise From the Ashes of 2020
In an excerpt of Trump in Exile, Meridith McGraw reveals how the former president was overwhelmed by the dysfunction his election loss brought upon Mar-a-Lago—until Susie Wiles took the wheel of his comeback campaign. “I don’t know who’s in charge,” he told Wiles. “I need you to fix it.”
By Meridith McGraw
VP COUNTDOWN
Kamala Harris Is Doing In-Person “Chemistry” Tests With Her Top VP Candidates
At least three of the finalists—Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, and Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona—are scheduled to meet with the vice president on Sunday.
By Katie Herchenroeder
GET OUT THE VOTE
Jimmy Carter Is Trying to Stay Alive Long Enough to Vote for Kamala Harris
Georgia’s early voting starts just two weeks after the former president’s 100th birthday.
By Katie Herchenroeder
GENTLEMANIA
Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Just Shattered Cher’s Record for Fire Island Fundraising
Chasten told a sold-out Fire Island crowd how Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and the husbands formed a close bond.
By Anna Peele
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Gives the Doug Emhoff Fan Base What It Wants: Second Gentleman Thirst Trap Merch
Buy your young, hot Emhoff mugs and tees today!
By Bess Levin
2024 election
Who Will Be Kamala Harris’s Veep Pick? Here Are the Finalists
The presumptive Democratic nominee is expected to choose between US senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.
By Katie Herchenroeder
Inside the Hive
How the “PayPal Mafia” Paved Trump’s Way in Silicon Valley
Veteran venture capitalist Roger McNamee unpacks why heavy hitters like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen are saying goodbye to the Democratic Party—and how their libertarian fantasies are “misaligned” with the public’s interests.
By Brian Stelter
POP FIZZ
Forget the Memes. This Is Kamala Harris’s “Great Strategic Advantage”
Celeb-news-only accounts like Pop Crave are suddenly coconut-pilled, posting religiously about the Harris campaign to their millions of followers. “This is how you break through,” says one political vet.
By Noah Shachtman