Everyone’s debating in Philadelphia!

Harris clearly expected poking Trump about his rallies would send him off script. Worked.

Trump has spent the last stretch of debate: - blaming others for Jan 6 and criticizing a Capitol police officer - defending his Charlottesville comments as “perfect” - refusing to acknowledge the 2020 election results Hard to think that’ll win over new supporters

Now citing Viktor Orban as a character witness

in today's least surprising news

A top House Republican is pressing Congress to agree on expediting federal environmental reviews for energy and infrastructure projects, a priority for traditional and renewable energy advocates as the clock winds down for legislating this year - Kellie Lunney news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Critics on the right and left have taken aim at Speaker Mike Johnson’s short-term government funding plan. Jonathan Tamari breaks down some of the plan's obstacles: bgovgo.com/vnz6mKR

For those of you too young to remember the Bush administration, this would be roughly the equivalent of like Ben Carson or Rick Perry endorsing AOC in 2040.

I’m proud of the reporting I did at The Baltimore Sun and I have no regrets. I’m so grateful to Baltimore Sun Guild ☀️ — this situation shows why it’s so important that the Guild win a fair contract with robust job protections for union journalists. ♥️

Dem House Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Congress’ spending fight needs to be resolved “this calendar year” - signaling opposition to any 6 month resolution. Notable because just about any solution will almost certainly need Dem votes to pass the House

I was trying to think of a good metaphor when I saw this and this one is spot on

New Cook Political Report: Sen. Jon Tester (D) moves from Toss Up to Lean R. Full #MTSen analysis by Jessica Taylor: cookpolitical.com/analysis/senat…

Harris leading Trump by 4 in Erie County, PA is 👀 It swung narrowly to Trump in 16, narrowly to Biden in 20 - mirroring PA overall But some skepticism: only 300 voters polled in the county, and it was decided by 1 and 2 points in the past 2 elections usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

This is why they invented the “we’re all looking for the guy who did this” meme. This is the moment.

🦊🚨 NEW Fox News Poll live on Bret Baier NATIONAL Harris 50 Trump 48 Sep 13-16, 2024, RV ±3 Trump had a 1-point advantage last month (H 49, T 50). Harris ahead by 2 points today (H 50, T 48). Identical among RV & LV Full results from the Polling Unit: foxnews.com/official-polls

So in PA we’ve got: Harris 48 Trump 47 (WaPo) Harris 50 Trump 46 (NYT) Harris 49 Trump 49 (Marist) Bottom line: it’s going to be close the whole way and both candidates will likely have a shot down to the final day. Tiny shifts could change the outcome. As expected all along

If what I’m hearing from NC sources is correct, upcoming CNN story will nuke Robinson’s already dwindling chances of flipping termed-out Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s seat. Today is the drop out deadline in North Carolina...#ncpol nationalreview.com/corner/huge-st…

CRYSTAL BALL GUBERNATORIAL RATING CHANGE NC-GOV Leans D to Likely D Obviously a fluid situation but Robinson was in bad shape before and worse shape now