Merchan says court will resume at 9:30 on Thursday for further contempt proceedings; this will take 30 min; resume trial at 10 am. Court adjourned.

But there was an unspoken understanding that there was a close relationship between AMI and Trump, Davidson continues. And that the story would hurt Donald Trump.

Steinglass: And when you say 'hurt Donald Trump,' you mean hurt his campaign?

Davidson: Yes.

.Bill Scher thinks Biden's path to victory is through PA, WI and MI. Win those (plus NE's 2nd CD) and he wins the election.

Can’t wait for this. I hope I remember to bring popcorn.

Ignore the ridiculous public polling done on the cheap. Trump’s words & Biden’s schedule strongly suggest the campaigns’ internal polls show Biden is competitive in Florida.

Why do different polls show results that can't be squared (like this weekend's CNN national and CBS battleground)?

A look at poll differences, using the Total Survey Error Framework and those two polls as examples:

nationaljournal.com/s/724931/the-f…

NEW📺'Matt Gaetz Gets BRUTALLY--*BRUTALLY*--Called Out By Fellow GOP Congressman'

🔥🧨On Live TV. The kinda extraordinary moment of FAFO you hope finds all MAGA Republicans

👊WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=z8snGL… #TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident #VoteBlue2024ProtectDemocracy #heartattack

Breaking:

WASHINGTON (AP) — US drug control agency is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift, AP sources say.

After all that hootin' and hollerin' about how mad they were over spending, FISA, Ukraine, etc. the Freedom Caucus is just rolling over and falling in line for R leadership, passing rules and messaging bills, opposing Johnson's removal. They're folding after a few angry posts lol

We shouldn't understate the role that individual + intra-Dem factional anger at/distrust of McCarthy played in September. But it's also important to recognize that the things Dems most wanted (minibuses, Ukraine) are now done. Incentives are different when stakes are different.

Joe Biden is the most combative Democratic nominee in decades editorialboard.com/joe-biden-is-t…

👀 A House R tells me they are bracing for Rep. MTG to move on her motion to vacate resolution at the end of this vote series

Three days later, Howard asked: 'Did [Trump] cheat on Melania?'

On June 12, Davidson replied: 'I really can't say yet. Sorry.' But Davidson testified that he knew; he just couldn't disclose it yet.

More than two hours later:

Trump's posts violating the gag order appear to still be live on Truth Social and the campaign website. He has until 2:15 p.m. ET, a little more than two hours longer, to delete them. 🔽

To me, this is emblematic of a BIG problem in journalism and punditry.

A *lot* of the legacy journalists come from these institutions and try to put their shoes onto the whole world rather than looking at the data more carefully.

We need to avoid being main characters.

And this is a real problem. If part of the job of the media is to inform people — there needs to be soul searching given that the public is ill informed on the economy, crime, and so much else that is factual. The media's post Watergate emphasis on the negative is doing damage

Following the The Information's bombshell report on layoffs of Tesla's charging team, I had a few additional thoughts:

1) What does this all mean for other automakers who are all in process of switching over to the North American Charging Standard (NCAS) that Musk pushed for?

Ok it’s genuinely funny that they released crosstabs but left them all blank.

Well played, FAU.

Brian gets at something we discussed in our pod chat:

'Mainstream journalists who drape themselves in high-minded abstractions about the press’s role in creating an informed citizenry will simultaneously disclaim all responsibility for the up-is-down state of public opinion.'

Members are constantly balking at 'uncomfortable' votes, i.e. threats to add some poison pill to a bill, with the solution being more restrictive processes. Better, I think, to open up the floor, call the bluffs, see where the support is, and thus marginalize the troublemakers.