The Speech of Kamala Harris’s Lifetime My column is up ⁦The New Yorker⁩: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

My colleagues amaze me. Daily. Congrats to Todd Heisler for somehow capturing this much longing and history in one frame.

Joy cometh in the morning, but so do hangovers. The party in Chicago is done, but the real question for exuberant Democrats is whether they can channel the sheer intoxication of the United Center into a sustained, 74-day sprint to Election Day. nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/…

Chicago was "a four-day master class in Trump-bashing; the order clearly went out to attack...early often and in as belittling terms as possible," says Susan Glasser. Speakers "blasted away at Trump as a coward, a liar, a bully and a convict—sometimes all at once" newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Trump watching Kamala Harris and posting about Hunter Biden—just the policy pivot the GOP has been waiting for…

Kamala Harris Defines the Democrats’ New Normal: This by Molly Ball v good @wsj wsj.com/politics/kamal…

“The latest estimates suggest that roughly 2% of all Russian men aged between 20 and 50 may have been either killed or severely wounded in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war.” economist.com/graphic-detail…

I spent some time scrutinizing Trump’s FEC reports and it was worth it….. nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opi…

New: US Army issued a stark rebuke of Trump campaign staff over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement participants in the ceremony “were made aware of federal laws” regarding political activity at the cemetery, and “abruptly pushed aside” an

This indictment alleges that right-wing commentators like Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Lauren Southern — as part of the "Tenet Media" YouTube channel — have been unwittingly working for a Russian influence operation. x.com/TheJusticeDept…

A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn’t recognize the people wearing “Nebraska Walz’s for Trump” T-shirts in a photo that is making the rounds on social media. It turns out they are distant cousins. apnews.com/article/2f2e29…

BREAKING: The U.S. government charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Right on. The ‘sanewashing’ of Donald Trump:

Under the Taliban, women are barred from going to school after 6th grade, working most jobs, visiting parks or gyms, traveling without a male relative and leaving home uncovered. Now even the sound of a woman’s voice outside home is outlawed. Christina Goldbaum @najimrah

Can Red-Baiting Save Trump’s Flailing Campaign? My new column is up @newyorker: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

On ‘Comrade Kamala’ and Trump’s very last century red-baiting play to save his campaign…. My new column: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Just received a note from reader that captures why I wrote this column on Trump's Comrade Kamala slur... "Calling someone a Communist when they are not used to be considered disgraceful. Amazed that not everyone has called Trump on this..." Read: newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Ah, 2024

Wow. Tell this to your 2004 self…