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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. We’re exactly one week away from the first presidential debate, and the stakes feel incredibly high even though both candidates are entirely known quantities. Will we get a second debate in September? Given all of the hoopla Trump has ginned up around his veep casting, he’ll at least have that card to play if he suddenly needs to avert the media’s attention. Until then, we hold our breath.
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We’re exactly one week away from the first presidential debate, and the stakes feel incredibly high even though both candidates are entirely known quantities. Will we get a second debate in September? Given all of the hoopla Trump has ginned up around his veep casting, he’ll at least have that card to play if he suddenly needs to avert the media’s attention. Until then, we hold our breath…

🎧 On Tuesday, Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh spilled the tea on my podcast, Somebody’s Gotta Win, about the six (!) separate interviews he did with Trump for his new book, Apprentice in Wonderland—and why he thinks Doug Burgum is likely to win the veepstakes. And today, I have a new episode with Gen Z political influencer and former R.F.K. Jr. staffer Link Lauren, about the impending Kennedy oppo dump.

Tonight, I’ve got the download on all the voices in Trump’s ears as his V.P. pick looms.

But first, here’s Abby Livingston’s latest dispatch from the political ad wars…

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Donald Trump is famously open to suggestion, for better or for worse, liable to dramatically change his opinion on everything from banning TikTok to choosing a vice president, depending on who is in his ear at the moment, whether it’s on the phone or on the Mar-a-Lago patio. “Any person has a say,” said a former Republican Party official, referring to Trump’s veep deliberations. “He hears from major donors, rally goers, a police officer, a person on the photo line—he’s always polling different people. Doesn’t matter if you’re the campaign manager or...
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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. We’re exactly one week away from the first presidential debate, and the stakes feel incredibly high even though both candidates are entirely known quantities. Will we get a second debate in September? Given all of the hoopla Trump has ginned up around his veep casting, he’ll at […]

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