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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. I’m Tara Palmeri, coming to you from the Republican National Convention on the final night, where Donald Trump will be accepting his party’s nomination for president for the third time. Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to push out their leader while Republicans are holding their breath, hoping he’ll hang on…
🎧 Programming note: I’ve been burning up the podcast feeds, dropping new content daily, so please subscribe to my show, Somebody’s Gotta Win. On Monday, The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta and I discussed what J.D. Vance means for the future of the conservative movement. On Tuesday, Trump’s political director, James Blair, mapped out their path to 270, explaining why they’re absolutely giddy (for now) about November, and my brilliant partner Julia Ioffe dropped in to unpack her explosive report on Joe Biden’s deranged call with House Democrats. And if you haven’t had a chance to read my partner Peter Hamby’s in-depth panel conversion on the impact of women voters over the age of 50, you can find the transcript here.
Now, here’s Abby Livingston with the emerging view of Kamala on Capitol Hill…
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| The Growing Kamala Consensus |
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| As Nancy Pelosi’s not-so-subtle campaign against Joe Biden unfurled over the past 36 hours—the Schiff call to “pass the torch,” news of her leaked chat with the president, the Obama coordination, etcetera—Capitol Hill Democrats have watched Rehoboth Beach for plumes of white smoke. Already, the political class is scheming about the party’s next chapter, which is most likely to be led by Kamala Harris.
Much like Biden four years ago, Harris doesn’t seem to be anybody’s first choice. But, just like the president in 2020, she’s quickly solidified as... |
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| Fall of the Biden Bunker |
| With pressure mounting in Congress, the long arm of Nancy Pelosi is working through surrogates to bypass Biden’s inner circle and convince him to exit the race with dignity. “Nancy is historically always a first mover on legislation, and Schumer is always a closer,” said a senior Hill source with knowledge of the campaign. “It’s going to be the collective pressure.” |
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| Eight years ago, the Republican National Convention was a totally different, depressing, fractious scene. Rather than unrestrained jubilance over the prospect of a landslide victory, the polls were miserable, Republicans were yanking their hair out over their deeply flawed candidate, and many were resigned to the fact that Donald Trump was going to drag the whole party down with him. In the background, if you recall, Ted Cruz was leading an effort to... |
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| FOUR STORIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT |
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| MSNBC Murmurs |
| Unraveling why the ‘Morning Joe’ hosts were sidelined. |
| DYLAN BYERS |
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| Casus Gabelli |
| On Gabelli’s plans to uncover Shari’s Paramount deal. |
| WILLIAM D. COHAN |
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| Estée in Distress |
| Diving into a surprising executive exit at Estée Lauder. |
| RACHEL STRUGATZ |
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| 25 Paths to 270 |
| Relaying the Trump’s plan to win the electoral college. |
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