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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump hits astounding new low with brazen new grift
You gotta hand it to him. Donald Trump continues finding new bottoms few thought previously possible. At some point the con man may just rupture the Earth's core. In his latest eye-popping grift, the convicted felon and serial sex pest superimposed his f*cking face on very fake $2 bills (two buck chump sounds about right) and cooked up a scheme to sell them to his supporters for, why not, $25 a pop. Seriously. The disdain this man has for his followers is unquantifiable. [RETWEET THAT!]

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Trump's sudden new abortion shift turns out to be a big scam
In the latest episode of The New Republic's The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent podcast, Jess McIntosh, a Democratic strategist and longtime defender of reproductive rights, discusses what's driving Donald Trump's sudden pivot on abortion, why it’s a scam, and how Democrats can make sure voters know it. The convicted felon may desperately want to distance himself from his 👏 own 👏 Project 2025 👏 plans to send America back to the 1950s, but progressives simply aren't going to let that happen.

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GOP banker drops dark money bomb in must-win Senate race
Tammy Baldwin for Senate: Eric Hovde, McConnell’s hand-picked candidate for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat, spent over $5 MILLION on TV and digital ads so far in his transparent attempt to try and buy himself trailblazing Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin’s seat. Hovde used that money to unleash a torrent of GOP lies against Baldwin and President Biden, making it clear that he will rubber-stamp the GOP’s draconian anti-abortion agenda and roll back all the accomplishments that Senator Baldwin and President Biden have delivered for the American people. Polling shows that 15% of voters are still undecided — and in the most fiercely contested partisan battleground in the country, every single vote counts more than ever before. Will you chip in to fight the GOP’s lies, re-elect Tammy Baldwin and protect our Senate majority?

Leading House Democrat Adam Smith calls on Biden to end presidential bid
President Biden’s position among congressional Democrats eroded further on Monday when an influential House committee member lent his voice to calls for him to end his presidential campaign following last month’s spectacular debate failure. Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee in the House of Representatives, issued the plea just hours after the president emphatically rejected calls for him to step aside in a letter to the party’s congressional contingent. "The president’s performance in the debate was alarming to watch and the American people have made it clear they no longer see him as a credible candidate to serve four more years as president," Smith said in a statement. "Since the debate, the president has not seriously addressed these concerns."

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Biden assails Democratic "elites" as he fights to remain in the race
President Biden reached the White House after two terms as vice president and nearly four decades in the Senate — an establishment résumé if there ever was one. But facing calls to abandon his reelection bid, Biden is now framing his fight for political survival as "party elites" versus the voters. Biden’s current posture of defiance is rooted in his — and most of his inner circle’s — conviction that many of those calling for his ouster were never firmly behind him to begin with, according to multiple people familiar with their thinking. For now, Biden’s advisers argue his standing in the polls hasn't shifted enough to justify the level of panic among elected officials and pundits or the coverage in the media about his debate performance. But Biden contended in a letter to Democratic lawmakers that the public hand-wringing is making a difficult situation even worse. The administration's confirmation that a Parkinson's disease expert has visited the White House eight times in the last year certainly isn't going to assuage nervous Democrats, the overwhelming majority of whom see the battle against Donald Trump as an existential threat to American democracy.

Gov. Greg Abbott traipses off to Asia for nine days as Hurricane Beryl pummels Texas
With Hurricane Beryl, um, barreling down on Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott seized the opportunity to let Texans know just how few shits he actually gives about his constituents. Like Flyin' Ted Cruz a few years before him, Abbott saw an imminent, catastrophic natural disaster on Texas' doorstep and figured bolting the state for a trip abroad made perfect sense. Beryl has killed eight people and wiped out power for two million Texans in the dead of summer while Abbott has been visiting South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Somewhere in Houston, Ted Cruz is holding a very lukewarm beer.

Trump-appointed federal judge resigns after sexual harassment scandal
Former Trump-appointed US District Court Judge Joshua Kindred was told to voluntarily resign after a judicial council investigation found he had "an inappropriately sexualized relationship" with a female law clerk and lied about it repeatedly to investigators, according to an extraordinary and scathing judicial misconduct order released Monday. The order concluded that "Judge Kindred’s misconduct was pervasive and abusive, constituted sexual harassment, and fostered a hostile work environment that took a personal and professional toll on multiple clerks." Kindred and his former clerk exchanged 278 pages of text messages over an 11-month period, "only a small fraction of which had any relationship to her legitimate job duties," the order said. Kindred resigned July 3, 2024, but could still face a rare judicial impeachment. Just another one of Trump's best people, folks!

Brian Tyler Cohen makes MAJOR announcement
Shameless by Brian Tyler Cohen: Everybody's favorite YouTube commentator, podcaster, and MSNBC contributor Brian Tyler Cohen has written a book, SHAMELESS: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy! Shameless breaks down the lies and hypocrisies of a Republican Party steeped in MAGA mania and what steps Democrats must take to fight back, with a special foreword by Rep. Jamie Raskin. Pre-order your copy here!

Jon Stewart goes off on Democrats' "bullsh*t" excuses in the aftermath of Biden's dismal debate
We could try to summarize Stewart's take here with a few witty asides, but you probably should just roll the tape.

Miriam Adelson to spend $61 million in attack ads against Biden
With just under four months to go in perhaps the most consequential election in our lifetime, a billionaire-funded super PAC linked to Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson is set to spend $61 million on TV and digital ads attacking Joe Biden, as the besieged president faces calls from within his own party to step aside following his deeply troubling debate performance. Preserve America will begin airing commercials later this month, timed to coincide with the start of the Summer Olympics, which is expected to draw massive viewership, and will run through Labor Day in three critical Rust Belt battleground states — Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

AOC breaks her post-debate silence with unequivocal Biden endorsement
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters Monday that after speaking "extensively" with President Joe Biden over the weekend, she is supporting his reelection bid. "He made clear then, and he has made clear since that he is in this race. The matter is closed," the progressive New York lawmaker said outside the Capitol. "Joe Biden is our nominee. He is not leaving this race. He is in this race, and I support him," adding, "What is critically important right now is that we focus on what it takes to win in November, because he is running against Donald Trump, who is a man with 34 felony convictions."