VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republicans suffer surprise loss in court
Brian Tyler Cohen and legal expert Marc Elias sit down to discuss how a huge court ruling in Nevada has dealt a crippling blow to Trump's efforts to disqualify mail-in ballots in the vital swing state. Bad news for Trump means great news for democracy!
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Big dad energy: How Harris got to Walz
Alex Seitz-Wald, Yamiche Alcindor and Monica Alba, NBC News: "Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a dark horse from the start, left off early lists of potential running mates. But no one used the 16 days since President Joe Biden stepped aside more effectively than Walz, who charmed Harris and national Democrats alike with a Diet Mountain Dew-fueled media tour that labeled the opposition as “weird” and won him a spot in history. The choice will leave an indelible imprint on the image of Harris that is still forming for many Americans, who know her far less than they do Biden or former President Donald Trump, raising the stakes of a choice that can be difficult in the best of times, let alone under unprecedented time pressure."
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Ruben Gallego SURGES in Senate race against Trumper Kari Lake
Ruben Gallego for Senate: A new poll has come out showing that Democratic star Senate candidate Ruben Gallego is ahead of MAGA extremist Kari Lake by ELEVEN POINTS! This is HUGE. It's time to push the attack and make sure that we protect our Senate majority from an unhinged election-denying Trump acolyte like Kari Lake.Will you chip in to help push Ruben Gallego over the finish line?
Burst Damage
Ed Zitron, Where's Your Ed At: "August 2, 2024 was Black Friday for the artificial intelligence boom, as a week of rough earnings from Big Tech led to what felt like the entire media industry to ask: is the AI bubble popping? None of this ever made sense, and it is time for this industry to atone, and take this group psychosis and learn from it. Generative AI was always unsustainable, always dependent on reams of training data that necessitated stealing from millions of people, its utility vague and its ubiquity overstated...This is a story of waste, ignorance and greed. Of being so desperate to own the future but so disconnected from actually building anything. This arms race is a monument to the lack of curiosity rife in the highest ranks of the tech industry. They refuse to do the hard work — to create, to be curious, to be excited about the things you build and the people they serve — and so they spent billions to eliminate the risk they even might have to do any of those things."
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In Republican primary, bigot loses to election denier
Sophie Hurwitz, Mother Jones: Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way primary. Gomez’s minor celebrity, however, may distract from what actually happened in Missouri. The Republican nomination for Secretary of State was won by Denny Hoskins, a Missouri legislator and State Freedom Caucus member who wants to reform state election law in order to “ensure that none of the electoral fraud that took place in 2020 and stole the election from President Trump happens here,” as reported by the Missouri Independent. The campiest bigot with the funniest tagline lost her job, her election, and, it seems, her brother’s job (he worked for the Jersey City government and reportedly refused to denounce his sister’s actions). But that doesn’t mean the Missouri Republican party meaningfully rebuked any of her actual policy positions."
Donald Trump isn't fun anymore: How Kamala Harris stole the show — and extinguished his flame
Heather Digby Parton, Salon: "He's not enjoying himself and it shows and compared to the excited crowds greeting Harris and Walz this week this sad, pathetic appearance [at Mar-a-Lago] seemed almost funereal. Donald Trump isn't fun anymore. I think he's considering for the first time that he might lose again and he is not psychologically equipped to deal with that reality. Sure, he'll fight it and tell his supporters that it was stolen and perhaps even incite more violence. But deep down he knows he might actually lose just as he knows deep down that he lost in 2020. There's a look of panic in his eyes right now. If he fails this time he might just break apart at the seams."
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!
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