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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Sarah Huckabee Sanders bombs on stage at Trump rally
Donald Trump's former mouthpiece and current Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders took a pathetic, misogynistic swipe at Vice President Harris for not having biological children of her own, pandering to the worst instincts of a morally dubious MAGA base that, for some reason — perhaps because party leaders keep shrieking about it — think stepmoms and stepdads aren't real parents. The GOP cannot run on issues or policies to help address the country's myriad challenges, so they're resorting to fear, slander, and sexism. Fun fact: 40% of Americans come from blended families. Heckuva voter mobilization strategy you got there, Republicans.

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Shameless JD Vance vows to keep falsely calling Haitian migrants "illegal"
Diet Appalachian and venture capitalist vulture JD Vance openly admitted just days ago that he was perfectly willing to "create stories" demonizing immigrant communities to bolster the Republicans' xenophobic, get-out-the-white-vote strategy in November, and yesterday he quadrupled down on his downright racist garbage, vowing to continue calling legal Haitian immigrants in his home state of Ohio "illegals aliens." Remember, in the wake of this past weekend's foiled assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf course, apoplectic Republicans are demanding that Democrats dial down the "heated rhetoric." Got it.

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New poll shows VP Harris and Trump NECK AND NECK in crucial swing state
WisDems: A new Emerson College poll shows presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and would-be-dictator Trump tied at 47% in the absolutely-must-win swing state of Wisconsin. The road to the White House and a Senate majority runs through Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Democrats are building a state-wide get-out-the-vote grassroots organizing machine to knock on every door and visit every county for VP Harris. But they can't do it alone. Will you chip in to help the best state party in the country save our democracy from Trump and his radical Project 2025 cronies?

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war
Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of brazen attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up in heavily populated public spaces, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the second wave, the Health Ministry said. The attacks — which were widely believed to be carried out by Israel targeting Hezbollah but have also killed civilians and wounded scores more — have hiked fears that the two sides’ simmering conflict could escalate into all-out war. Speaking to Israeli troops on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, "We are at the start of a new phase in the war — it requires courage, determination and perseverance." He made no mention of the exploding devices but praised the work of Israel’s army and security agencies, saying "the results are very impressive." Those "results" include the deaths of innocent bystanders, healthcare workers, and several children. If such an attack were perpetrated by another entity, we wouldn't hesitate to call it terror.

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US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds
Despite paying nearly double that of other countries, the United States health system ranked dead last in an international comparison of 10 peer nations, according to a damning new report by the Commonwealth Fund. Now might be a good time to remind everyone that Republicans have tried for more than a decade to make the country's shameful, byzantine, for-profit healthcare system even worse, by repealing the Affordable Care Act and stripping away coverage from tens of millions of Americans. And while we're still sadly many years away from the only obvious fix — a true single-payer system that guarantees coverage for everyone — only one candidate running for president takes healthcare seriously: Kamala Harris. We simply cannot go back.

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Trump indicates he hasn't read Melania’s new book because he's "so busy"
So. Very. Busy.

Former six-term GOP congressman torches Trump, throws his support behind Harris
Former six-term South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis said of the disgraced ex-president: "Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the republic. He’s disqualified based on character and rationality, so I'll be voting for Kamala Harris." In an interview with The Charleston City Paper, Inglis assailed Trump’s character, branding him a narcissist who is "completely consumed with himself." He added, "I feel sorry for him. He’s really quite a sick puppy. He needs some help. He’s been unfaithful to three wives. Why would we, at the altar with him as the fourth, think that he’s going to be faithful to us? Talk about irrationality."

PoliticsGirl knocks some sense into America
A Return To Common Sense: Leigh McGowan, who you might know better as the sensational viral creator PoliticsGirl, lays out the roadmap to restore normalcy and sanity to America in her new book, A Return To Common Sense: How To Fix America Before We Really Blow it. Michael Steele calls it “a beacon of clarity” while Jason Alexander — yes, THAT Jason Alexander — has called it “mandatory reading for every American.” Pre-order your copy today!

GOP's government funding plan with nakedly political anti-voter fraud rider dies in House, shutdown looms
Donald Trump has openly and repeatedly called for Republicans to shut down the government if they cannot pass legislation to crack down on nonexistent voter fraud before the November election. And while doing things that are "politically beyond stupid" has never been an issue with Republicans in the past, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell went on the record saying a GOP-led shutdown right before voters head to the polls would be precisely that. Time will tell!

Control of Rupert Murdoch's vile media empire at stake as hearing to proceed with mogul and children
It's just like the serial drama "Succession," except without the killer theme song, stellar cast, or remarkable writing — oh, and it's also actually, truly, in-real-life terrible for democracy, the future of fact-based media, and our collective sanity.

Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft
Shocking, we know.

Trump claims there's a "75% chance" a kid riding the New York Subway will go missing
Okaaaaaaay.