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How the “PayPal Mafia” Paved Trump’s Way in Silicon Valley
Veteran venture capitalist Roger McNamee unpacks why heavy hitters like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen are saying goodbye to the Democratic Party—and how their libertarian fantasies are “misaligned” with the public’s interests. - inside the hive
Will America Finally Put a Woman in the White House?
NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali discusses why the cards are stacked against non-white, non-male hopefuls like Kamala Harris, who is already deftly navigating the misogynistic minefield of presidential politics. - Inside the Hive
Why the Christian Right Believes Donald Trump Is “Anointed by God”
Author Katherine Stewart and sociologist Samuel Perry explain how the attempt on the former president’s life has only solidified his messiah-like mythos—and how Trump has turned Christian nationalists into his own electoral army. - Inside the Hive
How Donald Trump Will Mold America “in the Image of a Dictatorship”
Reproductive rights crackdowns, mass deportations, and a fealty-based federal bureaucracy. The former president has disavowed Project 2025, but Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast and Jeff Sharlet say his prints are all over it. - Inside the Hive
Chris Hayes: Joe Biden’s Reelection Pitch Is a “Tough Ask”
The MSNBC host addresses the delicate question of age in American politics, as the president, now 81, needs to convince voters he “should have the world’s most stressful job when he’s 85 years old.” - Inside the Hive
Pod Save America’s Hosts Are Staying Positive About 2024. That Doesn’t Mean They Don’t Fear the Worst
Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor discuss the importance of civil engagement in a time of mass cynicism, and explain how Americans can keep finding the comedy in the country’s post-Trump tragedy. - Inside the Hive
How Prison Time Could Burnish Steve Bannon’s MAGA Cred: “It’s Amazing Clout”
Puck national correspondent Tina Nguyen and Washington Post national political reporter Isaac Arnsdorf also discuss the significance of Bannon’s War Room podcast, which they argue has made him an “indispensable voice” for Donald Trump.
New Polls Show Walz’s Approval Rating Surging While Vance’s Circles the Drain
A real tale of two running mates.
Dizzy Gillespie for President! Revisiting the Jazz Giant’s Quixotic 1964 Campaign
Miles Davis…for CIA chief? Malcolm X for attorney general? Why did the jazz master make a tongue-in-cheek run for the White House?
RED, WHITE, AND DEW
Two VP Candidates, One Soda: How Tim Walz and JD Vance Made Diet Mountain Dew a Political Symbol
What Dews it mean that the opposing potential veeps both reach for the same beverage?
Oops: Trump Was Full of Praise for Tim Walz Before They Became Opponents
The ex-president commended Walz’s handling of the 2020 George Floyd protests and called him an “excellent guy.”
Republicans Think They Could Win if Donald Trump Would Just Focus on the Issues
But the ex-president has become increasingly preoccupied and frustrated with his campaign, recent polls, and crowd sizes at Kamala Harris events.
2024 Election
Can Kamala Harris Throw Out Biden’s Economic Baggage?
The vice president is inheriting an unpredictable and fragile post-pandemic recovery, as evidenced by the latest market swings. And even if Harris is “a far superior communicator,” says one insider, Americans are “still feeling the pinch of cost.”
Donald Trump, Who Has Been Likened to Hitler by His Own Running Mate, Claims Tim Walz as VP Pick Is “Insulting to Jewish People”
Trump has also baselessly asserted that Kamala Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, “doesn’t like Jewish people.”
Merch
How Kamala Harris’s Design Team Turned Tim Walz’s Favorite Accessory Into a Million-Dollar Idea
When interest in the Minnesota governor’s fondness for Realtree-style hunter’s camo took off online, the campaign sprang into action, getting hats printed in Philadelphia and raising $1 million in the process.
Politics
The Mad Dash to Make 2024 Debates Happen
The emergence of the Kamala Harris–Tim Walz ticket, and Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on a planned ABC debate, have sent the networks and campaigns back to the drawing board. As one TV exec puts it, “The fall schedule is a blank piece of paper now.”
Tim Walz Shows He Can Do It All (Warn Against the Dangers of Donald Trump and Make a JD Vance Couch-F--king Joke)
The Minnesota governor contains multitudes.
Republicans Simply Can’t Figure Out How to Knock Down Tim Walz
Kamala Harris’s running mate has displayed a kind of authenticity that is hard to fake—and even harder, it appears, for his opponents to attack.
ALL IS FAIR
Tim Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Redefines BDE: Big Dad Energy
And can we discuss whatever is going on between the man and the turkey population as a whole?
Trump’s Campaign Attacks Tim Walz for Allowing “Convicted Felons to Vote”
Who wants to tell them?
Hamptons Problems
A Trump Fundraiser in the Hamptons Unleashed a Gridlock Nightmare
Last Friday, never-ending traffic from Riverhead to Amagansett lasted late into the night, with vehicles on main roads, side streets, highways, and everything in between snarled for hours.
Republicans Think Trump Is Having a “Nervous Breakdown” Over Kamala Harris
The ex-president is definitely missing Joe Biden right about now.
The Clarence Thomas Saga Won’t Stop
Biden and the Democrats want Supreme Court reform. But, for now, at least, it remains theoretical.
2024 Election
Warnings for Camp Kamala and Team Trump: 6 Ways to Spot Staff Infections—and Inflections—on the Campaign Trail
A veteran of four White House races reveals his trade secrets for the 2024 nominees.
ask jeeves
Kamala Harris's Campaign Imagines Trump Gazing Into the Algorithmic Abyss, Wondering If He's Weird
A new TikTok video from Kamala HQ speculates on the former president's search history.
2024 ELECTION
Kamala Harris Gives VP Slot to Tim Walz, Creator of “Big Weirdos” Political Strategy
The former schoolteacher turned governor will join the Harris ticket after proving himself to be an entertaining attack dog.
JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful
She did not touch on his claim that people who don’t have kids are more sociopathic.