A quick but delightfully overstuffed conversation with David Chalian for the CNN Politics podcast about THE LIE DETECTIVES and the role of disinformation in campaigns past and present cnn.com/audio/podcasts…

Donald Trump uses his pre court comments to focus - for the most part - on political messages instead of courtroom/trial grievances. Promotes McCormick’s senate candidacy in PA on primary day there and goes after President Biden on Israel/Gaza and what we see on college campuses

Can’t stop smiling about my sister-in-law’s huge accomplishment!

In the federal building named for the incumbent Republican senator their father defeated nearly 52 years ago to launch his national political career.

.Rep. Gerry Connolly tells Boris Sanchez - “I don’t think we know that yet” - when asked if Biden atop the ticket gives Dems best shot to win in November. Rep. Connolly says the next week is “very consequential in hopefully putting to rest - or not - the questions that have arisen”

The always must-read Dan Balz sums it up nicely in his final two grafs: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

In memory of the great Walter Shapiro, I wanted to re-up this episode of my podcast from January when we chatted about the lack of a competitive Democratic primary and Biden’s decision to seek a second term. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cnn…

Tomorrow will mark 10 days to the planned beginning of DNC virtual roll call process for the nomination. Tomorrow marks four weeks until the kickoff to the Dem convention in Chicago. And one week from today, we will be marking 100 days until Election Day.

Sen. Vance in OH: "I was told I was going to get to debate Kamala Harris and now President Trump is going to get to debate her? I’m kind of pissed off about that if I’m being honest with you.”

When John Kerry named John Edwards as his running mate 20 years ago, the 2 barnstormed battleground states together as part of the rollout: PA, OH, FL, (NYC fundraisers). WV, NM, NC. Quite a different map than the Harris/VP Nom TBD battleground tour next week.

JUST ANNOUNCED: VP Kamala Harris & Gov. Tim Walz will exclusively join Dana Bash for their first joint interview since accepting the Democratic nomination. Watch on 8/29 at 9pET/PT on CNN, @CNNi, CNN en Español, CNN Max, CNN.com & CNN apps. cnn.it/3yTWfXw

It’s been 9 weeks and three days since the June 27 presidential debate between Trump and Biden. There are 9 weeks and two days left before Election Day 2024. #timeflies

New battleground #’s: CNN POLL CONDUCTED BY SSRS Aug. 23-29 LIKELY VOTERS          Harris    Trump WI 50%      44% MI 48%      43% GA 48%      47% NV 48%      47% PA 47%      47% AZ 44%      49%   Margin of error: +/-4.9% pts cnn.com/2024/09/04/pol…