Former Mayor Willie Brown mobbed by media in SF this morning seeking his take on the bombshell Biden/Harris news. Press guru Lee Houskeeper captured the wild scene.

A helpful thread from an election law expert-

Scoop - Future Forward rakes in $150 MILLION in new commitments from major Dem donors in last 24 hours since Biden announced he'd step aside. FF w/ $122M in COH, per June filings. Some donors threatened to withhold $ post-debate. No longer the case. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

Biden out. Harris in. In a doc sent to donors, her team is touting: -Experience traveling to 20+ countries, meeting 150+ world leaders -Pro abortion position -Polls beating Trump wsj.com/politics/elect… Latest w/ this incredible team Emily Glazer Maggie Severns Dana Mattioli

.Kamala Harris's Swamp: A good summary of the Harris alumni network on K Street, via Caitlin Oprysko at POLITICO. If Kamala Harris wins, these people (& others with connections to her) will be in very high demand, & very well compensated. politico.com/newsletters/po…

Just want to take a moment to shout out Jasmine Wright, who is the reporter for this moment in presidential politics. From Oakland to "I'm f*cking moving to Iowa," from Veepstakes to the Naval Observatory, no one owns the Harris beat more than Jasmine and I'm so proud of my friend!

Silicon Valley steps it up for native Kamala Harris. Tech hopes she has a friendlier stance on AI and M&A Does FTC's Lina Khan stay? Inside the big money and family ties to her campaign. Feat Ron Conway Chris Lehane mark pincus Aaron Levie 🇺🇸 wsj.com/politics/elect… w/ Maggie Severns

I had missed this earlier this week but FEC dismissed complaints that ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy converted campaign $$ for personal use by spending $240,000 at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes over multiple years fec.gov/files/legal/mu…

This story was so fascinating and well reported—

Inbox: The subject line we've all been waiting for.... EVAN IS FREE

Here is the incredible moment Evan Gershkovich reunited with his mother 🥹 Welcome home Evan, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva.

News: Billionaire hedge fund’er Ken Griffin donating $12 million to No on 3 campaign to defeat recreational pot amendment.   Griffin’s $12 million donation accounts for the lion's share of the $20 million that he will spend in Florida this election season – the figure he

Good day to re-read WSJ Politics recent dives on - Walz by John McCormick wsj.com/politics/elect… Kelly by Lindsay Wise & Michelle Hackman wsj.com/politics/elect… Shapiro by Matt Barnum & Andrew Restuccia wsj.com/politics/elect… Beshear by Molly Ball wsj.com/politics/elect…

“Studies being used to decide whether the U.S. should authorize an ecstasy-based drug for traumatized patients missed serious side effects and were marked by bias” wsj.com/health/healthc…

Lots of news today INCLUDING Meridith McGraw's book coming out. My pre-order just got here. Go get yours now!

Two pieces of news from ⁦Alex Isenstadt⁩: Trump super PAC planning massive ad blitz into Labor Day, and its leader, Taylor Budowich, is joining the campaign. politico.com/news/2024/08/1…

Mustard and relish. Ketchup is for another day.

NEW: Dems made a huge deal at the DNC about Kamala Harris once working at McDonalds in the summer of 1983. But did she really? Chuck Ross, Joe Gabriel Simonson and I performed an exhaustive review of the facts: 1: We badgered McDonalds, which employs a full-time archivist, for close

SCOOP: A D.C. startup to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known conspiracy theorists, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, who are using the fake names "Jay Klein" and "Bill Sanders" in their new business, four former employees told me. politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

Nice story by Casey Murray. Democrats in Tight Rematches Are Going Hard on Border Security In Effort to Win: notus.org/2024-election/…