Hours before he’s supposed to take the stage at the DNC, Pete Buttigieg was answering questions from voters at a youth vote event

Former Republican Lt. Gov. of Georgia Geoff Duncan at the DNC: “Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching. If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, you are not a Democrat; you are a patriot."🇺🇸🇺🇸 #RepublicansForHarris

One of the best presidential speakers. The original happy warrior. Timelessly good at weaving together hope, facts and history with the fewest notes:

Wow. Oprah.

Electric speech by Tim Walz, on a night of great speeches by Bill Clinton and Oprah. And backed by a wonderful family of pure American joy. What a contrast to vile JD Vance.

Josh Shapiro on CNN: Trump lost in 2020. And every one of his political offspring -- including Doug Mastriano, who I whooped in the last election ... they've lost ... I don't think he's improved his standing and more divisive rhetoric is only gonna make it toughest for him.

Shapiro: It is not new to see Trump engaging in these anti-semitic tropes, these efforts to divide us and single someone out and remove them from others. This is an affront to Jews everywhere. I don't care what he says about me but I know how it makes people feel.

Absolute class at the end: “God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.” A true patriot for justice.

At 7:43, a gold-star dad joke by Robert Armstrong to Marc Filippino in today’s FT news podcast: “I don’t like gold as an investment because it’s basically like me. All it’s really good for is sitting around and looking pretty.” open.spotify.com/episode/4vP6t6…

Good reminder from Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱 that most Canadian voters, like most Americans, are decent people who dislike jackasses: “You need a party and leader that have maturity, judgment and goodwill, not just some mad ideological tantrum.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Flood the zone with clips:

Sad but good piece by Janosch Delcker, on how TikTok helped the far-right AfD win votes from young east Germans in the state elections. Part of the slow, multi-year uptick in young voters embracing right-wing populists in many western countries. dw.com/en/tiktok-like…

Birds of a feather washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Gone are the days when tennis players argued with line judges. Now, there's electronic-line calling. Here's how it works at the US Open. Read more about the tournament trib.al/rJzcpRY