Last year a bill offering up to $300 tax credit for purchase of gun safe storage equipment passed overwhelmingly out of the House, through Senate Finance, and was on the Senate Rules calendar. The state Senate, headed by LG Burt Jones, refused to bring it to a vote, and it died.

But yet— he was exceedingly quick to make Laken Riley’s death at UGA about safety and policy. As the highest state elected official, you do not get to pick and choose when to talk about how to keep your constituents safe. THIS is all about state policy.

Great, dogged reporting from ⁦@npr : The thug who pushed the Arlington cemetery official is a Trump staffer who helped organize the January 6 rally. The guy who joined him in berating the official is Trump’s deputy campaign manager. npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

"He just said he's going to pay for childcare with tariffs. This is at the Economic Club of New York... and yet, no one called him out on it." Stephanie Ruhle on the economically illiterate answer Donald Trump gave after Trump was asked how he'd make childcare affordable. WATCH:

USA Today: “Trump is destroying his own campaign. Harris just needs to stand back and laugh.”

New this morning: —Team Harris-Walz says it raised $361 Million in August, when nearly 3 million donors contributed —Has a $404M war chest heading into the campaign home stretch —Has raised more than $615M since start of Harris’ candidacy

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NEW >> 88 business leaders, including Yelp, Box, Snap CEOs and former CEOs of Pepsi, Lyft, Starbucks and Ford, endorse VP Harris over Trump. “The business community can be confident that it will have a president who wants American industries to thrive.” cnbc.com/2024/09/06/har…

Really, The New York Times? Based on Trump’s “big speech” yesterday, I think whether Trump can utter a coherent sentence will define the debate. But that’s just me (and everyone who really watched the speech).

Mass. doctor sentenced to prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot bostonglobe.com/2024/09/05/met… via The Boston Globe

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I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times: Harris leads Trump in four of seven swing states, Times poll says. thetimes.com/article/52e385…

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The Tim Pool/Tenet Media story is obviously fascinating. But... An FBI affidavit unsealed this week says the Russians are maintaining an active list of 2,800 influencers, 600 of whom are in the US The FBI has not released the list Who else is on it? wired.com/story/project-…

This will result in more children dying. It will only benefit Trump and Vance, who say children getting shot is just a fact of life. Vote for Harris and Walz and don’t waste your vote on Stein, who only appears every 4 years to try to be a spoiler.

On top of everything else wrong with JD Vance's "fact of life video," note that he briefly code switches when he says, "We gotta hold them up in prayer." youtube.com/watch?v=UZdmAB…

Poll: One point separates Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Mucarsel-Powell, Rick Rick Scott in Senate race Reporting by AG Gancarski flapol.com/3MEFMte #FlaPol

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#New August fundraising numbers 💵 🔵 Harris - $361 million 🔴 Trump - $130 million