Former UF president Ben Sasse said a completed audit found no wrongdoing when it came to his spending. But according to public records, the audit never existed.  Read more from Annie Wang and Sophia Bailly. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

The people who convinced Senator Mike Lee to create his “based” Twitter account were the same people alleged to have “unwittingly” taken Russian disinfo money.

🚨🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: FBI Raids Homes of Two Top Eric Adams Aides, Sheena Wright and Phil Banks, sources tell THE CITY thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi…

August fundraising: Harris $300 million Trump $130 million nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

"Simes, 76, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, have a home in Virginia and are believed to be in Russia."

I’m dying. He actually said to the Economic Club of NY that he is going to eliminate the deficit and pay for child care with…wait for it …tariffs. Please know that tariffs are simply increasing the costs of foreign made goods to Americans. Period. And everyone in that room and

Appears to be the first time a federal investigation has raided a Police Commissioner since at least WWII. Last time I can find a PC directly tied up in a criminal probe was the bribery/bookie scandal sank Bill O'Dwyer's mayorality and his commissioner, Bill O'Brien.

SCOOP: NPR has ID'd the two Trump campaign staffers involved in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery last week that Trump insists did not happen. One of them is a deputy campaign manager. More with Quil Lawrence+Tom Bowman: npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

I dunno. Seems somewhat relevant that the bullshit they “sincerely” peddled was exactly the kind of bullshit Russia was willing to pay for. Whether it’s “the issue” depends on which issue you want to discuss. Legally sure, not the issue. Substantively, sure seems like an issue.

Topline is Harris raising $361m in August, which is a record. But this data point is wild too it came with "1.3 million donors making their first donation this cycle"

Inside Russia's plan to sway the the US election for Trump: — A 277-page indictment. unsealed this week, gives unprecedented insight into the goals, target audiences, tactics and resources the Kremlin is using. This is "Project Good Old USA" 1/11 wired.com/story/project-…

“.. If the Democratic nominee wins the White House, they argue, ‘the business community can be confident that it will have a president who wants American industries to thrive.’” CNBC Megan Cassella cnbc.com/2024/09/06/har…

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-…

The degree of Russian compromise of the Republican party is one of the great stories of American political history. Those of us who worked within the party saw it happen, accompanied by a right-wing media industry that found it profitable to label Russian influence a "hoax."

This is the closest presidential campaign 60+ years. The race has been consistently close in a way I've never seen. If the polling is off by a single point in the key swing states, the winner would flip. The bottom line is this election is up for grabs with 2 months to go.

Harris is likely being coached to use the debate to lay out her policy goals. This is wrong, she should use the debate to lay out Trump’s policy goals.

Liz Cheney tells @theatlantic’s @markleibovich that her father, the notorious leftist Dick Cheney, will be voting for Kamala Harris.

Ron DeSantis is *sending cops* to the homes of people who signed a petition to get abortion on the Florida ballot. This comes the same week that the Florida department of state requested information on 36,000 voters who signed the Amendment 4 petition h/t Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨