“Sen. John Husted fired his campaign’s political director Friday after discovering the staffer had posted Nazi imagery on social media and made playlists of songs celebrating Rhodesia, an unrecognized south African state often touted by white supremacists,” the Washington Sun reports.
Bush Paints the Moment He Was Told About 9/11
“Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks that defined his presidency, George W. Bush is revisiting the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, through paintings,” the Washington Sun reports.
“Bush has created a new series commemorating 9/11, depicting scenes and people connected to the attacks and their aftermath. The collection, ‘Remembering 9/11,’ is on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas through the end of September.”
Washington Post: For years, Bush was mocked for this 9/11 moment. Now he’s painted it.
House Democrats Press for Emergency AI Session
“A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the ‘catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence,'” CNN reports.
Republicans Tout Growth, Grapple with Inflation Concerns
“The Republican faithful, gathered in arena hallways and hotel ballrooms during this week’s midterm convention, projected confidence they had a good story to tell on the economy,” Bloomberg reports.
“Some pointed to the steady unemployment rate and stock market growth as evidence of a new ‘Golden Age’ driven by a resilient economy and American consumer, while others argued immigration and manufacturing policies were yielding a better life for U.S. citizens.”
“Still, a latent anxiety hung over Dallas. The reality — that polls suggest voters are in fact quite anxious about the state of the economy, and preparing to punish Republicans in November’s midterm elections — has become hard for even President Donald Trump to ignore.”
Jim Justice Failed to Properly Disclose His Wealth
“Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) failed to properly submit an annual report detailing his billion-dollar personal fortune, blowing past a legal deadline despite requesting and receiving two extensions,” the Washington Sun reports.
Contractor Blames Own Work for Reflecting Pool Damage
“The contractor hired to renovate the Reflecting Pool says its repair work caused the pool’s liner to peel and bubble, according to documents first reviewed by The New York Times,” Axios reports.
“President Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for the pool’s damage and has pushed to prosecute some of them, even after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped the cases.”
“The contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, admitted that both the design and execution of the renovation were flawed.”
Susan Collins Criticizes Trump’s Canada Insults
“Sen. Susan Collins, who faces her toughest re-election campaign to date, is working closely with top Trump administration officials to try to lessen the impact of the U.S.’s escalating trade dispute with Canada,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“But she says President Trump’s own tone and rhetoric surrounding the tariffs have been inappropriate and unhelpful in her border state, whose culture and economy is intertwined with the U.S.’s northern neighbor.”
Said Collins: “We’re linked in so many ways. It’s economic, it’s emotional, and to hear the president gratuitously calling prime ministers ‘governor’ or suggesting that Canada should be part of the United States or renaming Lake Ontario is painful. It is not conducive to getting back to the table and resolving these issues.”
GOP Candidate Backs Away From ‘Stolen Election’ Claims
“Republican congressional hopeful Ryan Elijah, who defeated embattled Rep. Cory Mills in a bitter primary contest last month, backtracked this week on a series of previous claims he made about the 2020 election being stolen from President Donald Trump,” the Washington Sun reports.
“But when asked by local Florida TV station WKMG News 6 Wednesday if he thought the election was stolen, Elijah said, ‘No.'”
Iranians Run Out of Gas as Economic Squeeze Takes Hold
“Long lines at gas stations. Strikes by truckers. A government struggling to maintain the subsidies that had helped much of the population keep their heads above water,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The economic fallout from the war and the American blockade is adding to the pain facing ordinary Iranians who are already struggling with a plunging currency, worsening joblessness and rising prices for everything from food to trash bags.”
Giuliani Manages to Be Cordial to Mamdani at Ground Zero
New York Magazine: “News cameras captured the moment as Mamdani and Giuliani shared a brief handshake and a few words, inaudible in the recording. On social media, several people concluded that Giuliani likely said, ‘I’ll pray for you. It’s a really hard job.'”
CIA Officer Working Towards Plea Deal in Gold Bars Case
“A former CIA officer who was arrested in May after investigators found 303 gold bars worth $40 million at his home is working to finalize a plea deal with federal prosecutors that could help keep the case shrouded in mystery,” NBC News reports.
Vance’s Closing Speech Doubles as a Glimpse at 2028
“Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Republican Midterm Convention on Thursday night offered a glimpse of how he is positioning himself within the Republican Party — as a potential heir to the MAGA movement who can speak its language while attempting to broaden its appeal,” ABC News reports.
“The most striking throughline in his remarks was grievance, particularly around race and identity.”
“Repeatedly, Vance argued that Republicans and their voters have been unfairly labeled as racist for raising concerns about immigration, crime, government fraud and cultural change. Democrats, he claimed, don’t simply disagree with Republicans — he said they dismiss legitimate concerns by attacking the people who raise them.”
Trump’s ‘Convention’ Tried to Reach Die-Hard Republicans
New York Times: “As in many turbulent TV productions, there were differing impulses behind its creation. It was the pet project of the president, made on the theory that he has a hold on low-propensity voters who will go to the polls only for him. The counterargument is the president’s ratings among other voters, who might go to the polls against candidates who embrace him.”
“Thus we got Schrödinger’s Convention, made in the paradoxical hope that it would be both watched and not watched. It was carried in its entirety on C-SPAN and in considerable part by conservative outlets including Fox News and Newsmax. It was also up against high-profile NFL games each night, which one could see as a challenge or a blessing. Surely at least some Republicans would have been just as happy if no one watched.”
“For better or worse, some of us did. What we saw was the culmination of the decades-long trend that has turned conventions from substantive political events into pure long-form TV ads.”
Democrats Emphasize Early and In-Person Voting
“Democrats and progressive groups are urging voters to cast their ballots as early as possible — and increasingly, in person — amid concerns that President Donald Trump’s intervention and postal delays could disrupt the mail voting process this fall,” NBC News reports.
9/11 Fades From Congressional Memory
Washington Sun: “Less than 10% of lawmakers who were at the Capitol that day are still in a Congress that has no plans to mark a fateful day of its history.”
Stick a Fork in ‘Em
Andrew Egger: “Ever since Democrats’ major overperformance in last year’s off-year elections, I’ve been saying over and over: time is a finite resource for Donald Trump and his party. If they wanted to stave off disaster in the midterms, they would need to get moving fast to woo back disaffected members of their 2024 coalition. Every day spent failing to achieve that goal was a day wasted.”
“Now, in the afterglow of this week’s ludicrous, somnambulant GOP midterm convention, I’m about ready to call it. Republicans are out of ideas and out of time.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Those of us in authority on that day did not see the nature of the danger in time to prevent the attack of 9/11. We did what we knew to do, but by definition, it was not enough.”
— Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, quoted by the New York Post.
Trump Ties Iran War to U.S. Security in 9/11 Speech
“President Donald Trump defended the war in Iran during a Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, tying the conflict to the U.S.’s decades-long fight against terrorism,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “It is a war on sick, horrible terror. We salute our first responders and law enforcement, and we love them, and we salute the service members working right now to ensure the world’s number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never ever have a nuclear weapon.”
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