“One of J.D. Vance’s key policy advisers, Aaron Kofsky, has for years posted extensively on Reddit about using a variety of drugs, including cocaine and opiates, under the username PsychoticMammal,” Wired reports.

“In the posts, which are as recent as three months ago, Kofsky wrote about experiencing withdrawal from and trying to ‘kick’ tianeptine—also known as ‘gas station heroin’—and kratom; advised other users on how to transport drugs on domestic flights; and called Vance ‘a Trump boot licker.'”

“Former President Jimmy Carter told his family he was more interested in voting for Vice President Kamala Harris than his milestone birthday earlier this month,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“On Wednesday, he got his wish by filling out a ballot for his fellow Democrat that was put in the drop box at the Sumter County Courthouse near his hometown of Plains.”

Carter had previously told his grandson he was “only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris.”

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) endorsed Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) for reelection – her first endorsement for a House incumbent this cycle, Axios reports.

Said Cheney: “Susan and I served together in the House, and while we may not agree on everything, I know that she holds a deep respect for the integrity of our democracy.”

Cheney has also endorsed John Avlon, who is running against Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) this cycle.

“Kamala Harris agreed that Donald Trump is a fascist in her most forthright statement yet in casting her presidential opponent as a potential autocrat harboring authoritarian visions should he return to the White House,” The Guardian reports.

When asked if voting for Trump was choosing fascism, Harris immediately replied: “Yes, we can say that.”

“Donald Trump has largely outsourced his 2024 campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation to a Super PAC bankrolled and directed by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man,” Rolling Stone reports.

“In recent weeks, several Republican operatives and other figures in the national party have bluntly and directly informed Trump they fear Musk’s organization is falling down on the job of mobilizing voters to cast their ballots for the Republican nominee.”

“When Vice President Kamala Harris walked off the stage of her rally in Erie, Pa., which included a video compilation of Donald Trump’s recent comments about ‘the enemy from within,’ she told her campaign staff that she wanted to keep using the former president’s own words against him,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The video footage of Trump, which Harris presented for the first time at Monday’s rally, is part of the vice president’s decision to deliver much sharper attacks against her rival during the campaign’s final weeks. Harris is leaning into the threat of a second Trump term, building upon her portrayal of the former president as a self-interested politician who doesn’t have an agenda for the middle class.”

Elon Musk’s offer of free admission to hear his speech in exchange for having voted in Pennsylvania is likely illegal, according to Rick Hasen.

“This is likely illegal, because in a federal election one cannot give anything of value in exchange for someone agreeing to turn out to vote. It is not necessary to offer that a person vote for or against a particular candidate. Here is the relevant statute, 18 U.S.C. section 597. Just like one cannot give out free ice cream or car washes or concert tickets, one cannot give out free admission to hear a speech by a tech entreprenuer.”

Andrew Egger: “You should watch the interview Trump did yesterday at the Economic Club of Chicago. You might think you’ve got a pretty good idea of the big guy’s solipsism, his buffoonish overconfidence, his utter inability to engage on matters of policy. Watch a few answers, and you’ll be forced to conclude: It’s way worse than you thought…”

“It takes a certain amount of ego and delusion to run for president. Trump has those characteristics in excess. But what stood out at the talk yesterday was the degree to which these are now the only elements undergirding his vision. Gone is the talk about surrounding himself with the best people. Dropped is the pretense that his answers are coherent. (Trump has started referring to his meandering logorrhea as ‘the weave.’) The pitch instead is that some sort of mad genius remains within him: Trust me, I’m the deals guy! I’ll get the best deals!”