“Bernie Sanders drew 6,500 people to southern Maine on Labor Day Monday to discuss building a grassroots movement to fight the oligarchy, and to introduce them to Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and Marine veteran running for Senate with the Vermont independent’s early support,” Rolling Stone reports.
Nearly 600 Economists Back Fed Governor
“Nearly 600 economists signed an open letter Tuesday warning that President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook threatens the central bank’s independence and erodes trust in a key pillar of the U.S. financial system,” CNBC reports.
House Members Ready Action on Epstein Files
“House members are wasting no time laying the groundwork this week for a confrontation with GOP leaders over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files,” Politico reports.
“Freshly back in Washington from the August recess, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) plans to take the formal steps at 2 p.m. today to file a discharge petition, the procedural maneuver necessary to bypass leadership and force a vote on his resolution compelling the DOJ to unseal the files related to the late, convicted sex offender.”
“Once he does that, Massie said in a social media post Tuesday morning, he can begin gathering the necessary 218 signatures required to bring the resolution to the floor.”
Trump Makes a Mess on Purpose
David Frum: “Creating a huge mess is a consistent Trump method. Over and over again, the administration commits to actions at, or beyond, the outermost limit of executive power, then confronts the courts with a risk of chaos if the limits are enforced. Thousands of individuals have been detained and imprisoned without due process, including the opportunity to argue that the authorities have mistaken their identity or ignored their lawful-residency status. If the courts allow these detentions, then habeas corpus is more or less dead in America. If the courts refuse, brace yourself for a tsunami of wrongful-arrest litigation.”
“If Trump is allowed to keep the proceeds of his illegal taxes, then Congress has lost the power of the purse and Article I of the Constitution has been repealed. If Trump must return his illegal taxes, then millions of disgorgement actions will follow. I probably won’t sue for my $26.05. But I’ll sign my claim over to any class-action attorney who wants it.”
“Trump is chaos. So President Bill Clinton warned at the Democratic convention in 2024. So it is proving true, on a scale that is only beginning to come into view.”
Abigail Spanberger Could Be the Face of the Democrats
Wall Street Journal: “But the most important message Spanberger sends, in an election that will be closely scrutinized as a bellwether of the second Trump presidency, could be to Democrats. The nomination of a democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani, for mayor of New York City has seeded a narrative that the party’s left wing is on the march—a narrative that Republicans have eagerly embraced to paint Democrats as radical.”
“With polls showing her well ahead of her Republican opponent, Spanberger is heavily favored to flip the blue state’s governorship back to the Democratic column after four years of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who cannot run for re-election. Virginia is the only state that limits governors to a single four-year term.”
“As the Democratic Party wrestles with historic unpopularity and a post-2024 identity crisis, moderate Democrats point to Spanberger, a self-styled pragmatist, as a more politically viable face for the party than the likes of Mamdani.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“That’s socialism. You may be comfortable with socialism. You may decide you like socialism because someone from the Trump administration wants socialism. But my God, people, what have we been fighting for for the last decade? You want smaller government? This expands it.”
— Conservative talk show host Erick Erickson, on the federal government taking equity stakes in private companies.
A Make-or-Break Moment for a Stock Trading Ban
Time: “The push to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks is heading toward a moment of truth this fall, as a slew of bills and mounting public pressure appears likely to force lawmakers to confront a question they have long tried to avoid: should elected officials, who often learn of market-moving information before the public, be allowed to directly participate in those markets?”
China’s Xi Redraws Geopolitical Map
“President Xi Jinping used a mix of bonhomie and economic allure this week to send Donald Trump a clear message: Beijing has too much global clout to be dictated by the US,” Bloomberg reports.
“Cameras captured the Chinese leader in a rare, unscripted huddle on Monday with Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi — his most powerful partners in resisting America on the world stage — at a summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. At one point, Xi held hands with his Indian counterpart, as the three men laughed casually, a striking scene given just months earlier New Delhi and Beijing were seen as rivals.”
“The images were a victory for Xi’s political project to build an alternative to the US-led world order, in which America’s dollar dominance has given it global sway.”
Trump Invents Fake Emergencies to Gain Real Power
Paul Rosenzweig: “Donald Trump has figured out the cheat code for authoritarianism: Fake emergencies bring real power. The president has invoked emergency authority in three distinct contexts—declaring a public-safety emergency to defend his takeover of the District of Columbia; claiming an ‘invasion’ to justify an immigration crackdown, including sending the National Guard to Los Angeles; and invoking ‘extraordinary’ factors to support his tariff war. Although Trump is not the first president to grab greater powers behind the cloak of emergency authority, he is the first to have done so in such an extreme way. Worse yet, the lack of resistance from Congress or the courts suggests that there is little, if anything, to prevent Trump from expanding his use of ’emergency’ authority even further as he accumulates power.”
“Emergency powers exist for good reason. In democratic societies, the general rule is that the legislative branch defines what the executive branch should do, and then the executive acts on the direction of the legislature.”
“The problem with that model is that legislative activity is remarkably slow, even at the most urgent of times.”
Emil Bove Continued Work for Trump After Confirmation
“Emil Bove, a senior Trump administration official, was narrowly confirmed last month to serve as an appeals court judge, brushing past a bitter confirmation fight despite concerns that he would carry out the president’s directives while on the federal bench,” the New York Times reports.
“Still, Mr. Bove has continued to work at the Justice Department, appearing just last week at a department event to celebrate the crime-fighting takeover of the Washington police.”
GOP Faces Headwinds for Second Big Tax Bill
“House Republican leaders face powerful headwinds as they return to Washington to push for a second major tax and spending bill this year designed to meet fiscal conservatives’ demands for deeper federal budget cuts,” Bloomberg reports.
“The new GOP legislative drive, still in the early stages, lacks the urgency that the year-end expiration of 2017 tax cuts provided to speed President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending law, and party leaders already stretched the limit of available sweeteners in that struggle to win over wavering swing-district lawmakers.”
Trump to Move Space Command to Alabama
“The Trump administration is planning to announce as early as Tuesday that it will relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama,” Reuters reports.
“The decision would reverse a move made under President Joe Biden’s administration, which had selected Colorado Springs as the permanent home for the military’s newest combatant command in 2023.”
Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said his country’s ties with China were at an “unprecedented” high as he met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in a display of unity that they presented as a counterweight to the West, the New York Times reports.
Bloomberg: Why Putin and Xi are “best friends.”
Treasury Yields Spike After Tariff Decision
“Treasury yields jumped on Tuesday to begin September trading as a court decision knocking down most of the Trump administration’s tariffs raised the prospect of the government having to repay the money already brought in, stretching an already-stressed U.S. fiscal situation,” CNBC reports.
Trump’s Troop Deployment to LA Violated Federal Law
“A federal judge found on Tuesday that President Trump illegally sent troops to enforce his immigration policies in Los Angeles, siding with state officials who contend the operation violates a 19th-century law barring the U.S. military from undertaking domestic law enforcement,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco conducted a three-day bench trial in August on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claim that the forces Trump deployed over the objection of state and local officials violated the Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 statute that restricts use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement except when authorized by Congress.”
CBS News: Judge rules Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles violated federal law.
The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working
Michael Scherer: “The first seven months of Trump’s Oval Office do-over have been, with occasional exception, a tale of ruthless domination. The Democratic opposition is feeble and fumbling, the federal bureaucracy traumatized and neutered. Corporate leaders come bearing gifts, the Republican Party has been scrubbed of dissent, and the street protests are diminished in size. Even the news media, a major check on Trump’s power in his first term, have faded from their 2017 ferocity, hobbled by budget cuts, diminished ratings, and owners wary of crossing the president.”
“One exception has stood out: A legal resistance led by a patchwork coalition of lawyers, public-interest groups, Democratic state attorneys general, and unions has frustrated Trump’s ambitions. Hundreds of attorneys and plaintiffs have stood up to him, feeding a steady assembly line of setbacks and judicial reprimands for a president who has systematically sought to break down limits on his own power.”
“Of the 384 cases filed through August 28 against the Trump administration, 130 have led to orders blocking at least part of the president’s efforts, and 148 cases await a ruling, according to a review by Just Security. Dozens of those rulings are the final word, with no appeal by the government, and others have been stayed on appeal, including by the Supreme Court.”
The Neighbor From Hell
Graeme Wood: “Israel and the United States delivered a blow to Iran. But it could come back stronger.”
No, Texas Republicans Did Not Pass a Dummymander
The Downballot: “Yes, Republicans may well fall short of their goal of flipping the five Democratic seats they’ve set their sights on, for a whole host of reasons.”
“In a couple of cases, they pulled their punches, making relatively modest adjustments to districts where moderate Democrats have long managed to outperform the national party. There are also signs that Latino voters, who moved sharply in the GOP’s direction last year, are now shifting back…”
“But they haven’t done anything to jeopardize the seats they already hold. Their new map isn’t a dummymander. It’s just a classic gerrymander, taken to the extreme.”
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