Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the Biden administration, said her appointment to a position at West Point was “unfortunately” rescinded, CBS News reports.
A Blunt Diagnosis for the Democrats
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) believes Democrats need to become more likable to recover from their record-low approval among voters, Politico reports.
Said McBride: “I think voters feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them.”
She added: “I do think that a voter asks two questions when they’re considering who to vote for. The first question is, does this candidate, does this party like me? And by extension, do they respect me?”
More: “If you can’t answer that first question to a voter’s satisfaction, they won’t even get to the second question, which is, what does this party think? What does this candidate think? And I think we lost that first question.”
Trump’s Options for Dousing the Epstein Fire
Ankush Khardori: “There are no good solutions — but some are worse than others.”
Quote of the Day
“Recently, I made the decision that, for now, I don’t want to go back in the system. I think it’s broken. I always believed that as fragile as our democracy is, our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles and I think right now, they’re not as strong as they need to be.”
— Kamala Harris, talking to Stephen Colbert.
Jeffries Pledges to Support Texas Democrats
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) met with Texas lawmakers seeking to fight the planned Republican-led overhaul of the Texas congressional map, but declined Thursday to divulge behind-the-scenes strategy for blocking the move, the Austin American Statesman reports.
Said Jeffries: “We’re going to do everything possible to support the Texas legislators. All options should be on the table to protect the people of Texas. But Texas Democrats are going to be the ones to decide that.”
F-Bombs in the Senate
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Roy Cooper Jumps Out to Early Lead
A new Emerson College poll in North Carolina found Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 41% with 12% undecided.
Netanyahu Has a Big Problem with Democrats
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prosecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza is driving an unprecedented number of Senate Democrats to support measures blocking weapons sales to the longtime U.S. ally,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Once backed by just a handful of progressives, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) months-long effort to block the transfer of certain offensive weapons to Israel now has the support of more than half the Senate Democratic Caucus. It’s also a position that’s more aligned with the Democratic base.”
Laura Loomer Runs ‘Tip Line’ to Purge the ‘Disloyal’
Politico: “More than a dozen high ranking officials across the administration have been forced to leave their jobs or had their nominations or promotions derailed in the first six months of Trump’s return to Washington. Nearly all of the ousters have come after individuals were targeted by outside allies who convinced the president that they weren’t sufficiently loyal. And in many of those cases, the axe came down after officials found themselves in the crosshairs of right-wing activist Laura Loomer.”
Said Loomer: “I’m happy to take people’s tips about disloyal appointees, disloyal staffers and Biden holdovers. And I guess you could say that my tip line has come to serve as a form of therapy for Trump administration officials who want to expose their colleagues who should not be in the positions that they’re in.”
“Loomer has emerged as a blunt enforcer of allegiance to Trump.”
Democrats Retreat on the Green New Deal
“President Trump’s first term provoked the movement for a Green New Deal. His second term may have killed it,” Axios reports.
“Democrats aren’t explicitly disavowing the Green New Deal, but they’ve abruptly stopped talking about it as they scramble to find new ways to talk about climate change.”
Hedge Funds Dump U.S. Stocks
“The relentless rally that has the S&P 500 Index hovering near all-time highs still hasn’t convinced Wall Street’s smart money to give up on their bearish views,” Bloomberg reports.
“Hedge funds unloaded US equities the past four weeks, as dumping of shares outpaced short-covering, according to a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. prime brokerage desk report. Notably, the funds were unwinding exposure to technology, media and telecom stocks at the fastest pace in a year ahead of earnings from the sector, which has been crucial to the stock market’s rebound since April.”
El Salvador Approves Indefinite Presidential Re-Election
“The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years,” the AP reports.
Trump Amasses $200 Million War Chest
“President Trump’s super PAC is sitting on about $200 million that it can spend against his rivals, giving a term-limited president a never-before-seen amount of power in his party’s finances and future,” the New York Times reports.
“There is no precedent for politicians so aggressively raising money for their own entities when they do not have a campaign to use it for.”
Trump Says New Tariffs Are Going ‘Very Smooth’
President Trump touted the expansive new tariffs on imports he imposed on global trading partners Thursday night, telling NBC News that it all was going “very well, very smooth.”
He also said that it was “too late” for other countries to avoid tariff rates set to snap in place next week.
But, he added, his door will always be open to compelling offers: “It doesn’t mean that somebody doesn’t come along in four weeks and say we can make some kind of a deal.”
Trump’s Vow to Be ‘President of Peace’ Falls Short
“Since returning to the White House, President Trump has branded himself as the ‘president of peace,’ boasting that he has averted half a dozen wars and repeatedly saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Yet six months into his term, his record is decidedly mixed, with scant headway in ending two of the world’s most intractable wars, Ukraine and Gaza.”
It’s Hard to Turn the Page on 2024
Washington Post: “Democrats are eager to turn the page on their 2024 losses — but their central figures from the last election keep stepping back into the spotlight, complicating their efforts to forge a new identity.”
“Many in the party are wary of elevating the people who led them to defeat in 2024 and exasperated to see the drama of that election repeatedly relitigated when they want to keep the focus on pushing back against Trump’s second-term agenda and identifying new leaders.”
U.S. to Raise Tariffs on Scores of Nations
“The U.S. will raise tariffs on scores of nations, effective at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 7, according to an executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
New York Times: “The rates appear to range as high as 50 percent on some imports to the United States, as Mr. Trump looks to punish nations that either could not or would not offer favorable trade concessions to Washington.”
Musk Continues to Spend Millions on GOP Candidates
“Elon Musk continued to bankroll Republican candidates after his public fallout with President Donald Trump, donating millions of dollars to campaign groups gearing up for next year’s midterm elections,” the Financial Times reports.
“Half-year records published on Thursday show the Tesla chief executive was the single largest donor to committees supporting Republicans in congressional races, even as his tenure in government came to an ignominious end and his businesses suffered severe “blowback” from his association with the Trump administration.”
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