July 29, 2024 | What A Year Of A Week It Was

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SHOW NOTES

Quick Hit: Citizens United reminds us all of the definition of iron: https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/citizens-united-gop-state-parties-file-fec-complaint-over-biden-harris-campaign-funds/

Quick Hit: Missouri Gov debates happened - Kehoe was a no show, Quade ate Hamra’s lunch — also Quade gets endorsements from Mayor Quinton Lucas of KC and Mayor Tishaura Jones of STL; meanwhile Kehoe gets the Trump nod (Trump endorsed all Gov GOP candidates; see MO Independent link)

https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/donald-trump-endorses-all-three-major-republican-candidates-for-missouri-governor/

True or False: The best thing to do right now is ignore the prognosticators

• Fox story: Detroit News WDIV-TV survey be”https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-poll-shows-trump-harris-neck-key-2024-state-close
• Fivethirty eight: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
• Takeaway: Is it just that it’s going to be close and go from there?
• Politico article - 1,000 words to say the race is close and hard to predict: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/27/polling-kamala-harris-trump-00171514
  
• Harris raising funds: https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-fundraiser-presidential-campaign-9f4713f2b07cde2f7b7cbb7bdcfa9240
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Yeah…No: JD Vance’s extreme abortion comments (found on Drudge)

https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-abortion-audio-travel-banned-1930761

Chris Murphy, X: https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1816673432697762037

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/jd-vance-audio-leak-abortion-614642

• Chatter about replacing JD already surfacing: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-trump-could-replace-jd-vance-if-the-ohioans-terrible-polling-continues/ar-BB1qDn03
• House GOP members not thrilled: https://thehill.com/homenews/4793818-vance-vp-trump-house-republicans
• Even more: JD Vance is weird as hell

Big One: Biden’s Oval address and its place in history

https://theheartlandcollective.com/2024/07/25/bidens-historic-patriotic-farewell-address/

AP Coverage: https://apnews.com/article/biden-oval-office-speech-2024-d7a5e913e4e9c347ed314e5879db3480

2024 Election Era

Trump tells Christian group they won’t have to vote any more and that he’s not a Christian

Trump tells Christian voters they 'won't have to vote anymore' if he's elected

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/27/nx-s1-5054272/trump-christian-wont-vote-anymore-speech

270 to Win polling; https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/national

Harris is in: https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/25/harris-narrows-gap-against-trump-times-siena-poll-finds/

Obama endorses Harris: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/kamala-harris-endorsements-democrats

VP Discussion heats up, who are early leaders?

Cook political breakdown: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/breaking-down-veepstakes-what-top-prospects-could-bring-harris?check_logged_in=1

Their order: Shapiro, Kelly, Cooper, Brashear

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80ekdwk9zro

Harris drawing distinctions on Mid east: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/kamala-harris-israel-policy/index.html

Fox news top line on Friday - Trump’s bond provider didn’t charge enough

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/billionaire-helped-trump-175m-bond-probably-didnt-charge-enough

GOP going in on immigration: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-failed-combat-root-causes-illegal-immigration-former-border-patrol-union-chief

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