“The organizers of a mysterious network paid influencers to promote sexual smears of Vice President Kamala Harris as Democrats rallied around her to be their presidential candidate in late July,” Semafor reports.
“The attacks were part of a campaign that was, on the surface, an unremarkable part of a new wave of social media marketing.
Washington Post: “No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling a staggering array of merchandise that includes signed Bibles where he receives a royalty for hawking them, pricey sneakers, gold necklaces, cryptocurrency cards, pens, books, licensing fees on overseas properties and more.”
“His company’s website also sells a variety of political merchandise at higher prices than his campaign charges for the same items.”
“Kimberly Guilfoyle eventually had to ask her audience at the Florida Republican Party annual dinner to clap for her as her awkward speech fell flat in front of an audience of allies,” The Independent reports.
“House Republicans are preparing to release an investigative report blaming the Biden administration for what they called the failures of the chaotic and deadly U. S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, laying out a scathing indictment that appeared timed to tarnish Vice President Kamala Harris in the final weeks before the presidential election,” the New York Times reports.
“The roughly 250-page document set to be released on Monday is the product of a yearslong inquiry by Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
On Friday night, a Missouri judge handed down a ruling that could threaten voters’ abilities to enshrine reproductive rights in the state’s constitution this November. It is a massive setback for one of most consequential abortion ballot measures this year.
After the Supreme Court overruled Roe in its June 2022 decision in Dobbs v.