Trump Super Pac Builds Massive War Chest

“The former director of Project 2025, a right-wing plan for what Donald Trump could do in a second term as president, is sharply criticizing Mr. Trump’s campaign, accusing its two top advisers of a series of missteps, lack of preparation and overconfidence that he says have jeopardized Mr. Trump’s chances in November,” the New York Times reports. “The critique is the first public statement from Paul Dans, a longtime supporter of Mr.

“Democrats are trying to get under Donald Trump’s skin hours before his debate with Kamala Harris,” Politico reports. “The Harris campaign released an ad Tuesday featuring former President Barack Obama’s eyebrow-raising moment from the Democratic National Convention in which he meaningfully glanced down at his hands as he joked about Trump’s obsession with crowd size.” Playbook: “As with the spot we highlighted yesterday, this ad is being microtargeted to an audience of one, running nationally on Fox News and locally in Palm Beach, Florida.”

A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among registered voters nationally, 44% to 41% with 10% still undecided. The latest Morning Consult polling also finds Harris with a three-point edge, 49% to 46%.

“Speaker Mike Johnson’s self-described ‘righteous’ idea to pair a six-month funding bill with the SAVE Act is on the brink of imploding. A number of House Republicans are unpersuaded by the proposal, describing it as irresponsible and ill-advised,” Punchbowl News reports. “The GOP opposition to the measure ranges from hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus to defense hawks to moderates.

“Donald Trump has tried all manner of ways to monetize his post-presidency. He has sold chocolate bars, sneakers, Bibles, NFT trading cards and even scraps of fabric from the suit he wore when his mug shot was taken last year at a jail in Atlanta. He has also been, a bit under the radar, cranking out coffee table books,” the New York Times reports. “He just published his third since 2021.

“When the federal authorities last week seized the phones of top City Hall officials in New York, it was another stunning public move by investigators who had already taken Mayor Eric Adams’s devices, searched his aides’ homes and issued subpoenas to members of the mayor’s staff,” the New York Times reports. “The intensity — and sheer volume — of the federal scrutiny has raised urgent questions about the scope of what federal agents are seeking and how much longer they intend to seek it, especially with the Democratic mayoral primary approaching next year.”