U.s. National Debt Tops $35 Trillion

It sure looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to sabotage a legit abortion-rights protection amendment on the state’s ballot in November. The Tampa Bay Times has the deets on DeSantis’ latest sliminess: In a move that supporters of the amendment fear could be “political interference,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ deputy secretary of state has asked supervisors in Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach and Osceola counties to gather roughly 36,000 signatures for the state to review. The signatures were among the nearly 1 million collected — and verified by local supervisors as belonging to real Floridians — to permit Amendment 4 to appear before voters in November.

Anyone faced with attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris for never having met Donald Trump in advance of next week’s debate should keep in mind Tim Miller’s fiery retort. It was even more enjoyable for also destroying the ever-obnoxious Piers Morgan on his own show. Miller is a former Republican operative turned never-Trumper.

WASHINGTON — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris’ record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president. Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, headlined the national dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, which he praised as “the best party in the nation.” He entered the sprawling ballroom of 3,500 attendees to John Mellencamp’s “Small Town” and a boisterous standing ovation from members of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ organization. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] He noted how Harris worked alongside President Joe Biden to issue executive orders protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ people in health care, the military and education. “And the reason she did it was pretty simple.

For decades, licensed hunters have killed hundreds of Colorado mountain lions every year to control the state’s population of the elusive feline. Voters in November will decide whether to ban the practice, along with the trapping of bobcats. That prospect has set off a deluge of competing claims about what will happen if big-cat hunting ceases. Cats Aren’t Trophies campaign director Samantha Miller, left, talks to reporters during a media tour at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, on Friday, Aug.

Something tells me this debate will not go Lumpy's way. Just a hunch, but I think Kamala Harris will make mincemeat out of him. This is your Sunday morning cartoon and open thread. Let us know what's on your mind. read more

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that the Lone Star State’s effort to clean up its voter rolls has resulted in more than 1 million names being removed.