What Democrats Can Learn From Other Countries

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters that Donald Trump has promised to give him “control” of several public health agencies, including the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture, if he wins a second term in November, CNN reports.

President Biden handed ammo to gleeful Republicans Tuesday night when he seemed to refer to Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage,” Axios reports. The comment came when Biden wanted to respond to a comedian calling Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Said Biden: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.” CNN: Biden seeks to clean up “garbage” comment about Trump supporters denigrating Latinos.

The U. S. Supreme Court refused to order the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from presidential election ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin, rejecting a pair of last-ditch requests from the onetime candidate. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Kennedy, who now supports former President Donald Trump in his race against Vice President Kamala Harris, argued unsuccessfully that the two swing states are violating his constitutional rights by leaving him on the ballot against his wishes.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office posted a spreadsheet to its website that “improperly included” the partial passwords to some parts of the state’s voting systems, the department announced Tuesday. The Colorado Republican Party first announced the incident in a news release earlier in the day, including an affidavit purporting to find the error.

On Monday, J. D. Vance, was in Wisconsin campaigning and not answering questions about racist jokes. One of his stops was in Wausau, home of the mayor who steals ballot drop boxes. The Wisconsin DOJ executed a search warrant of Diny's city hall office and of his home as part of their investigation into his committing election interference.

NBC Washington (DC): The D. C. rally on the Ellipse may attract more than 52,000 people, D. C. Chief of Police Pamela Smith said Tuesday morning that organizers told her. The Ellipse is where former President Donald Trump held his Stop the Steal rally on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly before members of the audience stormed the Capitol. The number of expected attendees swelled from 8,000 on the initial permit, and the Harris-Walz campaign was advertising the event on social media platforms such as Instagram as of Sunday morning.