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VP Kamala Harris made history last night as the first woman of color to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | KAMALA HARRIS stuck the landing. DONALD TRUMP seems thrown off his game. Democrats are giddy with excitement. The question now: What happens now that the pageantry is over and the hard realities of an uphill campaign reassert themselves? Let’s start with the speech. At 9:44 p.m. last night, Harris made history as the first woman of color to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party. For just over 40 minutes, she reintroduced herself to American voters, weaving her own personal “Only In America” story together with a vision for her candidacy — one that sounded like 2008-vintage BARACK OBAMA. “Our nation, with this election, has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past — a chance to chart a new way forward,” Harris said. “Not as members of any one party or faction, but as Americans.” Just one month ago, the election had “been defined by two deeply unpopular, elderly and polarizing presidents,” as Elena Schneider, Holly Otterbein and Eugene write. But now, “Democrats believe they … have an opportunity to shake off some of [President JOE] BIDEN’s baggage, especially when it comes to inflation and the economy.” That opportunity was apparent last night. “Harris validated, and almost certainly fortified, the widespread perception left by recent national and swing-state polls that this is a transformed race,” writes John Harris. “On substance, however, it seemed apparent that Harris wasn’t simply prosecuting her case. The speech had a large and strategically important defensive dimension,” as when she flipped the immigration script on Trump by blaming him for killing the bipartisan border security deal, allayed any concerns about her as commander-in-chief by promising to “ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world” and sought to find middle ground in the war in Gaza. Throughout it all, the audience was rapt — and not just because of the rumored appearance by BEYONCÉ that failed to materialize (we’ll never forgive you, TMZ). The Democrats we spoke to last night felt like Harris did exactly what she needed to. (No surprises there.)
|  Balloons and confetti fall at the end of the DNC, Aug. 22, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | But while there are plenty of reasons Democrats pouring out of the United Center yesterday should be feeling good about their candidate and how she plans to tackle the next 75 days, there are also a bunch of reasons they might wake up this morning and temper their enthusiasm (besides their hangovers). — The RFK effect: Last night, independent candidate ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. withdrew from the ballot in Arizona in an apparent prelude to leaving the race entirely later today and possibly endorsing Donald Trump — who has a campaign stop in Arizona today, and has teased a “special guest” at his rally. While Kennedy’s vote share has significantly dwindled since Biden left the race, polls still have him in the mid-single-digits in key swing states — and pulling more from Trump’s support than Harris’. The shifts might be modest, but the margins in some key states might end up being even smaller. — Whither the economy: No, there hasn’t been a “Kamala Crash.” But the markets aren’t exactly cruising as investors grow increasingly nervous about the possibility that the Fed waited too long to cut interest rates and nail the “soft landing” for their inflation-fighting campaign. That anxiety — driven by a recent deterioration in the labor markets — is why the financial (and political) world will be watching closely later today as JAY POWELL speaks at the Fed’s yearly policy retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. — Fading hope for peace in Gaza: Harris devoted significant time in her address to the situation in the Middle East, reiterating her support for Israel and its right to defend itself and prevent another Oct. 7, while also issuing a forceful call for a cease-fire in Gaza and Palestinians’ "right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination." Yet the Biden administration’s last-ditch effort to secure peace appears to be faltering — meaning the most divisive issue in the Democratic coalition could be here to stay through Nov. 5. — The pollercoaster could be off the rails: Yes, Harris has had a run of good polling, and yes, those surveys are showing her with a modest lead nationally and in most swing states. But she is still behind where Biden was at this point in the race in 2020 — a race that ended up decided by a few tens of thousands of voters in a few key states. And as our Steve Shepard writes, pollsters aren’t entirely confident that they’ve fixed their failings from 2016 and 2020, when they missed the surge of low-engagement voters toward Trump. — No more training wheels: It’s absolutely true the past four weeks could not have been scripted any better for Harris. But how much of that was because so much of it was actually scripted? With the exception of a few quick campaign-trail gaggles, Harris has yet to submit to real in-depth questioning about what she plans to do as president and how she has remade herself politically over the past five years. She’s promised to do a big sit-down interview in the coming week, and the Sept. 10 debate looms. Trump and those around him are convinced that once she’s under the heat, she’ll melt. Harris proved many of her doubters wrong so far, but will it continue? For at least the next few hours, however, she can feel satisfied that she has put herself in position to win. As Harris’ entourage snaked its way through the bowels of the United Center last night, NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell asked the VP how she felt. “I feel good,” Harris said. “Now on to tomorrow.”
|  Delegates cheer as VP Kamala Harris speaks at the DNC, August 22, 2024. | Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images | The coverage:
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| | | | A message from USAFacts: Americans deserve clear, trustworthy facts to make up their minds on today’s most pressing issues. In this new series, USAFacts Founder Steve Ballmer walks through the data on immigration, the economy, healthcare, and much more, to help you inform your perspective. Get the numbers, not rhetoric, topic by topic. | | | SPOTTED yesterday at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) saying hi to Brad Smith; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chatting with the Blackstone contingent; Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) enjoying a double-scoop ice cream cone; Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) dropping in on the conversation between Nancy Pelosi and Jonathan Martin; and Anthony Anderson sporting an LA Dodgers cap. Also SPOTTED: Reps. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Tammy Murphy, Terry McAuliffe, Ben Smith, Tom Nides, Bill de Blasio, Nick Massella, Kellyanne Conway, Yamiche Alcindor, Virginia Moseley, Erika Masonhall, Jon Cryer, Susan Rice, Van Jones, Carl Hulse, Bob Costa, David Axelrod, Jake Tapper, John King, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Mike Gwin, Mo Elleithee, Alex Thompson, Alex Stroman, Caroline McKay, Pat Moore, Wolf Blitzer, John Berman, Tommy Vietor, Max Tani, Jon Banner, Jonathan Swan and Eric Schultz. DNC QUOTABLES … — KAMALA HARRIS, on stage in Chicago: “On behalf of every American, regardless of party, race, gender, or the language your grandmother speaks; on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey; on behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another; on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination to be the president of the United States of America.”
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Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at the CNN-POLITICO Grill during the 2024 DNC Convention on Aug. 22 in Chicago. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO | — NANCY PELOSI on whether she’s bothered by her strained relationship with JOE BIDEN, at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: “What bothers me would have been the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. That’s what bothers me. That's what bothers me, and I think that would bother him.” — PELOSI on her future, including the prospect of her daughter CHRISTINE PELOSI taking her seat: “I'm not here to talk about that, nor have Christine and I talked about that. … I've been thinking about being a stand-up comedian. I've been thinking about being a dessert consultant; I don't see enough chocolate in the restaurants.” — PELOSI on the “Godmother” pins circulating around the convention: “I’m not amused by that.” — Transportation Secretary PETE BUTTIGIEG on Dems’ low-ball attacks on Republicans despite a message of positivity and unity, at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: “That doesn’t mean we are completely above the temptation to … tweak.”
|  Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) speaks onstage at the CNN-POLITICO Grill during the 2024 DNC Convention on Aug. 22 in Chicago. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO | — Rep. LAPHONZA BUTLER (D-Calif.) on Harris not needing to lean into her identity as a Black woman, at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: “As a Black woman, you wake up every day knowing you’re a Black woman, and the world don’t ever let you forget that you are a Black woman. So she doesn’t need to profess or wear a sticker on her shirt that she is a Black woman.” — Maryland Gov. WES MOORE sharing a Chicago-style hot dog with Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER: “I was coming ready to hate. I can’t hate on this, it’s actually pretty good.” (They went on to share a shot of Malort. Also “not bad,” Moore said.) — EVA LONGORIA on her shared work history with the nominee: “She worked at McDonald's, but I worked at Wendy's. And look at us now!” — Former Rep. ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.), on stage: “I never thought I'd be here. but, listen, you never thought you'd see me here, did you?” — Michigan Gov. GRETCHEN WHITMER on Trump: “You think he understands that when your car breaks down you can’t get to work? No — his first word was probably ‘chauffeur.’” MORE DNC READS …
| | | | A message from USAFacts:   Want to know the facts on immigration, taxes and spending? Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, shares facts and data, you make up your mind! | | | | | WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY | | On the Hill The Senate and the House are out. What we’re watching … With Harris now having accepted the nomination, the potential Cabinet parlor game has started in earnest — and it has reached deeply into her former haunt on Capitol Hill. Several senators are already rumored to be in contention for top posts, starting with Butler, her longtime California ally, who has been mentioned as a possible White House chief of staff or Labor secretary. Sen. JACK REED (D-R.I.) is a perennial float for Defense secretary, and the CHRISES of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — COONS (D-Del.) and MURPHY (D-Conn.) — are credible picks for secretary of State. Speaking at the CNN-POLITICO Grill yesterday, Butler offered the standing reply to such chatter: “If the president of the United States asks any of us to do something, we would all consider it.” At the White House Biden will receive the President’s Daily Brief. On the trail RFK Jr. will be in Arizona for a news conference in the afternoon. Trump will be in Las Vegas to deliver remarks on his no tax on tips proposal and later in the evening will be in Arizona for a rally.
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|  Donald Trump hit Kamala Harris on immigration at an appearance in Arizona yesterday. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo | ON THE BORDER — Trump took his DNC counterprogramming tour to Arizona yesterday, appearing near the border to hit Harris on immigration and telling NBC that the cost of deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, as he has stated he will do, is justified. “It’ll cost trillions of dollars to keep these people, and I’m talking about in particular starting with the criminals,” Trump told NBC in Sierra Vista, Arizona. “That’s costing us a lot more than deporting. But we have no choice, regardless, we have no choice. We’re going to have to deport.” “When pressed, Trump provided no details on how he would pay for his plan, which could cost billions of dollars to implement at scale,” Garrett Haake, Olympia Sonnier and Alexandra Marquez write. You can handle the Truth: Trump teed off with a torrent of off-the-cuff live reactions to Harris’ DNC speech on his Truth Social account. But before all of that, he blasted out a notable make-nice missive to Georgia Gov. BRIAN KEMP. The two have had an icy relationship since the 2020 election for obvious reasons, but Trump yesterday thanked Kemp for “all of your help and support in Georgia” and noted how important the state was for the election. “I look forward to working with you, your team, and all of my friends in Georgia to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” So how did the tensions ease? Asked about the posts on Fox News after he called in to give his reaction to Harris’ speech, Trump said he had just watched Kemp on SEAN HANNITY’s show. “He was very nice and he said he wants Trump to win.” Kemp has made clear he plans to support the ticket in the past (including during an interview with Eugene at the RNC last month), so what has changed and how the two will interact over the next months will be interesting to watch. More top reads:
- Here’s yet another remarkable stat illustrating how high Democrats’ hopes are with Harris atop the ticket: FEC data shows that more people donated to Harris’ campaign in its first 10 days than in the entire 15 months of Biden’s reelection effort. “And most of the donors were new not only to the campaign but to giving to any Democrats this cycle,” Jessica Piper reports. Harris’ campaign and affiliated joint fundraising committees received contributions from nearly 2.3 million individual donors compared to the roughly 2.1 million Biden donors.
- The America Project, a Trump-aligned nonprofit, is set to host a fundraiser at the former president’s Bedminster country club in New Jersey next month that the group is calling the “J6 Awards Gala.” Trump and RUDY GIULIANI are listed as “invited guest speakers,” though it’s unclear if they will actually attend the event. A receptionist at Bedminster “confirmed that the event was scheduled but would not provide any further details,” HuffPost’s S.V. Date reports. A promo video for the event features Trump praising what he calls the “J6 hostages” from one of his campaign speeches.
- Despite Republicans’ persistent attacks on Walz’s military record, “many veterans, including undecided and conservative voters, said this week that they saw the sniping over Mr. Walz’s service as harmful to all veterans, in and out of the political arena,” NYT’s Dave Philipps and Rachel Nostrant report. Likewise, Democrats’ ribbing of Vance’s record “doesn’t sit well with many veterans, either.”
- For the record: “Tim Walz Is Richer Than His Net Worth Suggests,” by WSJ’s Anne Tergesen: “The 60-year-old vice presidential candidate’s pensions make him a throwback to a bygone era of American retirement savings.”
MORE POLITICS ABORTION ON THE BALLOT — The Arkansas Supreme Court delivered a win to Republican officials and anti-abortion activists yesterday when it blocked an Arkansas measure that would have given voters the opportunity to significantly loosen the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. “The state Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of Attorney General TIM GRIFFIN, who had accused the abortion-rights initiative’s backers of failing to submit the proper paperwork,” Alice Miranda Ollstein reports. “The petitioners failed to comply with the statutory filing requirements for paid canvassers,” the justices said in their ruling. “The failure is fatal.” FOR YOUR RADAR — “Trump whistleblower-turned-Democratic House candidate accused in FEC complaint of violating federal law,” by the Washington Examiner’s Gabe Kaminsky
| | | | A message from USAFacts:   USAFacts: Data straight from the source. | | | JUDICIARY SQUARE SCOTUS WATCH — The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a Republican-led request to deny tens of thousands of registered voters the right to cast ballots in this year’s presidential contest in Arizona, Josh Gerstein reports. “The high court also refused to reinstate a separate provision of the 2022 law that bars voters from receiving mail-in ballots for any office if they have not submitted proof of citizenship. The court offered no rationale as it kept those provisions blocked, but three of the court’s most conservative members — Justices CLARENCE THOMAS, SAMUEL ALITO and NEIL GORSUCH — indicated they would have allowed Arizona to put its 2022 law into effect.” Read the order WHERE ARE THEY NOW? — “Convicted drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Trump charged with domestic violence,” by AP’s Dave Collin
AMERICA AND THE WORLD
|  Family members mourn over the coffin of Yoram Metzger, a hostage taken by Hamas, during his funeral in southern Israel on Thursday, Aug. 22. | Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo | MIDDLE EAST LATEST — Securing the release of the remaining hostages has become the primary focus for U.S. officials in the ongoing Gaza cease-fire negotiations, Erin Banco reports. “While the return of hostages from Gaza has always been part of the talks related to a cease-fire in Gaza, it was one point among many that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have weighed including in a formal agreement. The Biden administration has also long made the need to ramp up the delivery of humanitarian aid a priority. “But in recent weeks, Biden officials have refocused much of their efforts at the negotiating table on fine-tuning details around how and when the hostages will be released under the bridge proposal recently endorsed by Israel, according to two Israeli officials, a U.S. official and a Western aid representative briefed on the negotiations. "As in previous discussions, the hostages would be traded for Palestinian prisoners. Other terms, including the withdrawal of Israeli forces, are still on the table but are viewed by many in the U.S. camp as being contentious and in need of additional, extensive negotiations.” On the ground: The Israeli military yesterday “issued new evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, forcing more Palestinians to flee their homes and shelters,” NYT’s Raja Abdulrahim, Abu Bakr Bashir and Isabel Kershner report. Related read: “As Hezbollah and Israel step up attacks, ailing Lebanon fears the worst,” by WaPo’s Susannah George and Suzan Haidamous More top reads:
- More Ukraine aid is on the way. The Biden administration is preparing to send another package of military support to the tune of about $125 million, “even as Washington works to get a better understanding of Kyiv’s incursion into Russia and how it advances the broader battlefield goals more than two years into the war,” AP’s Lolita Baldor and Matthew Lee report.
MEDIAWATCH FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Staff members at Military.com are unionizing, according to a letter sent last night by the bargaining committee to SCOTT GUTZ, the CEO of Monster Worldwide, which owns the outlet. The letter requests a response from Gutz “on or before the close of business day Monday, August 26.” The staff members are being represented by the Washington Baltimore News Guild. Read the full letter This unionization effort comes after Military Times, one of Military.com’s major competitors that also recently unionized, saw major cuts resulting in the loss of roughly half of its staff. Military.com counts itself as the newsroom with the most veteran representation in the country, with half of the reporting staff having a military background. TV TONIGHT — PBS’ “Washington Week”: Eugene Daniels, Asma Khalid, Mark Leibovich and Ali Vitali. SUNDAY SO FAR … NBC “Meet the Press”: Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) … Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Panel: Cornell Belcher, Amna Nawaz, Marc Short and Amy Walter. CBS “Face the Nation”: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt … Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) … H.R. McMaster … Scott Gottlieb. ABC “This Week”: Sen.Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Panel: Donna Brazile, Rachael Bade, Sarah Isgur and Jonathan Martin. CNN “Inside Politics Sunday”: Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). Panel: Molly Ball, Cleve Wootson, Jeff Mason and Marianna Sotomayor. FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Panel: Michael Allen, Francesca Chambers, Richard Fowler and Mollie Hemingway. MSNBC “The Weekend”: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison … Michigan AG Dana Nessel … Bob Bauer. NewsNation “The Hill Sunday”: Hannah Muldavin … Kari Lake … Tom Daschle. Panel: Michael Warren, Kellie Meyer, Tia Mitchell and Domenico Montanaro.
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