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| | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | | ABOUT LAST NIGHT … “Watch out, Trump: Walz shows he’s not just Minnesota nice,” by Elena Schneider and Lauren Egan: “Famous already for calling Republicans ‘weird,’ [TIM] WALZ embraced his role as [KAMALA] HARRIS’ chief attack dog. …. And he showed no indication that ‘Minnesota-nice’ would keep him from the task.” — “How Tim Walz learned how to throw a punch,” by John Harris: “The man who rose to power in Minnesota as a pleasant, sensible, stolid politician — emblematic of a state with a pleasant, sensible, stolid political culture — has emerged as an improbably effective performer and pugilist.”
|  Tonight, Kamala Harris will have the chance to make her case in the biggest speech of her career and one of the most important moments of the 2024 presidential campaign. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP | HARRIS’ BIG NIGHT — Since the Democratic National Convention opened on Monday night, the American people have heard a lot about Harris — whether from congressional stalwarts, rising stars in swing states, everyday people with personal stories about the stakes of the election, former presidents and even OPRAH WINFREY — and why they should vote for her. Tonight, Harris herself will have the chance to make the case in the biggest speech of her career and one of the most important moments of the 2024 presidential campaign. It’s an opportunity Harris and her top aides have been preparing for ever since President JOE BIDEN ended his campaign just one month ago. They’ve stealed away at nearly every chance to work on the address, which they see as Harris’ first real chance to reintroduce herself and lay out the case for her candidacy to the American people. She’s passed the initial test of whether she’s up for the klieg lights of the campaign; now comes the harder test of proving that she can rise to a much bigger moment, connect with an audience of millions at home and — for 30-plus minutes — show why they should send her to the Oval Office. “Sometimes, when you are a sitting office holder, you don’t always have the opportunity to be out there and tell people the elements of your life as you’re making decisions day in and day out,” Harris campaign chair JEN O’MALLEY DILLON told Eugene in an interview yesterday at the CNN-POLITICO Grill. “This opportunity we have right now is to not just say who she is and who she's been fighting for, but how those values and her life's work has led to this point and led her to be the partner she's been to the president, and to be the kind of individual leader she's going to be moving forward.” Last night, Playbook hears, Harris stayed in her hotel, watching some of the proceedings on TV but mostly focusing on preparing her speech with top aides. (Harris’ team did a run-through in the United Center on Tuesday, measuring how tall the teleprompters should be, and so forth. There’s no plan to do a full rehearsal in the arena, which is left completely open to the media and other credential holders.) Those aides have made it clear to the convention brass that they don’t want any hint of the timing issues that have plagued the party this week, with speeches from the most important figures pushed way past prime time (Walz, for instance, started at 11:22 p.m. Eastern). Snafus will not be tolerated. As one senior aide told us in the halls of the United Center, “they better not even think about cutting her damn video like they did President [JOE] BIDEN’s.” What do we expect tonight? Though the speech itself is being kept close to the vest, there are essentially three goals for Harris tonight, a campaign official told Playbook:
- Introduce Harris’ biography and record to the American people. Expect to hear plenty about her mother raising her and her sister MAYA HARRIS, about their middle-class upbringing and about her working at McDonald’s. Harris will attempt to tie that experience to your average American: I understand what you’re going through because I’ve been there. DONALD TRUMP has not. Multiple allies told us to look for the story of how her best friend moved in with her after Harris found out the father was molesting her — something mentioned in passing in a convention video earlier this week. It’s a story Harris cites to explain why she became a prosecutor in the first place.
- Draw a contrast to Trump — both tonally and on policy. Aides say she will lean on an optimistic vision and, yes, joy, while tearing into the Project 2025 vision for a second Trump administration. (No word on whether that giant Project 2025 prop book, seen on stage last night in the hands of comedian KENAN THOMPSON, will be back.)
- Connect her vision for the country with her patriotism. In her stump speech,Harris often talks about “the promise of America.” (One line from it that you may well hear a riff on tonight: “We love our country, and I believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country.”) The patriotism push is also an attempt to counter the attacks from Republicans that she is an out-of-touch San Francisco liberal and to help snatch up some support from fence-sitting voters in suburban and even rural areas in swing states.
The whole week has “been a crescendo building to her,” one close Harris ally told us last night. “This is a rallying cry, not a policy speech. This is the biggest stage she will have before Election Day to speak to Americans — not just Democrats.” Related reads: “Harris has never had an Obama 2004 moment. Tonight’s speech is her chance,” by Christopher Cadelago … “Democrats set her up for success. Now Harris has to stick the landing,” by WaPo’s Dan Balz Good Thursday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza. | | | | 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 at the CNN-POLITICO Grill yesterday: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chatting with Goli Sheikholeslami; NYC Mayor Eric Adams holding an impromptu gaggle; Gov. Asa Hutchinson chatting with David Leavy and Mark Thompson; Jon Favreau playing cornhole. Also SPOTTED at the grill: Reps. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, Grace Landrieu, Laura Capps, Jonathan Capehart, Eric Schultz, Jon Lovett, Jeff Zeleny, Abby Phillip, John Roberts, Spencer Garrett, Jonathan Capehart, Norah O’Donnell, Adam Verdugo, Bill Daley, Chuck Todd, David P. Gelles, Josh Schwerin, Dee Dee Meyers, Carrie Budoff Brown, Rebecca Blumenstein, Scott Jennings, Karen Bronzo, Juleanna Glover, Amanda Loveday, Colin Kahl, Matt Spence, John McCarthy, Fred Humphries, Jessica Dean, Alex Katz, Mo Elleithee, Joe Conason, Rachel Levitan, Scott Mulhauser, Nate Tibbitts, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Doug Thornell and David Urban. TODAY AT THE GRILL — 1:30 p.m.: Former Speaker NANCY PELOSI, with Jonathan Martin … 2 p.m.: Rep. BENNIE THOMPSON (D-Miss.), with Nicholas Wu … 2:15 p.m.: Rep. NIKKI BUDZINSKI (D-Ill.), with Emma Dumain … 2:30 p.m.: Sen. DEBBIE STABENOW (D-Mich.), with Emma Dumain …. 3 p.m.: Sen. LAPHONZA BUTLER (D-Calif.), with Eugene … 3:20 p.m.: Transportation Secretary PETE BUTTIGIEG, with Adam Wren. All times CDT … Watch on YouTube DNC QUOTABLES …
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Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon speaks at the CNN-POLITICO Grill during the 2024 DNC Convention on Aug. 21 in Chicago. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO | — JEN O’MALLEY DILLON, Harris campaign chair, on whether she has identified a clear path to victory: “We don’t have it. We are a polarized nation in a challenging time and despite all the things that are happening in this country, Donald Trump still has more support than he has had at any other point. … It is going to come down to every single vote.” — Former President BILL CLINTON, on stage: “Two days ago, I turned 78. The oldest man in my family who is still living. And the only personal vanity I want to assert is that I’m still younger than Donald Trump.” — Michigan AG DANA NESSEL, on stage: “I got a message for the Republicans and the justices of the United States Supreme Court: You can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand. And I’m retaining a lot of water, so good luck with that.” — Massachusetts Gov. MAURA HEALEY, at a women governors’ event with JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS: “You really do need a GARY. … Always take care of your Garys.”
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Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the CNN-POLITICO Grill during the 2024 DNC Convention on Aug. 21 in Chicago. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO | — Pennsylvania Gov. JOSH SHAPIRO, on his reported rivalry with Sen. JOHN FETTERMAN (D-Pa.), at a Bloomberg event: “You’ve got to ask Fetterman. Or I would say you should ask his spokesperson, but I think they’re not on the same page, either.” — Shapiro, later in the day at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: “Nah, we’re good. Folks have made too much of this.” — Sen. CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.), paying tribute to the late BILL PASCRELL on stage: “He’s a Jersey legend. He was a power pugilist. … He never forgot where he came from in Paterson and he never stopped fighting. He could push some pachyderms. He fought for the people." — Former Georgia Lt. Gov. GEOFF DUNCAN, on stage: “Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching. If you vote for Harris in 2024, you are not a Democrat, you are a patriot.” — Sen. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-Ill.) on Biden’s future, at the CNN-POLITICO Grill: “I really see him moving into a time period where he's going to be very much like JIMMY CARTER, a past president who does so much more for the country.” Listen to more from her “Power Play” podcast interview with Anne McElvoy — House Minority Leader HAKEEM JEFFRIES, on stage: “[Trump] has spent the last four years spinning the block, trying to get back into a relationship with the American people. Bro, we broke up with you for a reason. … There’s no reason for us to ever get back together.” — OPRAH WINFREY, on stage: “When a house is on fire, we don’t ask about the homeowner’s race or religion. … No, we just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out, too.” — Minnesota Gov. TIM WALZ speaking our language on Project 2025: “Look, I coached high school football long enough to know — and trust me on this — when somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re going to use it.” MORE DNC READS …
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|  Multiple outlets reported yesterday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to announce tomorrow he’s dropping out of the race and endorsing Donald Trump. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images | SPOILER ALERT — Is ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. about to throw the latest wrench into a wild presidential campaign? Multiple outlets reported yesterday that he’s planning to announce tomorrow he’s dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump — or at least that he’s considering doing so. Kennedy announced that he’ll make a speech about his plans tomorrow in Arizona, where Trump is also due to hold an event; per ABC, one possibility under consideration is for them to appear together. If Kennedy joins forces with Trump, it would be the culmination of a remarkable political metamorphosis for the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine crusader, who began in the cycle in the Democratic primary. (And whose family, of course, is full of Democratic legends.) Kennedy tried to reach out to Harris just earlier this month, per WaPo. But his running mate, NICOLE SHANAHAN, made clear earlier this week that they see Democrats as a threat worth stopping. DONALD TRUMP JR., TUCKER CARLSON and OMEED MALIK have helped connect Kennedy to Trump, Alex Isenstadt, Brittany Gibson and Adam Wren report. Campaign staff got an email yesterday saying that multiple options remain open. Per The Hill’s Hanna Trudo, Kennedy’s wife, CHERYL HINES, opposes a Trump endorsement. How would Kennedy’s exit change the race? Once a serious factor in opinion polls, Kennedy has faded significantly — part of a broader third-party wipeout in a race that once looked to include as many as seven major candidates. Analysts are divided on whether dropping out would benefit Trump or have little material impact either way, but NBC’s Mark Murray notes that many remaining Kennedy fans would likely cotton to Trump, giving him a crucial boost at the margins. More top reads:
- Counterprogramming: On the trail yesterday in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump said he’s not focused on voter turnout — simply on making sure Democrats “don’t cheat,” in a reference to his frequent lies about electoral fraud, per NBC. He also proffered a new baseless conspiracy theory, per WaPo: that the regularly scheduled government data revising old job creation statistics was an attempt at election interference. Despite those digressions, and his insistence that he’ll keep attacking Democrats personally even during what was billed as a national security speech, Trump was working hard to shore up swing state North Carolina to remain in the GOP column, Natalie Allison reports.
- Cash dash: Harris’ latest fundraising filing showed that the Democratic presidential campaign pulled in $204 million in July, more than quadruple the total of Trump’s campaign, per Reuters. Though his spending doubled last month, her campaign infrastructure — inherited from Biden — is much more robust, Jessica Piper reports. Harris now has more cash on hand than Trump.
- Survey says: Harris got a very good poll in Maine from the University of New Hampshire, which has her up by 5 in the Trumpy (and electoral vote-laden) 2nd District.
BEYOND THE BELTWAY ON THE BALLOT — The abortion-rights ballot initiative in Florida will appear with some financial language that anti-abortion advocates helped write, following a decision from the state Supreme Court, Arek Sarkissian reports from Tallahassee. CHANGING CAMPUSES — Republican efforts to restrict diversity initiatives at America’s colleges and universities are starting to pay off. MIT, the first major college to announce its admissions data since the Supreme Court ended race-based affirmative action, said the share of Asian American students in its incoming class has risen significantly, per The Boston Globe, while it will be just 16 percent Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander. (That’s down from its typical 25 percent.) And around the country, dozens of universities are shuttering diversity offices or programs after GOP-led state legislatures clamped down, Axios’ April Rubin reports. POLICY CORNER
|  Kamala Harris’ big price-gouging proposal has been much lauded by progressives and lambasted by conservatives. | Francis Chung/POLITICO | LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE — Harris’ big price-gouging proposal has been much lauded by progressives and lambasted by conservatives. But her largely undefined plan for the food and grocery industries may be a whole lot less consequential than either reaction indicates: For one thing, a significant majority of states already have such bans on the books, NBC’s Davis Giangiulio notes. And though the specifics haven’t been nailed down yet, NYT’s Jim Tankersley reports that Harris is anticipating a policy that applies only in emergencies, like a pandemic. That is to say, it would not affect grocery prices whatsoever for Americans at the current moment. It also “would not rely on numerical targets — like automatically triggering action if prices rise by a certain amount” — or apply to other industries. More top reads:
- BS from BLS? “Banks Obtained Crucial Jobs Data While Report Was Delayed,” by Bloomberg’s Elena Popina, Matt Turner and Natalia Kniazhevich: “Anger quickly mounted as word spread across Wall Street that the [Bureau of Labor Statistics] had begun giving out the numbers over the phone. A scramble ensued.”
- Fed up: The latest minutes from the central bank show the Fed is headed for an interest rate cut in September, per the WSJ.
| | | | A message from USAFacts:   USAFacts: Data straight from the source. | | | JUDICIARY SQUARE GATHERING HUNTER — “Hunter Biden’s lawyers tell judge special counsel is trying to turn tax trial into ‘character assassination,’” by CNN’s Marshall Cohen in LA: “The clash came as District Judge MARK SCARSI handed down rulings on key evidentiary questions, largely siding with prosecutors and making it tougher for [HUNTER] BIDEN’s defense.” SCOTUS WATCH — The “shadow docket” is back, big time, with recent or looming emergency Supreme Court actions coming on a range of hot-button issues, CNN’s John Fritze and Devan Cole report. They include transgender civil rights protections, power plant emissions regulations, a challenge to Arizona’s voting rolls and an abortion referral requirement for family planning clinics. Also coming soon: Several Republican-led states yesterday asked the high court to strike down the ghost guns ban, per the Washington Examiner’s Kaelan Deese. THE BRAVE NEW WORLD — “Company that sent AI calls mimicking Joe Biden to New Hampshire voters agrees to pay $1 million fine,” by AP’s Nick Perry in Meredith YIKES — “Trump Clemency Recipient Accused of Assaulting Wife and Father-in-Law,” by NYT’s Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman AMERICA AND THE WORLD
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Joe Biden pressed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to land a ceasefire agreement in a phone call yesterday. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo | MIDDLE EAST LATEST — With an Israel/Hamas cease-fire and hostage release deal still looking elusive, Biden pressed Israeli PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU to land an agreement in a phone call yesterday that Harris joined, per Reuters’ Steve Holland. More talks will come in the following days in Cairo, which Biden told Netanyahu are all-important. At the convention, the war wasn’t the main focus of conversation, but the Democratic Party’s ongoing rifts found ways to surface both inside and outside the United Center yesterday, as Axios’ Andrew Solender details. The parents of HERSH GOLDBERG-PALIN, an American who’s still being held hostage by Hamas, delivered an emotional speech last night calling for a deal that had convention attendees rapt and chanting, “Bring them home!” And a mile away from the convention, advocates opened a “Hostage Square” site to draw attention to their plight, WaPo’s Molly Hennessy-Fiske reports. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who numbered more than 1,000 (including JILL STEIN), stayed largely peaceful yesterday, per the AP. Uncommitted delegates are agitating for a Palestinian American to be granted a speaking spot at the convention, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes for Vanity Fair. More top reads:
- Whoa: “U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television,” by NYT’s Steven Lee Myers and Julian Barnes: “[It’s] an aggressive effort to combat the Kremlin’s influence operations leading up to the presidential election … F.B.I. agents searched the homes of two prominent figures with connections to Russian state media: SCOTT RITTER, a former United Nations weapons inspector and critic of American foreign policy, and DIMITRI K. SIMES, an adviser to former President Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign … More searches are expected soon.”
JAN. 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH BIG ONE — KELLYE SoRELLE, lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers, pleaded guilty to felony obstruction of justice stemming from the Capitol insurrection, per the AP. MOVING AHEAD DESPITE SCOTUS — “Justice Department signals plan to salvage obstruction charges in some Jan. 6 cases,” by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein: “[It] appears to be the first time since the Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling that prosecutors have signaled their intention to proceed with obstruction charges in any cases stemming from the Capitol riot.”
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