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As happened with Obama (and in response to the Iraq War), Kamala's race has the power to convince ordinary Americans that they can be a different kind of citizen, and that kind of citizenship can improve people's lives. There's a lot of Democrats celebrating other Democrats at the convention. But there's also a real effort to offer something for those low-turnout voters who could decide the race.

In the month since Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris to be the nominee to replace him, the concerns that America is not ready to elect a Black woman President have largely been silenced. And then Michelle Obama declared the Presidency "a Black job."

Trump has spent years demonizing the Deep State. At Trump's behest, Jordan and Comer have spent two years attacking the Bureau. But on both Iran's assassination attempt and this hacking attempt, the Deep State saved his ass. 

There are several loose strands in the George Santos case that may never be explained after he pleads guilty today.

Trump's press conferences have discredited the notion of press questions. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are running the kind of selfie campaign that may resonate better with younger voters thirsting for authenticity in politics.

Given Trump's ongoing Saudi business deals, we literally do not know whether Trump would enter the White House as a business partner, an employee, or an unregistered foreign agent of the Saudi state. That makes questions about his Saudi ties more urgent than questions about the suspected $10 million payment from Egypt.

The news that Roger Stone was pwned by suspected Iranian hackers may get more interesting. For now, however, it recalls the 2020 Iranian effort that adopted false identities of the Proud Boys.

Just a week after Elon Musk used Xitter to sow political violence in the UK, Donald Trump returned to Xitter.

The question of how to approach this news that Iran hacked Trump's campaign goes well beyond the question of whether to publish the documents allegedly stolen. In significant part because Trump refuses to firewall his political life from his criminal life, hacks by Iran could create real damage to the United States far beyond what they do to Trump's campaign.