
First, some polling.
Via Fox News we find a lot of very close races in some key states (including North Carolina). Clearly, these are all with the MOE.

Via USAT: Exclusive: Kamala Harris surges ahead of Donald Trump in latest poll taken after DNC
Democrat Kamala Harris has surged ahead of Republican Donald Trump,48%-43%, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found.
The findings reflect an eight-point turnaround in the presidential race from late June, when Trump had led President Joe Biden in the survey by nearly four points.
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The vice president’s small lead was fueled by big shifts among some key demographic groups traditionally crucial for Democrats, including Hispanic and Black voters and young people. Among those with annual incomes of less than $20,000, in the biggest change, a three-point Trump edge over Biden in June has become a 23-point Harris advantage over Trump in August.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters, taken by landline and cell phone Sunday through Wednesday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. With the election approaching, the survey is now measuring likely voters; previous polls were of registered voters.
There are some additional positives for Harris in terms of young voters and voters of color detailed in the piece.
Via Reuters: Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.
Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
The 4 percentage point advantage among registered voters was wider than a 1 point lead Harris held over the former president in a late July Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new poll, which was conducted in the eight days ended Wednesday and had a 2 percentage point margin of error, showed Harris picking up support among women and Hispanics.
On the one hand, post-convention bumps often fade a tad. On the other, many pollsters and analysts were wondering if Harris would get a convention bump as they thought it was possible that all the post-Biden dropping out coverage might have taken the place of the convention bump.
In terms of trollish behavior, we have the following.
- Via the AP: Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says.
“Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign,” the cemetery officials’ statement said. “Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed.”
Trump’s spokesperson Steven Cheung said the Republican presidential candidate’s team was granted access to have a photographer. He contested the allegation that a campaign staffer pushed a cemetery official.
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Chris LaCivita, a top Trump campaign adviser, noted that Trump was there at the invitation of the families of the service members who were killed in the airport bombing. The Trump campaign posted a message signed by relatives of two of the service members killed in the bombing that said “the president and his team conducted themselves with nothing but the utmost respect and dignity for all of our service members, especially our beloved children.”
The Trump campaign has subsequently released a campaign ad on TikTok using footage from the event.
I will further note, that grinning thumbs-up photos strike me as manifestations of “the utmost respect and dignity for all of our service members.”

In addition, we have:
Trump shared a misogynist post on Truth Social (via HuffPo: CNN Host Says Trump’s Kamala Harris Blowjob Dig Makes Her Stomach ‘Sick’) and Vance told Harris to “go to Hell.”







