THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN’T ALWAYS KNOW MORE THAN THE ELECTORATE

“The establishment doesn’t always know more than the electorate.” - Errin Haines

Ain’t it great to wake up in the morning and not have a feeling of dread when you pull up the morning newsfeed?

Kamalamentum continues.

Yesterday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer teamed up with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Monday to rally Kamala Harris supporters. The audience was booming with optimism.

Governor Whitmer:

“Kamala Harris has more experience than the Trump–Vance ticket combined—He’s really made his values clear lately.” (Absolutely true.)

“As District Attorney, Kamala Harris put crooks and sex offenders behind bars—maybe that’s why Donald Trump is so scared of her.” (Yes indeed)

“JD Vance has really made his values clear. He does not see women as equals…He’s scared of us because Democrats want everyone to have a seat at the table…even cat lovers and dog lovers alike.” (Ka-boom!)

Governor Shapiro:

“He is dangerous, he is destructive, and the guardrails are off…go crack open that whole Project 2025 thing. Go take a look at what his buddies and all his former staff wrote—It’s really scary.” (It certainly is)

“You ever see this guy? He kind of meanders over and goes over to the flag and hugs the flag. I love the flag but it’s a weird thing he does. While he’s hugging the flag, he’s ripping away our freedoms.” (He’s so creepy and weird)

“Those days where you didn’t want to look at your phone because you just didn’t want to know what he did that day, what alliance he broke across the world, what risk he was posing to our communities, the chaos he injected into our lives—we don’t want to go back to that.” (Absolutely - we’re not going back!)

Here’s proof that calling Republicans weird is the exactly right thing to do:

Tom Friedman - who has been wrong about everything forever - says it’s not good.

“Democrats Could Regret Calling Trump and His Supporters ‘Weird’ For a few days this last week I started to believe that Kamala Harris and the Democrats could come from behind and beat Donald Trump. But then I started to hear Democrats patting themselves on the back for coming up with a great new label for Trump Republicans. They are “weird.”

If Tom Friedman is the one telling you that you’re doing it wrong, you should be feeling very good about your choices.

Last night’s White Dudes for Harris call was a raging success. Over 150,000 white dudes joined the call and raised over 4 million dollars for Kamala’s campaign. Speakers included would-be running mates, Hollywood actors, and labor leaders, including Mark Hamill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bradley Whitford, Sean Astin and Josh Groban. More than 150,000 joined the online stream for the event, which was broadcast on YouTube, blowing past the original target of 10,000 RSVPs set by organizers several days ago.

The Dude Himself showed up:

“I accepted the invitation and I was brought to the party not so much as being white, and I certainly am, but because I’m a dude, you know, I qualify, man. I’m white, I’m a dude, and I’m for Harris,” Jeff Bridges told the attendees. He went on to say: “I’m excited, man. I think the fact that Joe has passed the baton so beautifully, I can see her being president. I’m so excited. A woman president, man. How exciting! You know, and her championing of women’s rights — for that, and for her stance on the environment, and taking care of our children, you know, all of her leadership on that is wonderful. And something that I can get behind in support. I’m white, I’m a dude, and I’m here for Harris!”

The Space Nazi was so upset by the news that he reacted in the most Space Nazi way possible, and suspended the Xitter (that’s pronounced “shirtter”) account of White Dudes for Harris.

Update - from Yahoo News: As of Tuesday morning, the account has been reinstated and the user behind @whitedudesforharris — a separate account — clarified online that he created the other account to prevent bad actors from taking it. The dual accounts are the likely culprit for why @whitedudes4harris was suspended in the first place, but X has still not responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.

The X account for the White Dudes for Harris campaign group was suspended on Monday, apparently just minutes after its debut fundraising event raised $4 million for Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential bid.

Asked on his personal X account why the organization, which boasted over 13,000 X followers, was blocked, organizer Ross Morales Rocketto responded, simply, “Got Elon Musk scared.”

The Vice President’s team has started referring to Trump as “Duckin’ Don” because he won’t debate her.

Yesterday’s Morning Consult poll showed VP Harris edging out Trump 47-46, so basically a tied race. But the really cool part is seeing her favorability ratings go from 43/51 to 50/46. America loves Vice President Harris.

John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona, wrote an op-ed yesterday announcing that he is endorsing Harris. Giles cited the example of the late John McCain and called out Trump for failing to deliver on his promises. “Under Trump, American cities didn’t get the support they deserved. Infrastructure week was made into a joke. But under the Biden-Harris administration, Mesa has seen historic federal funding for the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, along with investments to make sure our streets and public transit systems benefit from modern technology.”

The bad news for JD Vance is that he is also fast becoming a punchline, whether it’s “Vladimir Futon,” dolphin porn, or the whole childless cat ladies thing. He is being laughed at, especially by women, which is the one thing men like Vance or Trump hate more than anything in the world.

Republicans are all scared right now. Scared and weird. This is how scared:

Rachel Maddow reported that 70% of the the election day electors in many states are going to refuse to do their jobs on election day and not certify the results should Harris win, which will end up in the supreme court, and that can't end well. That is concerning. Trump is telling people not to vote because he doesn’t need their votes.

But let’s end with good news:

Voters are increasingly enthusiastic to cast their ballots for Harris. In the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll, she performs a full nine points better than Trump on enthusiasm among all voters. Those figures include an astonishing 26 point gain among Democrats for their own candidate since February, when Republicans used to have an 18 point lead on enthusiasm.

Jay Kuo noted: “As Harris’s favorables have risen, we should understand that in the eyes of many voters now, she’s become the cool auntie with the funny laugh you just want to be around—and maybe even gain some wisdom and hope from. If the GOP can’t redefine her soon, then everything she does from here till Election Day could be filtered through the context of that “cool auntie” schema.”

And finally, a New York judge on Monday banned Wayne LaPierre, the former head of the National Rifle Association, from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade.

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