THE SHOW NOTES: A Policy Page, The Convention Bounce, & The Spending Fight

Welcome! Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 16 today.

OUCH: The average SEC quarterback will make more money than the San Francisco 49er’s starting quarterback.

GONE: Venezuela opposition leader flees to Spain, dashing hopes for a democratic transfer of power - SEMAFOR

MUST READ: After the Conventions, ‘Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris’s Polling Bounce Is a No-Show’ - National Review

LOL: Remember when Democrats (and everybody else) thought Kamala Harris was a bad vice president? - Washington Examiner

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Harris Issues

With 57 days until election day, Kamala Harris finally decided to add a policy page to her website. The result is a laundry list of progressive policies that Alberto Martinez breaks down here. Here are his first three points:

1. Supporting the Climate Equality Act which "would require the government to make stronger consideration of racial and economic inequalities in its environmental policies,”

2. $10 Trillion Dollar Climate Change Plan that promised carbon neutral US economy by 2045 and would have cost families at least $8,000 a year and essentially eliminated internal combustion engine automobiles by 2030.

3. You've heard of Kamala's "Medicare For All Plan" but did you know that it would have mandated taxpayer-funder sex change operations and hormone therapy, including presumably for children?

POLITICO: Johnson’s future speakership could hinge on the spending fight

Mike Johnson has spent the first 10 months of his speakership balancing the needs of the House Republican majority with the demands of his rebellious right flank. Now he faces one final legislative test before he asks GOP lawmakers to let him keep the gavel next year: A September spending fight.

With a government shutdown deadline looming on Oct. 1, Johnson has two choices: Lean into conservative priorities and risk chaos weeks before the election, or work on a bipartisan basis to keep the government running, likely angering his right flank. Johnson has opted for the former, at least as his opening move. And it’s not hard to see why: The speaker has faced repeated ouster threats from conservatives, so he needs to shore up support among that group if he wants to keep his gavel next year.

Full story at Politico.

MUST WATCH: Tom Cotton Hammers CNN on CNN

Scottie Scheffler 2.0?

The Miami Dolphin’s Tyreek Hill was arrested less than one block from the stadium for a moving violation in a traffic incident shortly before yesterday’s home game. Watch Tyreek’s postgame interview here.

The punchline: The same ESPN reporter who was an eye-witness to the Scottie Scheffler arrest was covering the Dolphin’s game.

Reverand Warnock

NBC asked Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock if Kamala Harris should pass mandatory gun confiscation. His answer? Yes.

OUCH: Bernie Says The Quiet Part Out Loud

Hard Hitting Reporting

BRUTAL: CNBC Hammers Harris Surrogate

Trending news:

• WATCH: CNN's Harry Enten Sounds Alarm About Harris' Vanishing Lead In 'Very Pivotal' Swing State - Dailycaller

• Mysterious influencer network pushed sexual smears of Harris - SEMAFOR

• ‘Tate raped and strangled us’ - women talk to BBC - BBC

• Tom Brady's Broadcasting Debut Was Pretty Bad - Barstool

• Pictured: Taylor Swift embraces wife of NFL star attacked for supporting Trump - Telegraph

• Kate, princess of Wales, says she’ll return to public duties - AP

• Big Lots files for bankruptcy - Dailymail

• Trump throws full support behind Florida pot legalization as DeSantis fights it - Politico

• Dear Men, You’re Eating Too Much Meat - WSJ (paywall)

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