THE SHOW NOTES: Kamala's Progress, The Secret Service Director Resigns, & The Latest VP News

Welcome! Kamala Harris’ team held mock dinner parties due to her anxiety.

BREAKING: The Secret Service Director has resigned.

NEW: Elon Musk claims his estranged transgender child was “killed by the woke mind virus.” - NY Post

HEADLINE: Speaker Johnson is threatening to arrest anyone in the chamber who protests Netanyahu’s speech tomorrow. - X

QUESTION: Is Jill Biden signing major pieces of legislation? - Ruthless

WATCH: A pirate boat tried to board a container ship and it did not go well. - X

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The Unelected Nominee

Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to win the party’s nomination for President. As ringing endorsements from Democratic leaders poured in, Harris soared past the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to secure the nomination.

Harris raised $231 million between her campaign and related Super PACs in a staggering 24-hour fundraising haul. While the figures are undeniably impressive, it is widely believed that much of the money was simply being withheld from Biden. However, Democratic megadonor John Morgan says he won’t fundraise for Harris.

The Harris campaign has almost entirely kept in place the previous Biden reelection team including top operatives. Julie Chávez Rodríguez and Jen O’Malley Dillion will remain as campaign manager and campaign chair, respectively.

While there hasn’t been enough time for quality polling to be conducted yet, Democratic strategists are worried that loss in support from blue-collar voters will offset Harris’ appeal to young and nonwhite voters. The issue has been magnified in the must-win fracking-heavy state of Pennsylvania where Republicans are circulating Harris' endorsement of a fracking ban during her failed 2019 presidential bid.

This is from The Atlantic.

As the nominee, Harris could alleviate Biden’s most intractable electoral problem—his erosion of the support of younger and nonwhite voters—but she could also potentially squander his greatest remaining political asset, his continuing support among older and blue-collar whites. What makes this moment so nerve-racking for Democrats is that they have no sure way of knowing whether Harris could gain more with the former groups than she might lose among the voters that Biden brought back.

NEW: Shapiro and Kelly

BREAKING: Secret Service Director Resigns

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her post following a brutal congressional hearing where Republicans and Democrats piled on the embattled director.

While much of the questioning simply attacked Cheatle’s character and competency, AOC asked a remarkably brilliant question:

Donald Trump is more popular now than ever

Trending news:

• Why Obama Hasn’t Endorsed Harris - New York Times (free)

• Kamala Harris to skip Netanyahu's address to Congress, while top Dem senator boycotts altogether - Fox News

• Biden cancels nine trips, extends Delaware stay after dropping out of 2024 race - NY Post

• Delta faces investigation over "continued widespread disruptions" - Axios

• Diver Tom Daley shows off Paris 2024 Olympic Village’s cardboard beds - Yahoo

• Biden vows to end Gaza war, bring hostages home before he leaves office - Axios

• GM slows its EV plans again even as sales grow - CNBC

• More Than Half of Searches Don’t Leave Google - Rebel Mouse

• Couple found dead in lifeboat after failed Atlantic crossing - CNN

• Is the U.S. in a recession? Roughly 3 in 5 Americans think so, report finds - CNBC

• Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions - WSJ (paywall)

• US Existing-Home Sales Drop to One of Slowest Paces Since 2010 - Bloomberg (paywall)

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