David Rothkopf

The media is desperate to find fault in Kamala Harris’ campaign, ignoring how terrible a Trump victory would be, as well as how formidably well Harris and Tim Walz are performing.

The effectiveness of her DNC speech lay not in its broad strokes but in its details and delivery—in the moments that best connected Harris, her convictions, and her audience.

Harris and Walz were excellent, even if Dana Bash’s insipid questions merely recycled limp GOP critiques, and made clear why such interviews add so little value to voters.

· 8-min read When Donald Trump first heard on Thursday morning that Vladimir Putin had endorsed Kamala Harris for president, he must have been shattered. Not Putin, too!

If Trump wins he can shut investigations down, escape jail, and collude with Putin—while Putin can accept his payment in the form of America ceasing Ukraine aid, and leaving NATO.

Kamala Harris trounced Trump at Tuesday’s debate, but to win the election she and Tim Walz will have to keep giving performances like it for the next 55 days—day in and day out.

If Tuesday night's presidential debate were a boxing match it might have been stopped by the referees in its very first moments when Kamala Harris

A Trump-Netanyahu rerun would be a disaster, empowering both the Republican candidate's overt, serial antisemitism and a corrupt Israeli leader

A Trump-Netanyahu rerun would be a disaster, empowering both the Republican candidate's overt, serial antisemitism and a corrupt Israeli leader credibly accused of war crimes – which is why most American Jews reject both the antisemite and his Israeli enabler

Don't be fooled by pundits who say, “This was the civil debate we've long aspired to.” It's not civil to lie. It's not a real debate when big points of difference are glossed over.