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“The longest-serving district judge on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., warned Thursday that false rhetoric about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — including the sorts of lies hurled by former President Donald Trump and some of his congressional allies — poses an ongoing danger to the nation,” Politico reports.

“Tough talk is this guy’s calling card and now there’s this extraordinary show of weakness. He said anytime, anyplace, but more than that, he agreed to this specific debate, on this specific network, on this specific date, and now he’s pulling out.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

“J.D. Vance has had a difficult week, and some Republicans aren’t hiding their frustration,” Politico reports.

“Despite momentum after former President Donald Trump named him as his running mate, the Ohio senator started receiving unwanted attention after old clips resurfaced of him calling some Democrats ‘childless cat ladies’and suggesting parents should have more political power than non-parents.”

New polls from Fox News were just released:

“While Donald Trump’s agenda and a massive think tank document clearly indicate his second-term strategy for federal workers, nothing captures those plans as succinctly as a statement made by his running mate,” the Washington Post reports.

“The gun safety group Giffords is rolling out a $15 million campaign to help de facto Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris defeat Republican rival Donald Trump, as well as help House candidates in battleground districts who favor tougher gun laws,” NBC News reports.

Reports suggest that Donald Trump had settled on North Dakota Gov. Doug Bergum (R) as his running mate when his two sons, Don Jr. and Eric, “went bat shit crazy” and insisted he choose Sen.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Nick Catoggio: “There’s a lot that’s irksome about Vance’s attempt to divide America into tribes of parents and ‘cat ladies’ but we can start with the obvious: It’s shockingly callous, even by the gutter standards of populist-nationalist chuds.”

New York Times: “Mr. Kelly, a relative newcomer to politics, would bring to the Democratic ticket a résumé as remarkable as any political consultant could dream of: He is the working-class son of New Jersey police officers, a Navy pilot who flew 39 combat missions off the U.S.S.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) addressed the firestorm brewing around his recently resurfaced remarks that the country was being run by “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “sarcastic comment” and pivoting to attack Democrats as “antifamily,” The Hill reports.