David Waldman and Greg Dworkin bring us the latest in news and punditry. Unfortunately, we begin our week under the cloud of another mass shooting… no wait, rehearsals went long, so that’s tomorrow’s news. Today, it’s another assassination attempt, and the only actual shooting was from Secret Service agents, and they missed, therefore the presently un-Jack-Rubied suspect still has the opportunity to explain himself, write in a vote for Vivek-Nikki, share some gun barrel bacon recipes and wait for Donald Trump’s pardon, while Republicans begin the search for something they don’t quite admire about him.

Who knows, the guy could be a Taylor Swift fan.

This is great news for Donald Trump. Not even an ear boo-boo this time, and the story does the job of taking people’s mind off the debate… at least Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “mind”… Or was that misdirection actually the job of JD Vance’s blood libel which is now trashing a city of his constituents? On Sunday, JD had to explain that it had become necessary to destroy Springfield in order to save it.

Nationwide, Nates have surged to a high of 97% idiocy as we enter this stretch of the campaign, yet all experts still agree that it remains a tight race... albeit one that Kamala Harris leads in. In fact, in Iowa, Kamala is losing by quite a lot less! Voters everywhere believe that Harris has a good handle on the economy, as long as the economy continues to be good, but especially when the gas prices are low. George W. Bush isn’t saying that he’d support Harris, but Ronald Reagan would if he could. Martin Van Buren remains characteristically unforthcoming, however. 

Donald Trump golfs — by far the best strategy he has for winning the election —  as if he hasn’t got a care in the world, which he probably doesn’t. 

Iran is hiring criminal gangs, including Hells Angels, to hunt down regime critics anywhere in the world, including here. An Ohio sheriff wants the addresses of people with Harris yard signs, so that he knows who to target if she wins. Meanwhile, Tenet Media packed up its $10 Million in Russian cash and bugged out.