The saga of Tulsi Gabbard and the elusive third poll, another new poll gives no help to the debate qualifying field, Joe Kennedy III is definitely running for Senate, a listener question about the million-donor mark, Kamala Harris doubles down on Iowa, and Amazon will allow voice donations to presidential candidates starting in October. What could possibly go wrong?

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• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• Election Ride Home on Facebook
• Gabbard tweet announcing third qualifying poll (Twitter/Tulsi Gabbard)
• Joe Biden ahead in Democratic race, with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren filling out the top tier [the poll in question] (WaPo)
• Poll details for one of Gabbard’s qualifying polls (ABC News/WaPo)
• Poll details for another of Gabbard’s qualifying polls (CBS News/YouGov)
• DNC Announces Details For Third Presidential Primary Debate [the rules] (DNC)
• Who Will Make the Fourth Democratic Debate? [includes topline comments from DNC] (FiveThirtyEight)
• Skelley tweet re topline DNC rule (Twitter/Geoffrey Skelley)
• Who has qualified for the fourth Democratic debate [includes note on CNN/SSRS poll repeat] (WaPo)
• Bennet’s letter to Perez/DNC (Bennet for America)
• What If The Third Debate Were Based On Different Polls? (FiveThirtyEight)
• 2020 Democratic polls [spreadsheet indicating what counts] (Google Sheets/Politico)
• Montellaro tweet re Fox News poll (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
• Joe Kennedy to formally announce he’ll run for Senate (Boston Globe)
• Kennedy to challenge Markey for Massachusetts Senate seat (Politico)
• Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Receives 1 Million Donations, Hitting Milestone (NYT)
• Kamala Harris bets it all on Iowa to break freefall (Politico)
• ‘Alexa, I want to make a political contribution.’ Amazon to start voice-controlled donations to 2020 presidential campaigns (WaPo)
• Alexa Political Contributions (Amazon Pay)
• “And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords” (YouTube/The Simpsons)

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