it was another fast-moving newsweek. and here are some of the conversations you just might have missed. m it is hard to believe donald trump was elected in the senate, when i was -8 years old. that is true. president biden was elected when i was -8 years old. i m going to get myself in trouble. yeah, you are, because they are both old. oh well. republican congressman, ryan style, in his opening act with donald trump off the rally his f thoughts on tuesday, how did go for you? totally botching an about a joke about president biden a. but by mistake totally making m fun of donald trump s age. we are one week away from the first presidential debate and donald trump appears to be lowering expectations and making excuses. during his rally in wisconsin on tuesday, he pushed the conspiracy that biden could only perform well if he is pumped up on drugs. is anyone going to watch the debate? he s going to be so pumped up, he is going to be pumped up, you know all of that stuff th
preparing for this bout like rocky balboa getting ready for clubber lang and trump is hard at work trying to go with the scented aquanet or unscented. biden is gathering with aides this week at camp david where his debate prep will likely be fueled by his favorite drink, orange gatorade which explains this new ad. is it in you? yes. good, good. i m glad. yeah. got to stay hydrated. got to stay hydrated. i like orange gatorade, too. lemon lime probably my favorite favor. oh, no. i m a blue one for me. every time. in wilmington, delaware there s a store near where his transition headquarters was so i spent a lot of time there in the fall and winter of 2020, and there was a store that sold souvenir scented candles, joe biden-themed scented candles. the scent, orange gatorade. his love for gatorade is well known and as you heard from the late-night comics, both campaigns are in debate prep mode with less than a week to go before their showdown in atlanta. we ll g
recuse herself from donald trump s classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website s tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there s new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book apprenti
vote has really solidified as the republican vote and the minority vote has solidified as the democratic vote. and that trumps everything else including gender. it feels like me we have to be clear about that intersectionalty between gender and race. because otherwise, we keep acting as if there is some great interracial feminist coalition pushing back against these reproductive rights efforts. and in fact, that s just not quite right, right? we re still seeing race operating in this way. so ari, you know a lot of white women. wow. my understanding is you re planning to marry one. so i m just no, seriously, what lessons around race and gender and the gop do you take from this virginia race? any? well, i d start with your observation about the political class, which includes the media class, and the fact is, it s still uncomfortable about a lot of people to go deep into race, right? so talking about the gender gap and looking at it on an aggregate level actually feels more com