Kamala's stock market krash and picks a VP...

The ticket is officially a Harris Walz. Check out tonight's show -- there was a collective sigh of relief when it wasn't PA Gov Shapiro

“Kamala’s Krash”

The Trump campaign has done what it does best: branded its opponent while reminding people of one of Trump’s best accomplishments, the economy.

Also my initial reaction to Kamala picking Governor Walz to be her running mate: relief? What do you think? More tonight on the show, subscribe and hit the notification button to join us when we go live.

THE Roger Stone joins me…

If there’s anyone who can give insight into the next move for the Trumps Roger Stone’s Roger Stone. He weighs in on everything from the debates to Kamala. Don’t miss this one:

New polling worth checking out:

Echelon Insights was in the field last week in 6 battleground states (AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA, WI) testing messaging on Kamala Harris. Patrick Ruffini from Echelon shared the following summary of their finds.

Kamala’s specific failures on crime and the border tied to real-world examples of making our communities less safe concerned voters the most across the board, over-indexing strongly among women, nonwhite voters, and persuadable voters. Her raising money for a Minnesota bail fund in 2020 and letting MS-13 gang members go free as DA — already highlighted by the Trump campaign — tested #1 and 2. While Harris’ tenure as border czar tested slightly behind in overall concern, it showed the most intensity, tied for the highest number of those extremely concerned.

Highlighting Harris’ extreme liberal ideology also resonated but with more mixed results. The “too liberal” line needs to be tied to specific issues and to negative outcomes people can see in their lives. Messaging solely focused on an inside-baseball ranking of Senators performed worst, especially with the lower-propensity voter groups.

We also tested a variation calling Harris “too extreme” rather than “too liberal.” This version did no better overall but the “extreme” language did relatively better among women and White College voters, but it did worse among Black and Hispanic voters.

Stories I’m Reading…

VP Pick Tim Walz Pushed To Close Gitmo and House Terrorists in US — via Washington Free Beacon

How the U.S. military cultivated — and then lost — a key African ally — via Washington Post

Walz ‘Embellished And Selectively Omitted Facts’ About His Military Career: Retired National Guardsmen — via Daily Wire

Defense Secretary Austin taken by surprise upon news of 9/11 plea deals: 'not consulted' — via Fox News

Dow futures drop 800 points, S&P futures lose 3% as global market sell-off intensifies: Live updates — via CNBC

My take: Good time to name a VP

Blinken told G7 Iran and Hezbollah could attack Israel in next 24 hours — via Axios

Front Row Joes…

The Trump campaign is really ramping up now and has started to fill up his rally schedule. Don’t miss my documentary about supporters who attend every rally:

Race update - Walz edition

First, tomorrow we are doing our latest installment of the road to 270 electoral votes — make sure you subscribe now. I’m going state by state with the latest polling to see how Kamala pushing out Biden changes the race. So…about Tim Walz. Many thought it was the safe pick….and the few hours since it was announced it may become the stupid pick. Here is why…