Ikke ligefrem normalbilledet, men ny Emerson-måling indikerer, at New Jerseys guvernørvalg til november er meget tæt.

“Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted on criminal charges in the coming days in federal court in Virginia, MSNBC reported Wednesday.”

Trump står på Israels side. Det viste hans tale til FN senest. Det samme gør GOP og de republikanske vælgere. Men om 10-20 år er situationen ifølge nogle iagttagere måske anderledes, for der er også Israel-kritik på højrefløjen. Har interviewet Andrew Day fra The American Conservative:

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air Tuesday, per Walt Disney Company.

Talte med Radio IIII om Jimmy Kimmel tidligere: radio4.dk/podcasts/rad...

Om Charlie Kirk (1993-2025):

Har fået muligheden for at interviewe John Bolton om Trumps udenrigspolitik og Ukrainekrigen. Han forholder sig til Trumps seneste udmeldinger om sanktioner og giver sit bud på, hvor krigen står om otte måneder. Kan findes her: usapol.dk/john-bolton-...

Federal Appeals Court Reinstates an F.T.C. Commissioner Fired by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...

Der er flere måder at forstå Trumps præsidentperiode på (udvidelse af magt, retribution, flood the zone). Her er en fjerde, lånt fra @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social: Ønsket om den totale kontrol. usapol.dk/trumps-total...

Ny podcast: Jeg taler med @davidtrads.bsky.social om hans nye bog “Amerika stiller uret tilbage”, som udkommer mandag. Jeg spørger, hvordan det var at skrive bogen om den fortabte kærlighed, og om han undervejs i karrieren har lagt for vægt på USA’s negative sider. Lyt med!

A Utah judge ruled today that the state must redraw its congressional map to abide by redistricting rules voters had approved: the ruling, if it stands, could put a GOP seat in play next year. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Har talt lidt med Berlingske om klimapolitikken og den grønne dagsorden under Trump i forbindelse med Ørsteds situation. Tak til @magnuskraft.bsky.social for snakken!

“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest senior military or intelligence officer to lose his position in a wider purge of national security agencies’ top ranks (..)”

Var i Radio IIII Eftermiddag for at tale om gerrymandering i Texas. Man kan høre med her:

Er amerikanerne blevet mere Ukraine-positive? Ja, det tyder flere målinger på. I februar mente 30 %, at USA gjorde for meget, mens 22 % sagde for lidt ifølge Pew Research. I august er det omvendt: 29 % siger, man gør for lidt - blot 18 % siger for meget. Mere her: usapol.dk/amerikanerne...

Demokraten Sherrod Brown forsøger at gøre comeback som Ohio-senator ved næste års midtvejsvalg.

Mine forventninger til Trumps møde med Putin som udlagt i Radio IIII for lidt siden: - Formentlig meldes der et eller andet ud om det amerikansk-russiske forhold ift. økonomi - Næppe noget kollaps mellem Trump og Putin - fx i form af udvandring fra Trumps side - Våbenhvile usandsynlig lige nu

Forleden skrev Rich Lowry et indlæg i National Review med titlen “Donald Trump Is Truly Historic.” Lowry mente, at Trump kan være på vej til at blive den vigtigste siden Reagan. Den tese har jeg inviteret Matias Seidelin med tilbage i podcasten for at tale om. Vi runder os Trumps møde med Putin.

Igen lever politik i NYC vist sit helt eget, forunderlige liv: “And in a previously undisclosed call in recent weeks, Mr. Trump spoke about the race directly with Mr. Cuomo, an old associate and foil, according to three people briefed on the call.”

“Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday in a bid to block passage of a new congressional map designed to give the GOP five additional seats in the U.S. House next year (..).”

Some GOP views on Trump moving to fire the BLS chief over today’s jobs report. Rep. Don Bacon: “A person shouldn’t be fired for reporting the truth” Sen. Cynthia Lummis: “I think it's kind of impetuous to fire the statistician without first knowing whether the numbers are inaccurate”

Markant træk fra Trump efter jobrapporten. “An administration official told NBC News shortly after the post that McEntarfer had indeed been fired.”

Democrats lead in our new average of House generic ballot polls by 2.3 points. This puts them ahead of pace for the average out-party in midterms going back to 2006, though they lag the big blue wave of 2018 (for now). Please share and subscribe ⬇️ www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...

Til trods for uroen blandt MAGA-stemmer har Nate Silver og Eli McKown-Dawson kigget på en række meningsmålinger siden 7. juli. Konklusion: “Among Republicans, Trump’s approval has actually ticked up a point since Epstein became a focal point, while his disapproval rating has declined by one point.”

North Carolina er en drilsk stat for Demokraterne, men virker alligevel som oplagt at give dem den indledende favoritværdighed til senatsvalget næste år. Tillis’ tilbagetrækning, Roy Coopers kandidatur og det politiske klima giver dem gode kort på hånden. Men lang vej endnu.

Roy Cooper has officially launched his North Carolina Senate bid. The Dem governor jumped into the race after GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced last month that he won't seek reelection after Trump publicly attacked him for voting against his “big, beautiful bill.”

“President Donald Trump is increasingly frustrated with how his administration’s handling of the furor around the Jeffrey Epstein files has dominated the news and overshadowed his agenda, said two people familiar with his thinking.”

NEW: A source close to the White House described one of President Trump’s top aides as being “pissed off” about Pete Hegseth’s leadership at the DoD and feeling like it was “time for him to go.” www.notus.org/defense/pete...

I går var endnu en heftig dag i Epsteinsagen, og jeg tænkte, jeg ville samle tanker af både umiddelbar og generel karakter i denne tråd. Læs med, hvis det lystes ⬇️

En interessant midtvejsvalgshistorie midt i alt det andet, der sker:

Demokraternes politiske rolle i Epsteinsagen: “Party strategists say the Epstein story is the first time since Trump took office that they think Democrats have successfully put the president and his allies in a defensive posture.”

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent days privately laid out his case to President Trump for why he believed Trump shouldn’t try to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, people familiar with the matter said.”

I meningsmålingerne er Epstein-situationen ifølge G. Elliott Morris “the worst issue of his presidency by far.”

Gæstede i morges Go’ Morgen Danmark i forbindelse med deres anbefalinger af udfordrede bøger i USA. Med mig havde jeg “Jeg ved, hvorfor fuglen synger i sit bur” af Maya Angelou. Kan ses på PLAY - eller kig endelig i bogen!

I reported on how $16 billion in new child care spending got included in the reconciliation package, and what advocates make of that in an overall gutting bill www.vox.com/policy/41899...

Har fornøjelsen af at gennemgå Big Beautiful Bill med @madsdalgaard.bsky.social i seneste podcast fra USAPol. Vi når: - Processen bag gennemførslen - Centrale skattetiltag - Immigrationsdelen - Forsvarsdelen - Medicaid og klimapolitik - Og hvad loven kan betyde for Republikanerne politisk

Deltog i Radio IIII eftermiddag i dag om Lars Løkkes møde med Marco Rubio.

Trump i angreb på Musk på Truth Social:

BREAKING: Trump signs "big, beautiful bill" in July 4 victory lap

I en stor sejr for Donald Trump og Mike Johnson har Repræsentanternes Hus netop nu stemt Big Beautiful Bill om blandt andet skattepolitik, forsvar og immigration igennem. Forløbet er ved vejs ende - to republikanske nej-stemmer. Ingen demokrater stemte for. Ses!

BREAKING: Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially set the record for the longest speech on the House floor. He is now approaching 9 hours of outlining the Dem opposition to the Trump Megabill. As soon as he finishes the House will be voting.

Mens Hakeem Jeffries stadig taler, var jeg i Radio IIII Eftermiddag om det, men også om reaktionerne på Trumps store lov. Man kan høre med her:

Han taler stadig.

"I'm planning to take my sweet time!" Jeffries says just now, several times over, to extended applause from Dems. As Dem leader, Jeffries has as much time as he wants to speak, called the "magic minute." He is reading from letters people have written about their reliance on Medicaid.

Opdatering: Minoritetsleder i Huset Hakeem Jeffries (D) har talt imod Trumps store lov i over en time - og lægger nu endda op til at tage sig god tid.

Procedureafstemningen er hermed klaret efter lang tid!

“According to a source, the holdup now is just that House leaders are waiting for Rep. Scott Perry to come back from Pennsylvania before the holdouts change their votes.“

Status: Stilstand i procedureafstemning.