Today’s notice: Everything that happened in Dallas last night — including a brief chat with the protesters. 9/11 and Congress. A new lobbying effort on college sports. What it’s like to run for office as a Republican in D.C. And: Inside the drive to open federal lands to data centers.
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Turn the corner, and stomp on the gas. That was the plan for Republicans at their unorthodox midterm convention this week. How did they do? On night one, Donald Trump tried to deflate his economic problems with an unlikely promise to shower $5,000 checks across the land. That was the attempt to turn the corner from a hard, rough summer for the party in power.
Last night, JD Vance took to the podium to stomp on the gas and gather momentum for the Trumpian version of the stakes. His address was heavy on social issues — Democrats are “the party of the crazies” or “the party of hatred” and should “stay the hell away from our kids,” he said — and was a lot of 2024 rewind. Joe Biden was mentioned often.