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👀 Watch : Even conservatives realize that Democrats are out of touch with their voters.
👇 Further down in this newsletter:
- A 2028 hopeful dips his toe in the Deep South.
- The Fed’s forgotten AI warning.
- Elon Musk goes all-in on Susan Collins.
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STORIES TO GO
In a hurry? These are the top stories in the country today.
🧳 U.S. travel executives with major airlines, cruise liners, and hotel chains traveled to the White House last week to ask for help with slumping tourism numbers .
✈️ Five people near Miami International Airport were killed this weekend when an Amazon cargo jet overshot a runway while landing. In 2025, DOGE-related layoffs cut roughly 400 federal aviation regulator jobs, including some in air safety .
⛽ Labor Day weekend gas prices hit a record high of $4.14 per gallon . President Donald Trump promised yesterday that prices will “drop precipitously” once “we WIN the war with Iran.”
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TODAY'S TOPLINES
Do as he says — not as he does. With the midterm elections just weeks away and the 2028 presidential primary season on the horizon, Democratic hopefuls are testing the waters while seizing on momentum built by the populist left. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) traveled to South Carolina — which Democrats just enshrined as the first 2028 presidential primary state — on his “Take It Back” tour rallying for down-ballot Democrats in the South. Newsom’s trek to South Carolina follows others made this year by potential Democratic presidential contenders , including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.). Newsom, who is wrapping up his last term as California governor, has embraced the anti-establishment rhetoric gaining traction in the Democratic Party; in June, he declared that “the American economy has been engineered for the very top” and “it’s time for an economic reset.”
🤔 But Newsom’s own record shows his appetite for drastic change might be smaller than he’s pitching . This year, he called for a national billionaire’s tax — despite simultaneously working overtime to block a one-time 5 percent state tax on California’s billionaires.
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Newsom Wants An Economic “Reset.” His Record Says Different
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