“Protest organizers in Chicago expect between 30,000 and 40,000 people to join Monday’s march on the Democratic National Convention, and are asking the city for a permit that would get them closer to the event itself,” Semafor reports.

“Dems in disconcerting levels of array.” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), on X, after Vice President Kamala Harris picked Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

“The New York State Democratic Committee is trying something new this year — working to elect Democrats in New York,” Politico reports. “After a brutal showing in 2022, top Democrats like Gov. Kathy Hochul promised the party machinery would launch an unprecedented coordinated campaign to elect

David Leonhardt: “President Biden has survived the initial fallout from his shocking debate performance last month, and the momentum against him within the Democratic Party appears to have slowed. But the party’s basic problem is unchanged: His presence on the ballot seems likely to hurt the

Jonathan Chait: “Earlier this year, I wrote a long story arguing that the dominant mood of the American political scene is the exhaustion of the anti-Trump coalition. While Donald Trump’s will to power, and that of his allies, burns hotter than ever, his opponents have slunk into resignation and