08/24/2020 05:12 CDT

TRUMP GAINING ON BIDEN ON EVE OF REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; BIDEN SAYS HE’LL SHUT COUNTRY DOWN AGAIN; FANS STAYING AWAY FROM POLITICAL NBA

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP PICKS UP GROUND IN BATTLEGROUNDS

NEW POLLS SHOWING GOOD NEWS for President Trump with independent/swing voters. RedState.

• Campaign releases list of convention speakers; Trump to speak every night. Mike Miller.

PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION for promising convalescent plasma treatment for coronavirus. Just the News.

BIDEN SAYS HE WOULD “SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN” if scientists recommend new lockdown measures. Daily Caller.

AGAIN? JOE BIDEN ACCUSED OF PLAGIARIZING Canadian politician in DNC speech. ZeroHedge.

DR. BIRX JOINS FAUCI IN SAYING that voting in person this November will be safe. PJ Media.

WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW about the John Durham interview of John Brennan. RedState.

SCOTT ADAMS SAYS BIDEN’S HIDEOUS Charlottesville lie should disqualify him with decent Americans. Real Clear Politics.

DETROIT ABSENTEE BALLOT CHAOS: “So inaccurate we can’t even attempt to make it right.” Breitbart.

RATINGS CONTINUE TO DROP FOR POLITICS-LADEN National Basketball Association. Breitbart.

REPORT: EVERY BIG 10 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR was against canceling college football season. Daily Caller.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• The Democratic Party is not well. Julie Kelly.
• Democrats’ ignoring chaos is a big November liability. Byron York.
• If Biden is ready to lock down again, let’s just elect Fauci instead. David Marcus.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Bashing Sweden. Tony Heller.
• Our new interview with the only pollster who got 2016 right, Robert Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group. First Right Podcast.
• Big spending Biden. John Stossel.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Alexander the Great’s stunning victory streak. War History Online.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@ThomasSowell) I would vote against anyone who plays the race card. Race and politics have been an explosive mixture in countries around the world. Tweet.
• (@adamcarolla) CNN has shown examples of people who followed all the rules and still died of COVID and people who followed none of the rules and got it too. Anyone I know personally who caught it was over it quick. So I'm just gonna go out and live my life. Tweet.

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BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Trump Announces Emergency Authorization For Use of Convalescent Plasma to Treat Coronavirus BONGINO REPORT.