The Week Ahead

A 43%-49% gap is significant—while it is within the margin of error, it is consistent with other national polls. To underline that trend, Biden isn't faring much better in battleground states.

It's not time for full-blown panic, but we should raise our concern level from DEFCON 3 to 4.

After a week that included Trump's first criminal trial and Supreme Court Justices appearing to suggest Jan 6 never happened, it's almost like we were watching a before-and-after split-screen of what a Trump victory in November will delineate.

On the left, the justice system is working as it should—complete with an American president on trial—and on the right, what happens when we allow corruption to take hold of the court and install sycophants and yacht enthusiasts in lifelong positions?

At a recent Seder, a Trump supporter I respect shared a common refrain in the MAGA world: the four cases pending against Trump were a hatchet job. I tried to challenge this idea and was surprised by his willingness to reconsider his position. I encourage you to have similar conversations with Trump supporters in your circle. These discussions can spark movement between now and November 5.

Trump's constant media presence often overshadows Biden's hyper-local campaigning. While this may be effective, Biden's team should strategically rethink the campaign to counter Trump's narratives that dominate the national media.

Voters need to see Biden being presidential at all times. This could mean a part-time return to Biden's basement campaign strategy of 2020, which effectively used social media to grow its grassroots effort. Whatever the method, Biden needs to be in constant contact with Americans.

Trump was a lousy president—the worst in history. He damaged our alliances, exacerbated a pandemic, grew our national debt by trillions, and allowed his son-in-law and daughter to use federal policies to enrich themselves. He aligned himself with our biggest adversaries and attempted a coup.

Americans who believe Trump was a better president than Joe Biden are a testament to only one thing: The propaganda machine that has gripped this nation for a decade has not lessened its grip at all. Our critical minds have been turned into jelly and fed a diet of conspiracy theories and lies designed to incite us into acts that shock the world.

This is also a failure of the Fourth Estate, which continues to fail its readers and viewers by not investigating the Republican nominee. While tirelessly investigating Biden, they have consistently failed to launch investigations into known Trump insider dealings and corruption. If the media sticks only to reacting to Trump's pre-scripted moments, his court cases, and provocative campaign events, just as they did in 2016, we will again fall into the same result, which should surprise no one.