Harris and Biden shared a genuinely cute moment—and sent MAGA into a meltdown

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     July 23, 2024 After weeks of watching a campaign on life support, the jolt within the Democratic Party after President Biden announced that he was dropping out has been something to behold. All that [campaign cash](. Excitement bordering on the [unhinged](. Personally, I welcome the injection of hope! Maybe [democracy is still a thing]( in this corner of the world! So let's take a moment to check on the right. How are Donald Trump supporters responding? [Just as awfully as you'd think,]( as my colleague Kiera reports, with racism, vitriol, and strange biblical comparisons. Depressing yet wholly expected from this crowd. But reader, let me tell you, I cackled at their reactions to this [genuinely cute moment when Biden called]( into a Kamala Harris campaign event on Monday and said, "I'm watching you, kid. I love you." The responses? "That was a recording." "That was AI Joe on a recording." "Is he actually alive?" These come against the larger [backdrop of conspiracy theories]( over Biden's whereabouts since his announcement on Sunday. Will they be satisfied by Biden's address to the nation tomorrow night? Probably not. But after a summer of great momentum for Trump, this news cycle, the aforementioned injection of hope, and the apparent meltdown on the right, maybe it's time to relish the current moment—even if it may not last. —Inae Oh Advertisement [Reimagining the Revolution]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [For Kamala Harris, Black Women Are Already a Crucial Fundraising Force]( More than 40,000 Black women reportedly raised $1.5 million for Harris on a Sunday night Zoom call. BY JULIANNE MCSHANE SPONSORED CONTENT FROM THE NATION TRAVELS   Contemporary and Imperial Morocco October 14–25, 2024 To travel in Morocco is to move from one era of history to another experiencing a culture that fuses indigenous Berber traditions with Arab, Jewish, Andalusian, and other European influences. [Learn more here.]( [Trending] [Trump's sons keep falsely blaming Democrats for the assassination attempt—and fueling potential violence]( BY MARK FOLLMAN   [Far-right trolls have launched a racist crusade against Kamala Harris]( BY KIERA BUTLER   [Kamala Harris is raking in campaign cash]( BY RUSS CHOMA   [Federal court strikes down restrictions on Ohio law that limited voters with disabilities]( BY JULIA MÉTRAUX Advertisement [Reimagining the Revolution]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Are you unwittingly parroting fossil fuel propaganda?]( Author Genevieve Guenther writes that too many of our conversations happen on the industry's terms. BY KATE YODER MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   GREAT JOURNALISM, SLOW FUNDRAISING Our team has been on fire lately—publishing sweeping, [one-of-a-kind]( investigations, ambitious, [groundbreaking]( projects, and even [releasing]( “the holy shit documentary of the year.” And that’s on top of [protecting free and fair elections]( and [standing up]( to bullies and BS when others in the media don’t. Yet, we just came up pretty short on our fundraising campaign. So even though we’re done screaming about [the donations we need]( for a while, if you value the journalism we do but haven’t pitched in recently, please [consider doing so now](—we urgently need a lot of help to make up for lost ground. And of course, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has pitched in. It means the world to us. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Share it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755