I am not cool. But let my younger, smarter colleagues help you look cool.

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     July 26, 2024 I am smack in the middle of my late 30s, a status that makes me objectively uncool. My back hurts and the internet increasingly confuses me. But at a bar with three good friends last night, I suddenly found myself in the unexpected role of the one who had to [explain the Kamala-Brat meme](; one friend had never even heard of Charli XCX before, a cultural crime! But I realize that most people are not terminally online. So I'm grateful for my younger colleagues who produced this [delightful roundtable]( breaking down Kamala Harris' collision with our Brat summer, the coconut tree, and all the other memes that have emerged since Harris became the all-but-certain Democratic nominee for president. I highly recommend you read, particularly as you head into the weekend, and risk looking as culturally foolish as my three friends last night. [Yuck](! —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Four Key Questions Still Loom Over the Trump Shooting]( As conspiracy theories flourish, context is missing on Trump's injury, the shooter's motive, and more. BY MARK FOLLMAN MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   DONALD TRUMP & DEMOCRACY You’re a Mother Jones Daily reader, so you know the stakes and you know reporting like ours matters so freaking much in these next few months (and beyond). About that: We need [the support of our newsletter readers like never before]( to vigorously fight back against the existential threats American democracy and journalism face. We’re running behind our targets and urgently need all hands on deck. We can’t afford to come up short—we have no cushion; we leave it all on the field. Please help with a donation if you can—even just a few bucks helps. A [monthly gift]( would be incredible. [Donate]( [Trending] [Trump says he has “nothing to do” with Project 2025. Here are his connections to it.]( BY JULIANNE MCSHANE   [Trump said some disabled people "should just die," according to his nephew]( BY JULIA MÉTRAUX   [Frackers are spraying toxic wastewater on Pennsylvania roads despite seven-year ban]( BY JAKE BOLSTER   [Kamala Harris can't be “brat” because “brat” is dead]( BY SOPHIE HURWITZ, SARAH SZILAGY, AND SIRI CHILUKURI Advertisement [House Subscriptions Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [The far right has finally figured out how to hone its racist attack on Kamala Harris]( Three little letters. BY MOTHER JONES Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing 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