After the heartburn of 2004, Democrats rebuilt their party through a new set of candidates in the House, winning the midterms and paving the way for a generationally talented, constituency-realigning outsider to claim the presidency four years later. Rahm Emanuel, who helped engineer the party’s comeback, has a few ideas about what the Democrats need to do now in order to reclaim the presidency—with no #Resistance in sight.

News and notes and fresh reporting on the current targets of professional Democratic rage: Harris, Team K, Biden, Biden’s people, wokeism and more.

The Harris financial juggernaut, which raised well over $1 billion, is still soliciting cash and has begun seeking buyers for its email lists in order to stave off its debts—raising uncomfortable questions about where and how all that money was spent in the first place.

Candid conversations with two former “Blue Wall” governors—Democrat Jim Blanchard of Michigan and Republican Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania—about which way their states will swing, why this year is no 2020, and the work they’ve done to Trump-proof the results.

While their Republican colleagues have been slap-fighting, Hakeem Jeffries’ leadership triumvirate has kept the Democratic caucus unusually unified. But what happens if they lose their friends in the White House? Or if they win the majority and have to actually… lead?

Jon Ralston, the bard of Nevada election analysis, talks zombie voters, Elon’s ground operation, and why Republicans may have the House edge.

A pre-election check-in on the Hollywood donors and activists, from a studio chairman to an emerging screenwriter and a late-night TV host, who are simultaneously freaking out and (cautiously) optimistic about the final push for the Harris-Walz campaign.