'Searching for bright spots': CNN's Abby Phillip describes Harris team's silence

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'Searching for bright spots': CNN's Abby Phillip describes Harris team's silence
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at North Western High School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has fallen into radio silence as they search for any remaining path for outstanding votes to deliver them an election victory, CNN's Abby Phillip told Jake Tapper on Tuesday evening.

"Let me just give you a gut check here about what we are hearing here, as we've been sitting here reporting from the Harris headquarters," said Phillip. "And I think the operative word right now is silence. There's not a lot being said, because the Harris team appears to be searching for bright spots in the map, as these results very very, very slowly come in."

At the moment, she said, some Harris aides still believe she has a path to pulling out a win in Georgia, "but it is very, very close."

Ultimately, Phillip added, "the blue wall still remains the best option for her in this moment. That's just, Jake, where things stand right now. Usually, as the night goes on, the campaign is trying to spin these numbers as they come out ... there's been a slowdown in that spin, because they really are digging into these numbers as they are coming in and trying to understand what's left out there for them, especially in these big urban centers, Jake."

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Reporter flags 'biggest thing that went wrong' with Trump DOJ's Epstein files release

A reporter on Saturday flagged what she said is "the biggest thing that went wrong" with the Trump administration's release of new Jeffrey Epstein files.

Fallon Gallagher, an award-winning legal affairs reporter for MS NOW, appeared on the network over the weekend. The host asked, "The DOJ rollout of these documents, it did not go as the law has required it to go. What went wrong? And what do you think we can expect to see and when?"

According to the reporter, "The biggest thing that went wrong here is that the DOJ was supposed to release all of the Epstein files by last night at 11:59. That has not happened."

"They signaled that that wasn't going to happen on time. So inherently, they're not following the law," she added. "Now, what we've learned today is that one of those photos, at least one of those photos appears to be deleted. There is a photo that is no longer on DOJ's website that included a picture of a drawer with a number of framed photos. One of the photos that's in the drawer is that famous photo that we've seen a number of times of Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. That photo has mysteriously disappeared. We do not know why that photo has disappeared. We have asked the DOJ why it's disappeared. We do not know yet. So that has now gone away."

She further added, "The big thing about this entire release, though, is that there really isn't that much new that we're learning. I would say that this is more of a compilation rather than a full release. Basically, they've taken public files that have been from court documents, FOIA requests, House oversight drops, and compiled it all in one place with a number of new files from this, this new law."

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Laughter as viral video shows far-right slap fight: 'These are the MAGA alpha men???'

Liberal and progressive observers laughed over the weekend after MAGA infighting reached the point of a publicly recorded slap fight between right-wing men.

Conservative Pentagon reporter Cam Higby can be seen in a video being grabbed by Hayden McDougall, a far-right influencer who goes by the name "Woman Propaganda." McDougall then slaps someone who appears to be recording it.

Eyal Yakoby, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science, posted the video on social media, writing, "BREAKING: Groyper Woman Propaganda assaults Cam Higby at TPUSA."

"So much pent up aggression and insecurity," Yakoby added.

Higby himself also posted a small part of the video, writing, "LOW IMPULSE CONTROL: Woman propaganda, at the slightest sign of disagreement decided to rip my phone out of my hand, throw it at my face and then slap a random bystander."

Journalist Robert Lusetich said, "These twerps make [Trump appointee] Nick Adams appear manly."

Political observer Randal Hendrickson said, "They're slappy little things. So these guys are slappy. The Proud Boys do corny loopy hug punches. And those Patriot Front guys take their shirts off and punch at pads on a farm to train. I wish managing these people were just a matter of a bit of hand to hand waste disposal."

Former Obama National Security Council staffer Tommy Vietor chimed in with a simple question:

"These are the MAGA alpha men???"

Another Dem lawmaker joins call to impeach Pam Bondi over Epstein bungle

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) joined his House colleague Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) Saturday in calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Pam Bondi over her agency’s failure to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein, which was mandated by law to be released in full on Friday.

Following the release of thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, Khanna said he was drafting articles of impeachment against Bondi for her failure to adhere to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required all of the Justice Department’s files on Epstein to be released Friday.

And on Saturday, Clyburn said he agreed with Khanna.

“I think Ro Khanna is on to something here, the only way I see us getting to this is to [do] the impeachment, that's one thing the Supreme Court has got nothing to do with,” Clyburn said during an appearance Saturday on CNN.

Clyburn expressed concern that the Supreme Court would allow the Trump administration to continue to violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act by not releasing the entirety of the DOJ’s files on Epstein. Therefore, Clyburn argued, impeachment was the best course of action to force the Trump administration’s hand.

“I am absolutely not satisfied, and I agree with Ro Khanna, but I'm not surprised that we have all of this delay and officiation, this is what you get from this White House!” Clyburn said.

“I don't expect them to ever release these documents because I don't think the Supreme Court will ever make them do it, it's pretty much determined that the president is above all else and all others, and therefore, I expect for them to ride this out, and I expect the Supreme Court to allow them to do it.”

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