Today in Trump: Jordan Weissmann deconstructs the candidate’s Thursday speech on economics and finds that underneath a thin gloss of populism, the Trump plan is pretty darn friendly to the rich. (And Jessica Huseman looks at Trump’s proposal to offer home-schooling vouchers for poor families, finding it equally useless for its supposed beneficiaries.)
A Notable Milestone: Ivanka Trump, whose smooth relatability has been the only partway appealing thing her father’s campaign has had to offer, finally lost her cool and acted right Trumpish in an interview with Prachi Gupta, a reporter from Cosmo. “It’s time to recognize Ivanka’s gender-equity shtick for what it is: Donald Trump’s self-entitled sleaze in a slightly more woman-friendly package,” Christina Cauterucci writes.
20 Years: Today in our anniversary series of reflections on the past 20 years, Michelle Goldberg sings the tragedy of Ralph Nader, the anti-consumerism candidate who ended up turning voting “into an act of individual self-affirmation, a kind of lifestyle choice.”
For Your End-of-Summer Basil Harvest: Chef Danny Bowien refuses to write down his recipe for the widely hailed best pesto ever, but Kristen Miglore offers a good approximation. (Ice water? OK, I’ll try it.)
For fun: Here’s a bunch of photos of people shrinking from Donald Trump’s touch.
Uggggh,
Rebecca
