Campaign finance law means that there are separate pots of money for before and after the nomination at the convention
The very wealthy favor Republicans, which means they tend to have more money in their general election account
Having less time between convention and election day means that the dollars-per-day you can spend out of the general election funding is greater
This pushes Democrats to try and hold their convention as late as actually possible in order to enable them to match the Republican spend rate during the final weeks of campaigning
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Giuliani Is Suspended by WABC, and His Radio Show Is Canceled (www.nytimes.com)
Satellite Images Reveal Where Russian Nukes Could Be Stored in Belarus (www.nytimes.com)
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Biden to Quadruple Tariffs on Chinese EVs (www.wsj.com)
Trial About to Begin for Billionaire Trader Accused of ‘Pump and Brag Scheme’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Global Electricity Review 2024 | With record construction of solar and wind in 2023, a new era of falling fossil generation is imminent. (ember-climate.org)
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Climate Protestors Storm Tesla's Gigafactory in Europe (www.wired.com)
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Effort to Keep Biden on the Ballot in Ohio Stalls Out Ahead of Deadline: Ohio’s Republican secretary of state said Legislature had until Thurs to fix procedural issue with President Biden’s nomination (www.nytimes.com)
Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers (www.bbc.com)
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Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage | If passed, the groundbreaking measure could be a model for other states to hold fossil fuel companies liable (www.theguardian.com)
Why you should let your grass grow (wapo.st)
Trump Attacks the Jews as Biden Puts His Foot Down (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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