Colin Allred

Nearly 41 million Generation Z Americans are eligible to vote in November’s election. But voting laws differ by state, and access varies from campus to campus for the roughly 18 million students in undergraduate and graduate programs.

Donald Trump's recent frantic attacks on his Truth Social platform and in his speeches, combined with his at-times "wooden" demeanor, is less a sign that well-received Democratic National Convention is getting to him than it is he is a signal that he's worried about a jail sentence being announced before the election.That is the opinion of former Trump lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen who spoke with Salon's Brian Karem, a former White House reporter, this week as they both attended the DNC in Chicago.In his column for Salon, Karem reported on a conversation he had with Cohen — an avid Trump critic — as they shared a Lyft on the way to a convention event.ALSO READ: ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer hired by Trump campaign for Election 2024 endgameCohen said of the convention, "I’ve never seen anything like this. The energy is overwhelming," before adding, "... but there’s something else bothering Donald Trump."What that is is the possibility that Manhattan Judge Merchan could announce jail time for Trump for his 34-count felony conviction before the election, even if the former president is not immediately taken into custody.Karem explained, "While there is speculation the sentencing could once again be delayed, Cohen is skeptical that will happen and believes Trump may be sentenced to prison, though he also believes Trump won’t be taken into custody until after the November general election."As Cohen explained, "The way Trump thinks, is if it’s 60 or 90 days out, it’s not anything to worry about. But once he gets it on his calendar, once it gets close then he doesn’t stop thinking about it. He obsesses about it. And if he is sentenced to prison, he knows that a significant number of Republicans will not vote for him. He’s afraid of all of that.”"Cohen believes Trump’s fueled rage and despair could eventually cause him to implode," the Salon columnist added.You can read his column here.

Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday used part of his speech at the Democratic National Convention to hit back at the notion that Republican presidents were better on the economy than Democratic presidents.In particular, Clinton pointed to the record of job creation since the end of the Cold War under both Republican and Democratic presidents."You’re going to have a hard time believing this, but so help me, I triple-checked it,” Clinton said in the speech. “Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. I swear I checked this three times. Even I couldn’t believe it. What’s the score? Democrats 50, Republicans one.”Washington Post fact checker Philip Bump decided to fact check Clinton's claim and found that it was 100 percent correct."There have been six presidents since 1989, three from each party," wrote Bump. "Under the three Democrats — Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden — there was a cumulative increase of 50 million more people working between the starts of their terms and the ends. Under the three Republicans — George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump — the cumulative total was, in fact, only 1 million."ALSO READ: Former Pence adviser speaks to DNC: 'Being inside Trump's White House was terrifying'Bump added that it would not be fair to say that the policies of Democrats and Republicans were directly responsible for the disparity in job creation, as external economic factors often contribute more to unemployment than whichever party holds the White House.Nonetheless, Bump decided to try to make an apples-to-apples comparison of job growth under former President Donald Trump and under President Joe Biden by excluding the period where the COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy and put millions of Americans out of work."In 2018 and 2019, under Trump, the country added 4.3 million jobs. In 2022 and 2023, under Biden, it added 7.5 million jobs," he concluded. "You don’t have to be a sports whiz to see that seven puts you ahead of four, either."

A new poll shows both Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) could be in danger of losing in Texas, much to the shock of political observers.The survey conducted by the University of Houston found Trump leading vice president Kamala Harris 49.5 percent to 44.6 percent, while Cruz led Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) 46.6 percent to 44.5 percent in Texas, which is a substantial turnaround from an earlier poll that found the Republican nominee leading president Joe Biden by 49 percent to 40 percent."A poll has dropped showing only Trump +4 in Texas, and the same poll has Cruz +2 for the Senate," said the nonpartisan Political Polls account on X. "This pollster has no rating, but since it’s not a swing state, it’s allowed to get put in. If this poll is accurate, it should be a five-alarm fire for the GOP."ALSO READ: ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer hired by Trump campaign for Election 2024 endgameThe poll, which was conducted Aug. 5 through Aug. 16 by surveying 1,365 likely voters, has a margin of error of 2.65 percent, which is slightly larger than the 2.1 percent lead it measured for Cruz, a two-term incumbent."This is too close for Trump and Cruz," said former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis.A poll conducted in June by the university's Hobby School of Public Affairs found Biden with just 40 percent support in a head-to-head matchup with Trump, but the new survey found Harris gained 8 percent over the president among women, 13 points among voters who did not participate in 2020, 16 points among Generation Z voters and 21 points with independents.The vice president had higher support among 2020 Biden voters in the August poll, at 91 percent, than the president did in June, when the poll measured 84 percent support from those who'd cast ballots for him four years ago."Looking at the 878 likely Texas voters who responded to both polls, Trump has a 4 point lead over Harris," reported Eleanor Dearman for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "The voters gave Trump a 5.5 point lead over Biden in the version released in July. Trump kept 97 precent of his votes, with 2 percent switching to Harris in August and 1 percent saying they’re unsure who they’ll vote for. Harris kept the support of 96 precent of likely Biden voters, with 3 percent saying in the August poll that they now plan to vote for Trump and 1 percent were unsure."

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continues to promote the false and repeatedly debunked claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, and Georgia is among the states that Lindell claims President Joe Biden didn't really win — even though Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, both conservative Republicans, have maintained that Biden's victory in the Peach State was perfectly legitimate.Now, Lindell is being mocked on Twitter after yelling at Knowa, a 12-year-old Democratic National Convention attendee, about Georgia's 2020 election results.Lindell, during the conservation, shouted that "257,000 votes" in Georgia "are missing from the 2020 election."READ MORE: 'Dystopia and retribution': Ex-RNC chair says Trump’s new 'hope' rhetoric is 'not believable'Lindell angrily told him, "This just came out. You're behind.... You need to read your news."After talking to Lindell, Knowa told a reporter, "He provided no facts, no sources." And the reporter, in response, said, "Mike Lindell just got rolled by a 12-year-old."Lindell has been inundated with mockery on X, formerly Twitter.USA Today's Rex Huppke tweeted, "An actual child just flattened Mike Lindell like a cheap pillow.READ MORE: 'Total hatred': Trump most upset about this DNC speechRolling Stone's Nikki McCann Ramirez wrote, "Republicans literally fighting children at the DNC."Law professor Anthony Michael Kreis commented, "Why is the pillow guy harassing children about Georgia elections?"Washington Post columnist Philip Bump sarcastically described Lindell as having a "Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People energy."Watch the full videos below or at this link.READ MORE: Meet the prominent Republicans who are backing Harris at DNC