On Monday, Donald Trump gave a speech on foreign policy and his plans to deal with terrorism. He called for a new test for immigrants to make sure they love the United States and are tolerant, and he called for “realism” in the fight against terrorism.
Another thing he did on Monday was issue a “Media Accountability Survey,” which opened up media bashing from his campaign to the American people. He sent out a part-survey, part-list of issues he had with the media and the campaign cycle and asked his supporters to choose “yes,” “no” or “no opinion” in response to a bunch of statements.
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Trump still hates the media, Volume 28125979

On Monday, Trump decided he didn’t just want to complain about the media — he wanted his supporters to be able to as well. Sometimes getting things off your chest feels nice, and the Trump campaign gave its supporters 30 opportunities to vent about how much they hate us. The Republican nominee sent out a 30-question survey Monday morning asking about media bias.
In the email link to the survey, Trump said he wanted a poll of his own to put back in the media’s face the next time he is interviewed.
"All too often I’m asked about a 'poll' put out by a liberal organization that says the American people disagree with our common-sense reforms to fix our country," Trump said in the email. "Well, Friend, with your help today, the next time I’m being interviewed, I will have my own poll that shows that the American people disagree with the dishonest media!"
It’s not clear what the methodology on this poll is because all you have to do is fill in a name, ZIP code and email address to submit it.
This comes after a weekend full of media bashing from Trump.

Without Sanders in the race, young people flock to Clinton

Donald Trump’s polling woes continue. A USA TODAY/Rock the Vote poll found that millennials were more into Clinton than Trump — bigly. More than half of those surveyed (56%) said they supported Clinton, while just 20% backed Trump. But it’s not just Trump, it’s the party in general: Just 20% of those surveyed even identified or leaned toward being Republicans (half said they identified or leaned toward being Democrats and 17% said the same for independents).
Millennial voters also weighed in on transgender bathrooms, with a majority saying it really wasn’t such a big deal to use the public bathroom of choice. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of those surveyed said that people should be able to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with —not the one they were born with. Meanwhile, one-third (32%) said that people should use the bathroom that corresponds to their birth gender. That number is a lot more drastic than when all ages are surveyed: In an April poll, Americans of all ages narrowly favored transgender people using the bathroom of the gender they were born with, 43%-41%.

Biden hits trail with Clinton, hits Trump repeatedly

“Uncle Joe” hit the trail for Clinton on Monday, making a pitch to working-class voters that Clinton was the only choice for people worried about making ends meet. He kicked off his campaigning for the Democratic nominee in Scranton, Pa., where he is from and often talks about (during the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, people held up “Scranton” signs when he spoke).
While Biden spent a significant amount of time talking about the difficulty of being a working-class family and Clinton’s policies he believed could help, he also unleashed on Donald Trump. Biden said he wouldn’t have felt safe with his son — former Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer last year — serving in Iraq had Trump been president. And he said that Trump saying President Obama was the founder of ISIS was dangerous. And even though Trump said Friday he was just being sarcastic, Biden said that Americans serving in Iraq were now a bit more in danger.

News from the trail

  • Trump's campaign chairman, denies secret payments from Ukraine (USA TODAY)
  • Bernie Sanders buys a lake home, igniting Twitter snark (Burlington Free Press)
  • Trump calls for “realism” in anti-terror fight (USA TODAY)
  • Clinton campaign investing in traditionally Republican Arizona (The Arizona Republic) 

All the sass

On Tuesday night, Fox News' Sean Hannity will interview Donald Trump in downtown Milwaukee (the same place violent protests have been unfolding). Wisconsin conservative radio host and Never Trumper Charlie Sykes responded to a promotional tweet from Hannity inviting Milwaukee residents to the town hall with: "Sorry, I have to shampoo my dog that night.”
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