Happy Tuesday! Are you ready? Tomorrow and Thursday, 20 Democrats seeking the White House will appear in the first debates of the election and there are many political bigwigs on the left worried about how it’ll turn out. Politico interviewed nearly 20 Democratic elected officials, party chiefs, labor leaders and operatives the past week and revealed an air of foreboding verging on alarm that the debates will degenerate into a two-night, bare-knuckle brawl. Also, President Donald Trump is planning to live-tweet it. Y’all got your popcorn ready? [Politico]
Topping the news: Rep. John Curtis called conditions at migrant detention facilities “unacceptable” and stated that unaccompanied children need access to soap and toothbrushes.