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J.D. Vance

What's on J.D. Vance's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the Vance-Rubio shadow primary 26% the war on fraud 19% · newthe fourth Vance kid 14% the Mossad conspiracy talk 11% · neweverything else 30%
#1
Rubio laps him by 36 in the new 2028 straw poll

A fresh GOP straw poll puts Rubio 36 points up on the sitting vice president, and an ex-GOP strategist called Rubio's loyalty promise to Vance worthless.

Rubio leads Vance by 36 points in new 2028 GOP straw poll

The Hill · 2026-08-04
our translation

a straw poll isn't a primary and he knows it — but the heir apparent isn't supposed to trail anyone. so he looks unbothered in public and quietly works out who liked the number enough to leak it.

Rubio +36 in new straw pollpretty sure · 2 sources
#2
He wrote the op-ed, then put Congress on camera
new — Own WaPo op-ed plus WH meetingvery sure · 3 sources
#3
Usha does the rounds on baby Alec and life at four
Four Usha interviews in two dayspretty sure · 3 sources
#4
The silence around his Mossad talk keeps getting louder
new — Two critical columns, still no rebuttalpretty sure · 2 sources
wednesday, august 5
Work the room on healthcare fraud with lawmakers at the White House(on the schedule)
Check whether anyone read past the op-ed's first paragraph(reported)
Ask a staffer, casually, how a straw poll gets to 36 points(reported)
Let Usha take the baby questions; say nothing new about Mossad(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Vance to host Congress at White House to discuss legislative action on healthcare fraud

news.google.com · 2026-08-05

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