Are Donald Trump and JD Vance quite a weird political combo? That's the attack line coming out of Kamala Harris's camp, as the Democrats gear up for their new candidate's campaign. Emily Tamkin discusses the changing landscape in the US election scene, while Rohan Venkat reports back on Rahul Gandhi's attempts to cast aspersions about the Hindu credentials of the BJP.

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Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/28/kamala-harris-trump-weird
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/05/kamala-harris-isnt-going-back
• https://www.thenewsminute.com/podcasts/whats-your-ism-ep-14-feat-shivasundar-on-the-hindu-left
• https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/who-was-and-is-hindu-left-23347703

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