Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.* Hillary Clinton's campaign unveiled its "closing argument" ads this morning -- one spot focused on families, and another with a broader message narrated by actor Morgan Freeman. [Update: links fixed]* Former Gov. Bill Weld, the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee, issued a statement this morning urging voters who "remain torn" between the two major-party candidates not to vote for Donald Trump. Weld expressed no comparable concerns about Clinton.
* A year before launching his presidential campaign, Trump sat down with biographer Michael D'Antonio for a series of recorded interviews. In one notable exchange, the New York Republican conceded, "I don't like to analyze myself because I might not like what I see."* In a normal year, a story like this one might be the basis for a meaningful controversy: "Donald Trump used small donors' money to buy nearly $300,000 worth of books from the publisher of his Art of the Deal last month, continuing a pattern of plowing campaign money back into his own businesses."* The latest ABC News tracking poll shows Clinton with a comfortable lead over Trump, 49% to 40%, though the Democratic advantage on the congressional ballot is much smaller, 47% to 46%.* Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who's kept a very low profile in recent months, was asked at an event yesterday whether he agrees with Trump that the election is "rigged." According to the AP's account, McConnell simply "laughed and walked away."* That said, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) declared this week that he believes Trump's correct and the "election is rigged." The Republican governor added that the voting system "doesn't seem fair to me at all."* Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, a Trump ally, told his audience yesterday that in 2005, Billy Bush was a secret operative for the CIA who "set up" Trump to make comments about sexual assault.
* Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hoped to woo Latino voters at an event over the weekend in Orlando, where he was reportedly booed off the stage.* New Jersey's Bill Bradley, a mild-mannered former senator and presidential candidate, has a super PAC this year that put together a provocative anti-Trump ad.* In polling news, Monmouth University's poll in Arizona has Trump up by one; Bloomberg Politics' poll in Florida shows Trump ahead by two; and a new Star Tribune poll finds Clinton up in Minnesota by eight.