Fake It Til You Make It

In 2000, Donald Trump predicted: “I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” Well, he’s certainly trying to make good on that promise. His campaign has paid his businesses $8.2 million for services and travel expenses.

+ How Clinton and Trump are preparing for the first presidential debate. (I’ve canceled all of my public experiences so I can prepare to live-tweet the event.)

+ Hillary joined Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns.

+ Pricenomics: Why do famous people get paid $250,000 to give a speech?

+ And today in crazy, we have the (now former) Trump Ohio campaign chair sharing some of her views on racism: “I don’t think there was any racism until Obama got elected. We never had problems like this … Now, with the people with the guns, and shooting up neighborhoods, and not being responsible citizens, that’s a big change, and I think that’s the philosophy that Obama has perpetuated on America.”