Overview

• An excerpt of Kamala Harris’s memoir published by The Atlantic says deferring the reelection choice to Joe and Jill Biden was “recklessness,” marking her most direct public critique of the process.
• Harris defends Biden’s capacity to serve but writes that at 81 he “got tired,” attributing stumbles to fatigue rather than incapacity and saying she would have spoken up if she believed otherwise.
• She alleges the White House communications shop rarely defended her, sometimes amplified negative narratives, and treated her visibility as zero‑sum, citing disputes over the “border czar” label and her 2024 Selma speech.
• Axios reports former Biden aides reacted angrily, accusing Harris of scapegoating and poor performance, while some allies and Ron Klain offered more sympathetic views and said she was not always supported.
• 107 Days, recounting her 107‑day campaign after Biden exited the race in July 2024, is being published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23 after Harris ultimately lost to Donald Trump.