“President Trump on Tuesday attacked former President Barack Obama over the latter’s statement on the weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, tweeting edited quotes from Fox News hosts to make his point and again claiming he is ‘the least racist person’ in the world,” Politico reports.
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Justices Rebuff Pennsylvania GOP Voter Registration Appeal
“The Supreme Court turned away a challenge to President Joe Biden’s three-year-old voter-registration initiative, steering clear of a fractious political fight in the run-up to the November election,” Bloomberg reports….
Supreme Court Lets Texas Bar Emergency Abortions
“The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans,” the AP reports….
Quote of the Day
“I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble.” — Kamala Harris, responding to Gov. Sarah…
Corey Lewandowski Relegated to Trump Surrogate
“Two months after he swept into the 2024 campaign as a senior adviser and suggested he would be taking it over, Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s onetime 2016 campaign chief, has…
Platforming the Big Lie
In an interview on Meet the Press over the weekend, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) refused once again to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, preferring to say instead…
Porn Stars Jump Into the Presidential Campaign
“Just when you thought everyone had already jumped into the 2024 campaign, here come the porn stars,” the New York Times reports. “Seventeen pornographic film actors on Monday announced that…
Trump Skips the ’60 Minutes’ Interview
When President Biden declined the traditional pre-game Super Bowl interview earlier this year, it launched weeks of speculation that he might be too old to run for president again. There’s…
This Is Blue MAGA
The Bulwark: “The Trump campaign is making a concerted effort to reach swing and disaffected voters not by espousing more centrist policies, but with messaging that sounds like it has…
Trump’s Plans Could Raise Costs for Most Americans
“Donald Trump’s economic proposals could inflame the nation’s debt burden while ultimately raising costs for a vast majority of Americans, according to a pair of new economic analyses that are…
Another Top Eric Adams Aide Resigns
“Philip Banks, New York City’s deputy mayor for public safety, has resigned, Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday morning, making him the sixth senior administration official to leave City Hall…
House Democrats Blitz Republicans Over Project 2025
“House Democrats’ campaign arm is leaning hard into Project 2025 in the final stages of the election, launching billboards in more than two dozen districts blasting the conservative blueprint for…
Majority of Capitol Hill Staffers Think Harris Will Win
A Punchbowl News survey finds 72% of senior Capitol Hill staffers predicted that Kamala Harris will win the November presidential election. Most — 77% — of the respondents say the…
High Alert on the Anniversary of the Hamas Attacks
Federal authorities are on alert for potential threats today, the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that spurred the Gaza war and inflamed tensions in the broader…
Trump Allies Threaten Deloitte Contracts
“Republicans backing Donald Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm that is one of the federal government’s largest business partners, with the loss of billions of dollars in contracts because…
Trump’s Wall Street Tower Appears To Be Underwater
Forbes: “One of Donald Trump’s prized properties, the landmark building 40 Wall Street, is 63 stories high but now appears to be underwater. The remaining 35 years on Trump’s leasehold…
Bigger Problems Than Politics
Associated Press: “In the election’s final weeks, people in North Carolina and Georgia, influential swing states, are dealing with more immediate concerns: widespread storm damage…” “Residents wonder where are missing…
Polling Decision Leads to Two Distinct Stories of Election
Nate Cohn: “Over the last month, one methodological decision seems to have produced two parallel universes of political polling.” “In one universe, Kamala Harris leads only narrowly in the national…
Pennsylvania Is Ground Zero for Election Litigation
“Pennsylvania is a must-win state for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. It is also ground zero for litigation over election rules and skeptics who still question the legitimacy of…
Georgia Prepares for Election Under Cloud of Threats
“In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, arguably no state became as central to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss as Georgia — the state…
GOP Candidate Nearly Falls Over at Debate
New Jersey U.S. Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw (R) appeared to have medical episode during a debate with Andy Kim (D). Kim was the first to check to see if Bashaw…