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Trading in Trump Media Halted Again
Trading in Trump Media shares were halted twice Thursday morning as shares rapidly dropped at the start of another volatile trading session, CNBC reports. The Independent: Trump loses $1.3bn in…
Most Races Aren’t Races at All
New York Times: “In an election season that is setting records in some states for turnout, campaign spending and existential angst, a new survey of races nationwide offers another chart-topping…
Pennsylvania Is Ground Zero for Election-Fraud Claims
Wall Street Journal: “Across Pennsylvania, local and state officials are warning that efforts by Trump and his supporters to call into question the integrity of the presidential election in the…
The Latest Swing State Polls
MICHIGAN Harris 49%, Trump 45% (UMass Lowell) Harris 47%, Trump 46% (Washington Post) Trump 48%, Harris 47% (Mitchell Research) NORTH CAROLINA Trump 47%, Harris 45% (UMass Lowell) PENNSYLVANIA Harris 48%,…
Elon Musk Seeks to Move Lottery Lawsuit to Federal Court
“Elon Musk and his political action committee are seeking to move the Philadelphia District Attorney’s lawsuit targeting their $1 million swing state voter lottery to federal court,” CNBC reports. Save…
23 Nobel Laureates Can’t Be Wrong About Trump
Kathryn Ann Edwards: “Economists mostly shun politics in favor of policy. We prefer to be aloof soothsayers giving voice to data and research rather than our own beliefs. A luminary…
The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy
“Whoever wins the White House next week will take office with no shortage of challenges, but at least one huge asset: an economy that is putting its peers to shame,”…
MAGA Activists Are Preparing to Undermine the Election
“Before Election Day has even arrived, the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement has reemerged in force, with some of the same activists who tried to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020…
Taliban Bans Women from ‘Hearing Other Women’s Voices’
The Taliban has banned women from hearing other women’s voices in its latest attempt to impose a hardline version of Islamic law on Afghanistan, the Telegraph reports. Save to Favorites
Trump Doubles-Down on Weird Comments on Women
Donald Trump admitted his campaign advisers told him to cut back on the strange remarks about women — and then boasted that he doesn’t care, the Daily Beast reports. Save…
This Is What $44 Billion Buys You
Charlie Warzel: “Elon Musk didn’t just get a social network—he got a political weapon.” “It’s easy to forget that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter was so rash and ill-advised that…
A Growing Desire to Leave
A new Gallup poll finds a record-high percentage of people in the U.S. — 21% — want to leave the country, even as people from elsewhere are fighting to get…
Canvassers for Trump Say They Were Tricked
Wired: “A number of them have been driven around in the back of a seatless U-Haul van and threatened that their lodging at a local motel wouldn’t be paid for…
Trump Campaign Pushes Back on RFK Jr.’s Claims
Donald Trump’s transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, told CNN that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would not be in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services if Trump wins —…
Larry Hogan Touts Trump’s Endorsement
Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan (R) touted an endorsement from Donald Trump in a private donor call and suggested it helps him with the former president’s “hard core” supporters,…
Billionaires Flex Historic Power in Campaigns
Axios: “In an election that both sides see as existential, the moral guardrails for political spending are vanishing. Today’s billionaires are shredding populist taboos, driving news cycles and increasingly shaping…
A Second Trump Term Comes with Unacceptable Risks
The Economist endorses Kamala Harris for president. “This newspaper sees that argument as recklessly complacent. America may well breeze through four more years of Mr Trump, as it has the…
The Right Thinks Trump Is Running Away With It
New York Times: “These surveys have had marginal, if any, impact on polling averages, which either do not include the partisan polls or give them little weight. Yet some argue…
Trump Says He’ll Protect Women, ‘Like It or Not’
“Donald Trump said at a rally on Wednesday that he would protect American women ‘whether the women like it or not’ — remarks that he cast as paternal but only…
Dark Money and ‘Gray Money’ Fund Hidden Agendas
“Big-money operatives are taking advantage of lax rules at the end of the campaign to hide the true source of their money until after the election is called — or…
