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Trump Rally in Aurora Is Marked by Nativist Attacks
“Donald Trump escalated the nativist, anti-immigration rhetoric that has animated his political career with a speech Friday in Aurora, Colo., where he repeated false and grossly exaggerated claims about undocumented…
Harris Pledges to Form Bipartisan Council of Advisers
New York Times: “The bipartisan council proposal is the latest effort by the Harris campaign to court Republican voters disaffected with former President Donald Trump. It also dovetails with the…
Senate GOP Super PAC Spends Big in Wisconsin
“The top Senate GOP super PAC is pouring $6.6 million into Wisconsin’s Senate race, clear proof that Republicans are trying to expand their once-narrow campaign map less than a month…
Trump to Brand Deportation Push ‘Operation Aurora’
“Donald Trump will reiterate plans to use an immigration law from 1798 to target members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua for deportation at an event Friday in Aurora,…
Trump Already Mulling His White House Chief of Staff
“Donald Trump has been privately asking confidants what they would think of his appointing his former White House domestic policy adviser, Brooke Rollins, as his chief of staff if he…
Cities Seek More Than $750K from Trump Campaign
Several cities are seeking more than $750,000 in unpaid fees from Donald Trump’s campaign for rallies held over the past several years, NBC News reports. Four cities say Trump owes…
Trump Agrees to ‘Women’s Issues’ Event on Fox News
“Donald Trump turned down Fox News’s invitation to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on the air this month,” the New York Times reports. “But the Republican nominee will appear on…
Harris to Highlight Trump’s Remark About Detroit
Kamala Harris plans to air a new TV commercial this weekend spotlighting a negative remark Donald Trump made about Detroit, the Detroit News reports. The spot will air during the…
Exchange of the Day
Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania: OBAMA: Do you think Donald Trump has ever changed a tire in his life?… You think Donald Trump’s ever changed a diaper?…
Trump Campaign Gets a New Communications Chief
“Donald Trump’s campaign quietly has changed a key part of its messaging operation, tapping Trump 2020 veteran Tim Murtaugh to lead its communications in the final month before the election,”…
Young Voters Have Moved Solidly to Kamala Harris
Pollster John Della Volpe to Semafor: “I think that many folks underestimated the degree to which younger people were looking for political leaders they could connect with. There’s not a…
Top General Calls Trump ‘Fascist to the Core’
“Mark Milley, the US Army general who Donald Trump appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, now says the current Republican presidential nominee is a “fascist to the…
John Thune Mends Breach With Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal: “John Thune, the second highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, was in Palm Beach, Fla., for fundraisers with his wife, Kimberley Thune, and called to see if Trump…
The U.S. Economy Has Made a Soft Landing
“JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. economy remains strong for both consumers and big companies, a sign that the Federal Reserve may have achieved the much-discussed soft landing with lower inflation…
Steve Bannon Has Called His ‘Army’ to Do Battle
Vanity Fair: “Bannon, a self-declared general of global populists, wants to break the world order. And he’s tapped into something much bigger than Trumpism.” Save to Favorites
‘I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is’
Charlie Warzel: “The truth is, it’s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality. As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf…
Trump Won’t Golf Until After Election
Donald Trump has not played golf since an apparent assassination attempt near one of his courses on Sept. 15, and he will not do so until after the election, NBC…
Harris Narrowly Ahead Nationally
A new Pew Research survey finds Kamala Harris edging Donald Trump nationally among registered voters, 48% to 47% with another 5% opting for a third-party candidate. The poll also shows…
Why You Should Mostly Ignore ‘Internal Polls’
Nate Silver: “So as long as I’ve been covering politics, people have been fascinated by internal polls (surveys that the campaigns themselves or closely affiliated partisan groups conduct). Especially given…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“The word ‘grocery,’ it’s a sort of simple word. But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does. And I have more complaints…