“Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez was mailed a ballot to vote in tomorrow’s election despite being incarcerated in a federal prison for taking bribes since June 17, but he has not returned it,” the New Jersey Globe reports.
Speaker Wants You to Believe He Lives Under a Rock
Rolling Stone: “Mike Johnson has a reflex. When asked about a major breaking news event that is dominating headlines and conversations around Capitol Hill’s proverbial water coolers — usually the president’s latest authoritarian endeavor or national humiliation — Johnson defaults to pretending he has no access to the internet, newspapers, or staff who are quite literally paid to keep him informed.”
“The House speaker wants you to believe he lives under a rock, that he’s so busy refusing to swear in duly elected members of Congress and plotting ways to strip health care and food assistance from poor people that he simply cannot be bothered to keep up with the news. It’s the least believable schtick in Washington, D.C.”
Ballroom Donors Have $279 Billion in Federal Contracts
“Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies,” the Washington Post reports.
“More than half of the companies that donated are facing or have recently faced federal enforcement actions tied to alleged wrongdoing that includes engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment.”
Trump Warns Americans to Vote Republican
President Trump dropped a last-minute campaign warning, urging Americans to vote Republican in Virginia and New Jersey or ‘YOU WILL RUE THE DAY THAT YOU VOTED TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE.”
U.S. Seeks U.N. Approval for Gaza Security Force
“The U.S. sent several UN Security Council members a draft resolution on Monday for the establishment of an international force in Gaza for a duration of at least two years,” Axios reports.
Laura Loomer Credentialed to Cover the Pentagon
“Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist and former congressional candidate in Florida, has been credentialed to cover the Defense Department, joining a new cohort of right-wing media that have agreed to the Pentagon’s new press policy,” the Washington Post reports.
Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia Won’t Run Again
In a surprise move, Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) is not seeking re-election, leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff, the only Democrat to file for his seat on the last day to do so, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
Trump Endorses Andrew Cuomo
President Trump weighed in on the race for New York City mayor on the eve of Election Day, offering a full-throated endorsement of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his uphill battle to defeat Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and front-runner, the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote for him, and hope he does a fantastic job. He is capable of it, Mamdani is not!”
A New Shutdown Gut Check in the Senate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune that senators are “getting close to an off-ramp” to end the government shutdown but cautioned that this particular crisis remains unique in its intractability, Punchbowl News reports.
Thune chalked this analysis up to his “gut” read of the situation.
One in Four Think Political Violence Is Justified
A new Politico poll finds a significant minority of the population — 24% — believes that there are some instances where political violence is justified.
Trump Officials Blocked Nvidia’s Push to Export Chips
“Shortly before President Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, an urgent issue emerged. Trump wanted to discuss a request by Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang to allow sales of a new generation of artificial-intelligence chips to China,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Greenlighting the export of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips would be a seismic policy shift potentially giving China, the U.S.’s biggest geopolitical competitor, a technological accelerant. Huang—who speaks to Trump often—has lobbied relentlessly to maintain access to the Chinese market.”
“As they prepared to meet Xi, top officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Trump the sales would threaten national security, saying they would boost China’s AI data-center capabilities and backfire on the U.S.”
The GOP’s Biden Attack Boomerangs Back on Trump
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Jon Stewart Renews at the ‘Daily Show’ for Another Year
Paramount didn’t want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting “The Daily Show” once per week on Comedy Central, Variety reports.
25 Democrats to Watch
New York Magazine asked Democratic strategists to identify the party’s rising stars, beyond the most famous names.
They came up with a next-generation list of 25 Democrats to watch, from prominent members of Congress to attention-grabbing state representatives.
‘If It Was Anyone Else, We’d Arrest Him Tomorrow’
MSNBC runs an excerpt from Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department:
“Knowingly taking classified documents outside of a secure government facility was a crime, plain and simple, she explained. Trying to conceal them after receiving a May subpoena to return all classified records, as Trump had, made the crime far worse, she argued. But Olsen’s team knew that with Trump, all bets were off. The Justice Department would invariably treat the former president more gingerly.”
Gilded Rage
Just published: Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley by Jacob Silverman.
What happens if the world’s richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Silverman, Jacob (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 389 Pages - 10/09/2025 (Publication Date) - Bloomsbury Continuum (Publisher)
Early Voting Sets Record in New York City
“In a record-setting early-voting period, more than 735,000 New Yorkers cast ballots in the race for the city’s next mayor, braving long, meandering lines outside polling stations,” the New York Times reports.
“More than a week of early voting ended with a surge, with about 151,000 people showing up on Sunday, the final day to vote before Election Day on Tuesday.”
The Shutdown Is Laying the Groundwork for Democrats
“Regardless of how the shutdown ends, Democrats have accomplished one major political goal: placing health care top of mind for this election and potentially the next,” MSNBC reports.
“Democrats have staked the shutdown fight on combating rising health care costs, demanding that Republicans work with them to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year. And as interested as Democrats are in solving the problem of rising Obamacare premiums, they know there’s a political benefit to this issue hanging over everyone’s head.”
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