Governor’s Race Draws Obama but Not Trump
“Former President Barack Obama is expected to join Representative Mikie Sherrill Saturday night in Newark, the latest in a string of visits by Democratic Party leaders as New Jersey’s hotly contested governor’s race enters its closing stretch,” the New York Times reports.
“Three Democratic governors — Wes Moore of Maryland, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan — also swept into the state over the past several weeks, as did Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota…”
“The Republican nominee, Jack Ciattarelli, has had fewer reinforcements from his party show up, although several big names have jumped in to support his campaign in the final sprint before Election Day on Tuesday.”
Trump Is the Democrats’ Best Campaigner
Jonathan Martin: “The most revealing element of next week’s election is that President Donald Trump is all but ensuring defeat for Republicans, and his party is doing next to nothing about it.”
“The mere fact of his election last year handed Democrats a powerful turnout lever in blue-leaning New Jersey and Virginia, but Trump has further undermined GOP hopes in the two states with his conduct and has seemingly abandoned California Republicans.”
Trump Says He’s Not Planning Venezuela Strike
“President Trump on Friday said he isn’t considering ordering military attacks in Venezuela, two weeks after suggesting ground strikes were possible,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Trump Has Other Things to Do
New York Times: “The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark, with Congress showing little movement toward a resolution. But President Trump has been attending to other matters.”
The Risks of Bargaining for Policy Wins in a Crisis
New York Times: “It was 2013, and conservative Republicans in the House and Senate pushed their leaders to block legislation to extend government spending unless it also repealed the Affordable Care Act. The result was a 16-day shutdown that produced no changes to the sweeping law.”
“While some of the characters are the same, the dynamic of today’s shutdown is the complete opposite. This time, it is Democrats using their leverage to try to fortify Obamacare by extending tax credits for rising premiums, while Republicans assail them for the hardships mounting from the cutoff of government services.”
“The 2013 case ended as a debacle for Republicans as they tried and failed to kill President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement while Democrats controlled the Senate. It was never going to happen.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams ‘Pathetic Republican Men’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after “pathetic Republican men” after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) implored people to ignore her, arguing that such directives were misogynistic, The Wrap reports.
Sid Greene: “Sorry I’m not sorry I don’t obey Republican men’s demands that I, as a woman, don’t remain seen but not heard.”
Trump Sits Down with 60 Minutes
President Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes, CBS News reports.
Pentagon Has Not Shared Justification for Boat Strikes
“The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday that the Pentagon had refused for weeks to share with Congress key information about its strikes on marine vessels that the Trump administration says are carrying drugs, despite repeated requests that it divulge the directives initiating the operation as well as its legal justification,” the New York Times reports.
United Nations Accuses U.S. of Illegal Airstrikes on Boats
The United Nations said Friday that U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean violate international human rights law and must stop, ABC News reports.
Said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk: “These attacks – and their mounting human cost – are unacceptable. The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats, whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them.”
More Than 100 Judges Have Ruled Against Detention Policy
“It’s one of the most thorough legal rebukes in recent memory,” Politico reports.
“More than 100 federal judges have now ruled at least 200 times that the Trump administration’s effort to systematically detain immigrants facing possible deportation appeared to violate their rights or was just flatly illegal.”
“The rulings come from judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan, including 12 appointed by President Donald Trump. One of those appointees took the bench just last month.”
Nancy Mace Curses at Cops in Airport Meltdown
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, Wired reports.
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Trump Returns to a Capital at a Standstill
“President Donald Trump returned from an action-packed and trade-focused swing through Asia to the U.S. government still stuck in shutdown mode,” Bloomberg reports.
“But negotiating an end to the standoff, now in its 31st day, wasn’t on the agenda. The president left this morning for a weekend in Palm Beach, Florida, where he will attend a Halloween event tonight and a MAGA Inc. dinner tomorrow at his Mar-a-Lago estate.”
Pentagon Shifts to Pacific Strikes
“The Pentagon has deliberately shifted its strategy in recent weeks to striking suspected narcotraffickers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea, because administration officials believe they have stronger evidence linking cocaine transport to the US from those western routes,” CNN reports.
‘The intelligence suggests that cocaine is far more likely to be trafficked from Colombia or Mexico, rather than Venezuela, the sources said, raising more questions about the true purpose of the US military buildup in the Caribbean Sea.”
Vance Defends Saying He Hopes His Wife Will Convert
Vice President JD Vance, who drew scrutiny this week by saying he hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, pushed back against critics, accusing them of “anti-Christian bigotry,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Vance: “Most Sundays, Usha will come with me to church. Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church? Yeah, I honestly do wish that. Because I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”
Air Travel Delays Piling Up
“U.S. air travel is beginning to show real signs of strain as the government shutdown drags on, with traffic controller shortages snarling thousands of flights running into the weekend,” Bloomberg reports.
The Origins of the Government Shutdown
Russell Berman: “Government shutdowns are a relatively modern phenomenon. For most of America’s nearly 250-year history, a lapse in congressional appropriations forced federal agencies to limit their spending, but not to close entirely. That changed only under Carter. In 1980, his attorney general, Benjamin Civiletti, wrote a memo in which he argued that according to federal law, the government could not operate once funding bills expired.”
“The era of shutdowns had begun, and from that point on, legislative impasses over spending have put hundreds of thousands of federal employees out of work and reduced government services for millions more.”
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