“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is emerging as a frontrunner for President Donald Trump’s new ‘AI czar’ position,” Semafor reports.
Byron Donalds Scrubs Most Trump References
“For months, Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds wanted anyone who would listen to know that he was endorsed by President Donald Trump,” NBC News reports.
“Nearly every press release during his primary campaign came with a reminder he was ‘Trump-endorsed,’ and campaign staff and surrogates were just as eager to remind people when doing interviews or posting about him on social media…”
“That moment appears to be over.”
“A newly released website from Donalds’ campaign scrubs nearly every mention of the Trump endorsement. The only reference to it is on a scrolling list of endorsements Donalds has received from the president and others.”
Trump Officially Makes Rubio National Security Adviser
Trump Seeks to Rename Artificial Intelligence
“President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all U.S. documents,” NewsNation reports.
Said Trump: “The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name.”
He added: “The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake. It is not fake. It’s actually amazing. But we have to be careful. In fact, it is exactly the opposite of what it purports.”
Washington Sun: Trump says he’s ordering the government to call AI “super intelligence.”
Trump Weighs Diesel Export Ban as Fuel Prices Soar
“President Trump said Tuesday he is considering restricting diesel exports in an effort to curb soaring fuel prices, an idea that is quickly gaining traction with more Republicans ahead of the midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Trump: “I’ve called for that, too. I said, ‘Let’s not send out the diesel.’ We make a lot of diesel. It could have a little of an effect on regular automobile gasoline, because when you do that, it’s sort of a flow, a balance. I’ve called for it—I’ve called for it with my people.”
Financial Times: Trump says he would back U.S. diesel export ban.
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“I’m planning on running for reelection. But if I get tired of this place and/or if a bunch of goobers run for president, then I reserve the right to run.”
— Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), quoted by Politico, on whether he would run for president in 2028.
Ohio Stations Ignore Max Miller’s Legal Threat
“Ohio television stations are so far choosing to ignore a legal threat from GOP Rep. Max Miller and broadcast an ad from his Democratic challenger centered on the allegations of domestic abuse Miller faces from his ex-wife,” Politico reports.
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Fox News Shifts 17 Congressional Races Left
“The latest Fox News Power Rankings once again had bad news for the GOP, moving two Senate races, 15 House races, and two gubernatorial races, all in favor of Democrats,” Mediaite reports.
Trump Is Losing Republicans on Iran
Punchbowl News: “More GOP candidates and incumbents are coming out against the war in Iran, as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings and public support for the now seventh-month-old conflict continue to sag…”
“These moves come as a new CNN poll showed that three-quarters of the U.S. public disapprove of the way Trump’s handled the conflict. And among Republicans, only 60% approve, a sign of major erosion in Trump’s base.”
“There’s expected to be a new public barometer shortly as the Senate votes on another Iran war powers resolution this week.”
Washington Post: Republican candidates are breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms loom.
The Big Question for the Midterms
Charlie Cook: “Obviously, we don’t yet know what will happen in the Nov. 3 midterms or what will be going on in the minds of Republicans in Congress, but if this election is as bad for Republicans as it might be, one wonders what Trump’s standing in the party will be when it is over.”
Peltola Leads in Alaska’s Senate Race
A new Alaska Survey Research poll in Alaska finds Mary Peltola (D) leading Dan Sullivan (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 44%.
Alaska Senate Race
Mary Peltola (D) 50%
Dan Sullivan (R) 44%
Susan Collins Was Target of FBI Bribery Probe
“The FBI was quietly investigating a bipartisan group of over a dozen lawmakers — including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine — in connection with a sprawling pay-for-contracts bribery scheme. Then the Trump administration gutted the FBI’s public corruption unit,” Rolling Stone reports.
“According to a Tuesday report from ProPublica, the probe stemmed from a tell-all cooperation agreement between Martin Kao — the former CEO of the military contractor Navatek — and federal agents. Kao was indicted in 2022 on charges of making illegal campaign contributions, and according to ProPublica, informed the FBI of a nearly $1 million quid-pro-quo scheme that involved dozens of lawmakers.”
Rating Changes Move Toward Democrats Across the Board
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “A persistently poor national environment for Republicans informs several rating changes this week toward Democrats.”
“The highlights involve moving Michigan’s marquee Senate race to Leans Democratic and Iowa’s to Toss-up.”
“Several Republican-held governorships, including in big states Florida, Ohio, and Texas, also become more vulnerable in our ratings, as do a few House races.”
Trump Pledges to Open New Arctic Military Bases
“President Donald Trump signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday, granting the United States wide-ranging powers to secure and defend the Arctic island as it remains Danish territory,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump Is Back On TV, Briefly
“President Trump was, once again, all over American television screens on Tuesday,” the New York Times reports.
“Almost every major news channel — with the exception of CNN — carried a live feed of Mr. Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, even as five networks continued to suspend pool coverage of the president after he banned several outlets from the White House.”
“How does that add up? The answer is United Nations TV, a UN-operated broadcasting system that functions as a kind of C-SPAN for events taking place on the UN campus in Manhattan.”
Trump Threatens to Send Iran ‘Into Hell’
“President Trump threatened to escalate the war with Iran by ‘annihilating’ the Islamic Republic if it fails to negotiate a deal over its nuclear program, delivering a defensive speech justifying the mission at the United Nations on Tuesday,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
Said Trump: “‘I have a big decision to make.”
He added: “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before — maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness?”
Reuters: Trump says he thinks U.S. will make deal with Iran after election.
An Army of Paid Creators Carpets the Web
New York Times: “The accounts posting these messages aren’t run by celebrity influencers with massive engagement, legions of fans and lucrative product endorsement deals. Most have only a smattering of followers and, often, the people behind them aren’t even based in the United States.”
“Functioning more like birdshot than a single bullet, these high-volume social media campaigns represent the new vanguard of modern political influence, saturating the internet with a topic until it is all but unavoidable. That can help game social media network algorithms so that they treat coordinated content as organic, spreading the message even wider. Built from dozens or hundreds of posts from accounts you’ve never heard of, they amount to an echo chamber on a budget.”
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