Brian Stelter: “NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is constantly discussed on Fox News, usually in critical ways. (A SnapStream search shows more than 500 mentions of Mamdani on Fox in just the past two weeks.) Today, he’ll actually be the one doing the talking. Mamdani is booked on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum’ at 3 p.m. ET.”
Don’t Blame the Democrats for Trump’s Revenge Tour
Jonathan Chait: “When Republicans find themselves unable to defend something Donald Trump has done, they tend to look for a way to turn the blame onto his opponents. So it is with the president’s prosecutorial rampage against his enemies.”
“The anti-anti-Trump right has declared that, although a series of vindictive charges against the likes of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James may be regrettable, Democrats brought it on themselves…”
“This attempt to rationalize Trump’s push to lock up his enemies as payback suffers from two enormous flaws. The first involves the space-time continuum. Trump spent his first term desperately looking for ways to prosecute or otherwise harm his adversaries…”
“The second problem with the karma theory is that it accepts at face value Trump’s claim that he was a victim of lawfare. Trump was no victim of the legal system. If anything, he received preferential treatment.”
Trump Threatens Spain With Higher Tariffs
New York Times: “For months, Pedro Sánchez, the progressive prime minister of Spain, has walked a tightrope when it comes to dealing with President Trump. He stood up to Mr. Trump on issues important to the American president, solidifying the support of left-leaning members of his fragile governing coalition, but without going so far as to trigger any real retribution.”
“That may be changing.”
Said Trump: “I’m very unhappy with Spain. I was thinking of giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did, and I think I may do that.”
Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum
New York Times: “The review at the Food and Drug Administration began after President Trump listed aluminum in vaccines as harmful during a press briefing about the unproven link between Tylenol and autism.”
“Aluminum salts have been in vaccines since the 1920s and are added to enhance the immune-stimulating effect against the virus or bacteria covered by the inoculation…”
“Vaccine experts said the tiny amount of aluminum salts in vaccines — often measured in the one-millionth of a gram — has a long track record of safety and is essential to generating lasting immunity from disease. Developing vaccines without aluminum, they said, would require an entirely new formulation from scratch.”
Thomas Massie Brings In Big Bucks
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) “raised $768,000 from July through September — the best fundraising quarter of his career under threat of being ousted by a super PAC linked to President Donald Trump,” Politico reports.
Supreme Court Could Hand the House to Republicans
Nate Cohn: “Republicans have been redrawing congressional districts this year at President Trump’s behest, but so far it hasn’t seemed to be enough to deny Democrats a reasonable path to control of the House.”
“That might change if the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act… Without Section 2, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South.”
“Republicans may not eliminate every Democratic-leaning district that they technically could… but the party’s aggressive mid-cycle redistricting suggests they would eliminate enough to obtain a significant structural advantage. It’s not clear whether this would occur by next year’s midterm elections, with a court ruling likely next summer, but the new seats would eventually be enough to make Republicans favored to win the House even if they lost the popular vote by a wide margin.”
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court might upend Voting Rights Act and help GOP keep control of the House.
Cuomo Tries to Make Prostitution Issue in Mayor’s Race
“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has sought to paint Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as an extremist, has homed in on questions about Mr. Mamdani’s stance on prostitution,” the New York Times reports.
“Prostitution is illegal in New York City, but district attorneys usually choose not to prosecute, focusing instead on cases that relate to sex trafficking. In recent months, Mr. Cuomo, who is running for mayor on an independent line, has claimed that Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, wants to go further to legalize prostitution, pointing to his previous support for state bills that would decriminalize it.”
U.S. Taxpayers Pick Up Tab for Most Expensive Ad
“The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security,” Axios reports.
“DHS disputes that its ads are political. But it has spent at least $51 million this year on ads thanking President Trump for securing the border, according to AdImpact.”
“The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California’s redistricting measure.”
Lawmaker Want More Information on Drug Boat Strikes
“Members of Congress are growing concerned over a lack of information from the Trump administration about the intelligence and strategy underlying its strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean,” NBC News reports.
“Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have left briefings about the strikes frustrated with the lack of information, said these people: five congressional sources and an additional source with knowledge of the matter. Some have asked for unedited video of the strikes, reflecting the kind of basic information they seek, but the administration has so far refused to provide it.”
Gina Hinojosa to Run for Texas Governor
Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D) “is launching a run for Texas governor Wednesday, entering a crowded Democratic primary to challenge Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in 2026,” CNN reports.
Hakeem Jeffries Agrees to Debate Mike Johnson
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that he’s ready for a public debate with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on C-SPAN’s new “Ceasefire” program — a challenge Johnson made after rebuffing earlier proposals by Jeffries, The Hill reports.
Sununu Expected to Enter New Hampshire Senate Race
“Former Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) will announce whether he’s running for Senate in the next two weeks, per multiple people familiar with his thinking. It’s widely expected Sununu will enter the race, but the former senator hasn’t made a final decision,” Punchbowl News reports.
“Republicans have been talking a big game about winning New Hampshire’s open Senate seat. But there’s a brutal looming GOP primary featuring Sununu and former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).”
Quote of the Day
“I haven’t seen anything that breaks the stalemate. This whole thing is stupid.”
— Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), quoted by Semafor, on the government shutdown.
RFK Jr.’s ‘Digital Mistress’ Is Writing a Book
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “digital mistress,” Olivia Nuzzi, is writing a book that will address their online love affair, Status reports.
Daily Beast: “The book is not solely about Nuzzi’s relationship with the vaccine skeptic but rather her career covering politics, particularly Trumpworld and the MAGA movement. The book reportedly does delve into the affair, marking the first time Nuzzi has gone public with any details.”
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Seth Moulton to Challenge Ed Markey in a Primary
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) announced he would challenge Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in 2026, the Boston Globe reports.
Politico: “Moulton, who turns 47 this month, is putting age at the center of his announcement, saying in a campaign video to be released Wednesday that Markey is ‘a good man’ but he should nevertheless move on after decades in Congress.”
Trump Threatens to Disarm Hamas If They Do Not
President Donald Trump said that the United States could step in to disarm Hamas — “quickly and perhaps violently” — if the organization did not do so itself, a potential vulnerability in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that has tentatively brought an end to two years of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Washington Post reports.
Said Trump: “They will disarm or we will disarm them. Got it?”
Playbook: “To be very blunt, it’s not clear how this would work. But your Playbook author is old enough to remember when the Trump administration was saying there will be no U.S. boots on the ground in Gaza … Because it was JD Vance saying it only last Sunday.”
Millions Set to Lose Obamacare Subsidies
Washington Post: “Some 22 million Americans are set to lose health insurance subsidies by the end of the year…”
“About 80 percent of the people who benefit from them live in states that Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election. Many have no idea that their health insurance costs are on track to go up.”
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