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.”
A New GOP Civil War Takes Hold
“As Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) was laying into Tucker Carlson during a speech to fellow Jewish Republicans on Saturday, a group of students stood in front of the stage holding signs that read ‘TUCKER IS NOT MAGA.'” Punchbowl News reports.
“With the crowd cheering him on at the annual Republican Jewish Coalition summit, Fine called Carlson ‘the most dangerous antisemite in America’ and accused him of leading a ‘modern-day Hitler Youth.'”
“Fine is seen as a provocateur on Capitol Hill, often using incendiary rhetoric on a range of topics, including Gaza. But Fine was channeling the sentiments of an overwhelming majority of Hill Republicans after the Heritage Foundation stood by Carlson following his friendly interview with white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes.”
The Solution to the Third-Term Threat
Brian Kalt: “If a two-termer tried to run for vice president and the eligibility question ended up in court, this new succession statute would not settle the question, but it would send a powerful message about Congress’s understanding of these constitutional requirements. Moreover, to the extent that the courts left the eligibility question to Congress to resolve when its joint session counts electoral votes every four years on January 6, the statute would send a powerful message to those proceedings, too.”
“The people are the ultimate enforcers here. The more decisively political leaders from both parties reject the loophole interpretation, the less public support any two-termer would get for any constitutional shenanigans, and the higher the political cost would be to those who would aid and abet them. Such action is a worthy pursuit for a republic that hopes to endure.”
Sharice Davids May Run for Senate
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) “is inching toward a Senate run as Kansas’ Republican-controlled legislature debates drawing her out of a seat,” Politico reports.
“Kansas legislators are scheduled to meet in a special session later this week to take up redistricting. But a sufficient number of members of the Kansas State House of Representatives have yet to offer their support to the effort, some of them criticizing the precedent mid-decade redistricting would set.”
