Nearly 70% Say Election Is Stressing Them Out
A new American Psychological Association survey finds 68% of American adults say that the 2020 presidential election is a significant source of stress — up 16 points from 2016.
Democrats Crushing GOP In Senate Ad Spending
“Democratic Senate candidates have outspent Republicans in TV and radio ad spending in nearly every competitive Senate race,” NBC News reports.
“In Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, one Georgia seat, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas the Democratic challenger or incumbent has outspent the Republican on TV and radio ads.”
“The only race where Republicans have outspent Democrats is the special election in Georgia which features two Republican candidates, Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rep. Doug Collins, and just one chief Democratic candidate, Rev. Raphael Warnock.”
Anonymous Will be Speaking Soon
Now here’s an interesting tweet from George Conway:
“I had an amazing conversation this morning with … Anonymous. Anonymous is a true patriot. We’ll all be hearing a lot more from this person very, very soon.”
More Battleground State Polls
From New York Times/Siena:
- MICHIGAN: Biden 49%, Trump 41%
From Marquette Law School:
- WISCONSIN: Biden 48%, Trump 43%
From Monmouth University:
- GEORGIA: Biden 50%, Trump 46%
From Univison/University of Houston:
- ARIZONA: Biden 50%, Trump 45%
- FLORIDA: Biden 49%, Trump 46%
- PENNSYLVANIA: Biden 50%, Trump 45%
- TEXAS: Trump 49%, Biden 46%
From Harper Polling:
- NORTH CAROLINA: Biden 47%, Trump 46%
Kushner Bragged Trump Had Cut Out the Doctors
Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how President Trump had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports.
Said Kushner, in a taped interview with Bob Woodward: “That doesn’t mean there’s not still a lot of pain and there won’t be pain for a while, but that basically was, we’ve now put out rules to get back to work. Trump’s now back in charge. It’s not the doctors.”
Minnesota GOP Offered Third Party Candidate $15K to Run
“Four months before Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Weeks died in September, sending the pivotal Second Congressional District race into a legal tailspin, he told a close friend that he had been recruited by Republicans to draw votes away from Democrats,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
“Earlier this year, Weeks was struggling financially as the pandemic took a hit on his organic farming business, which he started with his mom. In the voicemail message, he said he didn’t have any funding to run a campaign but said Republicans were offering him $15,000. It wasn’t a lot, Weeks acknowledged, ‘but it’s enough to make door knocks with.'”
Mnuchin Confronted by Yitzhak Rabin’s Daughter
“Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was confronted by Yitzhak Rabin’s daughter last week after a speech on the Arab-Israeli peace process in which he seemed to overlook the role of the late Israeli prime minister,” Axios reports.
“Rabin is quite a major figure to leave out. He’s remembered for making peace with Jordan, sealing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, and establishing relations with Morocco, Oman and Tunisia.”
A surprised Mnuchin told her: “This was my speech and I don’t owe you any explanations.”
Trump Ads Told Facebook Users Wrong Election Day
“The Trump campaign has sent Facebook advertisements to tens of thousands of voters in swing states, erroneously telling them it was election day after the social media group’s ad blockers failed to detect messages that violated its rules on misinformation,” the Financial Times reports.
“Facebook later removed the messages, but not before they had been seen by about 200,000 voters, mostly in swing states such as Florida, Arizona and Georgia.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“These are the same people saying that we can’t have tuition-free public colleges because there’s no money when these motherfuckers are only paying $750 a year in taxes.”
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), quoted by Vanity Fair.
Clinton Hopes to Be a Biden Elector
Hillary Clinton told Sirius XM that she hopes she will be one of the electors for Joe Biden in her home state of New York.
Van Drew Walks Back His ‘Undying Support’ for Trump
When Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) switched parties, he pledged his “undying support” to President Trump, CNN reports.
Van Drew now says it wasn’t what he meant: “I think voters understand that when you’re in the Oval Office and you’re having a very exciting day and you’re making a little piece of history, that sometimes we all say things.”
He added: “I think the words didn’t explain as well what I exactly felt. It’s not undying support that, whatever you say I’m going to do, or undying support, I agree with whatever you say. It was undying support for the presidency, for the idea of the greatness of America.”
Trump Isn’t Coming to Lindsey Graham’s Rescue
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “has been the president’s loyal confidant and golf buddy during his White House tenure,” the Daily Beast reports.
“Now, as Graham faces a tough challenge at home, Trump isn’t coming to his aid.”
Meanwhile, Fox News had apparently had enough of Lindsey Graham begging for money so they just cut him off.
Trump Strip Protections from Tongass National Forest
“President Trump will open up all 16.7 million acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and other forms of development, according to a notice posted Wednesday, stripping protections that had safeguarded one of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforests for nearly two decades,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s Attacks Often Followed by Safety Threats
Washington Post: “Over the past year, public servants across the country have faced similar ordeals. The targets encompass nearly every category of government service: mayors, governors and members of Congress, as well as officials Trump has turned against within his own administration.”
“The dynamic appears to be without precedent: government agencies taking extraordinary measures to protect their people from strains of seething hostility stoked by a sitting president.”
‘Only the Best People’
The Daily Beast counts at least 18 people connected to President Trump who “have been locked up, indicted, or arrested since the real-estate mogul announced his candidacy in 2015.”
Quote of the Day
“You know, there aren’t a lot of pundits who would have guessed four years ago that a Democratic candidate for president in 2020 would be campaigning in Georgia on the final week of the election or that we’d have such competitive Senate races in Georgia. But we do because something’s happening here in Georgia and across America. We win Georgia, we win everything.”
— Joe Biden, quoted by NBC News.
Biden’s Path to 270 Widens
The Cook Political Report has moved Texas from “Lean Republican” to “Toss Up” in its Electoral College forecast.
Their updated forecast now matched the consensus forecast map.