“Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Cubans seeking ‘positive change’ to work with the CIA, the latest ploy in the growing efforts from the Trump administration to remove Cuba’s communist regime from power,” CBS News reports.
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”
— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.
Mississippi Officials Make 138 Polling Place Changes
“Local election officials in Mississippi have made changes to 138 polling places since the 2024 election, including moving the location for 112 precincts, closing 21 precincts and opening five new precincts,” the Mississippi Free Press reports.
“Statewide, there are now 16 fewer precincts than there were two years ago due to consolidations.”
Mike Collins Joked About Pushing Pelosi From a Plane
“In last week’s Georgia Senate debate, Democrat Jon Ossoff accused Republican congressman Mike Collins of calling for immigrants to be thrown to their deaths from helicopters, referring to a social media post Collins sent in 2024,” CNN reports.
“Collins didn’t address the accusation directly and instead pivoted to immigration enforcement and criticized Ossoff.”
“But it wasn’t the first time Collins commented on killing people by throwing them out of an aircraft. In an August 2021 tweet, amid the chaos of the Afghanistan withdrawal, Collins suggested American military and political leaders deserved to be hanged from a helicopter. He also joked about pushing then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of an airplane.”
Iowa Ad Calling Democrat ‘Dangerous’ Boomerangs
“A Republican woman in a campaign commercial gave a grave warning about Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democratic candidate in one of Iowa’s most competitive House districts,” the Washington Post reports.
Said city councilwoman Shellie Flockhart: “When it comes to our kids, Sarah is just plain dangerous.”
“Flockhart pleaded guilty to charges related to child endangerment and driving under the influence after authorities said she drove drunk with two of her children in the car in 2017.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I got completely deluded… Like I so overstated my power that it was embarrassing. He didn’t care what I thought at all. And you know, why would he actually?”
— Tucker Carlson, quoted by the Financial Times, on his soured relationship with President Trump.
Ramaswamy Switches to Shorter Version of Attack Ad
“Vivek Ramaswamy is switching to a 30-second version of the attack ad featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio race for governor,” NBC News reports.
“The original minute-long version debuted this week and sparked widespread and bipartisan backlash. It’s not uncommon for there to be 60-second and 30-second versions of ads featuring roughly the same content.”
The Wrap: Trump calls NBC News’ Monica Alba a “horrible little reporter” over Ramaswamy ad questions.
Trump Impeachment ‘Theater’ Loses Steam with Left
“Progressive House members and candidates are taking a stark turn away from what they describe as ‘performative’ efforts to impeach President Trump,” Axios reports.
“This is a drastic shift in tone from Trump’s first term, when progressives were some of the loudest voices in favor of impeachment.”
Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks
“The U.S. government has put employees on heightened alert across the Middle East and moved to reduce personnel levels at embassies and consulates because of intelligence showing Iran is in the advanced stages of planning attacks against Americans,” the New York Times reports.
“Intelligence officials raised alarms to Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a memo on Friday that warned about the dangers to State Department employees in the Middle East and other regions.”
Financial Times: Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East.
White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff
“White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers, as Trump allies press the administration to protect lower-ranked officials from prosecution and other legal challenges, according to two sources familiar with the conversations,” the Washington Sun reports.
“While President Donald Trump has publicly discussed issuing pardons for top aides and issued pardons for billionaires and major donors, questions have mounted about the potential legal jeopardy facing thousands of employees who have implemented the White House’s agenda.”
“A pardon for all junior administration personnel is viewed as unlikely, one source said, but the president could issue blanket pardons for all employees involved in particular policy areas, such as deportations, war or trade.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“There is nothing the next Congress can do about the level of prices. They will remain very high.”
— Former Obama economic adviser Jason Furman, quoted by the Washington Post.
Trump AI Data Center Push Faces Voter Backlash
CNBC: “Nearly 55% of MAGA supporters want companies to keep developing advanced AI while Congress works on regulations, versus 27% who favor a pause. But only 29% would support a data center within 10 miles of their home, while 40% oppose one. Among all Republicans and Republican-leaning voters — not just those who identify themselves with the MAGA movement — those who say they would support a data center near their home falls to 24%.”
“Across the electorate, 63% don’t want a nearby AI data center and just 13% support one. Democrats lead the opposition: 80% oppose nearby facilities while just 4% support them.”
House Battleground Map Tightens
“Senior Democrats are tempering their expectations about how big of a House majority they might win, as both parties see a tightening battlefield,” Politico reports.
“The latest rounds of internal polling from both parties from the middle of October show GOP candidates gaining ground in the Midwest and narrowing races in a key Colorado seat and elsewhere, according to six people familiar with the data who were granted anonymity to discuss it. Republicans’ deluge of money also seems to be helping shore up some imperiled Florida seats even as they face serious problems in North Carolina and Texas. The GOP gerrymandered those three states in their favor in the Trump-induced round of redistricting following the 2024 election.”
“Now, Democrats on Capitol Hill are starting to privately caution some of their bolder colleagues that it seems very possible they don’t hit the 235-seat height of their majority following the 2018 elections.”
The GOP’s Midterms-Money Advantage Has Its Limits
David Graham: “American politics is saturated with cash, and each election cycle seems to set new spending records—and yet, with the midterms in the home stretch, neither party thinks it has enough money. The irony is nearly as rich as the biggest donors.”
Republicans Stoop to New Lows in Key Midterm Races
Aaron Blake: “Any campaign that involves Donald Trump is bound to get pretty ugly. The 2024 campaign was marred by the now-president and now-Vice President JD Vance falsely claiming Haitian migrants in Ohio were eating people’s pets.”
“But the 2026 campaign is getting really ugly — especially on the Republican side.”
“Morality aside, the question is whether that ugliness is a sign of sound GOP strategy or of desperation. It seems to be a large helping of the latter.”
Quote of the Day
“We’ll take care of Cuba on the way back from Iran.”
— President Trump, quoted by NewsNation.
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass
New York Times: “In total, since taking office again, Mr. Trump exempted 202 facilities in 39 states and Puerto Rico from clean-air regulations that were going into effect. Some were among the country’s worst industrial polluters, including chemical manufacturers, copper smelters and coal-burning power plants. About 3.3 million people live within three miles of at least one affected facility.”
“The exemptions represent the biggest presidential intervention in enforcement of the Clean Air Act in the half-century since President Richard M. Nixon signed the bedrock environmental law. And that is only one of the ways the Trump administration is dismantling a variety of federal environmental protections.”
Ramaswamy’s Trump Playbook Faces Test in Ohio
“Vivek Ramaswamy is ending his run for Ohio governor the same way he launched himself onto the political scene four years ago — with a bet that voters will reward him for a never-back-down bombast that mirrors President Donald Trump’s instincts,” CNN reports.
“But interviews with voters over three days following the release of the Republican nominee’s ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, offered a glimpse at the potential perils of imitating Trump — particularly in a year in which polls show voters turning away from the president.”
“And if Ramaswamy’s approach alienates enough moderate and independent voters, a Republican Party looking for its way forward in the fast-approaching post-Trump era could find itself losing the ground it gained in a state that not long ago was a perpetual political battleground.”
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