Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’  —  When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn't fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there.

Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Reported Killed as Officers Move In  —  Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him.  He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.

Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased.  Prosecutors say that's not what happened.  —  In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William P. Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he said highlighted the risk of fraud.

Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older  —  Yet again, Trump officials are using deceptively altered imagery to attack the former vice president.  —  President Donald Trump's campaign launched a series of Facebook ads on Thursday featuring a manipulated photo …

The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies  —  For the better part of my adult life, every move I've made, every relationship I've formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies.  —  Not just any lies.  —  To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed …

Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election  —  If he does so it will be bad, quite possibly very bad indeed  —  In his final debate with Hillary Clinton in 2016, Donald Trump refused to commit himself to accepting the results of the coming election.

Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns  —  Bulletin: “Russian malign influence actors” targeted absentee voting process.  —  Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead …

7 Officers Suspended as a Black Man's Suffocation Roils Rochester  —  The man, Daniel Prude, who was having a psychotic episode, died in March after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head.  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Seven Rochester police officers were suspended on Thursday …

Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden  — The Lincoln Project, a group led by anti-Trump Republicans, will be launching a new initiative on Friday, The Lincoln Project Digital Coalition.  — The plan is to have thousands of Lincoln Project …

Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote  —  Ann Romney will team up with Michelle Obama on prime-time television to encourage people to vote this fall.  —  The former first lady and Romney — whose husband, Sen. Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 race to former President Barack Obama …

Trump ‘Swears on Whatever’ He Never Called Slain Soldiers ‘Losers’  —  PANTS ON FIRE  —  President Trump says he's ready to “swear on whatever” that he never called slain American service members “losers” or dissed Sen. John McCain.  In ate-night tweets on Thursday, the president claimed …

Postal Chiefs Warn: Workers' ‘Heroic’ Efforts Won't Save the Vote  —  “Despite the heroic efforts ...the reality is, that's going to be a difficult situation for that voter to have their vote counted,” one official said.  —  The embattled leadership of the U.S. Postal Service warned …

Nate Silver's Latest Shows Biden Is Headed for a Very Bad November  —  Nate Silver, the popular statistician and data geek who publishes his predictions for political outcomes throughout the country has released some new findings for the November Presidential Election and the news for Team Biden isn't great.

Gardner ‘Flatly Outnumbered’ by Independents as He Seeks Re-Election in Colorado Senate Race  —  Hickenlooper holds 29-point lead over GOP incumbent with unaffiliated voters, who make up more than 40% of the state's electorate … Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has a math problem.

Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden  —  Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group.  At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.

Trump's Tactic: Sowing Distrust in Whatever Gets in His Way  —  From business competition in New York to President Barack Obama's birthplace to mail-in voting, President Trump's goal has been to undermine the opposition and leave people uncertain about what to believe.

The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters  —  If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can't significantly hurt Trump's support, can anything?  —  Does anything matter anymore in American politics?

Going Postal  —  A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive  —  THE TWITTERING MACHINE BY RICHARD SEYMOUR.  BROOKLYN, NY: VERSO.  256 PAGES.  $26.  —  I QUIT TWITTER and Instagram in May, in the same manner I leave parties: abruptly, silently, and much later than would have been healthy.

Cooper Leads for Guv, Tight Senate Race, Prez in Play  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden and Donald Trump are separated by a negligible 2-point margin among all registered voters in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll, while the U.S. Senate race is even tighter.

Biden Refuses to Criticize Blake's Father Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts  —  The Biden campaign has remained silent on revelations that the father of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., posted numerous anti-Semitic messages on his social media accounts.

Trump Went to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and Fred's Widow Is None Too Happy  —  “This man is pathologically ill. Mentally ill.”  —  The Trump campaign did not likely pick Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for Thursday night's rally because it is the hometown of Fred Rogers, beloved icon of children's television.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Administration Vaccine Chief Casts Doubt on Vaccine by Election Day  —  The New York Times surveyed more than 1,500 colleges and found that over two-thirds have reported at least one case.  Madrid's leader said it was “probable that all children would get infected, one way or another.”

Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states  —  For the first time, red counties are seeing as many new cases as blue ones.  —  It's hard to overstate the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has been saturated with partisan politics.  Simple recommendations like wearing …

Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say  —  The package being pushed by the Trump White House — which could shift the military balance in the Middle East — includes an electronic warfare plane, the EA-18G Growler.  —  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

Why is the Trump administration enabling Erdogan's Turkey?  —  How strange that the Trump administration, which has been so adamant in opposing Iran, is facilitating the rise of another expansionist Islamic state seeking regional hegemony — namely, Turkey.  —  Turkey is the elephant in the room in U.S. foreign policy.

Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June  —  New York (CNN Business)It was a wild day on Wall Street.  The Nasdaq Composite (COMP) tumbled nearly 5% and the Dow fell more than 800 points, as investors made a dash for the exits following a streak of record-setting days over the past several weeks.

Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks  —  The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case …

Donald Trump's Encouragement to Vote Twice Could Cause Election Day Chaos  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday repeated his encouragement to his supporters to vote twice, first by mail and then—if election officials allow—in person.  Voting twice—as the president requests—is not only illegal, but a recipe for chaos in November.