It's Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk … We've all often wondered whether Donald Trump understands the historical import of what comes out of his mouth.  He's so ill-informed, so proudly ignorant, that it's easy to think that when he hurls a historical insult, he just doesn't know.

Biden shifts into campaign mode with more attacks on Trump  —  President Joe Biden is ramping up attacks on former President Trump after some allies privately urged him to do so in recent days.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden is shifting more into campaign mode, with plans to increasingly attack …

“Covering him as a normal candidate”: Extremism scholars say TV news “normalizing” Trump's threats  —  TV news outlets increasingly ignore Trump's “dehumanizing” rhetoric at rallies despite growing threat  —  Trump recently made alarming statements, including advocating for “ideological screening” …

Burgum vows to stick it out through the New Hampshire primary  —  After he failed to qualify for the third debate, the long-shot Republican presidential candidate said he won't suspend his campaign before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.  —  DES MOINES — Long-shot Republican …

F.B.I. Examining Whether Adams Cleared Red Tape for Turkish Government  —  After winning the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams successfully pressed city officials to allow the opening of a Manhattan high-rise housing the Turkish Consulate General.  —  Federal authorities …

Voting group founded by Abrams, once led by Warnock, faces financial scrutiny  —  The New Georgia Project, which helped turn Georgia into a swing state, confronts allegations of mismanagement, undocumented spending.  —  The New Georgia Project, a voting rights organization founded …

House GOP pursuing two-step plan to avert government shutdown  —  House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline Friday.  —  Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced …

UCLA faculty call on school to condemn protests, speech ‘crossing the line’  —  A group of over 300 faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) signed a letter calling on the school to condemn protests “crossing the line from protected speech to unlawful incitement” amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The Authoritarianism Is The Point  —  Why is the Trump campaign so loudmouthed about its autocratic policy plans?  —  If elected next year, Donald Trump's plans for his second term are not a secret.  Indeed, for the past six months or so there has been story after story about what he intended to do come January 20, 2025.

‘QAnon shaman’ from Jan. 6 Capitol attack could run as Libertarian for Congress  —  Arizona's “QAnon shaman,” whose horned fur hat and tattoos became an enduring symbol of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, wants to go back to Washington, D.C.  —  This time, Jacob Chansley wants …

The age pretext  —  I wanted to make a couple of follow-up points to Paul's excellent post below because bad faith arguments like Douthat's are going to become increasingly common, especially if some combination of Manchin and Romney decide to run a No Labels ratfucking campaign.