What if the media has the election all wrong?  —  Here's a question for you: What if the dynamics of the 2024 presidential election have dramatically shifted — and the national media has been too busy doing stenography to notice?  —  What if Kamala Harris — after a spectacular entry into the race …

Donald Trump Suffers Blow Among Hispanics in Two Swing States  —  Donald Trump has taken a significant hit among Hispanic voters in two key swing states, according to polling shared with Newsweek.  —  The research, conducted by TelevisaUnivision between September 12 and 19, shows

Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Friend's Wife and Kids for Photo Ops  —  The GOP's antipathy towards childless Americans is prompting some weird behavior  —  REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN umbrage with the notion that they're weird — specifically when it comes to accusations that they're weird about people …

Special Counsel Proposes Making Public More Evidence From Trump Election Case  —  Jack Smith is seeking to disclose quotations from secret grand jury testimony and interviews, but is proposing to shield witness identities.  —  The special counsel, Jack Smith, has asked a federal judge …

Trump Camp Says State Menstrual Surveillance Programs are A-OK  —  One of the most toxic and politically explosive parts of the current abortion rights debate is tied the complexities and perhaps inanities of leaving national abortion policy up to individual states.

Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual assault, murder convictions roaming US streets: ICE data  —  ICE provided the new data to lawmakers this week  —  Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sex offenses and homicide convictions are loose on the streets …

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Trump Watch  —  On the Secret pod Sarah and I talked about whether or not Kamala Harris is “doing enough,” which is a question some people (not you guys) have been very unhappy with me for asking.  —  The show is here.  —  1. Trump Watch

‘A true friend of Turkey’: Four writers on the Eric Adams indictment  —  Ronald L. Kuby, Ruth Marcus, Matt Bai and Elif Batuman contemplate the corruption charges against the New York City mayor.  —  On Thursday, Eric Adams was charged with bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations …

How the VP debate rules will work for the Walz-Vance 2024 showdown  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz will meet for their first and only debate on Tuesday, hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

Bad blood with Republicans drives a decline in Taylor Swift's poll numbers  —  The number of people with a favorable opinion of Swift declined compared to last year in the latest NBC News poll.  Swift endorsed Kamala Harris several weeks ago.  —  Republican views of Taylor Swift have taken …

Justice Department sues Alabama, claiming it purged voters too close to the election  —  The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, alleging a state program violated federal law by removing voters from its election rolls too close to this fall's general election.

Trump Brags About ‘Very Good Relationship’ With Putin While Hosting Zelensky  —  WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT  —  The war-weary Ukrainian president replied to Trump: “I hope we have more good relations.”  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Before finally meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …

Bill Barr, “So Far as We Knew”  —  As I described, the book written by Aaron Zebley and two of Robert Mueller's other former prosecutors breaks most new ground in its description of discussions between Mueller's team, Trump's lawyers, and those supervising the investigation at DOJ.

The far right is using AI to sell Hitler to a new generation  —  Videos of the Nazi leader speaking in English are reaching millions online.  Experts fear they are fueling a surge of antisemitism.  —  Extremists are using artificial intelligence to reanimate Adolf Hitler online for a new generation …

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 35 in 4 states … Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 35 people in four states, snapping trees like twigs …

Fox Weather meteorologist saves Atlanta woman from floodwaters during broadcast  —  Fox Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being called a hero after he rescued an Atlanta woman trapped in rising floodwaters mid-broadcast.  —  Van Dillen launched the one-man rescue mission to save the screaming woman …

What X silencing a journalist reporting on hacked materials shows about the ethics of weaponized disclosures  —  As always, thank you for subscribing and amplifying Civic Texts, which will not be sustainable without you.  Many thanks to everyone who has supported my work …

Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Major Long Covid Bill  —  The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act would earmark $10 billion to fight the condition.  —  On Friday, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives …

Trump declines to withdraw his endorsement of “Black Nazi” Mark Robinson  —  The former president claimed ignorance of the scandal surrounding Robinson and his posts on a pornographic website  —  Donald Trump has declined to withdraw his endorsement of Mark Robinson, the North Carolina …

Democrats See a Chance to Beat Trump on Judicial Confirmations  —  They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts.  —  With the 213th federal judge …

Trump's Huge Civil Fraud Penalty Draws Skepticism From Appeals Court  —  A five-judge New York appellate panel questioned both the size and validity of a judgment of more than $450 million against Donald J. Trump at a hearing.  —  A New York appeals court expressed skepticism on Thursday …