memeorandum: Immigrants Are NOT Why FEMA Lacks Funds (Qasim Rashid/Let's Address …)

9:30 AM ET, October 5, 2024

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Dan Primack / Axios:

Scoop: VC titan Ben Horowitz plans “significant” donation to Kamala Harris … - At the time, President Biden was still running for re-election. … - He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris for more than a decade, and she's been “a great friend to both of us over that time.”

Discussion: Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Business Insider, Bloomberg, The San Francisco Standard and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

30 Days Out, the Harris and Trump Campaigns Brace for ‘Trench Warfare’ — With tight contests in all seven battleground states, the candidates are pressing for a few thousand votes that could sway the outcome of the entire election. — As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President …

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, New York Post, Twitchy and The Guardian

Washington Post:

Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter? — She spends three times as much, employs hundreds more staff and dominates the ad war. But the race is effectively tied. — With a month to go, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris remain nearly tied in battleground polls.

Discussion: Althouse, Axios, Fox News and NBC News

NBC News: Harris' campaign plans to ramp up its negative messaging against Trump

Politico:

Helene hit Trump strongholds in Georgia and North Carolina. It could swing the election. — Officials in both swing states face urgent decisions about helping people vote in shattered communities. — Hurricane Helene hit especially hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina …

Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and E&E News

Michael Moore:

Do the Math: Trump Is Toast — Right now, if you know how to really read the polls, or if you have access to the various private and internal polling being conducted by and shared only amongst the elites, Wall Street, and Members of Congress, then you already know that this election was over weeks ago.

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Beast, HuffPost and Mediaite

CNN:
Trump's ground game relies on untraditional strategies to draw out battleground voters

Discussion: The Guardian, New York Post, Raw Story and Marketplace

Politico:

Trump's return to Butler marks a dramatically changed race — “There's a message here, right? To come back to the scene,” said one Republican. — Donald Trump appeared to be well on his way to the White House after he was shot nearly three months ago. He was coming off …

Annie Karni / New York Times:

As Lawmaker Claims Trump's Shooting Was Inside Job, G.O.P. Indulges Him — Representative Eli Crane, a first-term Arizona Republican, has emerged as the chief right-wing voice pushing conspiracy theories about the Trump assassination attempts. — He posits that there is a mole within …

Discussion: Joe.My.God., The Daily Beast and Wausau

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:

Trump's Election Bid Is a Wild Card as Supreme Court Term Opens — Court returns with cases on ‘ghost guns’, trans care on agenda — Presidential election disputes may wind up before justices — The US Supreme Court opens its new term under the shadow of a presidential election …

Discussion: The Nation

Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Are You Ready for Another Bush v. Gore? The Supreme Court Is.

Discussion: Raw Story, E&E News, BizPac Review, New Republic and abc7NY

Jason Wilson / The Guardian:

Marco Rubio-linked thinktank produces anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory videos — Videos voiced by Nate Hochman tout conspiracy theories about McKinsey and have elements of fascist rhetoric — A Marco Rubio-linked thinktank stoking fears about Haitian migrants in Pennsylvania has also produced …

Laura Meckler / Washington Post:

Okla. is buying schools 55,000 Bibles. Specs match the $60 Trump Bible. — The state put out a bid for leather-bound Bibles with U.S. founding documents. Few, if any, such Bibles are currently for sale besides a Bible endorsed by Trump. — The state of Oklahoma wants to buy 55,000 classroom Bibles …

Discussion: New Jersey Online, Oklahoma Watch, Portside, New York Times, Mother Jones, Associated Press, New Republic, HuffPost, RNS, Washington Examiner, Advocate, Mock Paper Scissors, New York Magazine, Joe.My.God. and Eschaton

Qasim Rashid / Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid:

Immigrants Are NOT Why FEMA Lacks Funds — Debunking a viral NY Post story that fabricates claims about FEMA funding and immigrants to detract from Republican cruelty and incompetence — A viral NY Post story claims that FEMA lacks funds to support Hurricane Helene victims due to misspending on asylum seekers.

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, Biden didn't take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did

Irie Sentner / Politico:

Trump pledges to rename Army base after Confederate general — Fort Liberty, previously known as Fort Bragg, was renamed in 2022 as part of a sweeping Army push to change the names of installations honoring Confederate soldiers. — Donald Trump says that North Carolina's Fort Liberty …

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Mediaite

emptywheel:

From the Willard to Danbury Correctional: Steve Bannon Allegedly Joins the Conspiracy — One of Danbury's Federal Correctional Institution's most illustrious residents likely discovered on Wednesday that he had been promoted. — Steve Bannon is now P1, a feature player in Jack Smith's latest description …

Discussion: Just Security and Washington Post

Rachel Nostrant / New York Times:

Entire Chicago Education Board to Resign Amid Tensions Between Mayor and Schools Chief — Mayor Brandon Johnson has been at odds with the head of Chicago Public Schools over his plan to fill a $1 billion gap in the district's budget. — All of Chicago's board of education members announced …

Discussion: City of Chicago, Every goddamn day, Chicago Public Schools, Daily Caller News Foundation, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Chalkbeat

The White House:

Letter to Congress on Disaster Needs — Dear Speaker Johnson and Leaders Schumer, McConnell, and Jeffries, — I write to you regarding the needs of the Nation. As communities across the Southeast devastated by Hurricane Helene assess the extent of the damage, they are expecting …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Roll Call and New York Times

New York Post:

NYC Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Adams' right hand, set to resign in latest City Hall turmoil — First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright will be forced to resign as soon as Friday, The Post has learned — the latest high-level exit from Mayor Eric Adams' increasingly troubled administration.

Discussion: One America News Network, New York Daily News, Washington Examiner, The City and abc7NY

Politico:
Eric Adams was already hemorrhaging staff. Now his top deputy mayor is leaving.

Discussion: Joe.My.God., New York Post, BizPac Review and abc7NY

Marisa Taylor / Reuters:

Exclusive: Conservative think tank targeting NASA employees' communications about Musk, Trump — An influential conservative think tank has asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to disclose what employees are discussing internally about billionaire Elon Musk …

Discussion: Raw Story

Gregg Gonsalves / The Nation:

Some of Our Top Schools Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Covid — Why are places like Stanford and Johns Hopkins hosting gatherings of well-known coronavirus cranks? — Pocket — Today, Stanford University is holding an all-day gathering on the Covid pandemic, with its new president making opening remarks.

Discussion: Mercury News

Zach Shaw / Heartland Signal:

Minnesota GOP Senate candidate: ‘The bad guys won in WWII’ — As the control of the Senate hangs in the balance, GOP candidates across the country are facing a similar problem: Troubling and bizarre past statements, both in-person and on social media, are coming back to haunt them.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, USA Today and Raw Story

Andrew Atterbury / Politico:

Conservatives look to end — or replace — Miami teachers union — A historic vote in Miami-Dade could result in no teachers union at all in the county — or one backed by an enemy of organized labor. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Republicans could strike a major blow …

KLAS:

Michele Fiore convicted by jury in wire fraud case — LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A jury convicted Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore on all counts in a federal wire fraud case on Thursday. — Fiore, currently suspended from her Pahrump duties, was charged with one count of conspiracy …

Discussion: Associated Press, UPI, Washington Examiner, Law & Crime, Joe.My.God., Business Insider, The Nevada Independent and The Hill

Alex Gangitano / The Hill:

Harris joined ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast to talk abortion rights — Vice President Harris joined host Alex Cooper on her popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast for a discussion on reproductive rights, the campaign told The Hill. — She sat Tuesday for the popular podcast among young, female listeners …

Discussion: Axios, Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit

Joanne Kenen / Politico:

The ‘News Avoiders’ who could decide 2024 — TUNED OUT — If you are reading this edition of Nightly, you are probably not a News Avoider. — And yes, News Avoiders are a thing. — Even during a wild, close presidential election where unknown numbers of Americans are compulsively checking …

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

Jamie Dimon denies Trump's claim that JPMorgan CEO has endorsed him … JPMorgan Chase on Friday flatly denied that its CEO, Jamie Dimon, has endorsed Donald Trump for president, minutes after the Republican nominee claimed on social media that Dimon had endorsed him. — “Jamie Dimon has not endorsed anyone.