Harris paints Trump as threat, draws contrast with Biden in testy Fox News interview  —  Trump is “unfit to serve,” Harris said.  —  Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris attends a rally in Bucks County, Pa., Oct. 16, 2024.

Fox News did not disclose its all-women town hall with Trump was packed with his supporters  —  New York CNN —  Fox News hosted an all-women town hall with former President Donald Trump, billed as an opportunity for female voters to ask the Republican candidate questions that matter to them.

Asked if He Thinks Trump Lost in 2020, Vance Finally Gives an Answer: No  —  Senator JD Vance, former President Donald J. Trump's running mate, had spent weeks dodging questions about Mr. Trump's false claims he won the 2020 election.  —  Senator JD Vance of Ohio has been dogged by questions …

Audience laughs at Donald Trump as he tries to explain why he can't speak coherently anymore  —  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has shown an inability to answer direct questions over the course of his 2024 campaign, often jumping from one subject to another - and to another and another and another …

Donald Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6 attack, Jack Smith argues in new filing  —  The special counsel says Trump “willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct” the certification of Joe Biden's victory in 2020.  —  WASHINGTON — A team of federal prosecutors led …

Donald Trump, American Fascist  —  Please note: I will add an audio version of this piece by Wednesday morning.  Thank you for your patience.  —  Donald Trump's closing pitch to the American people is rage, intimidation, and vengeful violence.  He is threatening - or promising, if you ask his supporters - fascism.

JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs  —  Aaron Kofsky, JD Vance's financial policy adviser, called Vance “a Trump boot licker” and instructed users on how to transport drugs through TSA in the posts.  “Coke then opiates is always my go-to,” he wrote.

GOP Senate candidate: Department of Education only created to help ‘little Black girls’  —  The Montana U.S. Senate race took a turn when controversial businessman Tim Sheehy said that the U.S. should eliminate the Department of Education because it was turning children into slaves.

Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats  —  When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation's violent crime rate fell by 2.1%.  This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump's claims of soaring crime.

I'm an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About  —  I'm a well-informed Hobbit—a Boffin from Overhill, thank you very much—who is in a kerfuffle about whom to throw my Hobbit-sized support behind.

New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules  —  A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state.

Republicans Tell Trump That Elon Musk's Super PAC Is Blowing It  —  Donald Trump's allies have been warning him that Musk's field operation is failing in key states — and that it's being led by DeSantis' failed team  —  Donald Trump has largely outsourced his 2024 campaign's …

Jimmy Carter votes for Kamala Harris  —  The former president, who turned 100 earlier this month, said he wanted to live long enough to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee.  —  Former President Jimmy Carter told his family he was more interested in voting for Vice President Kamala Harris …

Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris  —  In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled.  It had a big red stamp that proclaimed, “Medicare Cancellation Notice.”

How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.  —  The fake whistleblower videos started popping up last fall, the work of a small but prolific Russian group that researchers call Storm-1516.  —  Much remains unknown about Storm-1516 — one prong of Russia's propaganda operation …

FTC announces rule to make it easier to cancel subscriptions  —  The Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to make it easier for consumers to cancel digital subscriptions.  —  The department will soon implement a “final click to cancel rule,” it announced on Wednesday …