Fox anchor tasked with interviewing Harris has a history of appeasing network's pro-Trump audience  —  New York CNN —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier is all too keenly aware that Fox's viewers want him to affirm what they already feel.  —  This week, he is under pressure as he prepares …

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 …

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.

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 …

Jack Smith Takes Up the Aid and Abet Theory Endorsed by Judge Amit Mehta in 2022  —  Back in February 2022, 32 months ago, think I was the only one who made much of Judge Amit Mehta's ruling that Trump might plausibly be on the hook for abetting the assaults of cops at the Capitol on January 6.

Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme  —  An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris' liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Judge Strikes Down MAGA Republican Election Rules in Georgia  —  A judge ruled Wednesday that seven election rules impacting certification, absentee ballots and vote counting in Georgia violate state law.  The rules will not be in place for the Nov. 5 general election.

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.

You should be using an RSS reader (permalink)  —  No matter how hard we all wish it were otherwise, the sad fact is that there aren't really individual solutions to systemic problems.  For example: your personal diligence in recycling will have no meaningful impact on the climate emergency.

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.”

America revolted against Tostitos and Ruffles.  Now they're making big changes  —  New York CNN —  PepsiCo is unshrinking shrinkflation.  —  The owner of Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos and Ruffles chips will put more chips in some bags to claw back customers tired of higher prices with skimpier bags.

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 …

Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Holds Lead In GA, Harris On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Gubernatorial Race: Stein Leads Robinson By Double Digits  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 52%, Harris 45%, other candidates 2%

The U.S. Presidential Contest, October 16, 2024  —  Marist National Poll  —  Harris +5 Points Against Trump Nationally  —  In the presidential contest, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump by five points among likely voters, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.

Liz Cheney jumps into House races — for Democrats  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is taking her anti-Trump crusade to the congressional battlefield, endorsing Democrats in a pair of contested House races in a sign that she sees the lower chamber as a potential check on former President Trump …