The Briefing

Matt Keeley @ The New Civil Rights Movement: JD Vance Says in 2020 He Wouldn’t Certify Election: ‘Let the Country Have the Debate’Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: How JD Vance Turned The Conspiracy Machine On Haitians In A Small Ohio CityAngry White Men: ‘He Can’t Go As Far As Naming The Jew’: S

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: On deportations, Trump expects a ‘bloody story’ in second termMike Baker @ The New York Times: To the World, He Is an Anti-Trafficking Hero.

Anna Merlan @ Mother Jones: Tenet Media Shutters After Being Accused of Taking $10 Million in Covert Kremlin FundingGerrit De Vynck @ The Washington Post: YouTube takes down right-wing channels linked to DOJ Russia indictmentsIsaac Schorr @ Mediaite: JD Vance Stands By Tucker Carlson Amid Hitler and

Owen Lavine @ The Daily Beast: DOJ Bombshell Alleges MAGA Media Group Is Backed by Russian MoneyBen Smith @ Semafor: Blaze fires contributor linked to alleged Russian operationChrissy Hallowell, Arden Farhi, and Clare Hymes @ CBS News: Evangelical leader Lance Wallnau pitches Trump to followers as d

Andy Kroll and Nick Surgey @ ProPublica: Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”Rebecca Hopkins @ The Roys Report: Rick Joyner Says Evidence is ‘Mounting’ Against Chris Reed, While Justin Perry Challenges Morningstar’s TimelineLorena O'N

Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: MAGA Looks to Notorious War On Terror Lawyer For Trump II InspirationPeter Stone @ The Guardian: Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warnDaniel Lippman @ Politico: Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names

Hannah Knowles @ The Washington Post: 24 hours of Trump: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suitDavid Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: Trump’s Arlington Scandal Expands as Speaker Johnson’s Role RevealedIan Ward @ Politico: ‘It Is Not the Job of the Pro-Life Movement to V

Jason Wilson @ The Guardian: Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist linksCharisma Madarang @ Rolling Stone: J.D.

Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: How MAGA Is Already Justifying The Use Of Military Force At Home If Trump WinsMariana Alfaro and Niha Masih @ The Washington Post: More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers endorse HarrisZack Beauchamp @ Vox: An inside look at how the far right is mai

Emine Yücel @ Talking Points Memo: Trump And Vance Pretend To Moderate On Abortion After DNC Highlighted Horrors Of Their AgendaElaina Plott Calabro @ The Atlantic: The Man Who Will Do Anything for TrumpSerge F.