- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: ‘Let’s just listen to music’: Trump’s town hall event gets weird
Donald Trump was already facing questions about his mental acuity and cognitive abilities. Then he bobbed his head to music for 39 minutes at an event.
- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling @ The New Republic: Trump Goes Full Dictator With Threat to Turn Military on U.S. Citizens
Donald Trump now wants to use military force against people who oppose him.
- Anna Merlan @ Mother Jones: A MAGA Conspiracist Is Trying to Launch a Lurid Lie About Tim Walz—and It’s Working
The false claim has taken off on Twitter and is being repeated by at least one major news aggregator.
- Asawin Suebsaeng, Justin Glawe, & Andrew Perez @ Rolling Stone: Trump Plots to Declare 2024 ‘Rigged’ — Using GOP Efforts to Slow the Vote Count
The former president and his allies have worked to make sure 2024 mail-in ballots are counted slowly, so he can again demand officials “stop the count”
- Angry White Men: Joel Webbon Wishes That The ‘Christian Crusaders Had Won’
Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declared that the world would be “better” if the “Christian crusaders had won” their battles. In a discussion with fellow Christian nationalist Andrew Isker, Webbon also claimed that the “modern state of Israel” will one day “belong to Christians.”
- David Gilmour @ Mediaite: Mark Robinson Announces His Lawsuit Against CNN Over ‘Black Nazi’ Porn Site Exposé in Wild, Incomprehensible Presser
Republican candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson announced he’s suing CNN for $50 million over a September report alleging that he made lewd comments on a porn site over a decade ago.
- Carl Gibson @ AlterNet: Editor of pro-Trump outlet admits 'there was no widespread voter fraud' in 2020 election
The editor of the website that first singled out two Georgia election workers and baselessly accused them of manipulating ballots in the 2020 election has now admitted the entire story was false.
- Alexandria Jacobson @ Raw Story: 'I'm advocating Christian nationalism': Josh Hawley's ties to Project 2025 exposed
Two staffers for Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) are credited as contributors to the controversial conservative “presidential transition” plan, Project 2025, according to a Raw Story review of the 922-page document.
