“The president's all-out blitz to save his campaign seems to be sending people right to Joe Biden.” vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/t…
“It may be difficult to recall, but there was a time—not so long ago, in fact—when Donald Trump was not the main character in the 24-hour news cycle day after agonizing day.
“Sure, he’d crop up from time to time on Page Six, or get attention on Fox News for some new birther claim. But until about five years ago, Americans’ daily lives didn’t revolve entirely around the outrages and neuroses of a deranged former game show host.
“Life was far from perfect then, but at least it wasn’t...this. Our first thought upon waking was not, Jesus, what psychotic shit did he tweet while I was sleeping?
“News cycles weren’t consumed by the president’s attempts to prove he can drink water with one hand, or his musings that human beings could safely inject themselves with bleach, or his plan to rip off his button-down to reveal a Superman T-shirt as a show of strength.
“The government before Trump could be stupid or dishonorable or both — but when it was, it was within the normal parameters.
“That we could go back there, that we could return to those comparatively simpler times, has been the premise of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.”
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“Seeking an 11th-hour campaign reset, Trump has apparently decided that the key to reversing his political fortunes is for him to be everywhere, all the time—on the debate stage, on television, online—until November 3.
“What he seems unable or unwilling to see, though, is that this over-saturation only seems to make the stability and normalcy Biden represents more attractive.
“‘He’s just so angry all the time,’ a Michigan woman said of Trump in a Politico dispatch Wednesday on his worsening poll numbers in the swing state. ‘I really believe that he brings out the worst in people, the worst in situations.’”
Are there any GOP politicians or campaign operatives with any sense at all? Haven’t they figured out trump is a one trick pony and an absolute political idiot?
“Less than three weeks before Election Day, President Trump’s lack of a consistent and coherent closing argument is alarming some Republicans, raising fears among his allies that his undisciplined approach to campaigning could render him a one-term president.
“In the final stretch of the race, a trio of long-standing challenges have converged to create a daunting barrier to Trump’s reelection:
Tuesday’s massive turnout should be good news for Democrats, but there are lots of fired up Republicans, too. We’ve got to bring this home, folks. This is our year to turn Texas blue and send trump and Cornyn into retirement.
Early voting runs from October 13 to October 30. Dates and times vary by county. You can call 1-844-TX-VOTES (1-844-898-6837) to find polling places in your county and hours of operation.
“With less than three weeks to go before Nov. 3, more than 14 million Americans have already voted in the fall election, reflecting an extraordinary level of participation despite barriers erected by the coronavirus pandemic …
“— and setting a trajectory that could result in the majority of voters casting ballots before Election Day for the first time in U.S. history,” the Washington Post reports.
“The Labor Department announced in a news release Tuesday night that Secretary Eugene Scalia’s wife, Trish, has tested positive for coronavirus,” CNN reports.
“Both Eugene and Trish Scalia attended the Rose Garden event where President Donald Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett was his pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
“They were seated in the second row, directly behind first lady Melania Trump and next to former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — both of whom would later test positive for Covid-19.” politicalwire.com/2020/10/13/lab…
“Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only justice to note dissent.
‘The harms caused by rushing this year’s census count are irreparable,’ she wrote. ‘And respondents will suffer their lasting impact for at least the next 10 years.’
“‘This decision will result in irreversible damage to the 2020 Census,’ said Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.