2-"Trailing in the polls and with little time left to change the trajectory or closing themes of the presidential race, President Trump has spent the final days of the campaign complaining that the coronavirus crisis is getting too much coverage — and openly musing about losing.
3-"Trump has publicly lamented about what a loss would mean, spoken longingly of riding off into the sunset and made unsubstantiated claims that voter fraud could cost him the election.
4-"He has sarcastically threatened to fire state officials if he doesn’t win and excoriated his rival Joe Biden as someone it would be particularly embarrassing to lose to.”
1A- this should say 'threatening to FIRE State officials'
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2-"President Trump stunned the political universe in 2016 with a sweep of critical Northern swing states, winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by less than one percentage point and forcing Democrats into four years of soul-searching about what went wrong in their
3-"historic geographic base. Four years later, the chilly Midwest looms again as the principal battleground of the election, and on Friday Mr. Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. crisscrossed the region campaigning in states that are not only must-win for the
Polling analysis' are tightening, but holding for Biden
The election could be close (nightmare scenario) or could be a landslide for Biden
PLEASE hand deliver your mail-in ballots BEFORE 11/3
It's not just @ winning, it's about winning in a way Trump can't challenge #VoteBlue
2-"President Donald Trump still has a path to a second term. But it would take a polling debacle that would make 2016 look like a banner year. According to a series of battleground state polls conducted and released in the week following the last Trump-Biden debate,
3-" the president’s chances of winning a second term now require winning states where he still trails with only days to go until voting concludes. In most of the core swing states, Joe Biden has maintained a stable — though not overwhelming — lead over Trump in polls
We hit 9 million #COVID19 cases yesterday
And more than 229K deaths (that we know of..)
And Pence is SO essential ..
But hasn't been seen at a WH C/V task force mtg in more than a month
Go figure #VoteBlue politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
2-"When Vice President Mike Pence first took charge of the White House’s coronavirus task force, among his earliest moves was establishing a standing call with all 50 governors aimed at closely coordinating the nation’s pandemic fight.
3-"Yet as the U.S. confronts its biggest Covid-19 surge to date, Pence hasn’t attended one of those meetings in over a month. Pence – who has been touting the Trump administration’s response effort on the campaign trail for weeks – is not expected to be on the line again Friday,
So Stephen Miller's hard at work with 2nd Term plans:
Salivating over limiting asylum grants
Punishing & outlawing sanctuary cities
Expanding the travel ban with tougher screening for visa applicants
Slapping new limits on work visas
END him! #VoteBlue nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
2-"President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller has fleshed out plans to rev up Trump’s restrictive immigration agenda if he wins re-election next week, offering a stark contrast to the platform of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
3-"In a 30-minute phone interview Thursday with NBC News, Miller outlined four major priorities: limiting asylum grants, punishing and outlawing so-called sanctuary cities, expanding the so-called travel ban with tougher screening for visa applicants
2-"When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it,” by David Enrich, Russ Buettner, Mike McIntire and Susanne Craig:
3-“He and his family hoped the Trump International Hotel & Tower would cement their company’s reputation as one of the world’s marquee developers of luxury real estate.
If you read nothing else today, read this:
Excellent rundown on Trump using the Presidency to loot America
Doing things like charging the Fed $3 for a glass of water served to HIM at Mar-a-Lago #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica washingtonpost.com/politics/ballr…
2-"In the next two days, as Trump and Abe talked about trade and North Korea, Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., [Mar-a-Lago] billed the U.S. government $13,700 for guest rooms, $16,500 for food and wine and $6,000 for the roses and other floral arrangements.
3-"Trump’s club even charged for the smallest of services. When Trump and Abe met alone, with no food served, the government still got a bill for what they drank.