A reader in Philly has flagged another mysterious new monument that has magically appeared in a public park to "honor" Trump.

It looks a lot like the ones popping up in DC.

Titled "In Honor Of A Lifetime Of Sexual Assault," it features Trump's "grab em by the pu**y" comment.
This reader emails that she was walking her dog in Maja Park this morning and came across this "probably 8 foot tall statue of Donald Trump like leering at the nude Maja statue that's been there."

I traveled 13 hours from DC to Window Rock, Arizona -- the capital of Navajo Nation -- for an Indigenous-led voter mobilization event featuring Mark Ruffalo, 100s of voters (and Hulk fans) + a 3-mile walk to cast ballots.

Savvy operation unfolding here. huffpost.com/entry/arizona-… Native Americans have faced so many obstacles to voting, for so long.

Even for this walk to a remote polling site, which carried deep meaning for participants, people came with spirit and a demand to be heard -- and then hit a barrier to casting their votes at the end.

I talked to North Carolina state Rep. Lindsey Prather, who represents part of Buncombe County -- a devastated region where Asheville is based -- about whether misinformation is affecting the disaster recovery efforts there.

(Short answer: it is.) huffpost.com/entry/hurrican… “The biggest issue is rumors and fake memes and photos of people being trapped in areas around the county," said Prather, who said local/state/fed govt officials are working around the clock to help.

"We send folks out to rescue them, and there’s no one there to be rescued."

My god did JD Vance lie and gaslight his way through last night's VP debate. About big things. So casually. Things that are so easy to call out.

Like.... (1/x) ... his claim that Trump “salvaged” Obamacare.

How many times did Republicans in Congress try (and fail) to dismantle Obamacare? 65? 70? And how many times did Trump demand that they do it, before and after he became president? Dozens.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founders have created a new limited edition ice cream flavor in support of Kamala Harris' campaign: "Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee." 🥥

MoveOn is raffling off free, signed pints as part of a new "Scoop the Voter" tour of swing states. huffpost.com/entry/2024-ele… MoveOn will be driving an ice cream truck to more than 20 cities in swing states -- PA, MA, NV, AZ, MI -- handing out ice cream and engaging with voters.

Other Harris-themed ice cream flavors on the truck: "Unburdened By What Has Vanilla Bean" and "Fight For Our Rights Sorbet."

Today, a group of House Dems is launching a new task force to fight Trump's "dystopian" policy plans if he wins in Nov.

“We have to mount the resistance in real time," said Rep. Jared Huffman. "If we’re caught off guard by it, we’re going to be too late." huffpost.com/entry/house-de… Huffman is very, very concerned that most people don't realize what Trump is planning to do if he gets back into the White House. And how quickly he can act.

"I believe we’re really close to having our democracy replaced by a dystopian, right-wing theocracy," he told HuffPost.

NEW: Leonard Peltier, the Native American rights activist the U.S. govt put in prison ~50 years ago, is getting what may be his last chance at freedom.

FBI director Chris Wray says the bureau remains opposed to his parole.

His statement is full of holes. huffpost.com/entry/leonard-… Things to know about Peltier's case.

The U.S. govt put him in prison after he was convicted for killing 2 FBI agents in a shoot-out on a S.D. reservation.

There was never evidence he committed a crime.

The FBI + U.S. Atty's office never did figure out who killed those agents.

Morning! ☕️

ICYMI: In a full-blown conspiratorial rant, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Donald Trump's felony conviction is proof that Democrats are akin to Nazis taking power in Germany in the 1930s huffpost.com/entry/derrick-… “The historical references and the similarities, the similarities to what the Democrat Party has been doing, they cannot be denied at this point," Van Orden claimed. "You simply cannot deny them.”

(You can.)

JUST IN: The Senate just confirmed Nicole Berner, a longtime SEIU lawyer and former Planned Parenthood litigator, to a lifetime federal judgeship on a U.S. appeals court. huffpost.com/entry/nicole-b… The final vote was 50-47.

No Republicans voted to confirm Berner. Not even the two GOP senators who identify as pro-choice, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

Morning. ☕️

ICYMI: Biden's historic Muslim judicial nominee Adeel Mangi may not have the votes because 1) the GOP has spent months falsely casting him as an antisemitic, anti-cop terrorist sympathizer and 2) a coupla Dems are cowering.

Ugly, ugly stuff. huffpost.com/entry/adeel-ma… The attacks on Mangi have been so offensive I can't believe this hasn't gotten more attn.

For starters, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton + Josh Hawley demanded in his Senate hearing that he share his *personal views* on 9/11, the Oct. 7 attack in Israel + the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

Not sure what's more insane, the fact that 1) someone set up a GoFundMe to raise $350,000,000 for Trump because that's how much he owes in damages for decades of fraudulent business practices in NY or 2) it has raised more than $80K. The person behind this GoFundMe effort is Elena Cardone, who @lizskalka just wrote about.

She is married to get-rich-quick guru Grant Cardone, whose firm has been accused of overhyping his investment fund and luring followers into expensive contracts. huffpost.com/entry/kari-lak…

GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher, who has refused to say how he'll vote on impeaching Mayorkas and could potentially make or break this whole thing, is here on the House floor.

He is huddling with... Dem Rep. Dean Phillips. This vote is happening any minute now.

Mike Johnson just left for some reason.

Here we go. House GOP kicks off its hearing to mark up impeachment articles for DHS Sec Mayorkas for... no real reason.

"We're here today not because we want to be, but because we have exhausted all other options," says Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.).

(In fact, they have not.) If you haven't been following this, here is what is happening:

House Rs have been screaming about border security. But they don't know how to legislate. And Trump ordered them not to pass any bipartisan border bills bc it would give Biden a win.

So, impeach a cabinet secretary!

NEW: Today, Trump privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, per a source familiar with negotiations. huffpost.com/entry/trump-bo… Trump directly reached out to several GOP senators today to tell them to reject any deal, said this source, who requested anonymity to speak freely.

He also personally reached out to some Senate Republicans over the weekend to do the same.

Catching up on last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with gazillions of Biden's judicial picks on the agenda, I see John Cornyn hailed Dick Durbin for honoring "blue slips" and ripped Dem groups for calling for ditching them.

Oh boy, where to begin with this. "Seems to me that given the track record of cooperation last Congress + this Congress by red-state senators, there'd be no basis to change the current policy," Cornyn said of keeping the committee's "blue slip" courtesy, which lets a single senator tank a president's court pick.

Ted Cruz to reporters: Biden's judges are "extreme!"

Me: Lots of Trump's judges were unqualified.

Cruz: "Ackchyually, the caliber of judges that Trump nominated was exceptional."

Me: Ten were rated "not qualified" to be judges by ABA. Zero of Biden's.

Cruz: ABA is partisan. Let's look at some of those unqualified judges that Ted Cruz supported.

There was Steven Grasz, who earned an embarrassing and unanimous “not qualified” rating for being “unable to separate his role as an advocate from that of a judge." huffpost.com/entry/senate-c…

NEW: Before coming to Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spent years taking up lawsuits in defense of Christian speech and activities in public elementary schools and universities. huffpost.com/entry/mike-joh… "The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the Gospel," Johnson said in 2004 amid one lawsuit involving Jewish parents suing a public elementary school for pushing Christianity on their children.

“This is spiritual warfare.”

Biden more judicial nominees today, including Nicole Berner, a former Planned Parenthood litigator.

She litigated cases protecting medication abortion in Ohio, defending young people's access to abortion in Missouri + increasing abortion access in New Mexico. Berner is also a longtime union lawyer.

She's nominated to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Get to know Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the GOP's latest speaker nominee.

He voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election by fueling a lie about widespread voter fraud that led to an insurrection at the Capitol building. Johnson also signed onto a Texas amicus brief in support of throwing out votes in swing states.

https://twitter.com/RepMikeJohnson/status/1336516362005581825

Rep. Omar is facing some very, very scary death threats right now and has said she is worried for her children's safety, and yet, here is the NRCC a few minutes ago, fanning this disgusting propaganda. In one voicemail left for her office, a male caller says, “I wish that someone would kill you and put you in hell.”

Another male caller says she should “drop dead for supporting f------ terrorists.” nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

And... we're back.

Jim Jordan, whose insistence that he be the next House speaker has resulted in his colleagues being bullied and facing death threats, is now on his THIRD attempt at finding the votes. We're on "H" in the roll call vote.

Jordan has already lost 13 GOP votes.

As in, he already does not have the votes to be speaker.