- Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Michael Scherer @ The Atlantic: The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
- Andrew Prokop @ Vox: More Republicans are breaking from Trump. Is it too little, too late?
On issues like tariffs, the Iran war, and immigration, reckoning with Trump’s unpopularity could have implications for the GOP’s future.
- Audra D. S. Burch @ The New York Times: Trump’s Signature Tax Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election
The tax cuts in President Trump’s signature achievement were the Republicans’ answer to voters’ economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll.
- Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Nice Try, Laura Ingraham: Fox Host Pretends She’s Always Opposed Trump’s War
Laura Ingraham must think her viewers are stupid. For the second straight night, the Fox News host claimed she has always been against the Iran war.
- Gabby Birenbaum @ The Texas Tribune:With estranged husband on the ballot, Angela Paxton tells group of Texas women to vote GOP “even if we’re mad at them”
Angela Paxton accused Ken Paxton of adultery in divorce filings but has been publicly silent about her view of his race. On Friday, she spoke to a group of Republican women in a speech called the “Elephant in the room.”
- Greg Sargent @ The New Republic: Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
- Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell @ The Washington Post: ‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
