- Glenn Thrush @ The New York Times: Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
- Malcolm Ferguson @ The New Republic: Trump Declares He Can Do “Very Bad Things” to His Enemies if He Wants
“I can do whatever I want, if I want,” Trump said as he named potential targets.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: White House rejects calls for reimbursements on publicly funded campaign ads
Democrats called Team Trump’s gambit the “theft of public resources,” which comes with the expectations that the money must be paid back.
- Patrick Svitek @ CNN: ‘We can’t eat road salt’: Jackson rips Sen. Collins in first Maine Senate debate
Collins boasted that she has been the “most outspoken opponent of tariffs with Canada,” noting she has won exemptions for products such as road salt. Jackson suggested that was of little relevance to families who cannot afford groceries right now. “We can’t eat road salt,” Jackson said.
- Matt Cohen @ Democracy Docket: Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote.
- Media Matters: MAGA “prophet” Julie Green says JD Vance is “the great white wolf” who is “there to stop our president from doing the will of Almighty God”
Green: “Every time I see him, I see a wolf. I cannot unsee it. ... To me, he's still evil.”
