- Will Bunch @ Inquirer: Are the secrets to a Trump postelection coup locked in a White House safe?
What two ex-high-ranking U.S. government officials fear about a presidential emergency should terrify all Americans.
- Jennifer Bowers Bahney @ Mediaite: Ted Cruz Goes Off On ‘Left-Wing Transgender’ Witches In Bizarre Midterm Campaign Rant
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made a bizarre statement about Democratic voters being transgender witches and lunatics during a pre-midterm interview with Alaskan Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Saturday.
- Cassandra Jaramillo @ ProPublica: Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate
As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their cause forward if his Senate bid is successful.
- Media Matters: Newsmax's Greg Kelly calls George W. Bush “borderline treasonous” for not helping Ken Paxton in his Senate race
Kelly: “George W. Bush screws around in his basement garage ... painting high school quality art class paintings of his friends. That is a disgrace.”
- David Gilbert @ Wired: Maricopa County, Arizona, Is Again Ground Zero of Election Conspiracy Theories
In 2020, Maricopa County became the epicenter for Trump’s claims the election was stolen. Six years, later the president and his allies are dusting off their “rigged” playbook ahead of the midterms.
- Marisa Kabas @ The Handbasket: 'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
- Mike Rothchild @ Talking Points Memo: How Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Investigation Failed to Become the New QAnon
Nobody loves a conspiracy more than President Trump. He and his inner circle especially seem to have fallen in love with what has literally been dubbed “The Grand Conspiracy.” It’s a hopelessly complex, entirely unevidenced theory claiming that a high-ranking group of political figures have been plotting in the shadows for years to stop Donald Trump from making America great again through investigations, indictments and impeachments. It has all the hallmarks of the type of grandiose schemes that Trump supporters especially fall for: countless players, sprawling plots, intricate secrets, and a total lack of evidence that it actually took place.
