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Polls over the past week or two (mostly GREAT for Democrats, but Collins still ahead in Maine?!?) tell an internally consistent but slightly weird story: D gains are overwhelmingly concentrated in red states.
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NEW: In court filing, Trump White House acknowledges that it has restored press passes for CNN/MSNOW/Politico
In 9am eastern time hour today
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By tradition, American presidents don’t make the 12-mile trip to the base to greet a foreign leader. Now Trump waits at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president.
From @JonLemire
theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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A majority of Americans (56%) say the rule of law in the US is weaker now than a decade ago, when Trump was first elected president, according to a massive new survey of more than 23,000 adults by @KetteringFdn and @Gallup. @margarettalev axios.com/2026/09/23/poll-am…
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A Reclusive G.O.P. Billionaire Pulls Back His Money From Senate Republicans nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/po… via @NYTimes
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ALERT: Federal judge Tim Kelly orders Trump White House to RESTORE the press passes of CNN, MSNOW and Politico
Judge: "Plaintiffs are also likely to succeed in showing that their hard passes were revoked without constitutionally adequate due process"
storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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trump’s warm welcome for xi was exceptional.
the last time a us president has welcomed a visiting government leader on the tarmac for a state visit…jfk for uk prime minister harold macmillan in 1962 (unless you count visiting popes).
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Trump said warnings about AI are from “the same people” who warned of climate change and advocated investigations of him. Alarms over AI are not confined to one group of people, and the loudest warnings lately have come from industry leaders.
buff.ly/5gLij3C
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MIDDAY
@SpeakerJohnson on local TV in Shreveport:
“It’s been a priority and an objective of every administration, for 50 years nearly, to ensure that Iran didn’t have a nuclear capability. Now that’s done. Operation Epic Fury was an epic success …
“The world is safer because of it. But now we’ve got to bring that to a resolution."
youtube.com/watch?v=AxIN-Vyo…
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The White House says it banned Politico for using anonymous sources. One of the examples it cited was their own background briefing in which the White House itself provided the anonymous official. @ScottNover washingtonpost.com/business/…
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The Trump administration has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G-20 summit in Florida, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters, the latest sign of the United States’ interest in hosting the longtime adversary later this year. wapo.st/4AvwYOd
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Only 17% of voters approve of the way President Trump has handled the cost of living — which is the top issue Americans say will determine how they vote in November.
reuters.com/world/us/trump-a…
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New @CookPolitical: with less than six weeks to go, the fight for the Senate is a true Toss Up, with three races shifting towards Dems:
#GASEN: Lean D to Likely D
#KSSEN: Likely R to Lean R
#SCSEN: Solid R to Likely R
Full analysis by @JessicaTaylor: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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Donald Trump Jr.’s luxurious, Russian-funded wedding celebration was a counterintelligence nightmare, @shaneharris reports: theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
Baldwin's timeless advice on writing: themarginalian.org/2016/02/0…
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From @WSJopinion: Republicans are watching the polls with increasing dismay. Alas, their response is to compound the disarray with policy mistakes—like calling for a ban on diesel-fuel exports.
on.wsj.com/4ycQvBz
Trump’s UN Swipe at CNN's Kaitlan Collins Becomes Evidence in Press Ban Lawsuit mediaite.com/media/tv/trumps…
3 years?
A federal judge ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights. cnn.it/4cYkNPT
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“Now, just 27% of Americans approve of Trump on the economy, down 22 points from 2018. And 28% call economic conditions good – a drop of 41 points.”
cnn.com/2026/09/23/politics/…