Politics

The Daily Beast reports: The new CEO of Starbucks said Thursday that his company is prepared in the event that unrest breaks out around the election next week. Brian Niccol, who took over at the top of the coffee giant last month, was asked in a CNBC interview if he’d to make precautionary plans. Squawk Box co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin …

“I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. “My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the …

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: With Election Day quickly approaching, the exterior of the world-famous Sphere in Las Vegas will illuminate with messaging for the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. This will mark the first time that the Exosphere will display a political campaign. “In the campaign’s final days, this Sphere activation will help the Harris campaign turn …

Mediaite reports: On Tuesday morning’s episode of The Breakfast Club, 50 Cent — whose real name is Curtis Jackson — was asked by host DJ Envy about the rumor that Trump tried to pay for his endorsement. That’s when Jackson clarified and said he was asked to perform at Sunday’s rally. “I got a call about the — they wanted …

Democracy Docket reports: The U.S. Postal Service told voters in a release Monday that if their mail-in ballots must be delivered by Election Day, they should mail them by Tuesday, Oct. 29. “We continue to recommend that it is a good common-sense measure for voters who choose to mail in their ballots to do so before Election Day and at …

Democracy Docket reports: A judge declined to order South Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and State Election Commission (SEC) to register thousands of young voters whose registrations were mistakenly denied because they were not yet 18 when they registered but would be by Election Day. These voters will not be allowed to cast a ballot this November. The Richland …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor may have wanted people to support him for President this time last year during his attempt to get the GOP presidential nomination. But with that option long since foreclosed to him, Ron DeSantis is discouraging Republicans and others who may be dispirited about Donald Trump from marking his name down as a misguided protest vote. …

CNN reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today. “I think Trump was the biggest factor in changing the Republican Party from what Ronald Reagan viewed and he wouldn’t recognize today,” McConnell told …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: An audit uncovered 20 noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters in Georgia, according to findings announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. Nine of those 20 noncitizens cast ballots years ago, before ID verification checks were in place, while the other 11 were registered but never actually voted, the audit showed. Election officials …

Via press release from Emerson Polling: A new Emerson College Polling/DC News Now/The Hill survey of Maryland likely voters finds 54% support Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, while 40% support former Republican Governor Larry Hogan in the U.S. Senate election. Six percent are undecided. When undecided voters are asked which candidate they lean toward, Alsobrooks’ overall support increases to 57%, and Hogan …

The Hill reports: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Rep. Colin Allred (D) are in a virtual dead heat in the state’s Senate race, according to a new poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling/The Hill found Cruz just ahead of Allred by 1 percentage point, 48 percent to 47 percent, with 5 percent undecided. Part of Allred’s competitiveness in …

The Hill reports: Bruce Springsteen is aiming to strike a chord with Kamala Harris supporters, headlining a pair of concerts for the vice president’s campaign in two battleground states. The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer will help kick off the Harris campaign’s “When We Vote We Win” concert series in Atlanta on Thursday, a senior campaign official confirmed to The …

The Florida Phoenix reports: A new public opinion survey of the race in Florida’s 13th Congressional District between conservative Republican Anna Paulina Luna and her Democratic challenger, Whitney Fox, shows the two tied at 46% as early voting began in the district on Monday. The survey, by St. Pete Polls, also shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by 3 percentage …

The New York Times reports: With two weeks until Election Day, more than 15 million people have already cast their ballots, the clearest sign yet that voting habits were forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic and that early voting has become a permanent feature of the American democratic process. While many people cast a mail-in ballot or voted early in …

Axios reports: The race to succeed Joe Biden as the 47th president remains close, but a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution/University of Georgia poll shows former President Trump with a slight edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in the Peach State. Trump leads Harris 47% to 43%, outside the margin of error of 3.1%, among the 1,000 likely voters in Georgia who …

From the Dallas Morning News editorial board: We looked not only at their actions but also listened to their words, and, after doing so, we recommend voters cast their ballots for Rep. Colin Allred in the coming election. Sen. Ted Cruz had the opportunity to support a step toward a solution with the bipartisan Lankford-Sinema bill that would have provided …

Florida Politics reports: Roughly 2 in 3 Florida voters plan to vote to legalize recreational pot in November. That’s according to a new poll from the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL). That poll found higher support for Amendment 3, which would legalize marijuana use by adults age 21 and older, than for amendments on lifting …

The Hill reports: Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election, state officials reported Sunday afternoon. The North Carolina State Election Board said 1,008,123 ballots have already been cast in the 2024 election, including 916,433 ballots cast via in-person early voting, 77,831 ballots via civilian absentee voting, and nearly 14,000 cast via military or overseas …

Yahoo Entertainment reports: The show opened with Maya Rudolph returning as Vice President Kamala Harris, along with Alec Baldwin making a surprise appearance as Fox News anchor Bret Baier, to parody Harris’s much-discussed interview on the conservative network on Oct. 16. Baldwin came out swinging in his portrayal of Baier — his first return to the show since the dismissal …

The Miami Herald reports: When he abruptly resigned from his post last week, the top attorney for the Florida Department of Health suggested in a resignation letter that he was uncomfortable with decisions taken by the state agency, which days earlier had threatened to prosecute television stations over political advertisements. “A man is nothing without his conscience,” John Wilson wrote. …