Republicans

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Sunday began on a bizarre note. A man with a prop crucifix was one of the opening acts, calling Vice President Kamala Harris the “antichrist” and “the devil.” David Rem, a speaker at the event, began his speech by talking about how Donald Trump‘s father paid …

The Huffington Post reports: Geraldo Rivera pulled no punches with his criticism of comments that were made at former president and current GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on Sunday. Podcaster Tony Hinchcliffe kicked off the event with a series of outrageous alleged jokes, at one point saying: “There’s a lot going on. …

Variety reports: Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin were among the notable industry figures who boosted Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday after a speaker at Donald Trump‘s political rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” The starkly racist comment stirred outrage among prominent Puerto Ricans and many others in …

Florida Politics reports: A bad joke couldn’t have come at a worse time in a Senate race most public polls have said is competitive, as a comedian who goes by “Kill Tony” didn’t do the Trump campaign any favors. Sen. Rick Scott was compelled to respond to a joke told by an undercard speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in New …

Mediaite reports: The PAC founded by billionaire Elon Musk in support of Donald Trump dropped a new ad on Sunday labeling Vice President Kamala Harris “a C word” that America “can’t afford.” Musk founded America PAC, a super PAC in support of Trump, in July of this year. He’s been speaking at rallies for Trump, including Sunday’s Madison Square Garden …

The Jewish Forward reports: Stephen Miller, former President Donald Trump’s senior aide, delivered a rousing speech at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, the warm up act to Trump himself. The worst you could say about it is Miller scapegoated one group — immigrants — for all of America’s ills. The best you could say is: We’ve been warned. Miller, who …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump’s closing rally at Madison Square Garden on the second to last Sunday before the election was a release of rage at a political and legal system that impeached, indicted and convicted him, a vivid and at times racist display of the dark energy animating the MAGA movement. A comic kicked off the …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: In the governor’s race newsletter two weeks ago, I wrote that I had asked both House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger if they maintained their endorsement of Robinson in the wake of the CNN report fallout. Moore said he maintains his endorsement and noted that Robinson denied the allegations and sued …

Mediaite reports: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) passionately condemned critics of Donald Trump for using the “dangerous and off-base” term “fascist” to describe the former president, before slowing his roll over a video of Trump repeatedly using the same word to describe his opponent. Jonathan Karl then rolled tape on several clips of Trump saying things like, “The true divide in …

The Hill reports: Sen. JD Vance joined CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where he was asked by host Margaret Brennan if he will defend the Constitution and make sure Trump does, too. “Of course, but I don’t worry about Donald Trump. I think that Donald Trump believes in the Constitution. It’s why he’s running for president a third time …

“These are people that worked in the administration or around the administration and then they figured out pretty quickly, if we want jobs after we leave this administration, we have to become anti-Trumpers. “You think Mark Milley winds up teaching at Princeton, teaching at Georgetown on the speaker’s bureau, advising JP Morgan, you don’t get hired for those jobs unless …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Florida is using millions of dollars in settlement money from opioid manufacturers and distributors on an ad campaign against marijuana, according to state records. The state Department of Children and Families last month spent $4 million to pay a marketing agency for an “advertising campaign aimed at educating Floridian families and youth about the dangers …

Axios reports: With less than two weeks left in the presidential race, Republicans have stepped up attacks on overseas and military voters looking to cast ballots from abroad in critical swing states. The challenges are the latest in a spate of efforts to sow doubt about the election results if former President Trump loses. The attacks have “had a chilling …

USA Today reports: A Trump-aligned group that has filed lawsuits in several swing states challenging voter registration lists is already planning to sue over this year’s election results, one of the group’s founders told USA TODAY. “We feel compelled to file in defense of this beautiful country,” said Marly Hornik, who co-founded United Sovereign Americans in 2023. “We already have …

The Meidas Touch reports: In a scene captured by a Redditor at an early voting location, an elderly woman—wearing Trump-themed attire — became irate when poll workers asked her to follow the polling place’s rules prohibiting political merchandise. Instead of simply complying, the woman reportedly unleashed a tirade of insults and obscenities at the workers. When asked again to remove …

Charleston’s ABC affiliate reports: Thirty-five devices were seized from a South Carolina representative for Lexington County in August, according to a federal document filed on Thursday. A criminal indictment against Rep. RJ May, R-Lexington, is expected within the next three months, according to the unsealed federal filing. It’s unclear what charges are expected to be brought against May, who has …

CNN reports: New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s campaign spent tens of thousands of donor dollars at steakhouses and bars, a foreign hostel and on unaccountable payments to a close aide and friend, according to a review of federal filings. FEC filings from the launch of his first campaign in the spring of 2022 through the latest October quarterly filing found …

Mediaite reports: CNN’s Jake Tapper trolled Republican congressional leaders Friday by reminding them former President Donald Trump had repeatedly called Vice President Kamala Harris a “fascist,” among other insults. The CNN anchor enlisted his production team to play a clip of Harris calling her 2024 opponent a “fascist” during a network town hall earlier this week. The bit resulted in …

Ars Technica reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he is investigating Google, claiming that the tech giant censors conservative speech and manipulated search results about Donald Trump. The New York Post quoted a Bailey spokesperson saying that “evidence has come to light that Google is deemphasizing conservative speech or content—such as putting conservative reporting on Page 11 rather than …

Semafor reports: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Semafor’s Burgess Everett Friday that a Wall Street Journal report about calls between SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin “should be investigated.” “I don’t know if that story is true,” Nelson said. “If it’s true there have been multiple conversations with Elon Musk and the president of Russia, then that …