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Big story confirming what many people have long suspected.
SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot.
But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
Aaron Blake retweeted
I saw @MarkHalperin ask, the other day, why Trump and Vance weren't doing another round with podcasters?
My assumption: They feel duped, they had him on mic saying he'd release the Epstein files and prevent wars, and don't want to be cheap dates again.
Joe Rogan, quoted by Bloomberg.
“What Trump stood for, some of it turned out to not be real. Like one of them was the no wars. Well, look, we’re at war with Iran. So that wasn’t real.”
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Aaron Blake retweeted
Must-read @DevlinBarrett survey of the handful of U.S. attorneys across the country who are most vigorously pursuing Trump's political agenda.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
Aaron Blake retweeted
Another rumor debunked.
James Fishback:
“In early August I made a terrible mistake by claiming that Byron Donalds and Cory Mills were under federal investigation. I received this information from someone I trusted … I apologize to Byron, Cory, and their families…”
Aaron Blake retweeted
Here's a final installment in my series on how polls could go wrong next week. This time, I show evidence that pollsters may not be reaching enough Trump voters from red, rural areas
gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10…
Aaron Blake retweeted
Dept of Education is embracing the "malfoid" meme, a right-wing fan fiction idea about a female Draco Malfoy who Harry Potter could fall in love with. xitter.cf/usedgov/status/2115069…
Ken Paxton is basically getting the Chris Christie/Oreos treatment at this point.
President Trump tonight on Sen. Jon Husted: "But I made the mistake of studying his anatomy and explaining it to the audience, and the audience loved it. By the way, he went up 12 points that day. He went from being down to being up. Maybe I should do that with Ken Paxton, but I'm not sure your body is going to qualify."
Aaron Blake retweeted
wow
In an extraordinary hearing, the magistrate judge struck the superseding complaint because it lacked judicial review and scolded DOJ. The hearing on the original complaint is ongoing cbsnews.com/news/hunter-bide…
A majority? A wave? A tsunami? Here's how to tell how big Democrats could win on election night
cnn.com/2026/10/28/politics/…
Aaron Blake retweeted
A Damning Account Alleges Jared Kushner Conducted Diplomacy for Profit nytimes.com/2026/10/26/books…
Aaron Blake retweeted
Given how much Paxton/Rs have tried to imply things about Talarico’s personal life, it’s a tough posture to now say Paxton’s personal life is off limits. Good NYT story here about the woman influencer behind the Paxton scenes.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/ke…
Aaron Blake retweeted
Judge CARTER makes clear he is deeply skeptical of DOJ position. He wants to know why, if DOJ has suspicions peopel are illegally registered, prosecutors should charge them. "Let's get busy," he says.
ESSAYLI: "We're very busy."
CARTER: "Get busier."
Aaron Blake retweeted
Lisa Murkowski endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, the Democratic candidate for Alaska governor
Trump's DOJ failed to indict one of his foes again.
Again, it's very rare for a grand jury not to indict. The fact that it's happened repeatedly with attempted indictments of Trump's foes is extremely telling about the validity of these cases.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/politics/…
The Sununu-on-Sununu violence continues.
"I love my brother, but he’s totally wrong," John says of Chris, who recently said that if voters truly mistook John for Chris, he would be up by 30 points.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/politics/…
Over the final week, there is slated to be more spent on the South Carolina Senate race than on Alaska and New Hampshire.
There's also slated to be more spent on Kansas than on Texas and Maine.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/politics/…
Some pretty brutal comments from GOP Rep. Ralph Norman about Darline Graham, to @mkraju -->
