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Donald Trump on Friday called the judge overseeing the Jan. 6-related federal criminal case against him “the most evil person,” despite threats U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has already faced from his supporters, NBC News reports.
Trump also called special counsel Jack Smith, who has faced threats from Trump supporters as well, “a sick puppy.”

A new East Carolina University poll in Georgia finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris among likely voters, 49% to 46%.
A new TIPP poll shows Trump ahead 49% to 48%.

“He is ducking debates and canceling interviews… His own campaign team recently said it’s because of exhaustion. If you’re exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the world.”
— Kamala Harris, at a campaign rally, about Donald Trump.

“Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday continued to steer clear of criticizing President Joe Biden, arguing that vice presidents not denigrating the commander-in-chief is an American tradition,”

Steve Bannon claimed to the National Pulse that the Biden administration is holding him illegally in prison, refusing to accept his First Step Act eligibility, and incarcerating him longer than required in order to swing the election.

Donald Trump has now taken a 52% to 48% lead in the 538 forecast, though Kamala Harris is still favored to win the popular vote.

“A GOP challenge to Pennsylvania’s procedures for overseas voters appeared to run aground here Friday as a federal judge called the lawsuit ‘creative,’ but repeatedly raised questions about why it was filed less than six weeks before Election Day,” Politico reports.

Days after helping launch a clearly false claim about vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, a disinformation peddler with a huge platform has disappeared from X.

In August, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his working-man’s clothes—aviators, jeans, and a trucker hat—starred in a video where he carted people’s possessions out of a homeless encampment near a Los Angeles highway.

There were reports of screaming behind the scenes as a weird press statement from her campaign went out.