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“The word ‘grocery,’ it’s a sort of simple word. But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does. And I have more complaints about that ― bacon, and things going up double, triple, quadruple.” — Donald Trump, while giving a speech yesterday in Michigan.

William Kristol: “Credit to Obama for trying to persuade members of his own community, who voted overwhelmingly for him, to turn out as strongly for Harris. It would be nice if others who’d gotten tens of millions of votes for president, such as George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, were also out there trying to persuade those Americans who voted for them—which includes a majority of white voters—to do the same.” “But that’s apparently too much to ask.” “What’s not too much to ask is that we recognize this fact: If Trump wins on November 5, it will be because of his support from a majority of white America.

“Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a series of additional security measures, including military assets, in conversations with the White House and the Secret Service because of continuing threats to his safety,” the New York Times reports. “The conversations came amid suggestions from some Trump aides that they felt hamstrung from having Mr.

James Carville talked to the New York Times about Kamala Harris’ campaign: “It strikes me that they are really good at big events. I don’t know how good they are at trench warfare, at the day-to-day news cycle. They haven’t done anything wrong. But they haven’t really done a lot in the past couple of weeks.” If she does lose, he added: “It will be quite a mess.”

“Heading into the final three weeks of the 2024 election, Senator J. D. Vance of Ohio will still not say whether his running mate won or lost the last race for the White House,” the New York Times reports. “In an interview with The New York Times that will be published on Saturday, Mr.

Wall Street Journal: “Exploiting public confusion, grief and communication breakdowns, white supremacist groups are now showing up in vulnerable storm-ravaged communities in Florida and North Carolina. They blend in among the many legitimate church or other charity workers that have rushed in to help.” “But these militia groups offer aid while filming propaganda videos that both amplify falsehoods about the government response and help the groups remake their image as patriotic civic organizations for men.”