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from the weekend: Republicans are avoiding Trump in campaign ads, even in places where they touted his endorsement 2 years ago.
and they're trying to navigate what to do as he hits the campaign trail.
$5.2M raised for Susan Collins in Q3 per new FEC report
docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/for…
among her donors: former President George W. Bush
from me over the weekend: Republicans once salivated at the chance to make Zohran Mamdani a midterms boogeyman.
now, they're more likely to run ads mentioning Joe Biden than Mamdani, AOC or other progressive icons
politico.com/news/2026/10/03…
New w/ @lisakashinsky, @andrewjfhoward:
Dems’ dilemma as they see momentum, but are outspent by the GOP: should they shore up districts that are traditionally competitive, or go harder on offense in deep red territory?
politico.com/news/2026/09/24…
many, many good details in the piece but this one sticks out to me, because — as a local reporter — I covered the unveiling of this prototype at UMaine.
did not realize that both the company and Navy knew it had no use!
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
top fundraisers on ActBlue in August, per new filing: James Talarico ($13M raised!), Abdul El-Sayed, Jon Ossoff
wrote in to @playbookdc this morning about Trump calling AI fears a “hoax” — a term he most often uses when talking about Russia/impeachment or Jeffrey Epstein
