Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

To support The Atlantic’s journalism, please consider subscribing today. Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries. The word vermin, as a political term, dates from the 1930s and ’40s, when both fascists and communists liked to describe their political enemies as vermin, parasites, and blood infections, as well as insects, weeds, dirt, and animals. The term has been revived and reanimated, in an American presidential campaign, with Donald Trump’s description…

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November Could Determine Future of Ranked Choice Voting in US Elections

Arizona and Nevada not only are major battlegrounds in the presidential race, but voters there also will decide Nov. 5 whether the two states will adopt some incarnation of the process known as ranked choice voting. Six western states and the District of Columbia will vote on some form of ranked choice voting or “jungle primary” that includes ranking the final candidates, according to Ranked Vote and Unite America, which advocate the alternate election process.  Another state will consider ditching the ranked choice system. In most states, supporters and opponents…

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ROUNDUP: Jill Stein, David Duke, and the Plot to Spoil the 2024 Presidential Election

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Vice President Kamala Harris continues her swing state stumping, Jill Stein is stooping to new lows and garnering support from autocrats like Vladimir Putin and avowed racists like Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. By working hand in hand with Republicans, Stein is making it abundantly clear she is nothing more than an empty ideological shell bent on ruining Democratic chances of keeping the White House.  For months, MoveOn has sounded the alarm about third-party spoilers such as Jill Stein, Cornel West, and Robert F. Kennedy, after…

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Wisconsin: The RNC’s Voter Intimidation Efforts

Through lawsuits designed to purge voter rolls, bills to increase voter ID requirements and appeals to peel back mail-in voting, Republicans are using tactics to make it harder to vote. Swing states have become a key target of voter suppression legislation. The Republican National Committee’s “Protect the Vote Tour” is recruiting volunteer poll watchers and lawyers across the country that can best be described as a “Deter the Vote Tour.” Its strategy is to stoke unfounded panic about alleged voter fraud and intensify barriers to vote for any voters they…

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Biden will view Hurricane Milton damage in Florida. Harris plans to go to church in North Carolina

President Joe Biden on Sunday will survey the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Milton as he urges Congress to approve additional emergency disaster funding. Vice President Kamala Harris will spend a second day in North Carolina, hard-hit by Hurricane Helene, to attend a Black church and hold a campaign rally. The Washington Times stories: White House

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While things aren’t as busy, contractors can take this time to get out there for some face time

With Congress passing a very short term continuing resolution to keep the government running, there just isn’t going to be that much new business right now. So what can companies do to make sure they get a good start to fiscal year 2025? To help with that answer, Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners joined  the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Eric White Absolutely. So as fiscal year 2025 gets underway, what are some of the things that contractors need to take inventory of and have a…

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