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Always important to see great coverage of Homeland Security watchdog Cuffari, who has gotten himself investigated throughout his tenure

.⁦DHS Office of Inspector General⁩ Joseph Cuffari, ethically embattled since he took office as Trump appointee, is found by panel to have misled Congress and a host of other misconduct, w/⁦Maria Sacchetti⁩: washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10…

Will POTUS act to fire the DHS Office of Inspector General now that an independent panel of federal watchdogs has found misconduct in long - running investigation ?

Stockpiling abortion pills. Cutting climate deals directly with automakers. Protecting same-sex marriage. Marshaling legal resources and plotting courtroom strategies. Blue states are "trumpproofing" in case Trump wins a second term, via @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Immigration advocates keep quiet as Harris talks tough on border Activists are worried about helping Trump. But a clash is likely if Harris wins. By Toluse Olorunnipa Nick Miroff washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

MUST READ:Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats, via Peter Jamison  washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Donald Trump Jr., through a spokesman, responded to questions for this report with a written statement calling a Post reporter a “scumbag” and asserting that there was nothing inappropriate about the social media posts targeting Deloitte’s contracts.

The author of the Steele Dossier promises new dirt on Donald Trump. Will anyone believe him? Via Manuel Roig-Franzia

Buying guns more often. Going to Shabbat dinners and synagogues more often. Debating about Israel and antisemitism — topics many had set to the side in recent decades — more often. It’s been a year of identity and disorientation for US Jews Michelle Boorstein washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

NEW: FBI probe of sexual assault claims against Brett Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds, via @BethReinhard  washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

In the #EarlyBrief - Trump pushes hurricane misinformation to undermine Harris - Harris inches toward YIMBYism while Trump blames housing costs on migrants - Abortion politics enters the Montana Supreme Court race washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/… Leigh Ann Caldwell and ⁦Theodoric Meyer⁩

Their neighborhood felt besieged, as dump trucks raced to haul debris away ahead of the new monster storm, Milton. Officials begged them to evacuate. And the residents of St. Pete Beach faced another life-or-death choice. Molly Hennessy-Fiske @ByBryanPietsch washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/1…

Eight years ago, Trump vowed to ‘drain the swamp.’ Now he swims in it, as the former president’s inner circle includes a range of people who also advocate for corporate interests. From Isaac Stanley-Becker Josh Dawsey washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Every voter needs to watch this interview:

Casey Key was its residents’ eclectic paradise. Now, as they grapple with the destruction of two back-to-back hurricanes, they wonder: can they survive the threat of seasonal destruction? At what point is it better, easier even, to leave? Molly Hennessy-Fiske, there: washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/1…

Current and former aides share ideas for reshaping outdated customs in the Senate, as it appears Republicans are poised to take the majority with a new GOP leader, writes Paul Kane: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: These five tumultuous years in Montreal shaped Kamala Harris, via Michael Kranish washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The weather, only the latest element to breed rabid falsehoods:

NEW: Georgia judge blocks requirement that counties hand-count ballots.  Critics said the new procedure, instituted by a pro-Trump majority on the state election board, would have almost certainly led to errors and delays.  Via Amy Gardner wapo.st/4dNkGnJ