Background Briefing

Jon Hoffman / Greg Sargent / Jason Stanley

Foreign Policy in Tonight’s Harris/Trump Debate, and Who’s Finger Would You Rather Have on the Nuclear Button
Democratic “Irrational Exuberance” With the Polls and “Sane-Washing” by the Mainstream Media
We Should Take Trump at His Word That He Wants to be a Dictator and Jail His Opponents and the Press


Background Briefing

 Jared Holt / Jonathan Metzl / Natalie Melnyczuk

Russia Interferes in Our Elections Via Pro-Trump Influencers, Now Running Away From Their Kremlin Paymasters
But For Police Failures, the Gun Culture, and No Red Flag Laws, the Latest School Shooting Would Never Have Happened
The Shakeup In Zelensky’s Government, Which is Pleading For Patriot Missiles in Warehouses, as Russian Missiles Kill Ukrainian Civilians


Background Briefing

Paul Waldman / Andra Gillespie / Beth Daviess

After Pressure From Republicans and the Press, Will Tonight’s CNN Interview With Harris and Walz Answer Policy Questions?
Could Another Historical Breakthrough be the Election of a Black and Asian Woman Married to a Jew?
The Ties Between JD Vance and His New Press Secretary and the Shadowy Christian Nationalist Mens-Only Society for American Civic Renewal