Will Sommer: Layoffs! Dissent! A Michael Flynn snub! Things are not well in the house that brain pills built.
Publication: Daily Beast
(From the Left): Dems Can’t Decide What to Do About the War Between Trump and Fox
The rift between Trump and his favorite cable network has Biden allies and former White House aides debating whether it’s time for Democrats to engage Fox.
(From the Left): Ivanka, Hope and Kayleigh Will Pay for Enabling Trump
The poised, attractive young women standing by this president may make him look better, but the same can’t be said for them.
(From the Left): How Kamala Will Expose Pence’s American Hellscape
Here’s what awaits Pence on that stage — a 90-minute crash course in accountability, led by a prepped-and-ready prosecutor who will meticulously dismantle Pence’s record. Harris will speak truth to power — and what will remain is a damning rebuke of the Trump-Pence record and a clear contrast between Pence’s vision for the past and Harris’s vision for the future.
(From the Left): South Dakota’s Next Potential Superspreader Event Is Sponsored by a Health Care Firm
The pre-eminent health care organization in a Covid-19 hotspot is sponsoring an indoor country and western concert that will not require masks and has not yet decided whether it will impose social distancing. And the nonprofit Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, SD, is presenting the Oct. 24 event in conjunction with the state’s governor, Kristi Noem who endorsed the Sturgis motorcycle rally.
(From the Left): A Handy Primer about QAnon, the Nutso Conspiracy Theory Infecting Our Politics
Will Sommer: As more people embrace QAnon—and as its believers are poised to win at least one congressional seat—much of the public remains unaware exactly what it means to believe in QAnon, why anyone should care about the movement, or what QAnon could mean for American politics. Click on the headline for a helpful explanation of the rot taking hold in our political system.
(From the Left): Team Trump Is Packed with Coronavirus Truthers
Molly Jong-Fast: Like everything in the Trump industrial media complex, this coronavirus trutherism is supported by a deep bench of batsh*t, conspiratorial “thought leaders.”