Monday, November 7, 2022

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Trump blindsides GOP with election eve tirade

 

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Donald Trump mocks Ron ‘DeSanctimonious’ DeSantis in election eve circus act

In a preview of the bruising battle to come, the disgraced ex-president unveiled his new (actually not unfunny) nickname for the pugnacious Florida governor and one-time ally during a campaign stop in — why not — Pennsylvania. “We’re winning big, big, big in the Republican Party for the nomination like nobody has ever seen before,” the serial grifter said. “There it is, Trump at 71%, Ron DeSanctimonious at 10%,” citing fake poll numbers backed up by zero data.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Rising Democratic star surges into spotlight with barn burning election eve speech

Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro delivered an impassioned speech laying out the stark choice Pennsylvanians face on Tuesday, rightfully calling out radical right-wing Republican challenger Doug Mastriano's hellish vision for the future of American governance.


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Unexpected early vote news stuns the US

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.


"Let them all go now": Trump calls for release of everyone arrested in Jan. 6 insurrection
The disgraced ex-president is now openly calling for the immediate release of hundreds of rioters arrested during his failed insurrection at the US Capitol, including dozens of felons who have already been convicted of their crimes. The "tough on crime," "law and order" charlatan called the rioters and cop-beaters "incredible" people who deserved pardons and full apologies from the US government.

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Former GOP chair calls "God Made" Ron DeSantis ad "assbackwards blasphemy"
Michael Steele torched Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his incredibly arrogant, allegedly God-endorsed campaign ad as “ass-backwards blasphemy” that will irritate most religious people. (Editor's note: Also offensive to non-religious folks.)

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Texas Republicans rake in millions from far-right Christian megadonors pushing private school vouchers

Texas Republicans bankrolled by Christian conservative donors are hoping to ride a wave of trumped up, irrational parental anger over the super dangerous teaching of very scary topics like race (eegadz!) and sexuality (for shame!) in schools to achieve what has long been an unattainable goal: the decimation of public education and state funding for private, religious indoctrination under the guise of "schooling."

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Twitter is already trying to rehire workers Elon Musk fired days ago
The social media giant, which laid off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, is reaching out to dozens of employees it just fired and asking them to return. Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features their fearless new leader envisions.


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Republicans are all too happy to let their hypocrisy distract from climate crisis they are feeding and profiting from

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Random GOP senator no one wanted to run for president in 2024 announces he will not run for president in 2024
Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton disappointed tens of followers with his decision to exit the Republican presidential primary contest before it began, depriving fans of schadenfreude of comically awkward debate clashes with and sophomoric barbs from disgraced ex-president Donald Trump.


Congressional investigators hunt for foreign leaders’ fancy gifts to Trump
Where there are plumes of putrid, unending smoke there's a whole lotta fire, folks.


GOP megadonor bucks Trump, backs DeSantis for president in 2024
Hedge fund CEO, token philanthropist, and billionaire kingmaker Ken Griffin, who's given nearly $60 million to federal Republican candidates and campaigns this election cycle, has turned his back on the disgraced ex-president "for a litany of reasons" and is publicly backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to advance and defend the GOP status quo in 2024.


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Today’s Action: Phone bank for abortion rights with Protect Kentucky Access!

In all 50 states, crucial races up and down the ballot TOMORROW could turn the tide in the increasingly urgent fight for abortion rights. The Supreme Court’s disastrous overturning of Roe v. Wade this summer placed the lives of pregnant women throughout the country at even greater risk, with those in red states subjected to extremist trigger laws designed to force them to carry unwanted and dangerous pregnancies to term without exception.

For us here at OD Action, that threat is personal — Kentucky, a state deeply at risk for losing abortion care, is our home base. It’s a state where voters are historically disenfranchised and exploited, where communities suffer without proper support from negligent legislators, and conservative politicians who are completely unrepresentative of their constituents — we’re looking at you, Mitch McConnell — call the shots.

Protect Kentucky Access is hosting two final virtual phone-banking sessions to fight for reproductive healthcare and against a far-right amendment to ban abortion altogether in the state. Just an hour out of your day today could mean reaching the voters necessary to secure reproductive healthcare for our commonwealth — national allyship could mean a world of difference for Kentuckians in this fight.

Find an hour you’re free today or tomorrow and commit to calling voters with Protect Kentucky Access from the comfort of your own home! You just need a computer, a phone, and a willingness to do good work.

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: The final countdown

 


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CLOSING TIME — Geoff Diehl wasn’t sure he was going to run for governor — until a series of "arbitrarily" decided pandemic rules convinced the former state representative and failed state and U.S. Senate candidate to “make one more run and try to bring accountability back to Beacon Hill.”

Diehl delivered the closing message to his more than year-long campaign for the corner office to some 250 Republicans gathered at Worcester’s Mechanics Hall on Sunday. He sounded his typical notes — preserving personal freedoms, rescinding vaccine mandates and expanding parents’ rights — and national Republican talking points about the economy and rising fuel costs.

“We’re going to provide that economic relief as soon as I get into office,” Diehl said. “We’re going to make sure nobody has to worry … about having to heat or eat.”

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Republican gubernatorial nominee Geoff Diehl at a pre-election rally in Worcester, Mass., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO

Republicans, trailing in polls and fundraising, contend that their races are not foregone conclusions. And they tapped Scott Brown, who notched an upset U.S. Senate win in 2010, to deliver that message. “Why would the vice president of the United States come to Massachusetts, the bastion of blue?” the former ambassador said at the rally where his band, Scott Brown and the Diplomats, also performed. “Because Maura’s in trouble.”

SCOTT BROWN WON AN ELECTION AGAINST AN OPPONENT WHO REFUSED TO CAMPAIGN....IN HIS NEXT RUN, HE WAS TRASHED BY A CANDIDATE WHO HAD NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE - A WOMAN! CARPET BAGGER BROWN, A KOCH SOCK PUPPET, RAN FOR ELECTION IS NEW HAMPSHIRE & LOST TO ANOTHER WOMAN! THAT MUST BE AN HISTORICAL FIRST - LOSING TO 2 WOMEN!

Democrats would disagree. But in this low-enthusiasm election, they still need to motivate voters to the polls. The ticket led by two former basketball players — attorney general Maura Healey and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll — is leaning into that theme by asking supporters to help them run up the score on Election Day.

“Part of being ready to go day one is … making sure that we enter with enthusiasm and with a mandate for change in the state and the things that we want to do,” Healey told supporters at a canvass launch with Sen. Elizabeth Warren in Arlington on Sunday. “We need people like you out there getting as many people out as possible.”

What would Healey do on day one? She's been vague. Last week, she said working with the Legislature on passing the tax reforms that died this session will “absolutely be a priority day one.” On Sunday she talked about assembling her team and budget and “focusing on the priorities that Kim Driscoll and I have said we’re going to deliver on.”

Diehl has been crystal-clear about his big day-one move: rehiring state workers who lost their jobs over Gov. Charlie Baker’s vaccine mandate.

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Attorney General Maura Healey fills cannoli during a campaign stop Mike's Pastry in Boston's North End on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO

GOOD MONDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Election week is here! Massachusetts Playbook is going to look a bit different this week as we cover all the action across the region. Think of this as a peek into my reporter’s notebook.

TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker is a presenter at the New England Council’s annual celebration at 6 p.m. at the Omni Boston Seaport. Secretary of State Bill Galvin hosts a media availability on the election at 10 a.m. at the State House library. Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Lori Trahan celebrate EPA funding for clean school buses in Lawrence at 10:30 a.m. Markey helps GOTV with OrganizeNH at UNH in Durham at 12:15 p.m. and attends a canvass kickoff for local legislative candidates at 2:15 p.m. in Chelmsford.

Healey and Driscoll campaign through East Boston starting at 10:30 a.m. at the Meridian Food Market. Diehl greets MBTA riders at 7:30 a.m. at the Government Center T stop and attends a standout at Braintree's Five Corners at 3 p.m.

Tips? Scoops? Any more down-ballot races you're watching ahead of Election Day? Any interesting mailers? Only one day left to let me know: lkashinsky@politico.com .

 

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YAHD SIGNS AND BUMPAH STICKAHS

— “In weekend push to Election Day, all-but-sure Democrats make last appeal to voters,” by Samantha J. Gross and Matt Stout, Boston Globe: “In a typical election year, the rotary in Adam Boulette’s Grafton Hill neighborhood in Worcester is packed with volunteers ahead of Election Day, ‘chanting and hollering' at passers-by. Now, there’s ‘one guy sitting on his phone in a chair,’ Boulette, 39, told a reporter Saturday. ‘He’s not even looking at anybody.’ With hours left until Tuesday, the air of political apathy is hard to ignore in Massachusetts. Democrats up and down the ticket are crushing their rivals in fund-raising and leading by double digits in the polls. Nearly 20 percent of registered voters had already voted early in-person or by mail since Friday. How many will ultimately turn out is unclear.”

— MONEY MATTERS: Boston Business Journal’s Benjamin Kail reports that more than 2,600 donors gave Maura Healey the maximum contribution of $1,000 since January, while more than 250 did so for Geoff Diehl. More of Healey’s donors identified themselves as CEOs than Diehl’s. Healey has outraised Diehl this year $4.9 million to nearly $1.2 million, according to OCPF.

— ELEPHANTS NOT IN THE ROOMAnthony Amore was notably missing from the speaking lineup at the Republican rally in Worcester that included every other GOP statewide candidate, congressional hopefuls Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette and Dean Tran, and state Rep. Steven Xiarhos. Amore, who publicly sparred with state party Chair Jim Lyons last month, hit the trail this weekend with Gov. Charlie Baker instead.

THE DOWN-BALLOT RACES

— AT A GLANCE: Nearly two-thirds of state legislative races are uncontested heading into Election Day. Ballotpedia has listed Massachusetts as the state with the least competitive legislative races for four cycles in a row. But there is some action down the ballot. Here are four races I’m watching, and look for more tomorrow:

NORFOLK, WORCESTER & MIDDLESEX SENATE DISTRICT — The only race in which a state representative is trying to unseat a senator is pitting one of the Legislature’s most progressive members against one of its more conservative in a competitive district — and stirring drama. Democratic state Sen. Becca Rausch, who’s defending the seat she flipped blue just four years ago, accused her Republican challenger , state Rep. Shawn Dooley, of unethical and misleading campaigning. She followed it up by changing the headline and a section of text from Playbook in a campaign graphic designed to attack Dooley.

Dooley has faced questions over his record on abortion — he says he voted against the 2020 ROE Act over shared concerns with Gov. Charlie Baker about sections related to access for minors and later in pregnancy, but voted for this year’s post-Dobbs bill protecting abortion rights. He’s also been questioned over 2020 reports that said he voted for former President Donald Trump, to which he says he doesn’t disclose who he’s voted for.

Dooley, who ran unsuccessfully for state party chair, has the backing of prominent moderate Republicans including Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and former Gov. Bill Weld . The Baker-aligned Massachusetts Majority PAC has spent more than $20,000 on his behalf. Rausch has the support of prominent Democrats such as state Senate President Karen Spilka and Sen. Ed Markey. But she lacks an endorsement from Maura Healey, who’s expended plenty of political capital elsewhere down the ballot.

“I am the proven leader in this race, delivering win after win for our values and our communities,” Rausch told Playbook. “If you care about reproductive rights, our local economies, education, health care, the environment, LGBTQ rights and equity, I am the candidate you can trust to keep advancing the positive changes you want to see.”

Dooley, if elected, would move from the minority in one chamber to the other . But he told Playbook that “relationships matter more than party and that has always been my strength in getting things accomplished.” He also said his campaign's "positive and centrist message ... appears to be resonating well with voters.” CommonWealth Magazine’s Bruce Mohl has more on this race .

FIRST ESSEX HOUSE DISTRICT — This North Shore showdown is a contest between two write-in candidates vying to succeed GOP state Rep. Jim Kelcourse, who gave up his seat earlier this year to serve on the Parole Board. Democrat Dawne Shand , who took a leave of absence from her role as board president of the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus to run for the seat, faces moderate Republican C.J. Fitzwater, a Salisbury zoning board member. Shand is supported by Healey, Markey and Rep. Seth Moulton. Baker and Polito have endorsed Fitzwater. The Daily News of Newburyport’s Jim Sullivan has your profiles of Shand and Fitzwater .

11TH SUFFOLK HOUSE DISTRICT — Two Chelsea city councilors are battling to represent a new, majority-Latino House district that encompasses that city and part of Everett. Judith Garcia won a three-way primary in September and has since picked up the endorsements of prominent Democrats including Healey, who she led on a small business tour of her hometown last month, Markey and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She says she would be the first Honduran-American elected to the House . Republican Todd Taylor, a MassGOP state committee member and ally of state party Chair Jim Lyons, is pledging bipartisanship. The Chelsea Record has the candidates’ closing pitches .

HAMPDEN, HAMPSHIRE & WORCESTER SENATE DISTRICT — First-term state Rep. Jake Oliveira won a hard-fought Democratic primary against Sydney Levin-Epstein to replace state Sen. Eric Lesser, who gave up the seat to run unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor. But to win “the 413 seat,” he’ll have to defeat Republican businessman and former Granby Select Board member William Johnson. Markey, who endorsed Levin-Epstein in the primary, is now campaigning for Oliveira, as is Lesser. Johnson is a beneficiary of the Baker-linked Massachusetts Majority PACThe Springfield Republican’s Jim Kinney has a rundown of the race .

 

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THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ROUNDUP

— “New ruling by Appeals court, as Post attempts to stop ballot counting,” by Sarah Carlon, Cape Cod Times: “The town of Dennis can go ahead and count mail-in ballots with an error in the candidate listing of the 1st Barnstable District race, according to an Appeals Court ruling Wednesday. … Tracy Post, the Republican candidate in the 1st Barnstable District race on Tuesday, had sought an injunction to stop the counting of the approximately 2,600 mislabeled mail-in ballots that reached Dennis voters in early October. Post said Friday she would not file a further appeal.”

— “Wrentham man disputes GOP candidate's telling of pre-debate encounter in Norfolk,” by Tom Reilly, The Sun Chronicle: “Thomas Brown, a Wrentham resident and retired history teacher, admits asking Marcus Vaughn, the Republican candidate for the 9th Norfolk House District, who is Black, why he joined the GOP. But he denies it was out of any racial animosity. He says Vaughn’s account of the event contains ‘numerous distortions and outright lies.’”

— “LeBoeuf, Fullen rematch set for Tuesday,” by Marco Cartolano, Telegram & Gazette: “A Democratic state representative who had a turbulent year [that included a drunken driving arrest] is facing the Worcester firefighter he beat to initially claim his seat in 2018 on Tuesday.”

— “Southwick state Rep. Nicholas Boldyga faces challenge from Agawam Councilor Anthony Russo for 3rd Hampden District,” by Jonah Snowden, Springfield Republican.

— “Decision day nears in race for Hampshire County sheriff between Cahillane, Gittelson,” by Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette.

 

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FROM THE DELEGATION

— TRAIL MARKERS: The U.S. House could flip red, but Massachusetts’ all-Democratic U.S. House delegation is expected to win reelection. So they’ve been spending their time and money to help down-ballot Democrats here and frontliners across the country.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, who evaded both primary and general-election challenges, has funneled $500,000 to congressional candidates and incumbents this cycle, including $122,000 through his MA4Dems PAC and $13,500 from his campaign account. He’s given $250,000 in dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, $25,000 to MassDems $6,000 to the state parties of Maine and Indiana, and bundled another $100,000 for Democratic candidates through his donor network, according to a memo his campaign shared with Playbook. Auchincloss, who has endorsed Maura Healey for governor and Andrea Campbell for attorney general here, also campaigned for Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) over the weekend.

Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark, the fourth-ranking House Democrat who would lose her post if Republicans take the House, has raised more than $12 million for Democrats and campaigned in 17 states this cycle, her campaign told the Boston Globe .

MEANWHILE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

— GRANITE STATE OF MIND: Polls show vulnerable Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan up by as much as 10 points or trailing her Republican rival Don Bolduc by one. Cook Political Report lists her race as “lean Democratic,” while POLITICO has moved it to a “toss-up.” With those mixed signals in mind, big-name Democrats including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar flooded New Hampshire over the weekend to boost Hassan and Reps. Chris Pappas and Annie Kuster over their hard-right, Donald Trump-endorsed Republican challengers.

“It’s really, really close,” Hassan told reporters on Sunday in Nashua. “That’s why I’m out contrasting my record of bipartisan achievement for the people of New Hampshire on the issues that they care about with my opponent’s extremism.”

Maggie Hassan, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Annie Kuster

From left: Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) at a campaign rally in Nashua, N.H., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO

Buttigieg and Klobuchar, who’ve become odd bedfellows on the campaign trail in the runup to the midterms, poked fun at their newfound tag-teaming at a riverside rally in Nashua — their first appearance together in New Hampshire since finishing second and third, respectively, in the state’s 2020 presidential primary.

“Last time we were on a stage [here], the circumstances were a little different,” Buttigieg joked to Klobuchar from atop an autumn-themed stage erected in a parking lot. Now, he told the crowd, “We are absolutely unified in our enthusiasm for your phenomenal congressional delegation.”

Klobuchar and Hassan then employed a very New England campaign tactic — heading to a nearby brewery for beers and conversations with voters during the Patriots game.

Bolduc capped off his final weekend of campaigning by speaking to a packed Salem gymnasium with former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, who was on her third trip to New Hampshire on his behalf.

 

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FROM THE HUB

— WATCH: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu discuss her hopes for the MBTA and the need for more state aid for Mass. and Cass on WCVB’s “On the Record.” She also said she “will likely” sign the city’s redistricting map — though she said it’s been “disappointing and frustrating” to see the tone and personal attacks that have pervaded the process — after a legal review.

FROM THE 413

— “Holyoke Councilor Wilmer E. Puello-Mota pleads not guilty to obstruction; forgery and counterfeiting in Rhode Island,” by Jim Kinney, Springfield Republican: “Ward 2 City Councilor Wilmer E. Puello-Mota pleaded not guilty Friday in a Rhode Island court to two charges stemming, prosecutors say, from his attempts to escape charges of possession child pornography.”

THE LOCAL ANGLE

— “Report cites huge uptick in welfare fraud,” by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune: “The state is seeing a massive uptick in welfare fraud amid stepped-up efforts to prevent people from gaming public assistance programs. That's according to a new report from State Auditor Suzanne Bump's office, which uncovered more than $13.5 million worth of welfare fraud in the fiscal year that ended June 30 from more than 600 cases probed by state investigators.”

— “Pandemic learning losses could cost Massachusetts students $21 billion in future earnings,” by Christopher Huffaker, Boston Globe: “Learning time lost during the height of the pandemic could cost Massachusetts students more than $21 billion in future earnings, according to a new pair of analyses from education researchers at Harvard and Stanford. The analyses show that on average, Massachusetts students lost 75 percent of a school year’s worth of math learning and 41 percent of a year of reading. Boston Public Schools students fared slightly worse, losing 85 percent of a school year in math and 41 percent in reading.”

— “Eight-hour waiting times. Patients leaving before being seen. Mass. hospital emergency departments are beyond the brink,” by Kay Lazar, Boston Globe: “The emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital was so backed up one Friday night last month that Janet Cook waited for nearly eight hours in a wheelchair in a crowded hallway before an inpatient bed opened up. That was after the 69-year-old Norfolk resident had writhed in pain for almost two hours before receiving medication.”

— “Mass General Brigham tells patients it won't tolerate threats or harassment of health care workers,” by Priyanka Dayal McCluskey, WBUR.

— “Abrupt resignations leave one man running the Halifax Select Board on his own,” by Daniel Kool, Boston Globe.

MEDIA MATTERS

— “Janet Wu announces plan to retire from WCVB Channel 5,” by WCVB: “Janet Wu, Emmy-award winning political and investigative reporter and longtime co-host of WCVB Channel 5’s On The Record (OTR), has announced her plan to retire from WCVB effective at the end of the year.”

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Joe Tutino and Cindy Rowe. Happy belated to Angelica Peebles, who celebrated Sunday.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS — CPAC Action PAC says it has not spent money on radio ads in the governor’s race.

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