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Today, in addition to the big ol heap of news about the midterms, you'll read about prison officials’ gambit to avoid scrutiny over deaths in custody; Iran’s pledge to reopen the Strait of Hormuz while Trump and Netanyahu plot war; and another food-wasting cyberattack on fridges.

THE BIG NEWS

Election Roundup: Voters Prefer Democrats by 7-Point Margin 

• Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Rig California Election He wanted his hand-picked panel of corrupt high priests to set aside 20,000 California ballots the Justice Department claimed “may” be noncitizens. via the AP and the Washington Post. 
• Regime Sending Monitors to At Least 21 States, Asks to Enter Polling Sites Targeted cities include Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tulsa; a full list can be seen here. via Democracy Docket, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Salt Lake Tribune.  
• Election Advocates in Catch-22 Over Possibility of ICE at the Polls Organizers want to inform voters that immigration thugs may be at or near the polls, but are “worried that journalists amplifying the Trump administration’s stated plans to ‘surround the polls’ with ICE and federal agents could function as an inadvertent form of voter suppression.” via the Intercept. 
• El-Sayed Raised $2.4 Million After Wrecker Haley Stevens’ Betrayal, Biggest Single-Day Haul Supporters of progressive Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed broke his fundraising record on Sunday after traitor Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) went all in on MAGA Republican candidate Mike Rogers. via NBC News. 
• Ex-Aide for Republican Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) ‘Linked to’ Social Media Account Calling for End of Democracy Twenty-five-year-old Heritage Foundation alum Jonathon Hatzistefanou “appears closely tied” to an account “that denigrates female politicians, promotes political violence, calls for an end to democracy and laments the existence of civil rights laws.” Seems like the kind of guy Collins would hire, given that he too is a bigot. via the Washington Post. 
• Secret Service Deploys Missile Defense Systems Near Mar-a-Lago and Donald J. Trump International Airport The mad king’s paranoia has reached new heights: he put two Avenger Air Defense Systems on a barge outside his resort and near the Palm Beach airport, which was renamed for him earlier this year; the Secret Service says it is operating in “a heightened threat environment.” via the Independent. 
• Republican Sens. John Husted and Todd Young Live in DC Apartments Owned by Meta Lobbyist Husted (R-OH) and Young (R-ID) both rent their DC homes from lobbyist David Lugar, co-chair of the 535 Group and chair of The Lugar Group, whose clients include Meta, Boeing and Wells Fargo; Husted is facing Democrat Sherrod Brown in today’s election. Young is up for reelection in 2029. via Politico. 
• Slop Company OpenAI Already Trying to Dominate 2028 Elections The company’s top lobbyist, Chris Lehane, is telling prospective candidates in the next election that Democrats will be on the wrong side of history if they oppose the deadly and resource-destroying data centers needed to run artificial intelligence. Counterpoint: No they won’t. via Politico.

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