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in @politico's Morning Score today: A group of former Republican FEC commissioners is pushing the Senate GOP to confirm 2 new commissioners in the lame duck session.
Doing so would restore the FEC's quorum and allow it to resume operations.
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On Elon Musk’s latest political giving, $76M to his super PAC
politico.com/live-updates/20…
from the weekend: Republicans are avoiding Trump in campaign ads, even in places where they touted his endorsement 2 years ago.
and they're trying to navigate what to do as he hits the campaign trail.
$5.2M raised for Susan Collins in Q3 per new FEC report
docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/for…
among her donors: former President George W. Bush
from me over the weekend: Republicans once salivated at the chance to make Zohran Mamdani a midterms boogeyman.
now, they're more likely to run ads mentioning Joe Biden than Mamdani, AOC or other progressive icons
politico.com/news/2026/10/03…
New w/ @lisakashinsky, @andrewjfhoward:
Dems’ dilemma as they see momentum, but are outspent by the GOP: should they shore up districts that are traditionally competitive, or go harder on offense in deep red territory?
politico.com/news/2026/09/24…
many, many good details in the piece but this one sticks out to me, because — as a local reporter — I covered the unveiling of this prototype at UMaine.
did not realize that both the company and Navy knew it had no use!
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
top fundraisers on ActBlue in August, per new filing: James Talarico ($13M raised!), Abdul El-Sayed, Jon Ossoff
wrote in to @playbookdc this morning about Trump calling AI fears a “hoax” — a term he most often uses when talking about Russia/impeachment or Jeffrey Epstein
2 details that I’m sad didn’t make this story:
1) Diane’s adorable cat, Neo
2) Troy Jackson at karaoke
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my Labor Day dispatch from Maine, where (love her or hate her), a lot of voters have their minds made up about Susan Collins. And they're getting to know Troy Jackson:
NEW: crypto- and AI-linked super PACs spent $127M in primaries, winning ~ 90%
behind that stat: many primaries where the groups spent weren't competitive & they struggled in some races when their $$ itself became an issue
BUT: they'll have a lot of allies in Congress next year
top fundraisers on @actblue in July, per new filing tonight: Jon Ossoff, James Talarico, Troy Jackson
MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, sends a press release about Abdul El-Sayed.
the super PAC has $400M in the bank and has faced pressure from GOP allies to start spending it. (cost of sending 1 email = very low, of course.)
