Extra, Extra
Patriot: Feeling stressed about our election? Spend a half hour getting inspired by strength in the face of much bigger obstacles. Rachel Maddow interviews Yulia Navalnaya. And from The New Yorker, an excerpt from Alexei Navalny’s Patriot: A Memoir: “On her first extended visit, we walked down a corridor and spoke at a spot as far removed as possible from the cameras wired for sound that are tucked in all over the place. I whispered in her ear, ‘Listen, I don’t want to sound dramatic, but I think there’s a high probability I’ll never get out of here. Even if everything starts falling apart, they will bump me off at the first sign the regime is collapsing. They will poison me.’ ‘I know,’ she said with a nod, in a voice that was calm and firm. ‘I was thinking that myself.’ At that moment I wanted to seize her in my arms and hug her joyfully, as hard as I could. That was so great! No tears! It was one of those moments when you realize you found the right person. Or perhaps she found you.”
+ Putin on the Ritz: “Imagine you’re Vladimir Putin. The West has dubbed you a pariah for invading Ukraine. Sanctions are aiming to cut off your country’s economy from global markets. And there’s an arrest warrant out for you from the International Criminal Court. How can you show the pressure is not working? Try hosting a summit.” BBC: Putin gathers allies to show West’s pressure isn’t working. (We need to make sure he doesn’t have an ally in the White House.)
+ Rudy Awakening Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules. (No word on who gets the suite at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.)
+ Stop to End: “Some of these elderly, vulnerable consumers have unwittingly given away six-figure sums – most often to Republican candidates – making them among the country’s largest grassroots political donors.” A CNN Special Report: How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns.
+ Try, Try Again: Blinken is back in Israel pushing for a post-Sinwar ceasefire. He arrived to violence. Robin Wright in The New Yorker: What Happens to Hamas and Hezbollah Now That Their Leaders Have Been Killed?
+ Abercrombie and Glitch: “Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been indicted on 16 federal counts of sex trafficking and international prostitution in New York, and is accused of leveraging ‘a network of employees, contractors and security professionals’ while he led the retailer.”
+ Boss Mode: “Bruce Springsteen will appear alongside former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris at a massive rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 24, kickstarting a series of ‘When We Vote We Win’ shows in the seven major swing states during the closing days of the campaign.”
