Extra, Extra

Judicial Overhauling: “Eight justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court have said they will leave the court rather than stand for election as required by a controversial judicial overhaul passed last month.” 8 of 11 members of Mexico’s Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul.

+ Hez Been: “People often voice fatigue in private, where they aren’t worried about being accused of siding with the enemy. But I even saw it on a few highway billboards. It’s Enough—We’re Tired, one of them read. Everyone in Lebanon knows what that means.” The Atlantic (Gift Article): Hezbollah’s losses have led some in Lebanon to imagine a future without it. At the moment, it seems impossible to even imagine a ceasefire in the region. Hamas rejects proposal for 30-day Gaza ceasefire.

+ Hannibal Protector: Donald Trump vows to be protector of women ‘whether they like it or not.’ (Please, keep offending women for a few more days.)

+ Spain Floods: “The damage recalled the aftermath of a tsunami, with survivors left to pick up the pieces as they mourn their loved ones.” Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people.

+ Let’s Light This Up: Halloween could be even more lit than usual this year as it coincides with Diwali, the festival of lights and one of the most important events in the Hindu calendar.

+ Poll Positions: “The state polls are showing not just an astonishingly tight race, but also an improbably tight race. Even in a truly tied election, the randomness inherent in polling would generate more varied and less clustered results — unless the state polls and the polling averages are artificially close because of decisions pollsters are making.” A lot of state poll results show ties. So are they tied because of voters — or pollsters?

+ A Blank Canvasser: This is probably the least dark element of Musk’s campaign trickery. Musk’s get-out-the-vote workers didn’t know they were canvassing for Trump.

+ Fine Lines: “Not only does the figure eclipse Google’s $2 trillion market value, but it’s also far larger than the size of the entire global economy, which the International Monetary Fund puts at around $110 trillion — a figure with a mere 13 zeros.” Russia fines Google more than the world’s entire GDP. (Hopefully they can pay in installments.)

+ Croc Tuah: We’re depending on the next generation to solve political polarization and climate change. But they can’t even run in Crocs.