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Wisdom: Show forbearance to others because this election is tough - Washington Examiner

The momentum toward Trump over the past few weeks is small but definite: Trump overtakes Harris in DDHQ/The Hill election forecast

Over at Nate Silver's Substack, he tracks polling average changes in the national vote count and a bunch of swing states, and every single one of them has had moves toward Trump in the past month and the past week (except for MN which was unchanged in the past week.) Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast

An average of odds at election betting sites is roughly at 60% for Trump, 40% for Harris: Election Betting Odds by Maxim Lott and John Stossel

The biggest betting site, Polymarket is even more leaning toward Trump. I think Trump is likely to win but I don't think he's 2/3 to win. If I had to bet with the odds, I'd bet on Harris if I could get about 2-to-1, and it's not too far from that. But if I were not using odds, and just betting straight-up, I'd bet on Trump...but I wouldn't bet a lot.

It will be much harder now for members of Congress to challenge the presidential election results and for a VP to abet such a challenge if a VP were so inclined: ‘We addressed it’: Why this election will be harder to stop on Jan. 6, 2025 | Semafor

And here we go: Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku \ Anthropic

Anthropic's Latest Claude Lets AI Take Control of Your Entire PC

This could be one of the best ways for Walmart to get folks to sign up for their Walmart+ membership program that I suspect surprisingly few people know about: Walmart to offer same-day prescription drug delivery

A disgusting fake video attacking Tim Walz appears not to be a "deepfake" but a more standard fake: Viral attack on Walz features fake former student making false claim

And now you know why that company had all the ads of shirtless young men: Ex-Abercrombie CEO charged with running sex trafficking ring

How will they vote today? Striking Boeing workers set to vote on new contract offer. Will they approve it? - ABC News

Boeing braces for union vote on wage deal that could end costly strike | Reuters

Offered without comment: Scientists Revived a Pig's Brain Nearly a Whole Hour After It Died : ScienceAlert

This is bad even though I support cutting taxes: 93 million Americans could be exempt from income taxes under Trump (pressrundown.com)

This is nuts (I mean the fact that those algorithms existed if they weren't actually based on good data.): Philadelphia hospitals drop race-based algorithms

Too bad about the phone tho: Australia woman rescued after getting stuck between boulders

I owe you this from yesterday: Who knew? (Well, I guess LOTS of people knew!) Costco Has a Magazine and It’s Thriving - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The award to the victims was way way too much…but it’s right that Giuliani should have had to pay these women a lot of money. He knowingly lied about them and put their lives at risk. Especially unacceptable for a lawyer to do. And others must be deterred from doing the same. The pain of losing that car and that watch…I can’t imagine Rudy thinks it was worth it. I suspect he regrets ever having gotten involved with Trump, a man without ethics or loyalty. Judge Orders Giuliani to Forfeit Millions in Assets to Election Workers He Defamed - The New York Times

Politically interesting: Endangered Democrats brag about Trump ties in final stretch

One example:

Ross Kaminsky