Republicans Have the Cash, however Democrats Have the Atmosphere

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz go over where the midterms stand simple weeks out of Election Day, the legal and cultural concerns at the heart of the deeply troubling Cornell University rape case, and the seasonal American argument over whether to make Daylight Saving Time irreversible.

Here are some notes and recommendations from today’s program:

Isaac Arnsdorf for The Washington Post: Four methods the midterm elections might go, one month away

Andrew Howard for Politico: Exclusive: Democrats include 6 more targets, 2 in districts Trump brought by 20 points

Aaron Blake for CNN: Analysis: Democrats are taking huge portions of GOP citizens in essential Senate races, surveys reveal

William A. Galston for The Wall Street Journal: Opinion: How Big a Midterm Win for the Democrats?

Andrew Solender and Stef W. Kight for Axios: Exclusive: Paxton independently blames problems on Iran war, gas rates

Nathan Layne and Jason Lange for Reuters: Trump citizens are not pumped about ballot in the midterms, Reuters/Ipsos survey discovers

Amy B. Wang for The Washington Post:’I seemed like bait ‘: A timeline of the Cornell University rape accusations

Rebecca Schneid and Miranda Jeyaretnam for Time: Cornell Sex Assault Case Raises Questions About Title IX Accountability and New York’s Intoxicated Consent Law

Jill Filipovic for Slate: A College Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let’s Talk About What We’re Actually Talking About Here.

Jonathan Zimmerman for The Philadelphia Inquirer: Opinion: After the Cornell case, it’s time for colleges to have a past due conversation about the function of alcohol in sexual attack

Jacob Bacharach for New York Magazine: Intelligencer: Why Don’t Colleges Just Ban Fraternities?

Justin Dillon for The Wall Street Journal: Opinion: Commentary: Cornell, Letitia James and the New York Ethics Code

Mack Liederman and Robert Jimison for The New York Times: Here’s Senator Cotton’s Cell Number, Trump Says, in Dispute Over Daylight Saving Bill

Matt Viser for The Atlantic: ‘LOCK THE CLOCK!’

Lynne Peeples for The New York Times: Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

Here are today’s chatters:

Emily: Samuel A. Alito Jr. for The Wall Street Journal: Opinion: Commentary: Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes

John: Hamed Aleaziz, David A. Fahrenthold, Nicholas Nehamas, Tyler Pager, and Niraj Chokshi for The New York Times: Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left; David Gilmour for Mediaite: ABC News Mysteriously Deletes Report on Trump Sons’ ‘$6B’ Business Dealings (initial from ABC News on Internet Archive; Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson for The Wall Street Journal: Exclusive: ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account; Record Lows by CJ Green; Historian T.J. Stiles on Bluesky on Grant documentary (likewise readily available on Netflix

David: Acquired Podcast: Season 13, Episode 2: Costco (likewise on Apple Podcasts; Lioness on Paramount Plus

Listener chatter from Mark Phillips in Baltimore, Maryland: Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen for CNN: Exclusive: United States military had close call after utilizing AI for incorrect intelligence report, sources state

For today’s Slate Plus perk episode, Emily, John, and David respond to a New York Times list of 100 open clinical concerns by developing some unanswered concerns of their own. Their lists range from the cosmic (is interstellar travel possible?) to the intimate (what is it like to be my pet?) to the disturbing (just how much of memory is comprised in the minute?).

Gabfest is pertaining to Providence, RI on October 21st. Tickets offered now!

In the most recent Gabfest Reads, David Plotz talks with reporter Annie Lowrey about her brand-new book,The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time- and How to Fix Itan examination into the hours Americans lose to damaged administration, from 12-hour tax filings to multiyear awaits real estate coupons and structure licenses.

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Podcast production by Nina Porzucki

Research by Emily Ditto

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