Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.
TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Kamala Harris Spokesman Is Asked About Tensions With Joe Biden, His Answer Says Everything
Why the Harris campaign won't just bat all this down is beyond me. It's not as if they haven't lied about dozens of other things.
CBS News Gets Decimated Over Story Pushing New Dem Talking Point About Trump Medical Records
Third, is CBS kidding? Who is it that got shoved aside from the race because his cognitive decline was on display before the world in the first debate? That's the guy occupying the office right now.
Kamala Harris Is Laughably Desperate, and Her Latest Moves Prove It
I don't know what the final tally will be when all the votes are counted, but I know that Harris thinks that she's going to lose if something doesn't change.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling out a super PAC aligned with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over their refusal to spend money on his Texas Senate race. Meanwhile, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is mulling a run at becoming chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
White House What's Up
It's a fairly quiet day for President Joe Biden. He starts it at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, then travels to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a campaign event in the evening, then back to the White House.
The Homestretch
Vice President Kamala Harris is in Detroit, Michigan, where she'll spend a quiet day of receiving briefings and conducting internal meetings with staff before participating in a live interview with Charlamagne tha God in the late afternoon. Second (not a) Gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend two campaign events in New York, New York, Tuesday evening. First Lady Jill Biden will attend campaign events in Chester County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Harris running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be appearing at multiple events in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump will deliver remarks in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday evening. Running mate JD Vance (R-OH) will be attending a town hall in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Trump tour bus, featuring Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, will be in Carson City, Nevada, on Tuesday evening.
Full Court Press...
Two cases are being argued before the Supreme Court Tuesday morning:
1. Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn —
Douglas J. Horn lost his job as a commercial truck driver after a drug test he took reflected the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”), the active chemical compound in marijuana. Horn maintained that he ingested THC unwittingly by consuming a cannabis-derived product that Medical Marijuana, Inc. marketed as THC-free.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) creates a civil treble-damages action for “[a]ny person injured in his business or property by reason of" certain offenses. 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c).
The question presented is:
Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant's acts for purposes of civil RICO.
2. Bouarfa v. Mayorkas —
Amina Bouarfa, a U.S. citizen, married Palestinian national Ala’a Hamayel in 2011, and together they have three U.S.-citizen children. Bouarfa petitioned United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for a visa that would permit her husband to remain in the country permanently. While the agency approved the petition, two years later it notified the couple it planned to revoke it after uncovering evidence that it said would have caused it to deny Hamayel’s visa – namely, evidence that he allegedly entered a previous marriage in an attempt to evade immigration laws. Bouarfa sued.
Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria.
No decision has dropped yet from the New York appellate court regarding Trump's appeal of the civil fraud judgment against him, but it could well be issued this week. We'll be keeping an eye out for it.
MORNING MUSING
We're three weeks away. The tensions are ratcheting up. You can see it — in "news" reports, headlines, even social media posts. Here's the best advice I have to offer (in addition to: VOTE!):
For the next 3 weeks, don’t believe any headline you read. https://t.co/G1vTIUNsu7
— Susie Moore ⚾️🌻🐶 (@SmoosieQ) October 15, 2024
Yes, I recognize the irony of offering that advice from the pages of an on-line news/political publication. But I mean it. We write great headlines, in my opinion, but they aren't the story. My point is, don't just rely on what you glimpse in a headline or pithy social media post. Look under the hood — read what's there supporting it — before accepting it as accurate. (That's actually good advice for always, but most especially in the next three weeks.)
LIGHTER FARE
Strike a pose...
This is the ideal marmot body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. pic.twitter.com/VnQxARf9rI
— National Park Service (@NatlParkService) October 15, 2024
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