Today’s comic by Tom Tomorrow is The incredible debate:
• It's 201 days that Merrick Garland has been waiting for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing and 232 since Antonin Scalia died.
What you may have missed on Sunday Kos …
- A reflection on evangelical Christians who suddenly feel they have nowhere to turn in this election, by Kerry Eleveld
- Obama told the story of America in dedicating the new Museum of African American History and Culture, by Ian Reifowitz
- Evangelical contortions to support Donald Trump a travesty to Christianity, by Egberto Willies
- Horse race illusions and the angst-ridden ‘sport’ of politics, by Propane Jane
- Lessons from Hillary Clinton's debate victory: Winning people, not arguments, by David Akadjian
- Don’t talk to me about justice, unless you are voting to secure SCOTUS, by Denise Oliver Velez
- SpaceX is set to take on the wild, wild waste, by DarkSyde
- I am voting for Hillary, by Mark E Andersen
- The number of Clinton newspaper endorsements is YUUUGE, Sher Watts Spooner
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• George H.W. Bush’s granddaughter poses with Clinton aide Huma Abedin in #wewithher selfie.
• Trump supporters spent debate tweeting Jon Lester, thinking he was Lester Holt:
Jon Lester is expected to be the Cubs’ Game 1 starter when the NLDS kicks off at Wrigley on Friday against either the Mets or Giants. That’s Jon Lester. Not NBC anchor Lester Holt, who is old and who scouts say has 55 command at best, barely fourth-starter potential. Just so we’re clear.
• She threatened Obama and still believes a rash of nonsense about him, Michelle Obama and a lot of other stuff. It’s a story both sad and scary.
• 'Despite climate risks, utilities going big on natural gas: Scientists say the United States can't build much more fossil fuel infrastructure if it wants to meet the Paris climate goals. So why are utilities going all-in on gas?
• State lawmaker who pushed for law protecting people for filming police arrested for filming Little Rock police:
An Arkansas State representative who helped pass a state law protecting people who film police was arrested Monday while filming Little Rock police as they put a black man in handcuffs after a traffic stop.
The charges against Rep. John Walker have been dropped, but his colleague, fellow civil rights lawyer Omavi Shukur, faces charges for obstruction of government relations.
• Report shows “How Privatization Increases Inequality.”
• On today's Kagro in the Morning show, it’s a rerun of our 10/05/15 show. Greg Dworkin rounds up polling & headlines. More details of the OR shooting & a new alert. Gop fight over "leadership" elections continues, even over when to hold them. Will ideology talk louder than money?
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