Republicans preparing to reject result if Trump loses, warn strategists: A lack of respect for democracy should be reason enough to ensure he doesn’t get anywhere close to power.

Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF: The IMF supports Labour’s new budget, which means it’s probably nowhere near radical enough for my tastes.

Budget 2024: key points at a glance: Bullet-point summary of this government’s first budget; at first sight feels to me like the right direction

Jeff Bezos’ view from nowhere: Bezo’s insistence that the WaPo doesn’t endorse a candidate comes, at best, from a dated and incorrect view about the role of journalism.

The billionaires hedge their bets: Purely out of immoral and misguided self-interest, many of the tech billionaires are cosying up to Trump.

Why I Am (Still) a Liberal (For Now): ‘Thin’ vs ‘thick’ liberalism, and the Cruelty Culture of 2022-era Twitter.

Hundreds of ballots possibly burned after Vancouver ballot box arson: FBI investigating: Doesn’t bode well for next week’s US election.

Videos Reveal Trump Adviser’s “Shadow” Plan for Second Administration: Gone are the days when the craziest of the American political right, Russell Vought in this case, felt the need to keep their most abhorrent views hidden.

A woman, blogging: this is a political act: Blogging can be empowering, especially for people who otherwise might not have a voice - but it’s not without risk.

Needles in Project 2025’s Haystack: Some of the more disturbing phrases concealed within the ‘most soporific bureaucratic gobbledygook imaginable’ main body of the report.

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report: Beginning to worry that one of the worst effects of a Trump victory might be Musk getting ‘official’ political power.

You’ve Already Been Living The Project 2025 Test Drive: Public school closures, library book bans and ending of child labor laws have already worked their way into the US.

Project 2025: The Wikipedia summary of a set of legislative ideas from The Heritage Foundation, most of which would ideally never see the light of day.

It turns out we should have taken Trump literally as well as seriously: Back in 2016 Vox claimed that had been a mistake to take Trump “seriously but not literally”.

Believe Him: The New York Times tells us to believe Trump when he says what he is going to do if he became president again.

The United States of Abortion Mazes: Access to abortion in each US state visualised as an interactive maze.

10 Things to Know About Abortion Access Since the Dobbs Decision: Some of the impacts of the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the US.

MrBeast Goes to Washington: Elon Musk failed to recruit MrBeast, so now he’s trying to be him.

Twelve Million Deportations: Timothy Snyder asks us to think seriously about what would happen if Trump became president and even tried to enact his ‘deport 12 million US residents’ plan.