‘JD Vance’s repeated attacks on Haitian immigrants have fueled a common refrain from Democrats — that he and former president donald trump are “scapegoating” immigrants by trying to shift manufactured blame onto them for the real-world problems of Springfield, Ohio.

The Republican ticket is indeed scapegoating Haitian immigrants. But for Vance, especially, there is likely nothing accidental or impulsive about it. In his own writing, the GOP vice-presidential nominee has clearly conveyed the power — and possible dangers — of scapegoating, casting “efforts to shift blame and our own inadequacies onto a victim” as “a moral failing, projected violently upon someone else.”…’

— via POLITICO

‘donald trump briefly followed the first attempt on his life with calls for unity. This time he’s going straight to a far more brazen message: Democrats’ rhetoric put my life in danger….’

— via POLITICO

‘If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House….’

— via POLIICO

‘Students of all ages still haven’t made up the ground they lost during the pandemic….’

— via Vox

‘Thousands of beepers and two-way radios exploded in attacks against Hezbollah, but mainstream consumer devices like smartphones aren’t likely to be weaponized the same way….’

— via WIRED