Don’t feed the trolls: American journalism needs to focus on the high stakes of the upcoming election, not contribute to the right’s ridiculous obsession with Hillary Clinton’s emails, Isaac Chotiner argues. (Here, for your reference, is a handy side-by-side comparison of the candidates’ sins.)
Keep it in mind: Adam Chodorow suggests that we try really hard not to forget and forgive Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. It matters.
Keep it in mind, part 2: Mark Joseph Stern tallies the instances of voter suppression that we’ve seen so far this election season, and reminds us that Republican politicians planned for this.
On the other hand, don’t worry: So-called “October Surprises” have much less of an impact in the age of highly predictable partisan voting, Jamelle Bouie argues. The electorate’s polarization is such that most voters won’t change their minds at this point. (See also: Seth Stevenson’s latest set of interviews with a small group of anti-Trump Republicans.)
For fun: Forrest Wickman’s classic Brief History of Fake Blood.
The good stuff’ll cost you,
Rebecca
