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The blue wave came this week, and Trump did his best to cope. It didn’t go well.

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: Things Get Weirder In The Home Stretch

Tuesday: Midterm Madness!

Wednesday: OFF

Thursday: Trump Just Dropped a Big Hint About JD Vance’s 2028 Run

Friday: Trump World, Lawyer Up

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Did you know you can do a deep dive on the Midterm results right here on Substack? You can! Here’s the link - Substack Midterms Coverage - for commentary and real-time election results and analysis from experts across Substack.

Thank you Bill Bishop, Lev Parnas, Brodee Myers-Cooke, Stephanie G Wilson, PhD, Caroline Henry, and many others for tuning into my live video with Katie Couric, Glenn Kirschner, Tara Setmayer, Olivia of Troye, Joe Walsh, Steve Schmidt, and Miles Taylor! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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This week was extra-Trumpy, and no, there is no good way.

Since we didn’t have updates on Monday or Tuesday, let’s start off with a peek at the MAAP. Enjoy!

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: OFF

Tuesday: OFF

Wednesday: Burgers And Asses And Meat Oh My!

Thursday: Trump Gets Epstein Serenade, Obama Roast Trump To A Crisp, And More

Friday: Trump Flips Out, JD Vance Has Ass-Envy, Kansas Is ‘Gone,’ And More

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Don’t miss Ruth’s brilliant take on why Donald Trump has been fixated on the male physique in recent weeks. Thanks to everybody who tuned in today. And we appreciate all of you who are supporting this program and lifting up independent media.

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Inside a jam-packed auditorium on the campus of University of Texas El Paso, James Talarico slammed tech tycoon Elon Musk, drawing huge cheers from the audience, as he accused the world’s richest man of attempting to buy a U.S. Senate seat for Republican challenger Ken Paxton. Musk has reportedly poured nearly $200 million dollars into the race in support of Paxton’s bid.

“Elon Musk wants his very own personal United States senator,” Talarico told the crowd. “Texas is not for sale,” he added.

During his remarks, Talarico blasted Paxton for his long track record of corruption while in office in Texas. Just one week before Election Day in the U.S., polls show the young Democratic state representative holding a slim lead over Paxton in the hotly-contested Senate race. Following the event, young Talarico supporters, some in “Talafreako” t-shirts, said they felt inspired by the Democrat’s message.

“I feel like I can be proud of my state again,” Sophia Guitierrez told us.

A Talarico victory would mark a seismic shift in Texas, where Republicans have dominated the state’s politics for more than three decades. Texas has not had a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since 1993.

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It sounds like a trope, but there truly was no bottom this week. But we tried to end it on a lighter note.

Since Friday was a travel day, we did a late and light version of the update, which we will lead off with. Enjoy!

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: Vance’s Town Hall Debacle, CBS Reporter’s True Colors, Evil’s Conclave, And More

Tuesday: Trump Hate, Vance Racism, Melania Dodge Reflex, Noem Dog Troll, And Much More

Wednesday: Vivek’s Ad Disgusts, Feinberg Stands His Ground, Trump Examines Men’s Bodies, And More

Thursday: Trump 2.0 and the A** Presidency

Friday: The Mini-Update

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All of Trump’s ass talk gives us the perfect metaphor for his second term.

It’s a travel day, so here’s an abbreviated update that’s available to everyone.

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I don’t know whether he’s sad or relieved, but Anthony Scaramucci was supplanted in the record books by Katie Zacharia. Her entire career as press secretary is covered in this week’s’ digest.

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: Trump Called Out On Ceasefire BS, Rallies To Empty Seats, And More

Tuesday: Trump Makes It Weird At Ugly Rally, Lashes Out Over Diesel Deal, And More

Wednesday: Vance Goes Full Homophobe, Local Candidate Goes Rogue On MAGA, And More

Thursday: New Trump Rants On Shooting Americans, Lying About Prices, Hegseth Heckled, And More

Friday: El-Sayed Mocks ‘Small’ Trump, Trump Threatens Jail For Presidents, And More

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Katie Zacharia is out as press secretary, hours after we predicted it in today’s newsletter and Daily Update. Jim Acosta had some quick thoughts:

Guys, this just in: Katie Zacharia is out as the White House press secretary. She has been fired after only five days on the job.

That is worse than what happened to my friend Anthony Scaramucci, who was the White House communications director during the first Trump administration for just 11 days.

Katie Zacharia obviously was never cut out for the job. You could see how poorly she performed at her very first White House briefing earlier in the week, but it was really the fact that she had presented herself as an attorney, as a lawyer, even though she did not pass the bar exam.

And she even went on Sean Hannity, who was giving her a hard time, pretending that he’s Tim Russert all of a sudden. That was a pretty clear indication because Sean talks to Trump, that Zacharia was on her way out, and it turns out she definitely is. She’s out. She’s been fired.

The news broke shortly after Trump told reporters he had given Zacharia some advice:

Katie, we hardly knew ye.

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This week saw Trump and his administration blow past Bond villainy into downright evil territory. Trump doubled down on his “let them nuke” American cities rant, his goons approved the use of a literal heat ray on civilians, announced a televised execution, and shot a man in front of his child.

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: Trump Heckled, Natalie Harp Shouted Out, GOP Gets Rocked, Vivek Goes Viral, And More

Tuesday: Trump Drops Bombshell Rant, Shows Off Natalie, Melts Down Over Polls, And More

Wednesday: Trump Comments Fallout, Bad News For Susan Collins, Big News For Acosta, And More

Thursday: Violence At Trump Rally, Weirdness In The Oval, Stunningly Stupid Scandals, And More

Friday: Daily Update: Trump’s Execution Show, ICE Shoots Dad In Front Of Son, Debate Battlefield, Another Nobel L, And More

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Heads up! Today, we are introducing our interactive battleground map for the midterms. We are calling it MAAP - or the Measured Acosta Average of Polls - and it features live, updated race information in House, Senate and gubernatorial contests across the U.S.

Go to my website where you will find the MAAP and navigate to the map tab at the top of the screen. Enjoy!

And don’t forget the poll that really counts is on Election Day, as they say. So go vote!

Thanks,

Jim

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What a week! Trump was everywhere making things weird, and making the midterms even harder for Republicans.

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Things moved fast this week, so don’t feel bad if you missed something — the Daily Update Digest has you covered!

Monday: Trump Gets Jeered, Lies, Attacks MS NOW Reporter, Does Literal Propaganda, and More

Tuesday: Dirty Dozin’, Trump Lies, Natalie News, Jack Smith Takes The Hot Seat, And More

Wednesday: Trump Rolls Over On AI, Senate Schitt-Show, Secret Trump-Bashing Caught On Tape

Thursday: Trump Goons Try To Out-Do Trump, Dozin’ Don Lies His Ass Off, Blanche Gets Schooled

Friday: Trump TIME Bomb, Toast In Texas, Not OK In OK, New Grifter Dinner, And More

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