1/ Kamala Harris said she supports ending the Senate filibuster to restore Roe v. Wade to protect abortion rights nationally. “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said. “And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.” In 2022, Harris said that Congress needed to codify Roe into law and, “if the filibuster gets in the way, the Senate needs to make an exception to get it done.” Joe Manchin, meanwhile, will not endorse Harris after she reiterated her support for bypassing the filibuster to protect abortion rights. He added: “Shame on her.” (WPR / Washington Post / NPR / Politico / New York Times / USA Today / Axios)

  • More women are charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe’s end, study finds. “In the year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, at least 210 women across the country were charged with crimes related to their pregnancies, according to the report released by Pregnancy Justice, an advocacy organization. That’s the highest number the group has identified over any 12-month period in research projects that have looked back as far as 1973.” (Associated Press)

2/ More than 400 economists and former White House policy advisors endorsed Kamala Harris and her economic plan. “The choice in this election is clear,” the letter read. “It is a choice between inequity, economic injustice, and uncertainty with Donald Trump or prosperity, opportunity, and stability with Kamala Harris.” Harris’s economic policies largely focus on addressing the high cost of lowering housing, increasing small business expenses, expanding the child tax credit, and lifting the corporate tax rate to 28%. Trump, meanwhile, has pledged to cut taxes and impose high tariffs on imports, which risks reigniting inflation. (CNN / CNBC / Reuters)

3/ A Haitian nonprofit group filed criminal charges against Trump and JD Vance for continuously repeating the baseless, false online conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. The complaint filed by Haitian Bridge Alliance alleges that Trump and Vance had a “direct impact” on the 33 bomb threats that disrupted city services and temporarily shut down the schools. The charges include disrupting public service, making false alarms, committing telecommunications harassment, committing aggravated menacing, and violating the prohibition against complicity. (The Hill / Axios / Associated Press)

4/ Trump’s campaign continued to be hacked until at least mid-September – and may be ongoing. An account using the alias “Robert” revealed internal Trump campaign dossiers and documents dated as recently as Sept. 15, and suggested it was the same “Robert” who sent stolen Trump campaign records to the media in August and July. U.S. intelligence officials concluded that Iran was behind the previous hack of Trump’s presidential campaign and the attempted attack on the Biden-Harris campaign. Trump spokesman Steven Cheung, meanwhile, said the hack indicates that Iran “is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Donald J. Trump.” (Popular Information / Semafor / Daily Beast)

5/ In his final speech as president before the United Nations General Assembly, Biden warned that the world is facing an “inflection point” and “the choices we make today will determine our future. For the choices we make today will determine our future for decades to come.” While reflecting on his five decades of public service, he advise his fellow leaders that “some things are more important than staying in power.” He added: “Our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those pulling us apart, that the principles of partnership that we come here each year to uphold can withstand the challenges, that the center holds once again.” Biden also urged Israel and Hezbollah to step away from all-out war, while also stressing the importance of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Associated Press / Politico / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Washington Post / Axios)

poll/ 64% of likely 18-to-29-year-old voters nationwide support Harris, while 32% support Trump. (Harvard Youth Poll)

  • 📅 The WTFJHT Calendar: Now until then.

  • 💰 Sept. 30: Government funding deadline.
    📺 Oct. 1: CBS vice presidential debate.
    📆 Oct. 6: Last day to register to vote in some states.
    ⛔️ Oct. 14: Indigenous Peoples’ Day – No WTFJHT.
    📺 Oct. 23: [Proposed] Presidential debate.
    🗳️ Nov. 5: Election Day.
    ⚖️ Nov. 26: Trump is sentenced.
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  • 📈 Election Polling Tracker

  • Harris +2.0 points (New York Times)
    Harris +2.4 points (538)
    Harris +2.9 points (Nate Silver)
    Harris +4.0 points (The Economist)
    Harris +2.1 points (RealClearPolitics)
    Harris +5.9 points (Election Betting Odds)

  • 🔮 Election Forecast Tracker

  • Harris wins 57 times out of 100. Trump wins 42 times out of 100. (538)
    Harris wins 54 times out of 100. Trump wins 46 times out of 100. (Nate Silver)
    Harris wins 50 times out of 100. Trump wins 50 times out of 100. (The Economist)