The Lid: Trump Campaign Remains (Really) Optimistic

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With just over two weeks until Election Day, it’s important to stay optimistic. And the electoral map Donald Trump’s campaign released Monday is just about as optimistic as it gets. As one of us (!!) notes, the battleground map included in the memo not only assumes red states like Georgia, Arizona and Missouri are safely in hand, but also marks other keys states that are trending blue as tossups. Our NBC News battle ground map shows Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan all leaning Democrat, while the Trump campaign assesses they’re still up for grabs. Overall, Team Trump says it has 191 electoral votes, compared to 197 for Clinton and 150 still in play. And it’s not just NBC News’ map that conflicts with the Trump campaign. Most outside experts and polling suggest the race is in a drastically different place than what the Trump campaign says it is.

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Trump’s battleground map is way more optimistic than most polling shows.

Jay Z will hold a get-out-the-vote concert for Hillary Clinton in Ohio prior to Election Day, the Clinton campaign announced Monday.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation spotlights stringent New York state laws that have long drawn criticism

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSDecades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

FOR THE RECORD…

“He thinks that because he has a mouthful of Tic-Tacs, he can force himself on any woman within groping distance.”

-- Elizabeth Warren on Trump.

TOMORROW’S SKED

Hillary Clinton campaigns in Florida, while Bill Clinton hits North Carolina and Chelsea visits Wisconsin.

Donald Trump holds a pair of rallies in Florida.

Mike Pence is in Ohio.

Joe Biden will campaign for Clinton in Pennsylvania.