ABC/WaPo poll:
• 60% disapprove of Trump (new high), 36% approve
• 45% say corruption in Washington has increased under Trump, 13% say decreased
• 49% support impeachment
• 63% support Mueller probe
• 66% oppose Manafort pardon (h/t @docrocktex26) abcn.ws/2PQsuv8
The single biggest shift is among college-educated white women: just 23 percent now approve of Trump, down 17 points from the April 2017 peak, with disapproval up 20 points.
Even among non-college white men, his approval is down 15 points, from 70% just this spring to 55% today.
Trump's disapproval among blacks is 93%.
3% of blacks approve of Trump.
THREE PERCENT.
That's basically Kanye, Candace Owens, Don King, Mike Tyson and Diamond & Silk.
IBD/TIPP poll:
• 36% of voters approve of Trump (-5), 56% disapprove (+3)
• 7-pt drop among Republicans to 76%
• 15-pt drop among rural voters to 45%
• Prefer Democratic control of Congress, 50%–39% (h/t @AlanIAbramowitz) investors.com/politics/trump…
Democrats open biggest lead in the midterms since 2006, 52%–38%
An even larger percentage (60%) would rather see Democratic control of Congress, as a check on Trump, rather than GOP control to support his agenda
WaPo/ABC poll: Democrats hold a clear advantage over Republicans in the midterms, with antipathy toward Trump fueling Democratic enthusiasm, **even among those in the party who stayed home four years ago** wapo.st/2NfZ1MI
Democrats open biggest lead in the midterms since 2006, 52%–38%
An even larger percentage (60%) would rather see Democratic control of Congress, as a check on Trump, rather than GOP control to support his agenda
Turkey has concluded that Jamal #Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a 15-member Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder" washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
"#Khashoggi visited the consulate to obtain documents related to his upcoming wedding.
The killing, if confirmed, would mark a stunning escalation of Saudi Arabia’s effort to silence dissent, rounding up clerics, business execs & women’s rights advocates"
"The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr. #Khashoggi has been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved out of the consulate." reuters.com/article/us-sau…
Interpol president Meng Hongwei reported missing after trip to his native China; his wife hasn't heard from him since he left France at the end of September nbcnews.com/news/world/int…
"China has not commented officially on Meng Hongwei's disappearance & there was no mention of him in official media"
French police investigate disappearance of Interpol chief, place his wife under protection after receiving threats by phone & social media irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…
"The initial working assumption of Western investigators was Mr Meng had antagonized Chinese authorities in some way and had been detained as a result."
American Bar Association reopens evaluation of #Kavanaugh's "well-qualified" rating, based on his unhinged performance during a Senate hearing last week pbs.org/newshour/polit…
"A report by Washington Economics Group, whose clients include businesses like Nascar, projected that automatic restoration of voting rights would lead to $365 million/year in gains for Florida's economy, from lower prison costs and increased productivity"
Amazing statistic: the recidivism rate for people who had their voting rights automatically restored under Gov. Crist is 12.4%, vs a state average of 30%.
Also noteworthy: Charles and David Koch's network has declared support for Amendment 4.
.@nycsouthpaw: When career prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked #Kavanaugh about his drinking & the July 1 party where Judge and Smyth were in attendance – a key date that aligns with Ford's account – Republican senators then came to his rescue and benched her yahoo.com/news/kavanaugh…
Trump says he rejected a one-on-one meeting with Justin Trudeau at the #UNGA, threatens tariffs on Canada auto exports: "We're going to tax the cars coming in, and we'll put billions and billions into our treasury .. Canada has treated us very badly"
Aside from his economic illiteracy (Americans pay the tariff, not foreign exporters), his personal animus towards Trudeau and Canada – neighbors, close allies, brothers and sisters – is senseless and destructive.