There's a reason Steve Silberman was chosen to be the concluding voice in the four-hour career spanning "Long Strange Trip." Farewell to a consummate thinker and Deadhead.

Our new paper Autism In Adulthood found much consensus against normalization & for well-being, societal reform & supportive environments in autism community: findings were robust to closeness to autistics w/ intellectual disabilities & nonspeaking autistics. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

I spent a couple days camping out with rural Democrats in Pennsylvania. Besides enjoying moonshine and mountain pies over a roaring bonfire, they had a serious mission: preventing a Trump blowout in the red counties he’s relying on to win Pennsylvania. notus.org/2024-election/…

Grayzone right now

👀Montana Republican Tim Sheehy leads Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in one of the most critical races of the 2024 election, according to new AARP polling 49% to 41% on the full ballot – outside the margin of error axios.com/2024/09/05/mon…

Man, give the kids at The Alligator all the student journalism awards. And news outlets should be champing at the bit to hire these student reporters once they graduate.

Reminder that @BTerris had Benny Johnson's number back then. He's always been a serial fabulist and plagiarist. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…

What is Trump's plan to make childcare more affordable? We're going to raise billions from tariffs and we can use some of that to help, Trump says at Econ Club of New York. [In other words, there is no plan]

The Harris campaign dispatched Tim Walz to Lancaster County this week. He got positive reception from many people. But some Trump voters "I think he’s a piece of crap" who "don’t help her one bit." Good dispatch from @_richardhall independent.co.uk/news/world/ame… #CornWatch

Bingo! Trump is meeting low-propensity, non-politically engaged heterosexual men where they are because these are the exact voters he needs. The equivalent for Harris is going on the Charlamagne Tha God's podcast or Sway's show.

Counties I'm homing in on Election Day -Washoe (NV) -Coconino (AZ) -Maricopa (AZ) -Forsyth (GA) -Tarrant (TX) -Lancaster (PA) -Beaver (PA) -Grand Traverse (MI) -Macomb (MI) -Robeson (NC)

Big Jon might be thrown under the tractor this cycle. #MTSen

House Dem Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar tells Melanie Zanona at #TribFest24 that Democratic lawmakers feared “the bottom could drop out” if Biden remained the nominee. “Our members were doing OK. They were out performing President Biden in polling. They were doing good. But it was tough.

BREAKING: UNC's Diversity and Inclusion office no longer exists and that programs within the office have been sourced to different departments, according to UNC Student Body President Jaleah Taylor. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. bit.ly/47d9EXp

Donald Trump was asked today what he’d do about child care if elected president. This is what he said, in its entirety:

JUST IN: The father of the suspected Georgia school shooter has been arrested and faces several charges, including involuntary manslaughter cnn.it/3ALMlrl

I think a lot about how when McConnell spoke on the convention floor at the RNC, he was booed by other Republicans, but when Tucker Carlson took the stage before Trump, he got just as big, if not a bigger, applause.

Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes earns about $45 million a year, yet NFL cheerleaders aren't promised much more than minimum wage. bit.ly/47wB1fj