2018 Election Meddling, Polls, Immigrant Caravan: 3 Stories You Should Read: 10/19/2018

October 19, 2018 Confluence

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In the category of: There is a reason people put themselves through this.

Chaos erupts as caravan reaches Mexico border

A chaotic scene unfolded as a massive caravan of Honduran migrants reached the Guatemala-Mexico border Friday.

What appeared to be tear gas was fired as the crowd pushed towards Mexican police at the border, CNN’s Bill Weir reported from the scene.

“There are children in this crowd. … This is utter chaos at the moment. You’ve got people with Honduran flags climbing the fences. Now we’re being pushed back,” Weir said.

Mexican officials had said people seeking asylum would be processed at the border. But it’s unclear what will happen next.

Members of the group — many with children in tow — had cheered and chanted as they streamed toward the port of entry, with celebratory airhorns blaring.

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In the category of: Please go F’ing vote.

Polls can be wrong

Neither party should feel too confident in what polls show right now.

With the election two and a half weeks away, the conventional wisdom on several closely watched races is settling in. The political world thinks that Democrats are likely to take the House, that Beto O’Rourke (D) is doomed in Texas, that Joe Manchin (D) has locked things up in West Virginia, and that Marsha Blackburn (R) has pulled ahead in Tennessee.

When the votes are counted on November 6, all of this could turn out to be spot-on — or some of it could be dramatically wrong.

As polls come in during the final days of the election, we should keep in mind two reasons why what they’re showing now might not necessarily be what we see on Election Day.

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In the category of: Here we go again…

Federal Prosecutors File First Charges Alleging 2018 Russian Election Interference

Federal prosecutors have charged a Russian woman with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with alleged efforts to interfere in the 2018 election.

The charges, filed against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova on Sept. 28 but unsealed Friday in the Eastern District of Virginia, are the first such charges relating to the current election cycle.

The FBI affidavit attached to the complaint alleged that Khusyaynova has served as the chief accountant for “Project Lakhta” — which is described as a project begun in 2014 to conduct “political and electoral interference operations.”

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