The latest on the aftermath of Sandy, in New York City and elsewhere, in the TPMLivewire.
The reports coming in from across New York City this evening, especially in lower Manhattan and low-lying areas of Brooklyn, suggest a worst-case scenario is ongoing: record storm surge from Hurricane Sandy overtopping and breaching the city’s flood protections, swamping the city’s subway tunnels, sending flood waters through city streets, and knocking out power to large swaths of the city.
We’re following the latest developments at TPMLivewire.
TPM Reader JA has this question …
I have seen and heard numerous discussions of how Sandy might affect the election results if some people have trouble getting to the polls to vote. What I haven’t seen is any discussion of what happens if there are no polls to go to or there are only electronic voting machines and no power?
Today’s wind-swept, sea-foam-encrusted poll charts in the most important 2012 races
As we hunker down for the storm in New York and DC, we’d like to see what you’re seeing. Send us photos of what you’re seeing from Sandy if you’re in the storm zone.
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And remember, safety first: Please don’t do anything to jeopardize your safety.
Robocall campaigns don’t place a high premium on truth. But Bill Kristol and his “Emergency Committee for Israel” seem to have taken the tradition right past 11. Read More
Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Sandy or no Sandy.
Mitt Romney’s new Jeep ad is such a fabrication that even a lot of reporters who are usually timid about calling candidates out for falsehoods are finally making a fuss.
The question is, how big a fuss will it be. The Romney camp has been openly teling reporters for months — off the record — that they don’t really care if reporters and pundits say they’re ads aren’t true. They’ll just make it up with bigger ad spends. At the moment, most reporters still seem uncomfortable reporting the scale of Romney’s dishonesty with his new ad.