Early voting is surging in several states ahead of the midterms, with turnout up significantly compared to 2022. Rachel Maddow breaks down the numbers in Georgia, North Carolina, Maine and Iowa and explains why she believes Republicans are bracing for major losses.

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NEW TO MS NOW: Laura Barrón-López spoke with Rep. Adam Smith, a top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, who remains skeptical about the explanation he received from the admiral who oversaw the controversial September boat strike.

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This month, Trump’s DOJ sent L.A.’s top election official a flash drive, a sticky note with a password, and 48 hours to investigate a list of 20,000 people it identified as “likely noncitizens” who were sent ballots to participate in the midterm elections.

Here’s how the “bizarre” episode went down, according to Dean Logan, the Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk for Los Angeles County.

Watch the full interview on “Connect with Jacob Soboroff.”

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In this new edition of PSAKI BOMBS! Rep. Andy Harris has a total meltdown over a persistent reporter. Donald Trump’s new press secretary is strangely evasive about if and where she passed the bar exam to be a lawyer. Ken Paxton suffers another scandal at the same time that his James Talarico conspiracy theory blows up in his face. And Donald Trump gives new meaning to the phrase “male gaze.”

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Jen Psaki reacts to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Cheesecake Factory appearance, where he took aim at Barack Obama and cast himself as a voice for working Americans. But Bessent’s billionaire background makes the everyman act a tough sell.

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