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WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department says it will give US visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.

Gut punch of a story about an Amazon engineer who trusted ChatGPT-4o to manage and reduce her seizure med dosages. You'd hope someone who made it into a top engineering position would have known the limits of AI circa May 2024 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...

Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to President Lula, a senior U.S official says.

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

CNN Brasil reports that Flávio Bolsonaro’s whereabouts are unknown after he failed to surrender his passports to police A source close to Bolsonaro says the senator is currently flying to the United States

More: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...

An FBI agent killed a man in one of Chicago's Latine neighborhoods yesterday afternoon. Few details available yet:

Trump: "We took over Venezuela very successfully, and they've sent me as a gift a boatload of a million barrels of oil"

Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze

The Office of Management and Budget released its first fiscal 2027 apportionment of ICE’s OBBBA operations money on Oct. 20. Of about $43.5 billion in the account, OMB cleared about $7 billion for this year and held $36.6 billion for fiscal 2028. Let's take a peek.

More on the refouling of Ukrainians through Poland. Since this published in March, I have recorded three additional ICE flights to southern Poland (five total, not including the one expected shortly). www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

LOSS: A Wisconsin court upheld state guidance barring voters from replacing absentee ballots after circumstances in an election change — such as voting for a new, active candidate after their first choice withdraws. As a result, a voter cannot replace a ballot once it’s been returned to the clerk.

More: www.npr.org/2026/10/25/n...

James Ho is a favorite of Christian nationalists for a future SCOTUS vacancy; in a recent speech he criticized justices for not standing up for "biblical truth" www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

President Trump is planning to open up some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies. But those who work in the woods say it won't do enough to revive the industry. n.pr/4yAumMJ

Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...

Sometimes it just dawns on me how deeply weird and wild this situation is. A company making a crappy, unchecked and badly designed product, but thanks to pre-existing science fiction narratives they can aggressively tout their own failures and inadequacies as reasons for self-regulation

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Two storms slam northern Europe, cut power to 150,000 homes https://aje.news/wkvphd

This isn't hyperbole or a joke. Parents actually called the cops and got the black boy and his family removed and the league claimed they were trespassing because he was "putting on a show" and wasn't playing "fair."

Hospitals expect us to trust these garbage theft and guessing bots with our medical information, meanwhile their own garbage theft and guessing bot daddies can't control them www.reuters.com/world/us/ant...

NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

They contradict Trump officials' insistence that — as required by law — immigration judges serve as independent arbiters of justice. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

UPDATE: The DOJ is asking a federal appeals court to reject California's motion to dismiss their lawsuit stopping state election officials from counting tens of thousands of ballots. The request comes just hours before oral arguments in the case are set to begin.

NEW on @zeteo.com — Venues are *pulling out* of hosting Vivek Ramaswamy for his bus tour across Ohio in the closing days of the election. “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there,” a top Ohio Republican says. “It’s that damn ad.” From @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social:

CENTCOM reportedly has plans for Iran strikes: Will Trump approve them? https://aje.news/jis5sx

Musk is panicking about his recent anti-Ukraine moves following bi-partisan demands to bring his business under scrutiny, and perhaps control.

Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

Apparently, some Houston voters are putting their I Voted stickers on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial. Stephen Miller is ALREADY trying to scapegoat others for losing whatever races they lose in Texas and elsewhere. This is a vivid testament that for some voters, his murder squad is the reason.

Bigots descended on Herne Bay, Kent, England today with chants of 'Save our nation - remigration' 'End the invasion -remigration'. Most shockingly they chanted 'England for the white man'. These are white supremacists not 'concerned citizens'. Britain you've a serious problem, sort it out NOW!

"Alexander says he didn’t come back to Ingram to help deport his neighbors... he just ended up making it part of his job. Alexander and Ingram’s other patrol officer had delivered at least 70 people to immigration agents. Within a year, they would hand over the equivalent of 10% of Ingram to ICE."

Trump: "While oil prices are temporarily high ... the United States oil and gas business is making hundreds of billions of dollars"

CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Additional 178 cases of measles reported by US health authorities amid outbreak

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Detainees at ICE's Folkston detention center in Georgia say a Mexican national has taken his own life. Detainees heard the man screaming in pain while being held in solitary confinement. Then, the screams stopped. He is the 60th person to die in ICE custody under Trump. More to come...

Right. If your mother says bad things about you, it should automatically disqualify you from holding a job in government. Apropos of nothing, here's an email to Pete Hegseth from his mom.

MAGA cult pastor Shane Vaughn has a message for all those Republicans criticizing Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad: "Quit being soft. Quit being gay. Quit being spineless. We are in a war!"

More: www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.

Israeli Settlers Turn a Palestinian Rite Into a Gantlet of Violence and Fear: This year’s olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is the most violent in years, as settlers have attacked farmers and besieged homes www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/w...