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it's almost time to break out the slightly-too-small black t-shirt and walk backwards down the voting line.

Reuters: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters.

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY:

In the face of all the Grand Juries refusing to indict Trump's political enemies, I can't help but recall Justice Sotomayor's argument against Trump immunity in 2024; that we already have protections against rogue prosecutors, including The Grand Jury.

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

Trump on Venezuela: “Maybe someday soon it will become a prosperous 51st state. “Let's make it the 51st state, and instead of a president, we'll have an election for governor.”

Trump: “We're celebrating the greatest oil victory in history. “To the victor belong the spoils, right?”

ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

One week to go, five new changes on the Crystal Ball rankings: FLSen: Safe R -> Likely R NCSen: Leans D -> Likely D SCSen: Likely R -> Leans R AZGov: Leans D -> Likely D VTGov: Likely R -> Leans R

for those wondering if Melania knew.. here's her statement: "some will go to Russia, some to Ukraine" After Russia invaded Ukrainian city, stole children and people with disabilities, cut off utilities, tortured and starved the rest.

There’s a lesson here for other parties around the world.

Put it this way: why isn’t Netanyahu calling Hamas to negotiate? Why isn’t Jordan calling Hamas asking to negotiate? Bc Hamas is a terrorist org. So is Putin.. perhaps with better branding through propaganda and useful idiots. And until we get it into our strong heads, Putin’s war will expand.

Putin understands one thing only — strength. If someone believes that Russia will truthfully negotiate and then actually adhere to the agreement, take any document Russia signed and google of it ever respected it. What Putin respects is unity — NATO, EU.. blocks of strong allies.

PM of Norway & President of Finland spoke with Putin. Then they called Zelenskyy, who shared: I am grateful for detailed briefing and for support of our diplomacy and peace efforts. Alex & Jonas made it clear to Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed reg our energy & infrastructure

Stubb: “The discussion was frank and substantive. We are neighbouring countries to Russia. The outcome of this war will have a direct impact on our and the broader European security. Ending the war requires direct discussions.”

Absolutely 👇

Fucking weasels.

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

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!

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

FLASHBACK — Republican Paul Weyrich (co-founder of the Heritage Foundation & ALEC): “I don’t want everybody to vote… our leverage in elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” They’ve been saying it out loud for years. Please vote. 🗳️ 🇺🇸

Putin: “Russia is exploring the possibility of cooperation with the US in the Arctic.” Just a reminder of Trump’s lies that he wanted Greenland to keep Russia out of the Arctic.

I do not like this JD Vance I do not like his arrogant stance I do not like his manky beard It makes his eyeliner look really weird I do not like his fancy ties He lies and lies and lies and lies He’s a hollow man in a suit and pants I do not like this JD Vance

It’s happening again. Because why wouldn’t it? Nobody was held accountable last time.

The good news is that we are winning in court. The bad news is that we have to win every case. Trump only needs to subvert one election to break democracy.

New details about another rape allegation against Trump, this time from a former Miss Switzerland.

Huge headlines around the world. In major US media, unreported. Something's fishy here.

GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell is threatening to block Trump’s legislative agenda unless he stops bending the knee to Putin www.wsj.com/opinion/codd...

This is a rare moment of bipartisanship. And a reliable indication that Darline Graham is a horrible, inexperienced nepo-candidate.

Obama wrecked him. bsky.app/profile/atru...

A good day for democracy. Let’s keep this streak going.

Per Telegraph, Putin and Trump admin are discussing the “need” for NATO withdrawal back to its 1997 borders as part of the “peace plan”. That means withdrawal of NATO forces from Poland, Baltics and Finland.

Based on WSJ sources, Trump administration officials are reportedly floating former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán for UN secretary-general, potentially backed by the US, Russia and China.

If you wonder why Im only classifying them by geopolitical stance and suspect this buries nuance, consider this: the pro-Ru incumbent’s main message going forward: “we will spread our message of peace” and her backer, the PM: “on Sunday we will choose peace or war”. This is a geopolitical election!

In short - DJT & Pu want to “decide and divide” whatever Pu couldn’t conquer among themselves. Nope.

I hope Natalie shows Trump this clip of Harry Enten comparing Obama's popularity with his unpopularity

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

BREAKING: Brazil’s President Lula da Silva wins reelection, defeating Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro

Please VOTE EARLY & get everyone you know to as well. Vote in person or use a ballot dropbox if possible since mail is often delayed. If you use the mail, get your ballot hand postmarked by the clerk at the PO. For any issues at the polling place or ballot dropbox, call: 866ourvote.org

In 2024 31% of registered voters chose Trump. Because 39% did not vote at all, that gave him a "sweeping" 1.5% victory over Harris. For ten years MAGA has been the ugly rancid tail wagging the American dog. Time to stop the bleeding and send these people back under their rocks. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

A stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, whose government cultivated close ties with Donald Trump and his family, has conceded defeat to a student-led opposition movement in a historic parliamentary election.

Trump says he doesn’t want immigrants from Norway because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize. “Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country.”

I realize this isn't a perfect bill, but the amount of money they're spending on blatantly dishonest ads about it is jaw dropping. The billionaires would rather spend hundreds of millions to defeat this bill than just pay a fair share of taxes. A vote for it sends a message on the principle.

The only Planned Parenthood in the UP closed in 2025. Medicare for All means access to medical care for all, in every corner of the country.

A recent post by a Nobel Peace Prize winner.