Richard Bellikoff

""If you are nowhere near a ballot drop box or even a standard mailbox and have no other alternative, at least select a stray that seems to be in good health and capable of evading coyotes, hawks, and other predators.”" theonion.com/election-off...

"Lula won by 3 percentage points, twice Donald Trump’s margin in 2024. And he did so despite efforts by the right, in Brazil and elsewhere, to rig the election against him." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

"Voting was extended by two hours because widespread disruptions to public transportation had made it difficult for working-class voters to get to the polls. Lula’s campaign alleged that these disruptions were engineered by pro-Bolsonaro mayors . ." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

". . we’re now in the midst of an enormous healthcare disaster . . . This ongoing healthcare disaster is all on Trump and his party. And again, voters appear to have noticed, giving Democrats a large and growing edge on the issue." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-d...

"Trump and his party have done all they can to deny healthcare to millions of Americans. They have done this partly to save money — not to reduce the budget deficit, but to make room for tax cuts for the wealthy. They have also done it out of sheer cruelty." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-d...

". . Trump effectively has nothing left to lose on the political front — and his political bankruptcy has freed him to become his worst self, indulging himself by doing what he always wanted to do — which includes supporting corrupt, murderous dictators." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-traito...

"At least two dozen vessels, many of them commercial tankers carrying crude oil and gas, have been attacked this month as they’ve tried to pass through the strait. But, war or no war, M+C Saatchi would endeavor to lure tourists here." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"Once the midterms are over, Trump, with nothing left to lose, will be free to be his worst self — a malignant narcissist who instinctively supports authoritarians and is preoccupied with revenge against . . anyone that threatens his fragile grandiosity." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

"Trump has increasingly stopped pretending that he cares about illegal immigration or immigrant crime, and is veering into flat, open racism — so far specially directed against Somalis, but it won’t stop there." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

"Q: Won’t this inject much-needed money into the Russian economy to fuel its war machine? A: No, in fact it will be coming right back to the U.S. in the form of campaign donations. Q: What is Russia getting in return? A: Ukraine. theonion.com/what-to-know...

"He desperately craves being the center of attention, and seeing blind devotion mirrored back at him as that devotion wanes with an increasingly disgusted, exhausted public." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/o...

"As his hold on the country seems to be slipping through his pudgy fingers, Trump needs the unqualified love from his blond Praetorian Guard." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/o...

"If Democrats win Congress this November, they should use their investigative powers to scrutinize Musk’s companies, question his relationships to foreign governments and ensure his compliance with federal law." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/o...

"The once-respected position has been degraded by six years of poor decisions and a volatile president who prefers to communicate with the electorate at 3 a.m. in ALL CAPS via his own social media platform." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"Election officials have 48 hours to respond or face possible emergency court action, the DOJ said; experts say the demand is legally questionable." They can't withhold ballots. They've already been mailed. I've received mine. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...