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Today we’re releasing our tally of corruption in Trump’s Washington. $377 billion. And that’s just what you can see. The documentary & data are now LIVE at corruptionland.org

The Cheesecake Factory’s decor is fine for the Cheesecake Factory, not an historic 234 year old symbol of the US and what’s supposed to be the “ People’s House “.

"Donald Trump Is Newly Accused of Rape – and Epstein Allegedly Helped 👀" The president faces horrific new sexual assault claims linked to the old friend he just can’t escape. Plus: a new national poll of Arab Americans shows Democrats slowly winning back their support. First Draft from Zeteo:

"The UK’s Slow-Motion Crisis Demands a Rapid-Response Budget" Stagnant wages, rising prices & cuts to services – no wonder there’s a widespread sense that everything is getting worse. Will tomorrow’s Budget grapple with the scale of the problem? Unlikely. @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo UK:

Think our effort to address the damage done by DOGE Is over? Not at all! We just won summary judgment proving that they abused our data And we are also litigating in fed court on behalf of the countless people they injured at USAID

A victory for ordinary people & a rebuke of the Trump admin & Elon Musk, the billionaire it put in charge OPM had no business giving DOGE data on tens of millions of people @democracydefendersfund.org, EFF & partners stand w/ AFGE & federal workers. Full statement 👇 -TN

Two weeks out, Trump's FCC chair is warning TV stations that polls showing Trump & the GOP losing could count as "News Distortion" The First Amendment has no exception for polls the president doesn't like The poll that matters most is Nov 3, & Carr can't keep that one off the air -TN

BREAKING: major development in our case on ICE at the polls The judge granted our request for expedited discovery & we’ll now seek answers about threats & their impact on voters DDF, NAACP, Mfenaccion, OCANational, NatUrbanLeague, MN8, SEIU, AFT, UFCW IUPAT & others! - TN

Seized ballots, ICE at the polls, nonstop election lies Pro-democracy AGs & secretaries of state are ready for all of it Their level of preparation is off the charts @Democracydefendersfund.org & partners are proud to be at the table 👇 @theguardian.com - TN

DOJ's misconduct office has lost nearly half its staff under Trump That's where the inspector general wants to send the Davey Hearn case @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe, @washlitgroup.bsky.social & I flagged potential witness tampering & obstruction to the OIG His answer: not my job. -TN

Nearly 20 million Americans have already voted! And the DOJ is FREAKING out! Don’t fret - Norm is taking them to court… @democracydefendersaction.org @normeisen.bsky.social

East Potomac Park has 3 golf courses, mini golf, a playground, picnic spots & a road locals run & bike on Trump's plan could swap most of that for a single 18-hole course @democracydefendersfund.org & partners are in court to keep it public More @nytimes.com👇 -TN

Trump & co said the quiet part out loud today: these BOGUS lawsuits are about subverting elections & it’s because he’s scared of YOUR vote Suing now bc your guy might lose later? Like all their election shenanigans: sow chaos & cling to power It's not going to work -TN

We and the pro-democracy coalition have beaten every major Trump election-denial scheme His suit to toss 20,000+ LA ballots will go the same way—it's post-election sour grapes How we'll win together, in this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

A would-be governor cannot run a state while picking which political donors to sue. Rick Jackson’s GloriFi mess is an extreme conflict. As former ethics czar, I told @nytimes.com: not in a million years would I allow this arrangement in government. -TN

@democracydefendersfund.org & our partners are stepping in on behalf of LULAC & the NAACP so eligible LA voters don't lose their ballots over a thumb drive of bogus names We argue in court Tuesday What our filings say, in this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

I've worked w/ state AGs for years & have never seen them this prepared to fight election sabotage Trump is up against an unprecedented legal wall—and all of you More from the front lines, in this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

Trump's assistant, Natalie Harp & the KC CEO swapped 11 texts the day the board voted to close it Lots of chatter about a building he wants "ripped down." Now he claims privilege?? @democracydefendersaction.org & @washlitgroup.bsky.social are in court for @repbeatty.bsky.social to get them👇 -TN

BREAKING: 174 bipartisan former judges are calling on the 8th Circuit to toss DOJ’s misconduct complaint against the Minnesota judges DOJ wants them investigated & some barred from DHS cases, all for saying ICE violated 210 court orders @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to stand w/ them👇 -TN

Good news: Maurene Comey is back at SDNY after a judge ruled her firing unlawful Who trusts a case if the prosecutor’s job hangs on pleasing the president? Rules keep the answer simple, & today they protected more than one person -TN

Early voting just crossed 30 million That’s 30 million Americans casting ballots before Election Day, while Trump’s DOJ unsuccesfully runs around trying to throw ballots out The courts are one line of defense -- the ballot box is the strongest one, & your vote is how we hold it -TN

BREAKING: the 9th Circuit REJECTED the DOJ’s desperate attempt to prevent 20,000 votes from being counted in CA Tomorrow, @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org NAACP & @lulacorg.bsky.social address the merits head-on in District Court This is a major win for voters in CA & everywhere! -TN

BREAKING: Preliminary injunction granted in the golf course case by Judge Reyes! The threat to close & destroy this historic property is the latest act of Trump corruption that the courts have responded to Kudos to our wonderful clients & cocounsel @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates

BREAKING: We're asking the Office of Special Counsel & State Dept IG to investigate reports that diplomats' promotions hinge on how they vote & who they donate to If true, that's a political loyalty test & the law bars it @democracydefendersfund.org complaint 👇

No more surprise chainsaws at East Potomac Park The court says not one more tree comes down & the administration owes 10 business days’ notice before any other move it can’t undo Our @democracydefendersfund.org statement w/ @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates👇 -TN

"Democrats have campaigned for two years on the claim that this is an emergency. If they win, they should act like it."

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

According to Zelenskyy, for nearly a month Pete Hegseth has not been signing off on the delivery of vital Patriot and NASAMS interceptor missiles for Ukraine that European allies have already paid for. Here is a video of Hegseth cynically wishing Ukraine “success” a week ago:

“My Catholic Latina opponent wants to impose Sharia Law” is a hilariously desperate closing message. thehill.com/homenews/617...

This is wild. Scott Perry seems to be loosing his reelection race. And now he’s up with an ad with a fake affidavit accusing his challenger of walking around naked. x.com/brett1231/st...

It's really damning. The accusations are numerous and well-supported. But I was really struck by the descriptions of Trump's behavior -- the name dropping, strong-arming, and attempts to buy off silence. His gross rivalry with Epstein. It's all so familiar. It's shit he's been doing his entire life.

This is important to know.

As many have noted, the Acton ad was a massive political own-goal from which even many Republicans recoiled in disgust. You can’t really explain Trump & Vance doubling down as any kind of rational electoral strategy.

But culturally, they need a world in which sexual assault claims are presumptively false. Because if you acknowledge that the great majority are true, it becomes pretty much impossible to maintain that the dozens of accusations against Trump are all fabrications.

…the odds of 25 independent sexual assault allegations all being false is about 1 in 105 sextillion.

Just to make this concrete: if I picked a grain of sand somewhere on the earth’s surface, and you went to a random location on the planet with a pair of tweezers and by sheer luck picked up that very grain of sand first try, that would be MORE statistically likely than Trump not being a rapist.

‼️A person died in Kyiv as a result of a Russian attack, at least 10 were injured The State Emergency Service showed photos of the consequences.

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...

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.

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?

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

Anyway, people have written a lot about this, though I'm sure RFK hasn't read any of that and I doubt he ever will

Personal note: I don’t care about the award—truly that is a fact. I care about those sent to war. I care about their families and their experiences and their sacrifices. I’ve been covering service members and their families since I left the service in 2014. It’s an honor. bsky.app/profile/jiml...