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If Brazil can reject Trump, the Broligarchs and right-wing authoritarianism, so can we.

Lula's surprise win blocks Trump’s push for a far-right Brazil

‘We, the people’—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class, and excluding all other classes but we, the people; not we, the horses and cattle, but we the people.” —Frederick Douglass, 1857 www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...

"DOJ...is asking federal courts, before a single result exists, to bless the reasons it might later give for refusing to accept particular outcomes...I’ve been calling it preemptive election interference. And it’s as troubling as it is unprecedented." www.stevevladeck.com/p/259-dojs-p...

No fatalism please. A victory agaibst the odds over an authoritarian.

If he offered anything in return for the money, even just conversations with his father-in-law, then he would have violated U.S. bribery laws and the foreign agent statute. trib.al/aYl2OWe

This is a five-alarm warning to every job and industry that relies on our sandy beaches and beautiful bluffs for its livelihood. Soon, you too could see your environment for sale to Big Oil, Elon Musk, and any other high bidder that buys its way into the White House ballroom.

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race: 'I'm the one that said do it.'

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

“A gaping wound of earth” 🌎 😕 Google illegally knocked down 250,000 trees in Finland to build a data center. @nonewdatacenters (From the Guardian)

Again, it's not just that this is appalling and indecent. It's that it reveals someone inhabiting a moral universe where even the concept of decency is so unfathomable and alien that it doesn't even occur to you to attempt a half-assed impression of how someone who isn't human garbage might react.

Surprise. Trump's FCC henchman threatens media for reporting news that doesn't fit GOP narrative. Again. Mobsters gonna mobster. 🤡 & toadies keep lying & scheming. Eyes on what counts: Polls Don't Vote. 12 days. Tell enablers loud & clear: You're fired. VOTE Early. GOTV. iwillvote.com

The Democrats are investing heavily in Mississippi to turn this red state purple, just like Georgia and Virginia before. With a coordinated effort, they hope to extend the blue wave and pull off a surprise in one of the country’s most conservative strongholds. #ProudBlue #DV1

When it comes to corruption, Trump is guilty as hell. His private businesses illegally accept millions from entities seeking access. Just as bad, he uses presidential pardons to favor loyalists and rich donors. We all pay the price for Trump’s crimes. #TrumpsCrimesOnYourDime

Who's in charge of this country because it sure isn't us and it doesn't even appear to be the government anymore A bunch of paunchy moon-faced degenerate dead-eyed parasites forming a human centipede of investment in each others' vanity conglomerates, not a scintilla of civic virtue among them

When a federal judge ruled that the government “can’t be trusted” over a public golf course takeover, Trump attacked her on Truth Social and claimed he needs no approval. He wants public land turned into his personal venue on the taxpayer dime. #TrumpsCrimesOnYourDime #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Trump wants to make America Russia. It is not MAGA, it's Make America Russia. Corrupt, evil, misogynistic, profane, nihilistic, and with oligarchs beholden to the authoritarian leader. Trump loves Hitler and Putin and he will take us all down with him to hell if we let him. #TrumpIsAWarCriminal

1/ Billionaires do not buy newspapers and platforms to make money. Newspapers lose money. They buy them for the week when people finally go into the street, because then they own the only thing that matters. Not the facts. The frame. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Trump doesn’t care about the general public. His only concern is walling off public lands into private enclaves and business opportunities for himself and wealthy cronies.

Trump-friendly oligarchs are buying up major media with the regime's help. They control CNN, CBS, Fox, TikTok, Meta, X and major local TV chains. Yet Mike Johnson is still claiming liberal bias. The real media conspiracy is the corporate consensus to normalize Johnson and other right-wing radicals.

This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists. /photos not my own.

"The damage Trump has done to US power, to the US image, to the int'l order in just 2 years is stunning. If Trump is backed into a corner & gets even more erratic & extremist, which seems quite possible, who knows what will happen on the int'l stage. It’s not clear who or what could constrain him."

“.. The court has admonished plaintiff for his lack of participation to no avail,” US Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett said in a brief order .. “Going forward, the court expects strict compliance with its order, the failure of which will lead to sanctions.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is what happens when you close the early voting locations on campus! North Carolina, ya all! Tomorrow, the rest of America joins them! #NoKings

#NoKings rally at the Lincoln Memorial in #DC.

A federal court just told Trump he cannot force NYC to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Sanctuary cities like New York can refuse to use their own resources to enforce immigration laws. Why this order is a huge rebuke against the lawlessness of this Regime: youtu.be/-F6cfX6OaOE?...

Your tax dollars bought Trump TV ads calling him God’s chosen leader. A judge ordered them off the air, but the money is gone. Our families are counting every dollar at the store and meanwhile Trump made them fund his own worship service. 😡 #TrumpsAbuseOfPower

58% Of Republicans Want Substantial Changes 3/4 of Americans rate the economy as only fair or poor. 70% of voters say things in the country are out of control. 80% want substantial change" or "complete and total upheaval" Americans feel disgruntled and blame Trump. www.axios.com/2026/10/15/a...

A judge said stop. The ads kept airing, and nearly half the $22M went out after the order. Trump bought Nvidia stock, then gave its CEO a medal. Next up: a golf club with a presidential name. Your tab, his payday. Read it, share it: open.substack.com/pub/demcastu... #TrumpsAbuseOfPower

Man who criticizes legitimate investigations of his unlawful and unconstitutional conduct as "weaponization of government" threatens to weaponize government to punish his political opponents for imaginary wrongdoing

"Grassley arrived for an interview and began speaking to his own staffer as if she were the correspondent. Following an uncomfortable pause, the staffer corrected Grassley and pointed him to the journalist."

As she prepared to publish a story about Rep. Max Miller, his crisis communications adviser warned @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social that Miller has “many defamation lawyers.” The possible implication seemed clear: Publish a story that reflected poorly on Miller and potentially face legal consequences.

SpaceX must be nationalized. One man should not be able to defy US Policy and affect the outcome of a war.

The Department of Justice’s alarming lawsuit to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots from people suspected of being noncitizens could lay the groundwork for challenges to Election Day results, experts warned. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Here's what I know — 100% of the time when Donald Trump needs Susan Collins for a vote, he gets it.

🚨 “We're worried actually about Alaskans starving this winter or freezing to death.” In a stunning interview with Ben Meiselas, Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola warns that soaring fuel, grocery, and heating costs are pushing families to the brink “Am I going to heat my home or buy groceries?”

Gosh, this clip is from 2024. I wonder what it could be that’s causing it to go viral today?? What could it possibly be? 🤔🤔🤔

Starlink customers need to cancel immediately en masse

BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

wow -- Hegseth's talk at a conference is disrupted four separate times in succession by anti-Iran war protesters

Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.

Goodnight 🌙 The latest inflation data shows price increases are accelerating https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/september-consumer-price-index-inflation.html

More than five million people have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. https://to.pbs.org/47Sb4rd

Donald Trump has been torn to shreds by a judge over his latest vanity project, which she said has “cost the government all of its credibility.”

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

Can’t afford groceries? Too bad. Trump had $20 MILLION in taxpayer money for ads glorifying himself. A federal judge just pulled the plug. Now here’s a thought: Pay the taxpayers back! #USDemocracy spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/po...