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“ … causing bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body. Keul described the alleged assault as ‘brutal.’” people.com/former-miss-...

Bob Woodward on the Washington Post and its betrayal by Jeff Bezos. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

"Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity...To run for President, Bolsonaro decided not to run for his Senate seat. Now, after losing the Presidential election, he no longer has legislative immunity when his Senate term expires in January 2027." Very Special Episode of no amnesty

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

Remember, only one party has an antisemite as its main funder, a man who likes to say Jews are almost white.

One person does not want you to see this movie. But everyone else does.

“ The Houthis have recently homed in on a particular set of revelations to try to undermine Saudi Arabia’s leaders — namely that associates of the Saudi royal court sent tapestries that had draped the holiest site in Islam to Mr. Epstein’s private island.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/w...

Our lovely, high-functioning health care system: Doctors’ offices are charging patients 10 times more by claiming to be hospitals

Wow

Here's what the "confusing" ballot looks like:

These people called Serbia today. Worth your time.

“A 45-year-old Republican candidate in Iowa is being sued by his parents for $275,000 in unpaid rent. The Des Moines Register reported that the parents of lieutenant governor nominee Derek Wulf allege that he stopped paying rent two years ago on the farmland he rented out from them.”🤡🤡🤡

For an administration obsessed with rooting out “waste,” spending billions of taxpayer dollars to kick talented workers out of their jobs, making services Americans depend on less available, sounds like the definition of the word “waste” to me.

This appeal move is working against DOJ, giving a chance for these arguments to be obliterated. "My name is Gabriel Sanchez," Judge Sanchez says, noting hw many Gabriel Sanchez's there likely are in Los Angeles County.

Here’s the editor of the Intercept Brazil as Lula tells the press that “something abominable is happening”

Maybe this election is as simple as a mentally glitching president, a party afraid to stop him, and another party that could provide checks and balances. That’s it.

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"The director won’t protect even our most respected analysts when they tell hard truths, so they stopped telling them and learned to avoid topics the White House didn’t want to hear,” newly retired CIA official tells @shaneharris.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Obama rips into Ramaswamy over attack ad: ‘There’s no line he won’t cross’ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Vicariously enjoying the giddiness the reporter must have felt when she typed out this headline

Dear White People, Don’t be frightened. Billionaires are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to frighten you. They want you to vote for their corrupt, thieving, incompetent henchmen. Make up your own mind. Sincerely, America

Hand wringing over if Democrats will be too focused on punishing criminals is pretty funny in light of Trump immediately pardoning all of the insurrectionists.

I think I like the set-up line—“This guy is really focused on… home improvements. He should be on HGTV”—even more!

Lies. That’s all gramps has left. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

The movie Elon Musk doesn’t want you to see. I’m glad I got the chance to learn more about the drugged-out, unbalanced man who has unchecked power. He affects your life. You should find a way to see it. www.imdb.com/title/tt2704... @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

“.. Video footage, Sheriff Greene said, clearly showed a woman being punched in the face. ‘I know what people saw, and if I saw that video, too, I’d be like, ‘My God, why didn’t the police do anything?’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

They made these robot dogs. And Boston Dynamics employers are demanding the company stop its delivery of the weaponized robots to ICE. “We cannot be proud of working at BD when that work is being used by a government agency that brutalizes civilians.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/23/b...

“People thought that things would change, but in reality nothing changed.” José, another fisherman who used to work for PDVSA, had a darker view: “The gringos came to rob everything—the oil, the minerals. We are rich in everything, but here, we don’t have anything.” Bu @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment. If we are to ever graduate from this era of brazen graft, the first step is to notice." A service, from Matt Welch. reason.com/2026/07/09/t...

The Trump administration has given some of the country's biggest sources of toxic pollution a free pass, according to an investigation out today by @ericlipton.nytimes.com and me. @nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

How will voters in Alaska take that the Trump is making deals with the Kremlin to expand Russian influence there? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Why is Zelensky's popularity growing as Trump attacks him? Kyiv Independent journalists Jimmy Rushton and Danylo Mokryk argue that Donald Trump’s pressure on Kyiv is backfiring — strengthening support for Volodymyr Zelensky while undermining trust in the United States.

I am honored to have President Obama’s support in this race. I’m asking for yours too. Let’s go win this: Turek4Iowa.com

The movie Elon Musk doesn’t want you to see. I’m glad I got the chance to learn more about the drugged-out, unbalanced man who has unchecked power. He affects your life. You should find a way to see it. www.imdb.com/title/tt2704... @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social

Just saw the “Musk” documentary. It puts it all together in a stunning way. See it while you are still allowed to. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

“The $1.3 million ICE deal includes a modified version of the original robot, with military grade add-ons such as a robotic arm, thermal camera, and sensors for explosive materials.”

Trump: The Justice Department is filing a lawsuit against Alaska IF the Republican Senate candidate loses. apnews.com/article/alas...

Wildly dangerous and irresponsible: "Instead of trying to stop the outbreak and prevent it from spilling into humans, state and federal officials have done little ... Flu experts were unequivocal that the government should have ordered the farm to cull its mink, as other countries have done."

Ukraine says this is not true, but it’s still on the NYT homepage. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Ukrainians to Elon: Musk you! arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

President Trump made another unexpected and odd sound during his rally in Iowa on October 22, 2026. I went ahead and added a zoom to that moment. I also slowed the same clip down to 25% speed. I have no idea what is going on with him but he’s had two episodes like this recently.

Trump and JD Vance decided backing the vile Ramaswamy ad would galvanize MAGA voters, but it instantly backfired as many GOP officials condemned the spot. Now it could help cost them both races in Ohio. Oops! On the pod, @jimswift.bsky.social explains this so well: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

Alex Gibney told me that everyone he knows at HBO says "MUSK" will stream there in January, and they are making concrete plans about how that will happen... so if it doesn't happen, you'll know that Musk's investment in Skydance was why here's the clip: youtu.be/LSCoQbiTR98?...