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I propose that every single American calls in sick this election day. They don't want to make it a national holiday? Let's make it one anyway. #election #CallOut

Since 2020, President Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to “protect” polling places. If that happens, what can cities, states, and communities do to protect their citizens and fair elections?

It's better they don't get funded. If they get funded, it's better they don't get built. If they get built, it's better they don't get equipped. If they get equipped, it's better everything gets lifted. Otherwise, it's better they never get turned on. If they are turned on, we must turn them off.

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

House Judiciary Democrats released a 50-page report accusing Trump of lying “dozens of times” about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and they’re calling for an independent special counsel to investigate.

The record shows that Epstein and Trump, working with other predators like Paolo Zampolli and John Casablancas, exploited the thin veneer of professionalism offered by the 1990s modeling industry to lure victims into their orbit.

This is important to know.

He also said Arabs don't produce any literature. Last year's winner of the National Book Award was Lebanese writer and painter Rabih Alameddine. The winner in non-fiction? Egyptian-American journalist Omar El Akkad.

The bad: measles cases in the U.S. are more than double what they were last year, with 96% of cases being unvaccinated. The good: Pennsylvania has so far administered 14,000 more vaccines this year than last. The dream: The anti-vax movement is deservedly shunned and everyone gets vaccinated.

It not only doesn't include the word rape but the headline includes - "The request comes as Democrats are working to paint Republicans as corrupt " The thumb is on the scale even when it involves the president RAPING PEOPLE.

So Jared Kushner’s phone winds up to be what they wanted Hunter Biden‘s laptop to be—and the mainstream media just goes ‘meh’.

Listen, when I said the tent was big enough for all of us, this is not what the fuck I meant. Thanks for the publicity or whatever, but Neo-nazis need not apply.

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.

We published this story late Friday afternoon amid an avalanche of news so I’m reposting it now because Kohen Wiley’s life mattered more than a box of diapers.

I like this guy.

Ooh hopefully it's Stephen Miller

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

I think it’s a good thing to point out to people that attacks on trans rights are part-and-parcel of the far right program to make everyone’s rights negotiable and subject to revision at a moment’s notice.

Demand Progress other civil liberties and government accountability groups urged congressional leaders to refuse to reauthorize Section 702 “while the administration actively withholds legally mandated info about how the surveillance program operates.”| | Dell Cameron www.wired.com/story/the-us...

And the freaking greatest thing I have ever seen: this intersection has a traffic signal that is set by DEFAULT for pedestrians and cyclists, cars have to activate to cross. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” — KURT VONNEGUT

Another thing to note: The internal investigation finished in under a month. Because of the SPOG contract, It takes SPD up to TWO YEARS to fire cops with nearly the same evidence of criminal behavior.

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.

Oh, are there 'allegations' that Kalshi is a 'gambling platform'? How could that be?? Sure, users are 'enabled' to 'wager' on 'outcomes', but that's hardly relevant!

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.

This is vitally important. I'm glad that House Democrats are ready to use the full scope of their Article I powers. The raid on Omar's home can't be something we let people forget about in the next year or new congress. It is one of the most egregious examples of Trumpian fascism yet.

i think "vote dem across the board, but for the 4 very worst dems on trans rights you can leave them blank" is a reasonable position (& a reasonable compromise between vbnmw & fears about dems going full uk labour)

Unscientific vibes-based political analysis: JD Vance doing an obsequious Bengals post *on X* and getting absolutely fucking fried in the replies

"I don't know the circumstances of the First Lady and Elon Musk, I don't know that there's ever been an allegation..." LOL, my brother in Christ, wait 'til you hear the big news.

They literally note internal and external warnings of "existential risks to humanity."

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

You just invoking that imagery made me take a hard look at myself, and clean up my act.

not the plain dealer too lmao

Small-dollar donations to Republican candidates are just apocalyptic. Selected examples here. Our forecasting research found in-state individual contributions are a strong predictor of results. Way stronger than PAC spending! votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...

So @lilianasegura.bsky.social and I just co-wrote a piece about the bodycam footage in the Kohan Wiley case. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...

#NoDataCenters

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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.

You know what's the most unfair part of sports? That your ability can be tied to material resources. An impoverished child has less access to equipment, less time for practice, less nutritious meals... But fixing these fairness issues requires kindness, not exclusion, so it's not a priority.

"From 2012 through 2024, Democrats paid media consultants about $5.8 billion, and their cut of 15 to 30 percent comes in between $1 billion to $2 billion, taken for placing ads that move few votes ... we’d like to introduce you to the Democratic consulting industry." newrepublic.com/article/2163...