Dan Rosanova

@atg.wa.gov should be ashamed of how the ballots are worded. A trail blazed by @governorferguson.bsky.social as AG using the office’s powers to sway election outcome. It’s wrong when they do that in DC, it’s wrong in WA state too. Sad to see the best election system in the US corrupted for party.

Inflation eating up worker pay. Household debt and student loan defaults at a record high. 8 million people have lost healthcare. 5 million people have lost food stamps — including 2 million children. Gas prices skyrocketing. Trump says, "Pretend I'm on the ballot." Please do.

I have lived and voted in 4 states in my adult life. None has been more organized or more useful than Washington state. Voting from home with ample materials and time allows voters to make informed decisions. We have a great system here. Despite what people in both parties have been doing.

The Trump administration, specifically this second one, will go down in history as the most corrupt in our history. And one day everyone will have always been against this all.

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

Our nation is in grave danger. But across America I’m seeing stirrings of a giant backlash. People rising up and hitting the streets. People getting out the vote. Our fight — for democracy, the rule of law, social and economic justice, and decency — is gaining ground. I believe we will win.

Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on things that actually help our economy and improve our lives — like healthcare, housing, education — Trump and Republicans are spending it on cruelty, violence, and chaos. Remember this when you vote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpI5tg-U74

"Realism" is an empty doctrine - and "realists" are just mimicking Moscow talking points, says @EdwardGLuce giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com look what I found in Napa California!

“I hope you can help my pal Traci have a little bit of the coziness I enjoy!”

Do not trust the polls. Do not allow yourself to become complacent. Vote early — and get your friends and family to vote. Do not let Elon, Big Tech, Big Oil, AI, and the billionaire class buy this election. We outnumber them — and we're the only ones that can put an end to this nightmare.

Nixon infected the modern Republican Party with a sickness that would ultimately kill it. Trump applied the coup de grace. The Republican Party is now officially dead. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-tragic-death-of-the-republican

Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

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Trump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

THIS 👇 TOO......

The Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, signed into US law last month, is now exempting Russia. www.ft.com/content/836e...

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

Zacharia Scaramucci is both a short unit of time and a 1970s Bond villain played by Christopher Lee

The tremors in the high yield parts of the AI debt markets this week are so much easier to understand having read A Fabulous Debt by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com

The Democrats’ focus on affordability seems to be a winning strategy (we’ll know for sure in a little over two weeks). But we mustn’t lose sight of the moral squalor at the core of the Trump regime. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-moral-squalor

Career staff at the CFTC were investigating suspiciously timed trades surrounding Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would not bomb Iranian power plants. Then a senior adviser to Trump’s CFTC commissioner told them to back off. Could this administration get any more corrupt?

Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx

“Wigglesworth the wait?” 😀 bondvigilantes.com/blog/2026/10...

October 17 is a nationwide NO KINGS day of action ahead of the midterms. There are rallies taking place all over the country to promote early voting and make sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count. Find an event: https://www.nokings.org/

Wishing a speedy recovery to Pope Leo XIV. He continues to serve the world as a much needed source of moral authority when many leaders, at home and abroad, are abdicating their responsibilities.

If Democrats regain control of Congress, they will need to focus not only on alleviating high prices but also on eliminating a major cause of those high prices — Trump's pay-to-play corruption and cronyism. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-crucial-connection

Btw a reminder that I’ll be signing copies of A Fabulous Debt — which Daunt named as one of its books of the week — at Daunt’s London Marylebone branch at 3pm this coming Friday. Hope to see at least somebody there!

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

In three weeks we can give Speaker Johnson a new title: minority leader Johnson, which would probably make his supporters heads explode. But he will always be Trump’s little Johnson.

There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

ITS STEVE

Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.

Pope Leo XIV: Someone who says 'I'm against abortion' but says 'I'm in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life. Someone who says that 'I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life.

The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...

Well damn. This was pretty fabulous news to wake up to. A Fabulous Debt is now a New York Times best-seller! www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com A Fabulous Debt is fantastic! I like the analogy of repo as plumbing. I use this in my own work which powers a lot of financial tech. I point out that if your power goes out in the middle of the night you probably go back to sleep: if your toilet backs up you do something!

Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.

James Grant has reviewed A Fabulous Debt in the WSJ! Unsurprised that he is sceptical of my generally favourable view of public debt (and don’t really agree I’m misinterpreting Hamilton’s “public credit immortal” line) but he’s a legend so I’m chuffed anyway. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com A Fabulous Debt is such an entertaining read. Filled with wonderful little bits like “Galbraith would later become President Ronald Reagan’s ambassador to France; it is unclear whether the inspirational ducky came along.” 👩‍🍳💋

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Karl Rove is known for his hardball politics promoting the GOP. Lisa Desjardins sat down with Rove and another architect of modern politics, Democrat David Axelrod. https://to.pbs.org/4hq0BJq

Some fabulous reading thanks to @robinwigglesworth.ft.com

A small, no frills EV could be the right vehicle for this moment.