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A Russian officer now fights alongside Ukraine’s forces after helping kill 300 former comrades. 26-year-old Lt. Stupnikov became one of Kyiv’s most valuable informants, supplying coordinates, radio frequencies & troop movements helping Ukraine obliterate Russian units. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

🤨 Trump: "We didn't start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us."

News: Skydance is treating CNN and CBS News in conspicuously different ways as it implements a return-to-office mandate and voluntary buyouts. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

🚨 A bombshell new House Judiciary Democrats report details allegations from 11 women linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, including five who accuse Trump of sexual assault. The report also alleges a sweeping DOJ cover-up. We broke down the explosive findings.

Lock 🔒 him up forever.

Baby orangutans in India expose illegal wildlife trade as experts question a billionaire’s zoo

Well, would you look at that

Russian ballistic missiles struck campus territory, a park and a metro station. There are killed and wounded. Russian terror is constant, they are killing people daily. Ukraine needs air defense!

“James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration” NBC reports that the case has played out under seal in DC since Oct, 5–and Comey hasn’t been indicted there. buff.ly/BypEFNv

Former Federal Prosecutors and Human Rights Leaders Launch New Organization to Ensure Criminal Accountability for Public Officials in the United States ruleoflawproject.org/news/project...

Mark Carney Approval Polling: 🟢 Approve: 65% ⚫️ Disapprove: 27% ⚪️ Net: +38% Liaison / Oct 24, 2026

This week’s installment of my Stop the Presses newsletter recalls the Republicans’ history of cheating in elections. They’ve often gotten away with it. Let’s make sure cheaters don’t prosper this time.

He is so close to getting it

In case you prefer reading longer articles, rather than Bluesky threads.

Pete Hegseth is looking for a career change. The disgraced Secretary of Defense is reportedly pushing Sen. Marsha Blackburn to appoint him to her Tennessee Senate seat if she wins the governor’s race. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...

@crampell.bsky.social on Trump encouraging Vivek Ramaswamy to continue running an ad that exploited the childhood abuse of his opponent: “It is loathsome…It reminds us of some of the other ways that this administration has hurt victims of domestic and sexual abuse.”

Texas Republican candidate Brandon Herrera mocked people with obesity who go to water parks: They “have no fucking shame” and “have no problem with just slinging their asses down these fucking like giant ass tubes.”

Vladimir Putin could be angling for a prisoner swap

The allegations against Donald Trump for sexual assault seem to have a common denominator: He is physically violent and intentionally inflicts pain on his victims. He likes to slam women and girls up against doors and walls as he roughly manhandles them. Donald Trump is a sick and twisted person.

Swiss Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

Libya summons US envoy to protest at Trump remarks reut.rs/4igQ96e

“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amid all the Republican pearl-clutching over election integrity, ERIC was the single organization best equipped to help states ensure exactly that. And suddenly MAGA Republicans wanted nothing to do with it.

Ottawa voters prepare to head to polls Monday as advance turnout climbs

TRUMP CALLS NORWAY A “SHITHOUSE COUNTRY” AND SAYS “NORWAY SUCKS,” EXPRESSING ANGER OVER NOT RECEIVING THE NOBEL PRIZE DESPITE CLAIMING TO HAVE ENDED WARS.

BREAKING: BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola is rescheduling her Sunday and Monday campaign events after she suffered “minor injuries” in a car crash, her campaign said.

Potential ammonia contamination after a seafood plant fire prompted an evacuation in a coastal Oregon city, local officials said Sunday morning.

The two Gulf powers are not the only meddlers in conflicts along the Red Sea. Yet Saudi and especially Emirati involvement stands out as destabilising and short-sighted. We explain why

It’s always the fucking men

The US has its own version of Saddam Hussein.

Israel's Prime Minister is vowing to launch a major military operation in the West Bank in response to an attack by two Palestinian gunmen on an Israeli military checkpoint that killed two soldiers. n.pr/4Bqy5iH

Michigan, are you fired up and ready to vote? Watch to hear why you should elect @jocelynbenson.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, and Democrats across the ballot.

"And then Donald claimed his uncle invented radar."

To looksmaxxing and gymmaxxing now add Nixonmaxxing. What explains the strange revival of the disgraced late president?

Breaking News: Barack Obama forcefully criticized President Trump at a midterm rally, accusing him of historic “incompetence” in Washington.

The toxicity that @ericlipton.nytimes.com and his colleagues have uncovered is everywhere but if you live in Texas, Louisiana, or Alabama pay special attention

Trump admits that he told the DOJ to sue Alaska over the election

"Certainly I'd be allowed to" -- Trump leaves the door open to pardoning a wide swath of administration officials

With Election Day less than two weeks away, tune in to find out why you should vote for @amyactonoh.bsky.social and @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social.

“That’s the thing about apples — they’re both totally ubiquitous and really personal. When you see a variety that has been around since the 1500s, you have to remember that it’s because someone cared enough to keep it going.”

I’ve got a hundred bucks for first reporter to tell him to go fuck himself when he gets all attack dog.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

The battle for the Senate is also playing out in court. In Alaska, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit to potentially block certification of the election if the Republican incumbent loses. https://to.pbs.org/4yI6G9k

“Any high-profile criminal case brought by the Trump administration arrives with an air of suspicion,” @qjurecic.bsky.social argues after charges were announced today against two former FBI officials:

“We don’t ride bicycles in Iowa,” Joe Mitchell said to President Trump during a GOP campaign rally. Iowa’s roughly 900,000 cyclists, many of whom have participated in an annual cycling tour that’s made the state synonymous with biking, weren’t amused.