Bruce Little

You MUST read this brilliant essay by Judge J. Michael Luttig: newrepublic.com/article/2151...

In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

👁️‍🗨️ In a small Texas town, a police officer’s partnership with ICE led to the detention of over 100 immigrants, separating families & devastating local businesses. Though he claims to enforce the law, growing guilt and occasional acts of mercy reveal his struggle with the human cost of deportations.

“New Exxon El Nino Commercial” Written by Adam McKay Voiced by Woody Harrelson

Assoc AG Stanley Woodward landed in the DOJ about a year ago, after serving as a WH attorney for King Trump. Prior to that, he was in the inner circle of lawyers around the president, personally representing Trump associates in the Jan 6 & classified documents criminal conspiracy investigations.

🚨 New RAPE Accusation Against King Trump A former beauty pageant contestant says Trump raped her during the encounter according to a report from the House Democrats who will take the lead on any potential impeachment of Trump next year.

💙 Former governors, including a Republican, support Annie Andrews for the U.S. Senate.

🚨BREAKING: Democratic candidate Mary Peltola and her party asked a federal court in Alaska to throw out DOJ's unprecedented lawsuit that seeks to preemptively block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent loses. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"Violated the constitutional separation of powers and federal law." 🟢 A federal judge on Monday found that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, from her post as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.

👁️‍🗨️ The House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a report containing testimony from 11 women regarding allegations of sexual assault, including a new rape allegation, against King Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein that the lawmakers say has been deliberately covered up by the DOJ.

NEW: Blanche claims DOJ's Alaska lawsuit doesn't seek to block certification of the state's election results. The actual complaint says it does. His attempt to reframe the lawsuit is a bid to push back against how it's been correctly interpreted: a dangerous effort to subvert the midterms.

The White House is making extra preparations for election night . . .

Over half of all mail ballots spoiled in North Carolina’s largest county are due to new strict rules passed by the GOP-controlled state board of elections. The county is also a Democratic stronghold that could sway election results in the battleground state.

NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

The Trump administration and the Venezuelan government have struck a deal to exploit Venezuela’s oil — but their partnership is good for the rich and no one else. theatln.tc/ZjdBmph3

'Ethnic cleansing' spreads to West Bank Netanyahu's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to launch a campaign in the West Bank "exactly like in Gaza or Lebanon."

Workers got sick cleaning up radioactive waste at a former nuclear weapons site in Washington. The DOE denies responsibility & has filed more than 500 appeals seeking to block state benefits being given to workers & survivors. DOE spent nearly $12M on lawyers & expert testimony to fight the claims

Is there a pro-democracy movement sweeping Europe?

It's that damn ad Vivek Ramaswamy finds himself in the middle of a self-made political firestorm over the “shameful” & uniquely revolting ad campaign he launched against his Democratic opponent Amy Acton. Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy’s bus tour with other GOP candidates.

Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led street protests. Gift link => archive.ph/2peAc

IT'S OFFICIAL! 🟢 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career.

🔴 King Trump's latest election blackmail scheme. He wants to strip California of coastal protections unless state yields to list of demands.

🔴 Meta is accused of election interference in Brazil after restricting Lula's Instagram while recommending Bolsonaro's. 1,613 foreign-funded political ads were uncovered generating 171M impressions. Brazil says Meta must explain. Meta also blocked the No Kings account on the day of their big event

🔴 A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault.

An emanate presidential historian speaks . . .

NEW: The EPA is quietly killing its web archive. Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

The premise is straightforward: Forgoing development can preserve natural habitats, a public benefit that can qualify as a charitable gift. Trump’s golf course qualify as a natural habitat. He then donates the right to further develop it to a nonprofit without giving up ownership of the golf club.

🔴 The oil deal is designed to prevent future US presidents & Venezuelan leaders from making any changes. A small group of people, some anonymous, handpicked by Trump will govern & profit from the deal. Could be years before it produces enough oil to be a statistically significant share for the US.

🟢 U.S. Dist Judge Barlow dismissed the DOJ’s lawsuit against Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson (R) with prejudice and denied the DOJ’s request to force her to turn over the state’s complete voter-registration database. It's the 27th straight voter roll lawsuit loss for the Trump regime!

Another desperate act . . .

HUGE CROWD for Talarico in Galveston. This county voted for Trump by double digits. 😳

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned a group of law students that the current iteration of the court — which has a 6-3 majority of far right conservatives — is upending American democracy. She stated gerrymandering is “effectively depriving masses of citizens of their rights to voting equality.”

Ballots are being rejected for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope.

🔵 Detroit turns out for Abdul El-Sayed and Barack Obama!

🔴 Today at The NYT published a major investigation into how King Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Gift link => archive.ph/A9E3