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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

I’m sure Prof Kruse already knows this, but for others following, it’s worth noting that this isn’t just a hypothetical concern. This happened in Florida in 2000 (paragraphs 2.20-2.22). www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/v...

In his talk at Princeton, @marcelias.bsky.social noted that the election suppression he worried about was less ICE at the polls and more ICE putting up traffic checkpoints and other things that made access to the polls much harder. And it looks like we’re seeing a version of that in Brazil.

American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...

Vučić’s defeat is, following Orbán’s, another electoral earthquake in south-eastern Europe that will reverberate well beyond the country’s borders.

A stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, whose government cultivated close ties with Donald Trump and his family, has conceded defeat to a student-led opposition movement in a historic parliamentary election.

NEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Even on 100% gas power, heat pumps cut emissions by ~48% and EVs by about half. The authors of an “electrification doesn’t cut emissions” paper made a series of compounding mistakes and used misleading assumptions. Here's why. janrosenow.substack.com/p/heat-pumps...

conservatives in washington state want freedom and small government in the form of state-mandated genital exams for high school students: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#ResistanceRoots “We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and mistrust. … We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” — Thurgood Marshall

Muslims didn’t storm the Capitol on January 6, try to steal an election, or overthrow our government. White Christian nationalists, racist militia groups, and rabid Trump supporters did. We need to stop pretending the biggest terrorist threat to this country is coming from somewhere else.

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?

Smart move by Mike Rogers' staff to set up his earpiece so it mutes any reference to Trump.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

what a fun time for somebody to change their name legally to "Earl E. Voder" and do a lot of interviews

Top Ten Fun Facts about what climate change is doing to Florida’s home insurance market: Fact #1 is that it’s already the most expensive in the country, and predicted to double or triple in years ahead. 🧵

Obama goes after Vivek Ramaswamy and that ad: “We all know that guy. You know, who’s just like thirsty, who wants to get attention no matter what. Willing to do anything. And in recent days we’ve seen there is no line he will not cross.”

In his second term, President Trump has seldom let a day go by without repeating lies about election results or casting doubt on the U.S. voting system. Here’s a fact-check.

First they came for the immigrants and I stayed quiet because we have an election to win….

Donald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska’s US Senate results if the Republican incumbent on the ballot does not win. This is election interference. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is the kind of thug behavior creepy billionaires and their government stooges resort to when it looks like the people are going to reclaim their power. Democracy? Or government-by-billionaire? That’s the choice. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Donald Trump, whose three wives have all taken his last name, claimed this was further proof of fraud by the Democratic congresswoman. trib.al/6CKG84D

Times have been tough in this Ohio town since they closed the old vile ad factory. So when gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ran a vile ad weaponizing his opponent’s childhood rape, they finally had something to cheer about. But now the woke mob wants to take that all away.

The Republican Party's closing message to voters is basically "there is a non-zero chance that we will send armed state agents to drag you from your home if you try to participate in democracy." Vile and pathetic.

Analysis | Between Jim Jordan and Vivek Ramaswamy, Republicans may have built an insurmountable lead among sex abusers in Ohio.

If Amy Acton is to be believed, that means she was raised by a delusional, immoral serial liar with clear ties to child sex abuse. Totally disqualifying! by Donald Trump, Jr.

They'd better effing hurry. Who is gonna launch those satellites?

Donald Trump told poisoned Veterans at Camp Lejeune they’ll only get the government’s help if Republicans win the midterms, and Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore is pissed off about it.

Why Ramaswamy ran the ad: he commissioned polling that showed that large numbers of voters—particularly Republicans—would turn their backs on a 12-year-old rape victim. Grotesque, but extremely revealing of who Ramaswamy is. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company. www.propublica.org/article/ken-...

State Asked Foreign Service Officers Up for Promotion Illegally Whether They Voted for Trump www.washingtonsun.com/administrati...

Amy Acton, you have our support. 🫂

‘You don’t do this to a fellow human being’: The decision to produce the video was evidence voters should consider when assessing Vivek Ramaswamy’s fitness to govern. He could have challenged Acton on policy. Instead, he chose to exploit a painful family history. www.cleveland.com/open/2026/10...

so we learned the russians and the dutch hacked jared kushners phone i am sure we have heard the end of this

The Vivek ad is what happens when an amoral outsider must prove to a political movement centered on protecting abusers that he’s on their team:

Ruin a song by adding "I guess" to its title That's the Way (I Like It), I Guess

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

New housing program just dropped in Florida

On our pod, Abdul El-Sayed also talks about his viral moment with the GOP plant and how MAGA does politics: "This is what they do. They manufacture the issue of the day, and they expect us all to play defense...what we should be doing is playing offense." Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2168...

Abdul El-Sayed on JD Vance: "I think America is big enough for all of us. His view of America is small like him. It's about pointing to other people and making the argument that the reason *you* don't have is because of *them.*" El-Sayed came on our pod. It's good: newrepublic.com/article/2168...

Umm, what now?

We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are now trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftypluso...