Ethan Fletcher

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

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

The average family that heats their home with oil is going to pay $1500 more this winter because of Donald Trump’s insane Iran War. Some people will go cold. Some may die. This isn’t hyperbole. This is the consequence of having a president who just doesn’t care about you.

Idk who needs to hear this but you literally need to send in your mail ballot *now*

I'm surprised there hasn't been much (any?) discussion about how Democrats can use Trump's gutter racism to shift the major party political coalitions in a durable way. I think it's both doable and worth doing.

“It's like power without accountability." @passantino.bsky.social and I spoke with "Musk" director @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social about making the film, what he learned, and concerns about whether David Ellison will remain committed to distributing the film on HBO. www.status.news/p/elon-musk-...

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...

Anyways, if you're interested in what air pollution does to people's health and the climate I have a book for you. In the decade since it came out, we've learned a lot more about just how bad it is for lungs, brains and for mountains and glaciers (see Nepal). us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

Once mass spam texts were made legal, younger donors vanished, leaving a grassroots fundraising machine that subsists on squeezing vulnerable seniors, some of whom give hundreds of times a day. It’s a horrific model. Consultants get generationally wealthy, and the party hollows out its future.

New in PN: The end of the Trump rally "Even for the diehards, his rallies have become a slog as a sleepy president rambles pointlessly from one subject to another, like a musical act whose hit-making days are decades in the past playing the old songs with little of the verve that made them popular"

We're too busy stealing that money, sorry can't give you any www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Trump referred to Musk as "our legendary friend" 24 hours ago

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

I had a terrible experience with Verizon yesterday and just switched my service to US Mobile, which Wirecutter ranked #1 among wireless providers. I'm now paying a lot less and I'm no longer in business with a company actively looking to swindle me to juice earnings. Feels good, highly recommend.

Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account

IRS refuses to publish report. Ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump regime is withholding detailed information that illustrates how King Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act hurt millions of Americans. The data from the IRS was originally scheduled to be released in July & updated in September.

Texas forever.

NEW: Chevron just gave $50,000 to support LA Mayor Karen Bass — and defeat Nithya Raman. "They view Karen Bass as someone who they can work with, someone who will protect their interests in L.A. And they view Nithya Raman as a threat to fossil fuels." www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/chevron-ka...

* ZELENSKYY SAYS TRUMP IS PUSHING UKRAINE TO CAPITULATE TO RUSSIA @bloomberg.com 🇺🇦

If you see ICE or have any other trouble when you vote, call 866-OUR VOTE. For help in other languages, go to 866ourvote.org . * A real person will help you and get it on record. * Document everything on video, safely. * Use the Hands Off Our Vote toolkit. We have a plan! linktr.ee/wewillvote

In the last ~36 hours I've started getting fundraising emails addressed to "David" and "Kamil," neither of which is my name. Seems potentially worrisome question mark? Putting it here in case anyone knows who should be made aware.

Interesting thread

That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.

Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.

10/10 Court filings confirm ICE agents did add Mainers to “nice little database” of “domestic terrorists” #maine #MEpolitics

NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.

Watching the Hill/Thomas hearings angered me so much that I decided to put together a portfolio of cartoons about women's issues, found a list of U.S. newspapers, and mailed them out. That's why I'm an editorial cartoonist today.

ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...

"A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."

"Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."

Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.

What's the best way to check if your voter reg is still active and up to date?

I like Mississippi as a target a lot too. I believe that slightly longshotish races might be the best place to give in a cycle like this one. A few K goes a lot farther in MS than in TX. secure.actblue.com/donate/bj4-s...

Extremely excited to share the first excerpt of UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY, over at @motherjones.com! Jared Kushner boasts the greatest conflicts-of-interest in American history—and has become the best friend autocrats could want. Here's how it happened. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

Corporate profits now represent 14.9% of GDP, the highest share on record going back to 1947 Citadel Rubner

remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.

As a matter of plain fact, the reason college newspapers seem to do better and more reporting than all but the biggest local dailies is they are staffed by people who are willing to work for free. Maybe this is obvious. It's a reminder of how much was lost when the internet obsoleted local papers.

The bond yield story just keeps getting starker.

This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone.

The Brazilian Portuguese commentary on that Tyler Loop field goal for the Ravens is exactly what everyone needs to hear right now

Wilber Garces Perez was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin. Now he's in detention with the bullet still in his body. Today, 100+ Members of Congress are demanding that ICE get him medical care, stop trying to deport a key witness, and immediately release the video footage.

A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

But 1992 is debatable because it's more states but smaller ones (Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky). In 2008, Obama won Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina, but not Georgia or Texas. That D performance in the South is notable even if it's wave-enabled (knock wood).