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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

Brazil will vote tomorrow in the 2nd round that sees the incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva facing off against Flávio Bolsonaro, son of Jair Bolsonaro, on the far-right. Acolytes of the New Apostolic Reformation, which has supported Trump, have sought to influence the vote. My story:

The biggest lie of capitalism is that it is efficient and justly rewards people for their labor and efforts

OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

Americans have now spent $142 billion more on gasoline and diesel since March 1, enough to buy 361,000 homes at the September median price, enough to house over 900,000 people, due to the US war on Iran and other factors like limited output from Russia

"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

🗞️ Street Roots local election coverage is out now. Read what candidates running for Portland City Council District 3 had to say about their approach to affordable housing, homelessness and more. Purchase a newspaper from your local vendor: www.streetroots.org/vendors/

Seized ballots, ICE at the polls, nonstop election lies Pro-democracy AGs & secretaries of state are ready for all of it Their level of preparation is off the charts @Democracydefendersfund.org & partners are proud to be at the table 👇 @theguardian.com - TN

If your elderly relative routinely blew up at women and insulted them, grossly sexualized other men in public, regularly fell asleep in public mid-meeting repeatedly, and babbled incoherently you'd put him under care and not let him make important decisions.

"The wall has broken. The enemy is inside the fort," one national Republican political operative told @axios.com. "We are now fighting hand to hand."

My state’s First Lady is 100% class I can confirm. @driftglass.bsky.social

Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias, a 56-year-old lawful permanent resident, died in ICE custody on Saturday, federal officials said.

“Raises questions”?? In this Kavanaugh Stop, ICE agents swerve to hit a US citizen, knock him off his bike breaking his arm, tase him, cuff him as he screams in pain, blame him, lie about everything, threaten to charge him for damage to their SUV. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal. Beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad. theintercept.com/2026/10/21/t...

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social on the city council failing to pass the data center moratorium the community wanted: “It’s apparent the chamber of commerce and Elon Musk have significant sway over some city council members… see them for who they are and vote them out next year.”

“Trump and Putin have teamed up to murder Ukrainians” is a better headline. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about russian propaganda in Europe. According to him, russia has spent years investing huge sums in it, looking for issues that can divide society, from language to religion. Ukraine has been facing this for a long time.

Today, October 19th, is the last day you can register to vote online or by mail! After today, in order to register you must go in person to your local city or township clerk's office. Check your registration status: abdulforsenate.com/vote

Poland’s foreign minister says US has contributed nothing to Ukraine’s defence since January 2025. EU now pays for US weapons, enriching US defence manufacturers, while Trump threatens to cut off supplies unless Ukraine stops striking Russian refineries.

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

Great explainer here from @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social about the devastating harms of Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine and NATO allies and appeasement of Russia. It’s not America First. It’s Trump first. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/o...

He’s not untouchable if enough of us write in. This letter goes straight to your members of Congress and takes a minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

UPDATE: Ever since @thenation.com published this piece two months ago, people have been asking for a way to help support Maryam and her family—who remain in ICE detention. Maryam and her team have now launched a website for you to do just that: freeprofsfamily.com Please head there!

BREAKING: Judge Kelly has renewed his orderer ending President Trump's ban on POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW from the White House, calling it a violation of press freedom based on a flimsy "national security" pretext. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Emergency Protest: Stop The ICE Surge! Justice of Oscar Belgal! 6PM on Tuesday, October 13th at Terry Shrunk Plaza in Portland.

fuck these guys. put them all in prison.

Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ daughter posts a pic at a training camp with a pro-Russian militia in Bosnia that specializes in destabilization… totally normal stuff! “The photo raises Q’s about White House links to the pro-Russian politician”🤔 www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...

El-Sayed: "He's personally invested in a company that controls the real estate for the Saline data center. I should ask him: If he wants a moratorium, should the construction stop on his personal investment? Because I'd love it to. We need government that is not bought off."

Una cacerolada por la vivienda reunió ayer durante una hora a cientos de personas frente al Ayuntamiento de Madrid social.elpais.com/c6t…

Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.

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Trump is leaving communities in Massachusetts and disaster victims in blue states without essential disaster relief. Denying disaster relief to score political points is unacceptable. Trump must stop putting politics over people and deliver aid to Americans who need it.

🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/

Eight decades after the Nuremberg trials against Nazi war criminals, the Trump admin has launched an all-out assault on the International Criminal Court, primarily over the tribunal’s pursuit of Israeli leaders for war crimes committed in Gaza. We speak with human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck.

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I have a college grad son and a daughter currently in college. I told both of them & their friends this: If you’re assaulted on campus, tell the school, but also go to the local police. It’s a criminal matter. The school’s main mission is to protect its own interests. You need to protect yours.

Elon Musk's America PAC just reported exercising another $1.9 million of free speech on Sept. 29 regarding elections in 10 different states (only one of which contains his legal residence). docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

This is a low point, even for someone as rabidly and irrationally pro-Israel as Fetterman. trib.al/iRA2wl9

Krakauer wrote something in the intro to Missoula about rape being the only crime where the victim is assumed to be lying www.npr.org/2015/04/19/4...

This is wrong: Trump and Republicans in Congress gave BILLIONS in tax breaks to Big Tech companies building AI data centers. So YOUR tax dollars are subsidizing their AI data centers — at the same time you pay higher electricity and water bills.

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...

J6er and failed Christian Nationalist gubernatorial candidate, David Medina, applauds anti-progressive Portland Mayor Keith Wilson for campaigning against the progressive seated city councilors. It's not like the MAGAs will ever like or endorse Wilson but he is giving them ammo to attack Portland.