Auld Black Jack

The GOP will misrepresent S.S. as a Investment with a poor ROI in an attempt sell their privatization scam. This video is from the era of GWB's failed attempt, so the figures are dated but the program is accurately described. Please share to combat GOP disinformation. youtu.be/Tts2uTWt6e8?...

Republicans, they're not like us.

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Something I wish more people would realize.

Automation is at the heart of Trump Accounts. 60 million people were auto-enrolled into the accounts (with no opt-out options). The accounts offer $1K for newborns, and tax-free contributions of up to $5K for wealthier families. But they also offer a means for the rich to target payments to families

If the Russians hacked Jared's phone then I have an educated guess what Trump got from Putin that he really really reallllly wanted.

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

What could it be?!

The midterm election is finally here. As you know, there’s a lot riding on it. This is our chance to win back House and Senate Democratic majorities — that will fight more fiercely for working families amidst so many storms.

I hate to complain (or worse, brag), but it's hard to fit all the context and insight Marcy has in a single video. But this is the best we've ever done at boiling down the sellout of the century. Treacherous corruption that Trump has succeeded in getting the media to largely ignore. Disgraceful.

Wrap it up

The Chicago Police Department is probing whether members misused their access to a system owned by an outside law-enforcement agency that automatically reads drivers’ license plates, officials announced late Friday afternoon. @wttw.bsky.social

Are you MAD, NYC? Go vote! Feels good! Early voting started TODAY! Go to vote.nyc for all the details!

If Democrats actually win big because people want a check on Trump corruption I expect every move to do so will be covered in the corporate media as being risky to their 2028 position.

maaaaan www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/s...

That he would call that woman a mother and walk away from the young child who was raped -- and the two children who were abandoned when the woman fled with the rapist rather than show up in court -- is entirely on-brand. Sociopath. Narcissist. Liar. And yes, rapist.

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

New: The feds warned cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings which "may present public safety risks." Came immediately before a series of people were illegally arrested while speaking against Flock at city council meetings www.404media.co/cops-warned-...

Amy Acton’s Estranged Mother Killed Kittens, Court Records Show

“Pete broke the world Eisenhower built.”

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.

The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies then reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story in @vanityfair.com

Please do not describe it as an "attack ad" in which Acton's "estranged mother" "calls her a liar." It's a "taboo-breaking ad accusing Acton of lying about being raped as as child"

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

I mean, they basically stopped doing this this year! They didn't spend directly against Kat or AES in their primaries, they spent on IEs through fronts. They're just going to keep on doing that.

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

#BREAKING US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP

Funny how data centers always look so impressive in the pitch. People living beside an 800,000-square-foot facility in Sterling, VA tell a different story: noise, exhaust, bright lights. Republicans eager for more should go knock on those doors. #RepublicansLoveDataCenters

When JD Vance says Abdul El-Sayed should express "gratitude" for what America has given him, Vance is really saying he's lower on the American hierarchy than "heritage Americans" are. I asked El-Sayed to respond to this point. Here's his answer: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

Here's what it looks like when you pull it all together. Since Trump took power in Jan 2025, Medicare enrollment is up (for obvious reasons), but this is canceled out by population growth...and enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP, BHPs & ACA exchange coverage has PLUMMETED.

What ally of the US detains our politicians and gets away with it with such impunity? None. Israel is a rogue and hostile nation to Americans. Americans are being killed, harassed and beaten there by the IDF and we act like it’s nothing. There is no other country that could get away with this.

The IDF just detained the man who’s about to be elected US Congressman for NY’s 10th district, per his social media.

Today we launch the first episode of my podcast. I interviewed Whitney Mitchell, whose fiancé and caretaker Garrett Foster was murdered at a BLM protest in 2020. Foster's killer was convicted by a jury and given a 25-year sentence. Then Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned him.

A former police officer kept his Flock login after he left the force and searched the system over 60 times to track his ex wife and teenage daughter.

“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...

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network .. .. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

Finally we're fighting back! This ad goes so fucking hard youtu.be/Gt_IZoM9KuQ?...

David Axelrod and David Brooks clutching their pearls because El-Sayed didn’t roll over for a racist is such a perfect example of America’s white guy politics that it would sound made up if you put it in a novel

A Savannah police officer let her ICE agent husband "run hundreds of license plate searches" on Flock using her log in.

A U.S. company launched two jet-powered drones from the back of an off-road vehicle, and one person controlled both from a single handheld screen. Each drone is about the size of a baseball bat and can hit 384 mph. defence-blog.com/u-s-firm-fir...