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Elon Musk has spent over $180 million on the Texas senate race. “There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator,” James Talarico said. www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

It’s not just about who’s with you on stage. It’s about who’s with you backstage. Grateful for her love and partnership yesterday and every day…

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Trump opened a hotline to report people who defraud the government. Meanwhile, he's pardoned 70+ fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole $1.3B+ from Medicare and Medicaid. Many pardons only came after their family members gave to Trump's Super PAC. Hello?

Mike Rogers was just caught on tape talking about how he wanted to make sure that there were retired cops who could intimidate voters in the city of Detroit. We deserve the right to vote. People have fought and died for that right. No more election deniers.

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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's comms director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped (published Oct. 2025):

Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas. He wants our land, he wants our water, and he wants his own personal U.S. senator. He’s trying to buy Texas. But on November 3rd, we’ll deliver a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale.

Just 10 people have already poured over $1 BILLION into this year’s midterm elections. 90% has gone to Republicans. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

I stand with President Zelenskyy 👇

It's time to defund Elon. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine

If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

Big AI is spending big against me, because I'm for taking them on.

⚡️ Zelensky tells Trump Russia keeps violating his energy ceasefire. Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy and oil and gas facilities 76 times since U.S. President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

‘Old-timey fascism was kept secret. Now you don’t have to hide it’: Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell on Wild Horse Nine

If Kissinger didn't have to give back his Nobel after Chile and East Timor then let no one ask this goodly man of peace to return the FIFA Peace Prize.

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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports - Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At The Atlantic Festival, @evanasmith.bsky.social spoke with @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social, The Atlantic’s editor in chief; Amna Nawaz, co-anchor of PBS News Hour; and Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, about the state of independent media. #TAF26

When power fears scrutiny, the press becomes a target. Discredit reporters, threaten broadcasters, block access, and flood the public with propaganda. Authoritarianism grows stronger when citizens can no longer tell independent reporting from the government’s preferred story.

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

“This war has involved one cover-up, after cover-up, after cover-up by Team Trump. Within the first 72 hours of the conflict, the administration was…trying to cover-up the true nature of U.S. troop casualties – a suppression of information…that persists to this day. And… zeteo.com/p/scoop-trum...

Whenever democracy is undermined, rights inevitably are too. On this International Day of Democracy, we remind people around the world that voting is important for electing representatives, but promoting and protecting democracy is an everyday endeavor.

It was never about fairness. It was always about greed. #TaxBillionaires

Sean Duffy: “I have a hard time believing in the government anymore.” Rachel Campos-Duffy: “We don't trust the government.” Katie Miller: “I'm still distrustful of the government.” Plot twist: They ARE the government.

Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of a school in Nepal, had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/w...

Novak Djokovic lost in the US Open first round for the first time in 20 years. And we all know why.

Thomas Massie and I just introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II. The DOJ has failed to release millions of files. I’m calling on everyone in Congress to sign this petition and stand up for the survivors.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.

So much truth here! 😢

ASHLEY MOODY IS CORRUPT AF. And Angie Nixon went straight for the jugular: “Her reward for that was her U.S. Senate appointment. She knew exactly what she was doing. She signed off on it.” “Ashley Moody is a liar, she’s a thief.”🔥

Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.