Jake Bernstein

Writers Guild speaks out about tech platforms squashing the @alexgibneyfilm doc about Elon Musk: “A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration threatens democratic discourse.”

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

Early voting starts TODAY, Oct. 19 in 34 counties in Florida! Check the list to see if your county is on it, grab your people and go vote early. Don’t see your county? Visit AngieNixon.com/vote to find your early voting dates & site. #AngieForFlorida

TODAY (Monday, Oct. 19) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: - ALABAMA - PENNSYLVANIA - SOUTH DAKOTA And coming up next: Sat, 10/24 — MASSACHUSETTS - NEW YORK More at npr.org/vote

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

“.. Nearly three-quarters said they struggled to pay for food, housing, medical care or daily transportation in the past year compared with 13 percent of upper-income adults.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/b...

ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”

My latest @npr.org story: If you have to use the U.S. Postal Service to return a mail-in ballot, USPS recommends mailing it at least a week before your state's deadline. And if you're mailing close to Election Day, stop by a post office to ask for a postmark to make sure it gets one on the same day

> @apnews.com #measles apnews.com/article/meas...

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

Super PACs are most effective at the local level in low-information environments, where they can define candidates and issues. We can blunt money in politics by boosting local coverage.

ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.

TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote

As always, @boltsmag.org has the go-to, authoritative guide to the year's important elections. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE detention, marking the 26th death in ICE custody in 2026.

The Trump administration is using an anti-drug trafficking grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing collection of automated license plate reader data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction.

NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:

One way to double your vote is to speak to any American abroad about voting. The turnout for civilian Americans overseas in 2024? 11%. With a disciplined effort, we could turn out 100s of 1000s more votes. This site makes it easy and even walks you through the process. www.votefromabroad.org

The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas.

A new study shows that the widespread fear and isolation caused by the immigration crackdowns that began in early 2025 had a significant economic toll on Chicago commerce, draining over $1.26 billion from local businesses.

GROUNDWORK: “.. After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have grown 52% since 2019. Wages have grown just 12%.” @groundwork.bsky.social

I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea.

(FT) - Almost two years since Donald Trump won election pledging to slash prices and fix the US’s public finances, his Iran war and tax cuts have delivered a different outcome: record-high debt, soaring fuel costs and punishing mortgage rates. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6cb3...

Trump’s sweeping pardons relieved white-collar criminals of $1.7 billion worth of fines, forfeitures, and restitution, in a “massive redistribution of wealth in favor of convicted criminals.”

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

“.. removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...

Strong headline writing: @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump promised Americans a new golden age. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a golden age for diarrhea and white-collar crime www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-gif...

“.. The president’s recent financial disclosure form shows that he collected $1.4 billion from his crypto businesses last year, the majority of it from anonymous sources.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...

A great project for the whole family: save our history from the Trump regime sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Hegseth’s blocking of promotions for high-ranking women in the military has contributed to the lowest percentage of such nominations for women in at least 25 years, according to a NYT analysis. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...

In a legal filing, the Trump administration is saying citizens should not be allowed to enforce environmental laws. Despite what the laws say, the DOJ has claimed that people should be required to leave enforcement to the executive branch – even if the executive decides to take no action.

A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

In total, the Trump administration has cut about 45 percent of all public health grants that were allocated to states in fiscal year 2023. States that were relying on that funding have had to make cuts, including to food safety surveillance efforts.

When you gut public health. @cnbc.com @nytimes.com www.cnbc.com/2026/07/24/c...

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"We estimate that SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4.5 million people (11 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and April 2026....It’s very likely that nationwide, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 1.5 million since July 2025."

The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.

Two weeks ago today, after Nasdaq willingly rigged the rules, somewhere btw $7-10 bil of passive money was forced to buy SpaceX at $160.42 Today, 10 trading days later, it closed at $119.85 It’s an unprecedented forced loss (at least $2b) for passive investors and our financial media is 🦗

A CNN investigation found that President Donald Trump has promoted more than 20 companies on his Truth Social account days after buying stock in those firms – at times announcing government actions that could benefit the companies he just invested in. https://cnn.it/44tiGit

Breaking News: The Trump administration moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining and other development. Environmentalists characterized it as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

“.. part of a growing number of similar violent interactions involving civilians and immigration agents. More than 20 people have been shot at since September, nearly all of them in their cars.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...

“.. The next day, Trump posted that it was a ‘GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!’ before announcing a partial tariff retreat that helped send the S&P 500 up roughly 9.5% in one of its best days on record.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/t...

President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.