James Markey

I’ve got a wild idea here… What if, now stay with me… What if Christians were to check the wisdom of the scriptures for how to treat immigrants?

Americans are heading into the midterms gloomier than before any midterm on record. The consumer sentiment number released Friday is at 48, far below 2022 (60) and 15% lower than just before the Iran War.

Don’t forgot all of the collaborators who lied to protect the President.

In 2016, while Pizzagate was taking off, I felt like I was losing my mind because I and EVERYBODY ELSE IN NYC KNEW that Trump and Epstein were best friends and nobody seemed to care. Epstein didn't become a US household word until the Miami Herald piece about his amazing plea deal in 2018.

There’s the 60 day rule where the NYT can’t report on anything near an election unless James Comey holds a press conference.

It's insane that the campaign against El-Sayed is basically that he has some secret relationship with the people that the president's family has a secret relationship with.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

The AI narrative is looking better this morning! Great highlights in this thread.

ANT it is. Anthropic publicly files for NASDAQ IPO

For reference, this is an IG credit. Almost 3% over the Baa (BBB) index. Going hunting to figure out if there are any other IG bonds trading at this kind of yield. *SPACEX PRICES BONDS AT UP TO 8.75% ON $40B CREDIT DEAL: SEMAFOR

GS: Our Risk Appetite Indicator fell sharply to -0.5, its lowest level since Liberation Day

Lula Goes HARD

SpaceX describes Starshield as a "secured satellite network for government entities" that "leverages Starlink technology." And don't forget SpaceX gets *paid* to provide both Starshield and Starlink to Ukraine by NGOs, governments, etc. Poland is a big customer so is U.S. Pentagon.

The S&P 500 P/E ratio fell last week, but the SPX EW P/E rose to 16x GS

Obama: "The guy has become billions of dollars wealthier in office. Nobody disputes this! It's just -- how do you do that when you're supposed to be looking out for you? And the worst part of it not a single Republican in Congress has done anything to stop it."

“.. Video footage, Sheriff Greene said, clearly showed a woman being punched in the face. ‘I know what people saw, and if I saw that video, too, I’d be like, ‘My God, why didn’t the police do anything?’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

So @lilianasegura.bsky.social and I just co-wrote a piece about the bodycam footage in the Kohan Wiley case. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...

This is just one of many examples coming to light just this week. This is treason and everyone involved in working with the Russians needs to rot in prison.

So witkoff/kushner toadie sell out negotiations involves cutting Russian companies in on US energy deals? Are we giving Alaska back to Russia?

Alright here’s a good news timeline cleanse!

Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad attacking his opponent for being raped as a child. But he's also one of the few Republican politicians who is still allowed within 200 feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.

Our president: somehow as weak as he is gross!

Here’s my take. Hell is real and hell is hot.

In the MAGA mind, Trump's vicious abuse of female reporters is simply of a piece with the rape ad itself: It's all a bet that MAGA misogyny and depravity are still political winners. Flagged by @atrupar.com:

RENMAC: “.. Pretty clear message out the US Manufacturing PMI. Employment hit its highest level since 2012 while output prices advanced to another high in October. For factories at least, this looks like an inflationary boom.”

It's bleak that Serious News Outlets will tie themselves into knots writing headlines that obscure the horrors of a story while @people.com just waltzes in and calls it like it is.

One of the most salient aspects of today's politics is how everyone imagines a conspiratorial "them" controlling things behind the scenes. Elon Musk is literally powerful enough to affect the course of the Ukraine war, but he's still imagining faceless puppet masters who need to be unmasked.

The moral rot is top-to-bottom in the GOP. But let’s focus on the more specific issue here: Trump and his party like rape. Whether it’s child abuse or campus sexual assault, they think rape is ok. Maybe they even think it’s funny.

Our president was the star of the Epstein files. How much more clear can it get?

I’m outraged that my constituent, Rabbi Justin David, was detained in the West Bank while protecting Palestinians who were harvesting their olive groves. I’m relieved to hear that he has finally been released—but the Israeli government should never have taken him into custody in the first place.

Musk is getting the blame for throttling Ukraine’s Starlink

Israel’s Foreign Ministry attacking Brad Lander - a self-described liberal Zionist - by name, simply for doing protective presence, should be the final sign that the Israeli government would gladly sacrifice every last Jew in Diaspora to dominate more Palestinians with impunity.

“.. The US refining industry is running the hardest **for this time of the year** in at least 25 years (ever?). October is when typically many plants go into seasonal maintenance, but that has been delayed due to eye-watering margins and the pressure from Trump.” - @javierblas.bsky.social ⛽️

nice little thread explaining why this is a big deal and also kinda funny

People who have been around politics a long time may be struck as I was by the sheriff's signature on this arrest warrant for Amy Acton's stepfather, who at the time was a fugitive. Does the name James Traficant ring a bell?

No, Putin is no humanitarian. He's starving people. He's bombing civilians. He's kidnapping children. He's committing genocide. He's the exact opposite of a humanitarian.

Basically my emotions watching the 2016 election.

Anthropic S-1 leaks from the WSJ - $16.3bn in 1H revenue (vs $1.1bn in 1H '25) - Nearly $9bn in compute spend - $450bn of future compute obligations (over next 7-10 years) - 1H net loss of $80.7bn (but only $8.7bn ex convertibles valuation changes - Very close to breakeven on an operating basis

Jesus this is vile

Meta being Meta, part one million:

⚡ Vietnam has provided $500,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine ahead of the winter season. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha expressed deep gratitude, calling the support a "significant gesture of goodwill, compassion, and solidarity" in challenging times.

US consumer strength not just in Super Prime Big 4 bank portfolios. Synchrony, skewing MUCH lower end, strong card spend +8% (best in 3 years) with elevated payment rates. Delinquencies down & charge-offs lowest in 3 years. $SYF $BAC $WFC $JPM $XLF $XLY $DKS $WMT $TJX $LOW