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A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

New in PN: The weird rise and spectacular fall of Katie Zacharia "Zacharia is not a victim. She is a lying conspiracy theorist who desperately maneuvered herself to attract the attention of an image-obsessed fascist in hopes that she could gain money and fame by lying on his behalf."

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Thank you sir for taking the time to care about the tragic events that killed and critically injured our brave Canadian military personnel in Wainwright Alberta at a time when your country is being bombed 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇦

I said she wouldn’t last long, and she ended up lasting five days.

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Everyone in the Republican Party is pointing fingers at each other for the GOP’s impending midterm disaster, except in the direction of the main culprit. Nobody is looking at the leader of the party, or at themselves. (link in comments below)

Trump has a very specific type when it comes to hiring Press Secretaries, and apparently Ilhan Omar just doesn’t fit it.

Trump Blamed Nobody Then Elon Blamed Trump

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

The Trump administration has diverted $86 million in teen pregnancy prevention funds from local programs to an AI-led firm with ties to a top HHS official.

New: Via a conservation easement on a golf course, Trump "could end up writing off something like $825 million, give or take a couple hundred million. The expected tax savings prompted us to increase our estimate of Trump’s fortune by $300 million." @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com

The White House says the malicious manipulation of Ukrainian access to StarLink and StarShield is over. Zelenskyy says it continues. And Zelenskyy, of course, is correct.

🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️The US does not agree to send Patriot missiles that have already been purchased for Ukraine: it was a significant delivery, - sources of the Kyiv Independent.

Iowa needs to get back on track. Ten years of one party control hasn't been serving Iowans. My priorities are focused on lowering costs, bringing accountability to state government, the cancer crisis, & cleaning up our water. https://robsand.com/priorities/

"Russian borders, as we know, do not end anywhere," is a well-known saying of Vladimir Putin... now being widely recited in the Russian press as it celebrates the subservience of Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Kyiv Independent: 📍Pete Hegseth has not yet agreed to the transfer of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine. 📍The missiles have already been paid for by Ukraine's international partners, but the documents for their delivery remain without Hegseth's signature.

Following new reports showing Senator Ashley Moody dodging questions and refusing to account for her role in the diversion of $10M meant for vulnerable sick Florida children into partisan political funds, U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon released the following statement.

Katie Harbath spent years managing the global elections strategy at Facebook. Now, she's sharing her concerns about misinformation ahead of the midterm elections. #pinkslime #election #midterms #a.i.

The number of Americans on SNAP has reached the lowest level in 17 years, but the economy hasn’t improved. That means families are going hungry. Make no mistake—this is a direct result of Trump’s Big Ugly Law slashing food stamps with the largest cuts in years.

On No Kings Day, 7 million Americans turned out to protest the Trump administration. Here's the wonderful front-page coverage furnished by NYT. (There isn't any).

"Republicans have railed against fraud. But that hasn’t stopped the Republican National Committee from taking money from people that muddle that message." from @politico.com

Before Katie Zacharia was fired after a disastrous five-day tenure, right-wing media figures praised her as “a terrific pick,” and told their audiences “she would absolutely crush” the role.

Trump ally Martha Boneta writes that drought-hit farmers need “one person at the county office they can call” about disaster aid. Trump’s USDA cut 8% of Farm Service Agency county staff last year. 42 offices started 2026 with nobody. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sustainableagriculture.net/blog/usda-st...

NEW: Another controversy involving taxpayer-funded Trump ads Democratic Natl Committee alerts court that MAGA Inc Super-PAC is paying to air a "no tax on tips" commercial that was produced by White House staff "whose salaries are paid using Congressional appropriations"

Current and former defense officials say former Wall Street executives have taken hold of a wing of the Pentagon and they’re favoring people and companies with close ties to the Trump administration.

1️⃣5️⃣ days until Election Day! We’ve come a long way to get here and I’m so proud of what we've built together across Mississippi. Now it’s time to finish strong.

Perhaps the scariest cohorts of the US electorate are (a) thectens of millions who voted for Trump more than once, and (b) the tens of millions who didn't vote at all. bsky.app/profile/cosa...

I’m amazed how many women still supported trump after that tape

James Comey is responsible for Hillary’s loss

Now, Putin has proposed a summit with Trump and Xi to decide Ukraine’s fate for them, bulldoze a century of international cooperation, and frame Russia as an equal to the U.S. and China. We’ll see if Putin’s puppet continues to dance on his strings.

Ten years ago today. In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine...

140 days of protests triggered by a corrupt kushner/trump family luxury island deal… yet 🇺🇸 media is essentially crickets 🦗 🦗

In a classified briefing, a DoD official revealed to Senators how much Iranian attacks on U.S. bases have cost us. Now, I'm calling for the DoD to make that number public. Americans deserve to know how much of their money is being burned on Trump's war with Iran.

That’s right! The statute of limitations shouldn't be a get-out-of-jail-free card for people who lie to Congress. My bill gives prosecutors more time to hold liars accountable.

Floridians are ready for change. Thank you to The Palm Beach Post for recognizing the momentum behind our campaign.

So the United States Secretary of State doesn’t know anything about global warfare satellites besides what he reads in the paper?

Crazy this is not obvious to Wall Street: every democracy saw what Musk did to Ukraine last week and confirmed security need for Starlink alternative. Those alternatives will not just serve defense needs, but also be viable commercial alternatives, crushing any hope of SpaceX's monopoly projections.

When the final wheels of the rickety Trump regime bus fall off, it is vital that Democrats and all pro-democracy forces jump at the chance to take advantage of MAGA disarray to reverse policy blunders and hold wrongdoers responsible. Jen Rubin writes more @jenrubin.bsky.social

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.

Trump Walked Right Past His Own Car

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If you think you’re getting $5,000 from Trump and SpaceX shares from Elon, you haven’t learned a goddam thing these past 10 years.

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"A majority of Americans view the president’s administration as uniquely corrupt..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

⚡️ "The Iranian cause, like the Russian cause, is a just cause," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated during a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Mark Zuckerberg should understand that Republicans won’t always be in charge. If Democrats take the Senate, he will be forced to answer to Congress about his company’s abuse of tax credits to avoid paying its fair share while it builds AI data centers.

She learned in the interview that she would not be accepted into med school to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor because she was a woman of reproductive age. She was told that she could become pregnant and that pregnancy was a disruption to a woman’s education open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...