Jayne Starkey

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NEWS: The U.S. State Department says it will give U.S. visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family who have fled Brazil after Bolsonaro's loss

Hasan Piker sued commentator Scott Jennings in federal court, seeking more than $72 million in damages over allegations that Jennings falsely depicted him as advocating the lynching of Black Americans. https://www.washingtonsun.com/legal/hasan-piker-defamation-suit-scott-jennings

The dead warriors buried in Arlington National Cemetery would “now sleep in the artificial radiance of Trump’s signature addition to the nation’s capital, an arch built to honor him personally” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/1...

As The World Burns, Donnie feeds the flames. foe.org/news/us-wors...

Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov scoffed at the Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire in Oleshky, dismissing it as a "complex political scheme" and admitting that Russia is playing its own political games. His weatherman concurred. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVT...

Tim Scott on Hannity's show lies that El-Sayed's parents "funded Osama bin Laden"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a “strong, right-wing” government in a defiant speech after Israel’s elections.

BREAKING: Nearly 3000 voters in one Georgia county haven't received their absentee ballots yet, putting them at risk of missing the Election Day deadline to vote by mail. They're asking a judge to order the county to overnight their ballots to avoid being disenfranchised.

Fox News ratings are tanking along with Trump’s approval, plunging 27% in total viewers and 32% in the demo in October— its lowest-rated month in that category in 25 years, Nielsen data obtained by @status.news shows. www.status.news/p/fox-news-r...

Probe that led to charges against 2 former top FBI officials was ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel hours after Trump gave a speech denouncing Intel officials for favoring Biden, according to FBI agent, who said he feared case would be seen as political www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

I feel like I’m living in some weird fucking Beckett play or a dystopian sequel to Being There where the president of the United States is just increasingly obviously a porridge-brained mental patient and everyone nods and smiles like it’s normal.

The DOJ is appealing a federal judge’s order blocking further tree removal at D.C.’s East Potomac Golf Course. https://www.washingtonsun.com/metro/justice-department-appeals-judge-order-east-potomac-park

The U.S. has told several Gulf Arab countries to be prepared for a short, intense military campaign after the U.S. midterm elections, people briefed on the conversations said.

“Stolen Cheesecake Factory valor”😂😂 @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social bust Clay Travis for claiming he’s “grown up going to cheesecake factories” when they didn’t come to NASHVILLE until he was 26 Top notch sleuthing 🕵🏻‍♂️ , fellas. This tops Pablo’s Kawhi scoop in our book!

What Kamala Harris proposes in not impeaching Trump is this the same reason why letting Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate soldiers and leaders off the hook was a bad idea.. We've been paying for it ever since😡

To not even try to seek justice AFTER ALL THIS is offensive and insane.

The Republican Party in particular must finally loose the chains of its political and moral enslavement to Donald Trump and separate itself from the MAGA political party cult. The writing is already on the wall, Republicans. trib.al/Qn8fxn8

Live-posting this hearing was quite challenging. Things moved fast, there were references to materials that aren’t public, and I don’t have a transcript yet. But here’s a 🧵with some additional details we learned today (with the caveat that i’ll need to confirm some things w/ the transcript later):

Cenk Uygur trashes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as being friendly to the establishment and corporate Democrats, and he's basing that on AOC being the biggest donor in the party to other Democrats. He calls it "funneling" to make it sound corrupt.

Any way you slice or dice the productive output of the Trump White House and its Republican Party enablers, what you find is a heaving portion of deceit, double-dealing, and self-enrichment. trib.al/yLXNZkC

The Trump/Republican agenda, in a headline. www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/e...

At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze

Rep. Joey Arrington over a graphic showing diesel at $6.35: "Thank God we have a commander in chief that's willing to do things that aren't in his political interest"

Georgia is one of the main states to watch for Republicans to redo their WI/NC playbook of using the lame duck session to entrench power after losing elections. New reporting on what they might do if they lose: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

this man is a gotdamned patriot

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “Obama lives rent-free in Trump’s mind— everyone knows the decor in the Cheesecake Factory is gawdy… When Trump says ‘WE’ are making so much money on oil, the ‘WE’ he’s talking about is HIM.”

The DSA-aligned candidate has been the subject of buzzy comparisons to Zohran Mamdani. But the City of Angels is designed to keep its leader in check. trib.al/KMgTECB

Two headlines in the last 24 hours: New York Times: "The New Worst-Case Scenario for Election Officials: Federal Interference" Me: "Republicans have cheated in elections for a long time"

Medical debt hit 1 in 4 Americans and 1 in 5 Ohioans last year, a new study shows, including those who have health insurance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/27/m...

Election officials in Alaska are asking a federal judge to "immediately" dismiss the Trump DOJ's lawsuit seeking to block the Senate results, claiming it has "no legal basis." "[T]he United States lacks authority to intervene in state elections at all, much less in support of a favored candidate."

WaPo ed board: Buying a cardboard box should not require a senator’s help wapo.st/4jIkgWq

“Rather than simply push false claims at his rallies or target voters his administration claims should not be on the rolls, Mr. Trump moved to pre-emptively challenge the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican candidate narrowly loses.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

"The FDA and CDC are the only two agencies that have higher poor ratings than excellent/good ratings." news.gallup.com/poll/715907/...

Put it this way: why isn’t Netanyahu calling Hamas to negotiate? Why isn’t Jordan calling Hamas asking to negotiate? Bc Hamas is a terrorist org. So is Putin.. perhaps with better branding through propaganda and useful idiots. And until we get it into our strong heads, Putin’s war will expand.

Putin understands one thing only — strength. If someone believes that Russia will truthfully negotiate and then actually adhere to the agreement, take any document Russia signed and google of it ever respected it. What Putin respects is unity — NATO, EU.. blocks of strong allies.

Jessica Tarlov pointed out that as Americans are struggling with high gas prices Trump is making a lot of money. Trump is heavily invested in oil and gas companies and is aggressively buying and selling stock.

Trump rants at Obama for comparing president’s White House decor to a Cheesecake Factory

British prosecutors charged two men with national security offenses in connection to a suspected attempt by Iran to attack an air force base.

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

One cool thing about being a regular Dem donor is how the party tries to demoralize me before every election. I am again drowning in spam texts clearly aimed at ripping off the elderly. Several Senate candidates have worked hard, overcoming my many "stop" replies and blocks, to make me hate them.

Dayton showed up! John Legend, thank you for coming home and getting in the fight.

Good God, this is bad. WTF????

NEWS A federal judge just agreed to FAST-TRACK her decision on whether to dismiss Trump DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s election if the GOP incumbent loses. She indicated that she will rule by Wednesday at 5 pm local time. Doc buff.ly/YeQtu5n

I honestly was not sure if this was a new or recycled allegation, which says a lot about our President.

When Donald Trump launched his campaign, he was caught hiring paid actors to pad the audience. (I also happened to be the one that busted him doing so). www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

WATCH: A defense contractor CEO and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians and got over $40 million a year in government funding. He told the FBI that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

Before midterms, Trump offers $1 million bounty in voter fraud campaign

An airplane passenger was arrested for allegedly writing that he was going to "hijack" the plane, forcing the United flight to be diverted back to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff.