Jen Bendery

Speaking of Jane Goodall, my favorite quote by her: “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

Trump is interrupted by a protester in Mississippi: "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass!"

Trump, again, making nonsensical claims that Dems will be cheating if they win Minnesota's Senate race, a blue state where the Dem is ahead in polls. Same thing he's doing with Alaska's Senate race, where the Dem is ahead in polls. Also Trump LOST Minnesota three times.

Pete Hegseth is reportedly angling for Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) -- who's about to become Tennessee's next governor -- to appoint him to her Senate seat so he can avoid potential impeachment, according to Puck. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

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Bravo, Lula!! Thank you, Brazil!

Lula wins reelection in Brazil, in a "shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America." www.huffpost.com/entry/lula-w...

This was like his 3rd glitch during the speech where he just randomly stops mid-sentence and makes a weird noise or, in this case, just opens his mouth and freezes for 3 seconds while saying nothing, then continues. Pretty sad that TV networks refuse to cover this situation.

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

NEW: We asked readers if they've been drowning in political texts, calls, mailers and TV ads, and to share pics of what they're getting. Hooo boy, did we get responses! Some fumed its been "harassment." Some won't donate to Dem campaigns ever again. www.huffpost.com/entry/voters...

Trump went from packing arenas to being the punchline at intimate gatherings. I love this for him. Obama, no notes. 🔥

A big fist bump between Signature Aviation's fueler and the Eastern Air Express captain flying yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP. They took away 24 shackled migrants from their homes around the Twin Cities. If a loved one may have been aboard, full video is here: youtube.com/watch?v=1-xmZiNEhC4

i wrote about the GORP

It is honestly so much that I’m considering getting a new phone number, except that probably used to belong to someone who gave it up because of text spam.

I replied to a text from a GOP candidate that I would never vote for a Republican in this lifetime...and immediately got a blitz of different texts from all the GOP candidates in my area. 🙄 It felt malicious. I'm also getting texts from Florida where a fraudster tried to impersonate my husband.

Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

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Zombie lawsuits used to at least sound *plausible,* something that you could squint and see some vague legal claim, even if the context makes the bad-faith intent to overturn results clear. This one is just literally "we're filing a bonkers lawsuit so we can try to overturn the election."

Hi from Alaska, here’s the ballot where the incumbent is clearly listed.

wait a democrat is polling +3 in montana’s congressional race and he is a smokejumper that looks like this? why has no one told the thirsty masses?

Folks: there is pretty much zero legal basis for this suit. High chance it gets thrown out for lack of standing and likely loses on merit anyway bc there's no law making it a crime for 2 guys with the same name to run for the same office. Lots of stuff Trump can do on elections. This is nonsense.

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

NEW from me: Democrats could win in November. And if they do, and they take on the Trump administration’s vast corruption as promised, they will be squaring off with a wildly obstructionist Justice Department. So how can they outsmart the cronies at DoJ? I take a look for @huffpost.com.

The president of the united states comes out in favor of a mother helping their husband indicted for child sex abuse abscond from justice and then trash their daughter as a liar after the fact bsky.app/profile/atru...