Jeff Holcomb

Owners and proponents of crypto have a direct incentive to create chaos and dysfunction. Think Silicon Valley Bank, but the entire economy. They have now bought themselves into positions of great power. Hard to see how it ends well.

"...reputation as a data-driven epidemiologist who understood the importance of childhood vaccines." So, she was forced out. C.D.C. Deputy Director Resigns After Four Months in the Job www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/h...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/o...

Google’s data center brings wolves. “We had wolves coming into the village because all the wild animals moved out of the forest,” 53-year-old Otanmäki resident Anni Ranta told the Guardian. “They fled.”

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

voter turnout -Israel - could hit 90% -Brazil 81% -Hungary 80% -Serbia 69% -the US won't hit 50% in the midterm (it's also how we got Trump 2x)

Besides the whole saving the knowledge of antiquity and the numerals and the science and the exquisite art, it's pretty easy to google Arab Nobel prize winners

For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

That’s one way for Catholic bishops and archbishops to dispel the pedophile accusations: pray with a pedo. 😳

“covert surveillance inside houses of worship… “interrogations of churches’ staff… “ICE agents hauled off a nun who was wearing her habit and walking down the sidewalk en route to Sunday Mass… “suing a Catholic diocese in New Mexico to seize 14 acres of their land…” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Pat McAfee scared to compete? Salt Like City got him shook?

The wildest part about Pat McAfee's weird comment about the University of Utah is the video that provoked it... *this* is the video that broke him:

You really need to work hard to be the most obsequious member of Trump’s cabinet — by, for instance, eating lunch at Cheesecake Factory and alerting Fox Business, so they can interview you in defense of Obama’s joke about the White House decor. Well done Secretary Bessent! Your move, Doug Burgum!

“The Department of Justice is putting its formidable thumb on next week’s elections in a way that seems clearly intended to call into question the legitimacy of any result that is especially unfavorable to Republicans—before those results have even come in.” Me on DOJ’s California and Alaska suits:

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

Pretty simple: Every legal voter should be able to vote. The government's only role should be to make that as easy as possible.

Obama on Trump's Iran War:

Boooooooo. That bridge is one of my favorite things to photograph at this time of the year! (photo taken 10/28/2023)

Tough chart: Home prices, mortgage payments and incomes since 2020 — all indexed to zero. (via JBREC)

67 Years Ago Today: Linus mentions the "Great Pumpkin" for the first time! ~ "This is the time of year when we all write to the "Great Pumpkin" and tell him what we want for Halloween." ~ Linus van Pelt (Classic Peanuts - October 26, 1959) 🎃 #Pumpkin #History #NationalPumpkinDay

Whining is the official Wisconsin state sport. Packers players sound off about officiating after loss to Lions www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

Dems also planning aggressive investigations into Trump's illicit prosecutions: Subpoenas on internal comms and on mid-level actors carrying out his corrupt orders. “Everybody involved from top to bottom will be subject to legislative investigation," Raskin says. newrepublic.com/article/2171...

Everytime Harrison Butker misses a field goal a woman gets her Ph.D.

VOTE

🚨 BREAKING: Lula is projected to WIN reelection as president of Brazil, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of Donald Trump. The projection comes just ONE DAY after Reuters exposed a Trump administration effort to help return the Bolsonaro family to power.

8. She embodies the idea of privatized gain and socialized losses. The truth is transparently obvious, yet the White House keeps asking me to be stupid.

4. I am told she “initiated the discussions.” I am told “helping children in conflict [has been] one of her signature issues.” I am also told that neither Russia nor Ukraine knows what the WH is talking about. The AP: “There was no immediate comment from the Ukrainian or the Russian gov'ts.”

Great news: Serbia’s Longtime Strongman Concedes Defeat in Parliamentary Election www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

Who gets fired first? Packers kicker or Lions Head Coach?

This administration is just a Mad Libs filled in by the dumbest human beings on the planet. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

The colors at sunrise were *insane* this morning. The sky, the fall colors at Promontory Point, the lake...Sheesh! Sure picked a good morning to wake up early

Packers just being Packers.

These Bobby Jindal America Next political ads are just despicable.

A Montana congressman, who is a combat veteran, hastily records a gun safety video after being flamed for a hunting photo in which he violates firearms handling basic protocol (i.e. never point the muzzle towards anyone even if the weapon is presumably unloaded). x.com/RepTroyDowni...

It seems impossible for our political system to hold the politicians tied to the actual invasion of our Capitol to account, but any random Muslim candidate is reflexively labeled a terrorist.

This analyst's report from Apollo about AI uses the term "S&P 493" to refer to the "S&P 500 minus the Mag 7" - because if you take out the AI companies, the S&P 500 is tanking. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen. Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.

🧵🧵🧵 10 ways the planet’s richest person, Elon Musk, has been busy making the world worse. A thread. 1. Buying crooked politicians like Ken Paxton.

Yep

Actually, Todd Blanche, President Trump has twice stated at campaign rallies that he instructed you to file this suit to help ensure that Dan Sullivan would be reelected. This is one more reason why you are likely to be disbarred after the Disciplinary Committee is acquainted with all the facts.

SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

Not a word of truth to this.

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𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲🚨 As ICE brutalizes our neighbors & their children, do you ever wonder if you & your loved ones will be next? What are you willing to do in this election to push back on #IceLawlessness? Phonebank? Door knocking? 🧵