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He’ll rise again, though

I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.

For those interested, the link to tonight’s Governor’s race debate (WITHOUT @MarshaBlackburn) is HERE: www.youtube.com/live/RR8bb6E...

In a more perfect world, the Free Press would hire some Temu Nate Silver to produce a bunch of charts showing that Cheesecakeghazi was hurting Democrats.

The families of the US service members killed in the Middle East will be happy to hear that the Trump Crime Family is making money off of their children's deaths.

WATCH — @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social : “There’s only one person up here who has never voted for Donald Trump or Marsha Blackburn or Donald Trump, who has known all along they would be detrimental to our state.” (She means herself) #MIAMarsha #MTSU #TNGovDebate

Trump on nominating Ted Cruz for a Supreme Court seat: "The Republicans would 100% vote for it because they can't stand him, they'd like to get rid of him"

Add “CONVICTED KILLER BREAKS OUT OF PRISON” to @GovBillLee’s list of prison accomplishments

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for governor of Alaska, crossing party lines just one week before the midterms. She urged Republicans, independents, and Democrats to consider the Democratic ticket: “Alaska needs leaders who will put our state first.”

3/ Iranian-backed Iraqi militias almost certainly used two drones to surveil the US Embassy in Baghdad on October 27 in order to threaten and deter the United States from striking Iran.

This is his Oppositional Defiance Disorder talking. Someone said that it's bad to say this so he reacts by saying "Oh yeah? Fuck you. I'll say it over and over againand there's nothing you can do about it." He knows his rally cultists are just there for the hate ritual and w/cheer anything he says.

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor. Kreiss-Tomkins would be the state's first Democratic leader in 24 years.

Exactly what we need in the absence of a functioning U.S. Department of Justice. An organization of ex-prosecutors and investigators who can put cases together for future prosecutors who will restore accountability for corrupt federal officials and those who benefit from that corruption.

An American Samoan family in Alaska facing felony voting charges unanimously rejected any plea deals. They maintained that they never intentionally broke the law, and they wanted to avoid creating a precedent that could harm other U.S. nationals.

Congrats Brent Taylor for being the latest Tennessee Republican to make it into @people Magazine🍆 😕 Is this the “competence” part or “chaos” part? people.com/republican-c...

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Last year today was one of the scariest days of my life. We initially called a lawyer who wanted to work with feds to arrange a perp walk. Kat told that guy to fuck himself. Thank God for the National Lawyer's Guild, who Kat called right after. They were ready to fight the bullshit on zero notice.

Big trouble here for Scott Jennings. A $72.5 million defamation lawsuit is no small matter, especially when the allegations involve a manipulated video and a fabricated quote. This could get very ugly for him. It’s about time this sort of deception has consequences.

His passport is cancelled. So Donald is going to let a South American criminal with no paperwork illegally enter the USA...

As Israelis voted Tuesday, West Bank “settlers“ & their IDF guardians continued harassing & driving out Palestinians on their own lands during the crucial olive harvest. The IDF also kept up its removal of 1000s of Palestinians from Hebron, destroying many residences. www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🔥 Fire in the area of Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. 💥 At night, strike drones raided occupied Donetsk, hitting a logistics vehicle parking lot. More than 30 units destroyed, and 30 damaged. ❗️ The ceasefire in Oleshky will last until November 1, inclusive.

Another bad day for Trump. It's revealed Presidementia's son, Donald went on a "hunting holiday" in Mongolia, with Putin's oligarch Umar Kremlev. Yep, the same guy who paid for his wedding in Bahamas! It cost US taxpayers almost $20k just for Secret Service officers accommodation.

Day 1707 of the war in Ukraine and here's the latest daily thread. It's one of those days when things are a little more awkward than usual, but I'll do my best to maintain the high standards you expect. Fact checked news & analysis , always delivered with humanity and humour.

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

Brazilian lawmakers from Lula’s Workers’ Party have requested the arrest of Bolsonaro and an Interpol Red Notice over fears he has fled the country.

“Flávio has given up. He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week and that he may have a long prison term ahead.”

Grand jury declines to indict Patriot as Trump’s DOJ attempted to seek vengeance against her for doing the right thing. 🇺🇸 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This smells on all sides. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, NYT reports. A US official said the review is part of efforts to “improve US-Russia relations and help end the war,” while praising fund chief Dmitriev as a useful intermediary.

This happened in Alaska. Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, stepped down after finding out that the Russian "Novatek" company, which is under US sanctions, has been involved in a $25 billion energy project in Alaska. The CEO thought that he was working with Gentry Beach, a close friend of Trump Jr.

6 months after Orban's election defeat another Putin supporter is exiting. Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić decisively lost the elections last night, after being 14 years in power. The opposition of teachers and students will take the lead.

🕸️🕷️Campaign plans: We’re planning to raise funds for net launchers to protect Ukrainian ground robots (UGVs) from Russian FPV drones in one of our upcoming NAFO campaigns. Our friends from the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade’s UGV unit have requested these systems for testing.

NEW: My midterms cheat sheet features 670+ races—up and down the ballot, & why they matter. Now it's in PDF, printable form! Save it, print it, give it to your kids to color the Senate map, & use it your worksheet on election night. Find it here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

60 days after Trump pardoned him, convicted Honduran narco ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández was recorded discussing a US destabilisation plot targeting Mexico, he said the operation was backed by Republicans linked to the Trump administration.

CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Not a big insight, but seeing high level executives at AI companies publicly espousing the position “We told you that our product that we’re developing as fast as possible was going to cause a disaster and you didn’t regulate us so this is your fault” is one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen.

Every so often I think about the number and scale of catastrophes Trump has baked into the global economy/security situation that haven’t eventuated yet and then sort of shrug and pour another cup of coffee because I can’t do anything about it.

One member of the military, "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public. This is horrible! Thank you @repsuhas.bsky.social , The Reformers discussed this last night on You Tube

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Saturday 24 October 2026 Did you know today is United Nations Day? Ah, how I long for the day when the UN was a force for good and stability. It's now effectively held hostage by malign actors. It's one big reason Ukraine is still fighting for survival on Day 1704. Here's my daily🧵

Jan 2025: Trump shutters SDNY Epstein Probe Mar: 1000+ FBI agents are trained to mark Trump’s name for supervisory review May: Bondi tells Donald he’s in the files June: White House, DoJ, FBI conspire to create “case closed” memo July: Memo released Aug: Maxwell moved/sex offender status waived

Israeli West Bank “settlers” have, as part of their efforts to seize “Judea and Samaria,” been threatening, harassing, beating, pushing out & killing Palestinian residents, often while the IDF just watches or actively aids settlers. But now action will be taken—against Palestinians. wapo.st/4zU4CfD

Trump’s DOJ is indicting and arresting his political enemies. His DHS raided the home of a sitting Congresswoman. His armed ICE thugs are going door to door harassing people under the pretext of finding non-citizen voting. If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

I have not yet read the majority opinion in full, but an unstated principle here is, IMO: if a person can be indefinitely detained on the allegation that they are in the country unlawfully, then a CITIZEN can be indefinitely on the erroneous allegation that they’re an alien

GOP activist Scott Presler rails against voter fraud. Meanwhile, out-of-state Republican operatives reportedly voted using his Pennsylvania address. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

NEW, from Bloomberg News: “Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle.”

VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🇺🇦 Zelensky: 270 of our people are home. Most of them have been in captivity since 2022. 🚀 At least one production shop of JSC Proton was completely destroyed as a result of the missile attack on Oryol. 💥 A missile strike was carried out on Voronezh, including airfield