jonathan friedman

Ban dark money Ban unlimited political spending Ban AI video and deep-fakes in political ads Ban gerrymandering

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"Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President." apnews.com/article/trum...

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

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...

Instagram adding long-form video *should* scare YouTube more than Netflix tbh The product isn’t there yet (need background viewing, PIP while scrolling, continue watching, dedicated watch history, much more) but clips as direct promos for full video is smart and would (will?) be huge for podcasts

Idk might be notable that, in multiple races across the country, Republicans keep endorsing Democrats

Equis found that the share of Latinos reporting their social circles were mostly supporting Trump went from 19 percent in 2016 to 30 percent in 2020 to 42 percent in 2024. Now? Just 22 percent of Latinos' social circles say they are supporting the GOP. ¡Dios Mio! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“He pays attention,” says Hussien Salama, the lead video producer for the Jon Ossoff campaign in 2021. “There are some candidates who I work with who don’t watch their things or aren’t aware of what their social does. Jon cares about how he’s being presented to the world.”

Last-minute CA ballot advice for procrastinators like me: "no" on Prop 45. More targeted CEQA reform for renewables and housing could be good, but the Chamber of Commerce's shotgun approach will promote sprawl and freeway expansion. Not the way. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/prop-45-vote

in ohio this is basically like being shunned

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

whoa www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

The internals must be horrendous.

He thinks he can be president one day… wow

lol reminder that betting markets are extremely accurate measures of conventional wisdom

The danger of "sharia law" in the US is zero. The danger of Christian nationalist zealots like Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton destroying the country the invented the separation of church and state so that they can impose their blinkered version of Christianity on us all is sky high.

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Just vile, racist garbage that’s completely un-American

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

Dragging this into the light...in light of Brazil.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

SUPER cool map that shows which party is getting small donor funds, broken down by county. There are tabs for the big Senate races too. votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...

Finally, some actual good news in the world for once. apnews.com/article/serb...

your moment of zen via some film i scanned today

Dems need to keep fucking voting. All eyes on Michigan and Texas…

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

This is straight Klan stuff. He's talking like a badly xeroxed neo-Nazi flyer someone stuffed in your mailbox back in 1975.

This is just pure racism. Republicans objectively are campaigning on little more than bigotry.

Straight into my veins Young ppl realizing the red-pill path is one big con 🥹🥹🥹

It’s a slippery slope. First you give everyone healthcare and next thing they’ll want is clean water and safe schools. WHERE DOES THE MADNESS END‽

Mhmm. Why a lot of attacks on DSA fails is bc at core the candidates are running on things like affordable healthcare for all and investing in public schools and billionaires paying a fair share

It’s actually quite simple to lead w human values like compassion and empathy

This fiasco is proving is proving that audiences no longer know what journalistic ethics are, and can't distinguish between algorithmic content and reporting. Anyone who calls themselves a "journalist" must follow a strict code, summarized by SPJ here ⬇️ spjethics.org/code/

🎯 “Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. That is Netanyahu’s great victory. But it is matched by his great loss: Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazans see it.” - @ezraklein.bsky.social

Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.

OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

THE FACTORY

I don’t think the young people (ie if you’re under 25 you don’t really remember Obama) realize just how electric a speaker he is

Former presidents are just roasting the hell out of the White House redo today and it’s going to drive Trump absolutely insane

A mom featured in a campaign ad accused a House Democratic candidate of endangering kids because of her votes on transgender issues. Turns out the woman in the ad once pleaded guilty to endangering kids. wapo.st/4ieRiLA