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NEW: Democratic super PAC says it’s spending $2.1M more in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District coloradosun.com/2026/10/28/h... #copolitics

The scathing editorial by The Plain Dealer is significant as the newspaper "announced only nine months ago" that it would no longer endorse candidates for governor, the U.S. Senate or the presidency, after readers said it should concentrate on down-ballot contests. bit.ly/4zTX8Jc

Hell yeah🔥 Mississippi, Scott Colom is bringing bold outside-the-box thinking to this Senate race. Holding a press conference outside Trump’s rally was one thing, but actually walking over and engaging with Trump supporters was another. #BlueWaveIn7Days

We must hold ICE accountable.

No one had that legal authority.

"Without love, our faith would be deprived of its essence, our good works would be reduced to mere moralism, and our hope would be in vain. Dear friends, we cannot truly love God unless this love overflows into love for our brothers and sisters.” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove

Well played

And then he stiffed them!

Jared and Ivanka are likely to be our biggest grifters.

Trump in Mississippi: "I'm here because Cindy is doing great" (He's there because Cindy is not doing great)

This is genuinely impressive. I have family in Illinois, and they were seriously worried a few years back that the state would either have to declare bankruptcy or hike taxes sky-high to fund its pension obligations and debts. I don't who or what is responsible for the improvement, but kudos!

BREAKING: Preliminary injunction granted in the golf course case by Judge Reyes! The threat to close & destroy this historic property is the latest act of Trump corruption that the courts have responded to Kudos to our wonderful clients & cocounsel @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates

If he offered anything in return for the money, even just conversations with his father-in-law, then he would have violated U.S. bribery laws and the foreign agent statute. trib.al/aYl2OWe

A trust owned by Texas AG Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, invested in a company led by a convicted fraudster. The firm and its affiliates later sent the trust 15 payments totaling $83K before and during the AG’s impeachment trial. w/ @texastribune.org

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

Talarico: They may have the money, but we have the majority. They’re trying to make this election about anything other than their corruption. You should believe our movement can beat their money because they sure do.

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I mean, yes. But on the list of mistakes Congress has made the past yeah and a half…

Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"

“Accountability is rarely pleasant, but it makes us better. Congressional Republicans need to be held accountable. That's not retribution. It's tough love. And for every faithless incumbent we vote out, a Republican will run in 2028 having learned the lesson.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Buttigieg: The good guys only win if we put in the work

In a week of huge news pieces outlining Trump's ties to Russia Russia Russia, this one's a doozy

And then the Russian company, presented with the evidence we had gathered, acknowledged in a statement: Yes, we are moving to take a large stake in the Polar LNG project in Alaska. Story was nailed. A bit hard to follow with all the names. But this is confirmation. Had not been previously disclosed.

This new report today with my NYT colleague Anton Troianovski follows up on our earlier reporting this month on the Lukoil deal that would bring financial benefits to business partners of the Witkoff and Trump families. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Massive props to the CEO. Few CEOs in the Trump era have shown any spine at all.

This is utterly insane. Where is the Secretary of State? Why are random family members setting our foreign policy?

On top of many other things, it's our taxpayer money that's paying the salaries of the lawyers working on this authoritarian angling. Democrats should point that out.

This needs to be said openly: This is what happens when the government is led by someone who attempted a coup d’etat, and his agencies are run by his stooges.

Trump is trying to force Ukraine's surrender. That would be a tragedy and a huge strategic error. I'll be damned if it happens while I have anything to say about it.

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We're going to repost this every day until the election just to give everyone a little treat every day.

Jared Kushner has been accused of holding two secret bank accounts in the Middle East that were exposed by Russian operatives who hacked his phone.

Allowing one unelected man to have control over crucial aspects of the US military, allied militaries, the US space program, and so many other aspects of human life is absolutely insane. We were stupid to allow this to happen and it must be fixed ASAP.

Yes. I have been doing this my whole life.

Even by the standards of this corrupt family and administration, this is mind-blowing grift. Throw the bums out, voters. They're taking every opportunity to enrich themselves, whether it hurts the country or not.

Listen to this.

Glory, this is like a study to determine if water is wet.

This is completely illegal and unacceptable.

No RIer can watch this video of a man trying to keep his children safe & think the actions of these federal agents are acceptable. Surely we can acknowledge that traumatizing toddlers on the streets of Providence is a betrayal of our values as Americans.

The GOP has nothing left but loathsomeness. Vivek Ramaswamy showed us that. Trump shows us it every day. My column on a party with zero ideas and zero accomplishments:

Cornyn on Starlink being throttled in Ukraine: "I don't believe that Elon Musk would do this without at least the acquiescence of the White House. I think it's frankly shameful. I think we should be supporting the victim, not the aggressor."

Q: There's a report that FEMA is telling states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. Any reaction? OSSOFF: So the Trump administration is telling folks across the country to prepare to fend for themselves while taxpayer dollars are sent to back Don Jr & Eric's mining interest in Kazakhstan?

I deeply fear Democratic overconfidence in the upcoming elections. Deeply. Assume the worst and vote harder than you've ever voted.