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In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.
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In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.
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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
The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin. ft.trib.al/9g7wnme
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Mississippi has the largest proportional Black population in the country. It's one reason the U.S. Senate race has seen millions in last-minute spending and high-profile campaign visits. n.pr/3WsYr3t
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Update: Australian MP Helen Haines is now serious but stable after an alleged deliberate vehicle attack that cost her both legs. Brendan Nugent faces multiple charges, including harming a federal official. #Australia #HelenHaines www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Pope Leo to return to his adopted home on South America tour reut.rs/3Wx8swx
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Oxford scientists identified blood proteins linked to prostate cancer risk over 15 years before diagnosis. Findings are promising but not yet a screening test. #CancerResearch #Health www.euronews.com/2026/10/27/b...
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The German-owned chain's low prices are winning over shoppers — and pushing competitors to respond. n.pr/4i9rRfD
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At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze
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Shouldn’t Bessent be more worried about about the economy, inflation and trade? www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/b...
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For Pope Leo, there was little choice but to go to Latin America reut.rs/4znGzpa
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The hidden GOP fundraising weakness is getting worse politi.co/4yMFiHl
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Democrats fracture on transgender rights as voters demand affordability focus politi.co/4zW3Nmm
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New in PN: Living in the long, stupid shadow of the Big Lie "Elections where Trump — or any other Republican — wins are fine, but elections where Republicans lose are corrupt. The only solution, of course, is to let the DOJ intervene both before and after any elections that Trump has fixated on."
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NEW: For over a year, staff at Oklahoma’s regulatory agency built a case against the oil company with the state’s highest number of oil field pollution incidents and violations. Instead of punishing the company, officials let it restart operations. with @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Capitol agenda: Democrats face reckoning on trans issues politi.co/47D25dD
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Democrats are still holding a slight edge with Election Day a week away, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And, Israelis are casting their votes in an election that could change leadership. n.pr/3TVVYhm
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Asian voters are swinging toward Talarico in Texas. Dems still say more outreach is needed. politi.co/4iHjEiQ
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The Democrats’ focus on affordability seems to be a winning strategy. But we mustn’t lose sight of the moral squalor at the core of the Trump regime and the necessity of ending it. My latest for The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/trump-moral-squalor
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"Another example of people power overcoming an autocrat’s determined and systematic efforts to stack the electoral system in his favour..." www.ft.com/content/dde6...
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While you pay more for gas at the pump, Donald Trump and the oil and gas industry are profiting “hundreds of billions, trillions.”
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If you haven’t yet had a chance to see or read Barack Obama’s speech in Cleveland Saturday night, please do both. And then share it as widely as you can. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wise-and-important-words
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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells MS NOW'S @alivitali.bsky.social he is confident that Democrats will prevail in competitive midterm races. Watch Vitali's FULL INTERVIEW with Speaker Jeffries here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTA...
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I don’t want to perpetuate Christian nationalism, systemic racism, and toxic masculinity; I want to see them dismantled—and I want to be an active participant in the demolition. I don't want the GOP's White America. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-a-white...
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I’m a White person who doesn’t want to live in a nation made up of nothing but White people. I have no interest in seeing us become a gated community of inbred, entitled supremacy that cuts itself off from an expansive world it believes itself superior to. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-a-white...
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"Once upon a time, this stuff actually seemed to work for Trump. He built a whole lurid Technicolor artificial world for his supporters to live in. He lied and lied, and from time to time he won. But now it’s over. He’s done, the jig is up. Nobody believes." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-rall...
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"Will it work? To find out, on October 22, three days after the ad started circulating online, we convened a group of ten Ohioans who voted for Trump in 2024 but have since soured on him." ICYMI @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on Ramaswamy and the Amy Acton ad:
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"So it was a good day for the opponents of despotism. But the future of both countries remains in doubt. Their prospects would be brighter if the U.S. were a staunch champion of liberty. But for now the U.S. is as likely to be on the side of despotism as liberty." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-rall...
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