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Growing older, not old in Olympia PNW.
My photo portrait gallery at bit.ly/kozpics
"I have 5 sisters... If any piece of shit did to them what Vivek Ramasamy did to Amy Acton he’d find himself flat on his ass"
Former ND Senator Joel Heitkamp on why Amy Acton is the better human in the Ohio Governors race: bit.ly/4imhJyT
NEWS: Susan Collins’ latest campaign ad is sparking outrage in Maine.
The ad takes a swipe at Democrat Troy Jackson’s working-class roots, sparking accusations of “shameless elitism.”
Even a former Collins staffer is blasting it, declaring: “The race is over.”
Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
Kirill Dmitriev once threatened to sue me bc I said he, rather than RDIF, was sanctioned, in part bc my humble little blog noted that the ENTIRE POINT, since Dmitriev has been cultivating Trump in 2017, was to force him to raise sanctions to pay him off.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...
Big Oil buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Big Pharma buys off Congress. No action on health care.
Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety.
But we can begin to course correct by electing leaders on Nov. 3 who represent the people, not big money.
Let's get it done.
And so is stunning win for democracy in Brazil. Whatever junk they try will only strengthen the Resistance. Over 34M have voted early . Keep at it folks !
The Meta takedown of the No Kings' account on the biggest early vote push in history was bad. But it's encouraging that key congressional leaders are asking the right questions. www.ms.now/news/instagr...
Sorry to respond to a meme, but this is in part a local news issue. Nobody's covering zoning board and city council meetings until it's way too late. Obviously, government capture by rich guys and corrupt local officials is the main reason, but the prophylactic is local news.
Reup: The non-answers Todd Blanche gave to Dana Bash and Margaret Brennan yesterday make total sense when you see how much he is pursuing the plot Jeffrey Clark planned on pursuing if HE had been made AG.
Clark's plan anticipated political violence.
emptywheel.net/2026/10/26/t...
Inflation eating up worker pay.
Household debt and student loan defaults at a record high.
8 million people have lost healthcare.
5 million people have lost food stamps — including 2 million children.
Gas prices skyrocketing.
Trump says, "Pretend I'm on the ballot."
Please do.
“This is the moment when Americans can make clear that ‘We the People’ demand respect, demand to be heard, demand to be excluded no more by a man and his party that are singularly focused on serving themselves.“
www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...
This is why Trump just said at his rally that he doesn’t care about high gas prices because people who own stakes in the oil and gas industry are getting rich.
TEXAS
OHIO
GEORGIA
NORTH CAROLINA
MICHIGAN
IOWA
ALASKA
Are you in one of these states? Then you’ve got an extra important role to play to protect the results of the midterms. Let’s get into election protection formation.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
President Trump temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether. Our investigative reporter Eric Lipton explains how corporate interests took power inside the EPA. Read more: nyti.ms/4il3336
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...
Anthony Davis: “Who exactly are this 31% of Americans who think this lazy tyrant, this dollar-store dictator, this narcoleptic nincompoop is doing a good job?”
"history will certainly record how American negotiators, who had the opportunity to save a huge number of people, refused to raise uncomfortable questions before "humanist Putin."
skywriter.blue/@avalaina.bs...
conservatives in washington state want freedom and small government in the form of state-mandated genital exams for high school students:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Donald Trump has spent at least $45 BILLION on his Iran war.
$30 billion could've extended ACA tax credits for a year and kept premiums from skyrocketing.
$13 billion could've paid for Head Start for a year.
AND we'd still have money left over.
It was a big week with lots going on. I’ve collected all of the Civil Discourse posts here so you can catch up on anything you missed, especially last night‘s round up of pre-election litigation. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-sunday...
Great news! The Washington State Medical Association passed a resolution to support universal access to a national healthcare program.
Medical professionals are telling us that we all deserve a system centered on patients, not profit. We need Medicare for All!
During this investigation, we traveled to locations around the United States where President Trump has moved to ease pollution rules, including to Port Neches, Tx. where there is a middle school a few blocks from the chemical plant considered by the EPA the largest cancer threat nationwide.
Here is a video overview of the NYT investigation @maxinejoselow.bsky.social and I did that examines how President Trump moved first to grant pollution passes to chemical plants. Then former petrochemical lobbyists he appointed moved to make these waivers permanent
www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
"Corruption, self-dealing, fascism, kleptocracy, the selling of America – these are the foundations of the trump regime, nothing new about it for those who keep their eyes open."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Elon says Trum卐 ordered the Starlink degrade over Ukraine.
Donny says Elon ordered the Starlink degrade over Ukraine.
Pointing fingers. No accountability. Lies.
What a way to run foreign policy and our national security.
“How long can we tolerate Elon Musk deciding our elections and foreign policy? How critical is it that investigations immediately begin if and when the Democrats take back power? Should Starlink and SpaceX be nationalized to minimize Musk’s power?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...
The average family that heats their home with oil is going to pay $1500 more this winter because of Donald Trump’s insane Iran War.
Some people will go cold. Some may die. This isn’t hyperbole. This is the consequence of having a president who just doesn’t care about you.
“.. Video footage, Sheriff Greene said, clearly showed a woman being punched in the face. ‘I know what people saw, and if I saw that video, too, I’d be like, ‘My God, why didn’t the police do anything?’”
@nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power.
We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside.
On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors.
She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
(Published March)
ALASKA
GEORGIA
IOWA
MICHIGAN
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
TEXAS
If you’re in one of these states, you’ve got an extra important role to play to protect the results of the midterms.
Trum卐 invaded Iran and Republicans pretended all would be well in 3 days.
Instead, Repugs got a war with no end in sight that has upended the energy industry and raised gas prices that could become permanent.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Revelations about WH's involvement in Epstein memo in files pried loose by @democracydefendersfund.org lawsuit
Trump was briefed his name was in the files--Weeks later his deputy chief of staff was editing the DOJ-FBI memo that declared the matter closed
Patel sent the draft: "Here you go"👇 -TN