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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.

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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Found some voter fraud. Surely Blanche will make arrests.

Tony Benn knew... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mztV...

Cheaters cheating.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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Another subscription to watch the sharks leafs game? Nah.

Poland’s foreign minister says US has contributed nothing to Ukraine’s defence since January 2025. EU now pays for US weapons, enriching US defence manufacturers, while Trump threatens to cut off supplies unless Ukraine stops striking Russian refineries.

We stand by our front page from two years ago. Trump’s re-election empowered Putin and far right forces like Farage. Tragically true. Be prepared for what is to come. Europe will have to stand alone subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/dece...

🔴 NEW A Short History of Trump’s Long-Held Connections to Russia By @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social Read below. ↓

A Short History of Trump’s Long-Held Connections to Russia The President's deep ties to Russian interests require far greater scrutiny given his ongoing betrayal of Ukraine, argues Zarina Zabrisky... https://bylinetimes.com/2026/10/19/a-short-history-of-trumps-long-held-connections-to-russia/

Zuckerberg's own employees confirm that he directed an intentional effort to throw the Brazilian election in favor of Flávio Bolsonaro, apparently because he understood this is what Trump wanted. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post. n.pr/4BccJFF

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Hey /NHL. You’ve never looked better.

Trump is taking bribes in thousands of different ways. Despite great reporting we still only know a tiny percentage of it.

Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia. n.pr/4jAdpy3

I’m sorry, but the latest strange new worlds has jumped the dragon.

Toronto Blur Jays. Vlad needs a rest tonight.

It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Jordanian editorial cartoonist Osama Hajjaj salutes Canada’s response to the U.S. bloviator in chief.

The Wonderful Company is the top sprayer of the herbicide glyphosate in California, according to records analyzed by Mother Jones as part of its searchable database of Top 100 users in the state.

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta. She was killed by a car bomb in 2017, at age 53. n.pr/4h4XVR4

There’s an entire hidden industry built to stop workers from unionizing. We uncovered it. U.S. employers spend roughly $1.7 BILLION PER YEAR on union-avoidance consultants and law firms to prevent workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. #econsky #laborday 1/3

You've been kicked off the voter rolls, what now? Well, let's fix it and fix it quickly.

Starbucks union calls for boycott. "‘What we’re fighting for is... $17 per hour..., enough hours to live on, better staffing... & basic workplace protections,’ said Starbucks Workers United Tuesday. ....[Starbucks']... profits... rose to $25.5 billion in 2025.” www.commondreams.org/news/why-boy...

From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons

Stars and Stripes Publisher, editor and foreign correspondent were fired for standing up to pentagon censorship.

Honor Their Names procession on #Belmar NJ boardwalk Friday afternoon Honoring legal immigrants who died while in ICE custody.

“The system is already draconian for all ICE detainees, and an extra layer of cruelty is added by also depriving communication access for deaf people.”

Cartoon by Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

This is what they want you to see. The cruelty is the point. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk killing women and babies in Nepal.

Why are the billionaires so panicked by Abdul El-Sayed? berniesanders.substack.com/p/why-are-th...

Total eclipse of the heart in Klingon. Now I was to hear God Save the Queen or Ace of Spades in Klingon.

The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.