Jane

Wait, so now we WANT Latin America to send us their criminals?

Weak. Wrong. Investigate. If the crimes are serious enough there are two possibilities: you'll get the votes or you will be able to use the defense of Trump's corruption in every campaign against those who are defending him. This misunderstands the centrality of corruption as an issue today.

So relieved to hear this news about Cassidy Hutchinson. Sending her so much love and strength. She deserves some peace after everything she’s endured.

I'm running out of ways to convey how unserious the lawyers at Trump's DOJ are. The dregs of the conservative legal movement firing up ChatGPT to cobble together harebrained arguments that would be embarrassing for a junior law firm associate. Get these losers out of my face.

I guess he doesn’t disagree about the Saddam Hussein part?

interesting

Here's the actual endorsement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARZ5...

I don't want to get anyone's hopes up but this is notable www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

Other Texas GOPers backing Talarico over Paxton: *Wayne Thorburn, former Texas Republican Party chief *Neil Bush, GWB's brother *Charley Wilkison, past head of CLEAT, largest TX police union *Former Texas GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan *Thomas J. Henry, previously one of Paxton’s biggest donors

Thomas Phillips, the former Republican chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, announces he's backing Democrat James Talarico for Senate. "Paxton’s longstanding reputation will embarrass Texas in ways our state simply cannot afford." www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/art...

It’s nice when a global fascist movement can crumble without millions of people dying.

Say what now? Why thank you, Jared. Thank you for providing admissible evidence that is no longer excluded from consideration under the Trump immunity ruling.

Fun! I won two of Qwoted's inaugural Independent Media Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted :)

No, but they will keep sending us emails that make us vaguely feel like we might not have applied correctly.

*Russian lives

We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are now trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftypluso...

I'm not kidding, the guy simply has to be at the very least deported at the end of this. If we're doing "he's not from here" shit, he is the most not from here guy alive. He needs jail or deportation the second it's viable to do it.

wow trump was right they are paying protesters to show up

Apparently someone used the term shylock last night in a blatantly anti-Semitic way at a political rally but the ADL doesn’t want to say who it was. For some reason.

Who would use paid protesters, the party begging for small dollar donations or the one with the trillionaire's ATM card?

Every Republican Accusation is a Confession.™

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

did anyone send my story to jan crawford lmao

No, for every hour of every day. No one said anything about limiting it to two years.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Hey @cnn.com how about: Right-wing plant who tried to gotcha Abdul El-Sayed instead gets extended lesson on the Constitution in viral video.

that's the calmest "heated exchange" I've ever seen

Turns out *Tommy* is exactly who you thought he’d be: someone swimming in MAGA Christian Nationalism with a- wait for it- Josh Hawley connection. It was a set up from the start - handled beautifully by AES. @marisakabas.bsky.social has the story: www.thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-teep...

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Linking costs to corruption has been a smart move and I'm glad to see more Democrats doing this.

@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social You're my Senators and I have NEVER heard you speak to any of these issues with this clarity and purpose. Fetterman/McConnell exposure has shown how useless Senate members are

Ossoff: "My office is known for world-class service. But what amazes me is how surprised people are to be treated well."

If you’re advising POTUS to declare martial law, or use other executive powers in an attempt to interfere with a lawful election that you’re expecting to lose, you’re a piece of shit human and an even worse American. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

When JD Vance was asked to define “socialism,” his response offered the blend of ridiculous, unintentionally funny, outrageous, breathtakingly stupid, and acutely dangerous that is the true hallmark of rightwing politics in the Trump era.

So…. In a late night court filing, Team Trump objected to a judge’s tough treatment They demand courts be more “Courteous”, “respectful” and “civil” to Trump’s lawyers

Axis of Evil: Putin, Musk and Trump.

New in PN: Dumb and dummymander "In the aftermath of their mid-decade gerrymanders, the conventional wisdom was that the GOP had successfully buffered itself against potential House losses this year. That conventional wisdom steadily eroded as Trump’s numbers collapsed over the past 15 months."

High five to Mark Jacob for telling the NYT to its face what's wrong with its rhetorical coddling of the fascist, lying Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...

Two women are accusing former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and two other men of involvement in a sex trafficking scheme involving recent high school graduates and drugs, according to a new lawsuit. https://wapo.st/4s8xAp5

every sycophantic senator who brought up the national security aspect of the arch and ballroom should be publicly shamed and shunned for the rest of their lives never a moments peace for this

Censoring news the boss doesn’t like is not part the *normal editing process* It’s editorial interference full stop. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

Yes, no former First Lady ever thought to do nothing and only occasionally be seen in public with a look of utter disdain for her loutish husband. #Innovator #Disruptor

Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.

Shame! kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...

farritor and kliger are the two who i want to see in orange jumpsuits being hauled off to prison

But look, even if you can somehow seal yourself off from all of that -- you don't care about racism, sexism, CSAM, Nazi shit, whatever -- that site *is* garbage. Engagement took a huge nosedive with the new algorithm. The blue check selloff made replies unreadable. It's flooded with bots and ads.

Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.