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LeftonMain

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Pete Hegseth reportedly wants a Senate seat as impeachment looms. Apparently, the Pentagon isn't enough of a political liability. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comHegseth’s potential exit from Pentagon may lead through the SenateGod help us.

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A Republican Party that shields Epstein’s circle found a surrogate who fits right in. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comTrump’s pal Nicki Minaj has track record of defending abusersPresident Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have lost significant ground with the public because of their mishandling of sexual assault.

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The boss got his cut. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comThe Trump library bribes are getting even more brazenThe President Donald Trump Presidential Library/Airplane Hanger/Luxury Hotel/Drone Port/Amusement Park just got another sweet “donation” from some folks looking to stave off Trump’s ire.

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A Democratic House would have subpoena power. That’s why this report matters. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comNew report further exposes Trump’s Epstein tiesDemocrats on the House Judiciary Committee released a new report on Donald Trump’s connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.

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We’ll believe the factory when we see it. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comAudi sucks up to Trump in desperate midterms gambitAudi announced it will invest about $4 billion in a new factory to build vehicles in the United States for the very first time.

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The Tennessee Holler

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YIKES! It seems @justinjpearson.bsky.social’s TN-9 opponent state senator Brent Taylor has a history of sending unsolicited nude pics to people who are not his wife. (No wonder Trump wants him in congress) www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

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The Tennessee Holler

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MOTHER JONES: “THEY WENT TO JARED… Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats and sell out America.” And the Hunter Biden hunters are silent. @MarshaBlackburn www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The Tennessee Holler

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PEARSON: “Everyone needs to know Trump-endorsed Brent Taylor hates Memphis and Shelby County.” @justinjpearson.bsky.social explains a new @mlk50memphis @propublica.org piece on all the ways his TN-9 opponent Brent Taylor has undermined & sold out Memphis for his own benefit as state senator.

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The Tennessee Holler

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PEARSON: “The corruption in city hall is ridiculous. Our city council has been compromised by the chamber of commerce + Elon Musk.” @justinjpearson.bsky.social on the Memphis city Council’s failure to pass a data center moratorium— and councilman Chase Carlisle crying at a press conference.

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The Tennessee Holler

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ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

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@gottalaff.bsky.social

Look who's talking, bigot. #GuiltByAssociation

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Is El-Sayed a jihadist like President Trump said yesterday? JD VANCE: Well look, he certainly has a lot of weird friends

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JD Vance accuses El-Sayed of engaging in "explicitly anti-white racial hatred"

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After initially claiming she passed the bar exam, the former White House press secretary admitted later that she never did.

huffpost.comKatie Zacharia Says Short-Lived Press Secretary Job Taught Her Kids To Have IntegrityKatie Zacharia Says Short-Lived Press Secretary Job Taught Her Kids To Have Integrity

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Inside the Billionaires’ War Against California’s Proposed Wealth Tax www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/t...

nytimes.comHow Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax (Gift Article)The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.

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Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

nytimes.comAppeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot LawsuitBy a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

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The Tennessee Holler

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Doesn’t quite look like 22,000 😬

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www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-ch...

rawstory.com'Spun themselves into a frenzy!' MS NOW's Jen Psaki mocks MAGA Cheesecake Factory meltdownMS NOW’s Jen Psaki opened her show eight days before the midterms by mocking Republicans’ outrage over a joke former President Barack Obama made about President Donald Trump’s gold-heavy White House r...

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www.rawstory.com/trump-midter...

rawstory.comTrump may be secretly plotting for Republicans to lose the midterms: analysisPresident Donald Trump’s boast that the United States is making a fortune from the Iran war — even as Americans face high gas prices — has fueled a provocative theory from The New Republic’s Michael T...

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www.rawstory.com/daniel-wong/

rawstory.comTexas official under fire after deepfaked voter video surfacesFort Bend County Judge Daniel Wong, a Republican seeking a full term, is facing backlash over a campaign video featuring AI-generated Black “supporters” praising him for help with work, groceries and ...

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comHow “one of the most costliest blunders anyone’s ever made” helped put a Republican seat in playBobby Pulido, who’s running for Congress in Texas, is more than just a quinceañera singer. But it helps.

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com“Just like kidnapping”Watch: The Trump administration sent a Somali immigrant to Gitmo. Now he's trying to rebuild his life.

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www.alternet.org/cnn-may/

alternet.orgCBS news staff eye mass escape plan as MAGA pivot hardens: reportEven though billionaire David Ellison is widely criticized for seemingly turning CBS News into a pro-President Donald Trump outlet, he is reportedly going full steam ahead with plans to streamline CBS...

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www.alternet.org/sickened-con...

alternet.org'Sickened' George Conway tears apart Trump admin's 'moral' collapsePresident Donald Trump's offer of $5,000 to every American voter if Republicans keep Congress during the midterms is "sick" and speaks to the "moral" problems in the Republican's administration, at le...

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www.alternet.org/lorax/

alternet.org'Lorax' judge drops a bomb on Trump's DC golf courseA federal judge rebukes the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of a D.C. golf course, noting even the DOJ urged the court "not to believe" the president's statements.

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www.alternet.org/trump-son/

alternet.orgKushner accused of massive 'Iran-contra'-level scandalPresident Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is accused of being in a scandal one commentator compared to the Iran-contra scandal which marred President Ronald Reagan's administration.Describin...

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www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/26/e...

counterpunch.orgEl Niño is Threatening California’s Fragile Coast AgainCalifornia’s coastal bluffs and beaches look rugged, but they can be surprisingly fragile in the face of a powerful El Niño. The state saw that in

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www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/26/d...

counterpunch.orgDefective Products: OpenAI, Dangerous Chatbots and DeceptionIt was bound to come. With the relentless, remorseless march of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots pullulating the internet and snatching the

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www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/26/t...

counterpunch.orgThe Rich are Awful People, Let Me Count the WaysOur billionaires seem to be in a competition for most awful human being alive. We have Larry Ellison, along with son, taking over CBS and immediately destroying its prized news show, 60 Minutes. They ...

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mainemorningstar.com/2026/10/23/d...

mainemorningstar.comDOJ sending election monitors to polls in Portland, Lewiston • Maine Morning StarThe U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to polls in Portland and Lewiston to oversee the Nov. 3 elections, the Maine Secretary of State’s office confirmed. The Department of Justi...

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www.panamericandispatch.org/p/gains-in-c...

panamericandispatch.orgGains in Cities, Strength in the Northeast: the Secret to Lula’s VictoryThe Workers Party’s long recovery of the urban vote continues as Lula wins 49% of the vote in Brazil’s 200 largest cities, up from the party’s historic low point of 38% in 2018

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truthout.org/articles/tru...

truthout.orgTrump Calls for Metal Detector in Senate for El-Sayed in New Islamophobic RemarkTrump called El-Sayed a “jihadist” and said people like him should never be allowed in the Senate.

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truthout.org/articles/new...

truthout.orgNew Evidence Allegedly Ties Trump to 11 Sexual Assaults Related to EpsteinA new report notes several patterns of conduct that Trump and Epstein shared in recruiting victims.

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truthout.org/articles/dat...

truthout.orgData Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause “Irreparable Harm,” Native Activist SaysThe Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council voted to ban data centers, but the Apsáalooke have yet to take a position.

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www.salon.com/2026/10/26/m...

salon.comMAGA attacks on women voters are no jokeEven if they can't repeal the 19th Amendment, opponents of women's suffrage are gaining power in the GOP

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www.jezebel.com/maurene-come...

jezebel.comJudge Confirms 200 Years of Precedent: There Are Some People Trump Simply Can’t Have FiredSo wait, it's against the law for the DOJ to fire career civil servants like Maurene Comey just because Trump dislikes them? Imagine that.

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www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comThe right is freaking out over Obama—and it’s hilariousThis weekend’s performative conservative freakout over former President Barack Obama mocking Trump’s gaudy White House renovations as something akin to the Cheesecake Factory was truly hilarious.

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www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comMusk’s massive election spending has an ugly motiveThe racist billionaire appears to believe that dumping money into bigoted campaign ads is the equivalent of saving a civilization.

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www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comVance keeps accidentally campaigning for DemocratsThe vice president keeps inadvertently cutting what sounds like a Democratic campaign ads.

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www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comNicki Minaj rides the Trump train, as his library bribes get more brazenHere’s your Daily Kos Recap for Oct. 26.

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www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.comICE keeps deporting its own supportersICE is going to deport Samuel Sey, a Christian blogger who has been very public about his support for the agency.

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www.commondreams.org/news/un-repo...

commondreams.orgUN Report Details Israeli Crimes Against Humanity in Palestine, Including Extermination, Rape, and Torture | Common DreamsThe UN-mandated commission of inquiry found that Israel's genocidal acts are ultimately aimed at "blocking any viable attempts to realize Palestinians’ right to self-determination."

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www.commondreams.org/news/trump-i...

commondreams.org175 House Democrats Decry Omar Raid as Dangerous 'Attempt to Influence an Election' | Common Dreams"This weaponization of law enforcement to harass a sitting member of Congress 22 days before an election is unprecedented and unacceptable," 175 House Democrats wrote to Trump's attorney general and D...

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www.commondreams.org/news/james-c...

commondreams.orgTrump DOJ Charges Ex-FBI Chief James Comey a Third Time | Common Dreams"It would almost be funny if it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice—one that we cannot become numb to," said James Comey of the latest charges against him.

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www.commondreams.org/news/gop-str...

commondreams.orgFormer Top GOP Strategist Says It's 'Unimaginable' That US Won't Have Medicare for All Within 20 Years | Common Dreams"This is just a matter of how long are we going to delay this?”

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BREAKING: We're asking the Office of Special Counsel & State Dept IG to investigate reports that diplomats' promotions hinge on how they vote & who they donate to If true, that's a political loyalty test & the law bars it @democracydefendersfund.org complaint 👇

democracydefendersfund.orgDDF Demands Investigation Into Reported Political Loyalty Test at State DepartmentTying diplomats’ promotions to their voting records and political donations could violate the Hatch Act and the Foreign

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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

nytimes.comJudge Temporarily Blocks Further Alterations at D.C.’s East Potomac ParkA federal judge stopped the Trump administration from cutting trees and prohibited other changes at the park where the president has sought to overhaul a golf course.

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

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"

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@gottalaff.bsky.social

VOTE EARLY, help others to do the same.

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social

Early voting just crossed 30 million That’s 30 million Americans casting ballots before Election Day, while Trump’s DOJ unsuccesfully runs around trying to throw ballots out The courts are one line of defense -- the ballot box is the strongest one, & your vote is how we hold it -TN

nbcnews.comTracking the 2026 Early Vote: Midterm Elections

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Bradley P. Moss

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They filed this on the literal LAST day before the statute of limitations expired. Literally, the very last day. Give me a break. This is garbage.

Jonathan Shorman@jonshorman.bsky.social

The DOJ has a new criminal case against former FBI director James Comey, this time related to the transfer of national defense information in 2016 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com#1 in United States v. COMEY (D.D.C., 1:26-cr-00229) – CourtListener.comSEALED INFORMATION as to JAMES BRIEN COMEY, JR (1) count(s) 1, 2. (NOTICE OF FORFEITURE) (zstd) (Main Document 1 replaced on 10/26/2026) (zstd). (Entered: 10/05/2026)