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NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

What's causing the DOJ freakout? Maybe it's the early vote Texas early voting is up 74% from 2022 & Kansas has more than doubled And DDF has a dozen+ national law firms ready w/ complaints drafted How ready we are, in this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

We and the pro-democracy coalition have beaten every major Trump election-denial scheme His suit to toss 20,000+ LA ballots will go the same way—it's post-election sour grapes How we'll win together, in this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

🚨 HERE WE GO AGAIN: Trump's DOJ has filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's Senate election if Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Republican Dan Sullivan.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

The president made $2.2 billion in 2025 alone while Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas It’s about time that we elect a congress that refuses to let this happen. @commoncause.org has a plan:

Jared Kushner allegedly moved money from a secret Gulf-funded bank account to a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man while Dutch spies watched his phone, according to an explosive new book.

The #Trumpcorruption is endless…

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”

No one should ever watch #CBS again… Ever, till the end of time…

JD Vance couldn’t even help get his brother elected mayor of Cincinnati last year, in the red state of Ohio … got just 22% of the vote

NEW: Hegseth's chaotic secret evacuation of a US base in Bahrain left military families in harm's way. “They’re not telling the truth. They’re not telling the full story. They’re not telling how much damage there really was." www.ms.now/news/militar...

Our country is not Trump’s personal playground. Enough of this crap.

The National Capital Planning Commission - which is now stocked with Trump acolytes - appears poised to greenlight Trump's Monumental Arch near Arlington National Cemetery The commission has added the Arch to its Nov. 5 agenda

🚨The Senate map is turning into a GOP nightmare. Democrats now lead in ALL 10 of these key races in Nate Silver’s averages: NC +9.2 GA +9.0 NH +7.3 OH +3.8 MI +3.4 AK +2.8 ME +2.7 TX +2.6 IA +1.2 KS +1.0 Texas. Alaska. Iowa. Kansas. This isn’t just a blue wave. The map is blowing wide open.

People dont trust media that tiptoes around obvious lies, pretends undemocratic acts by a dictator-loving idiot are just “testing norms,” & whitewashes incompetence and corruption because “we don’t tell people what to think.” Whatever people think, media must be clear about the harm to #democracy

these are all serious crimes and the executives involved in this corruption scheme need to be prosecuted, not just the government officials. dems will need to decide whether we have rule of law or not. letting them go means we do not

"A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.... Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million....Absent from the list is Trump himself, who has said that he is helping to pay for the project."

If Trump and Musk succeed in putting a knife into the ribs of Ukraine, it will be a permanent stain on the U.S. and a reminder that no country should ever trust us again.

Absolutely stunning that in the NYT’s latest major story on Elon Musk single-handedly trying to save the GOP there is NOT ONE WORD about how he is the world’s most vocal white supremacist and advocate of ethnic cleansing.

Trump's son-in-law & his special envoy are doing business on one hand & US diplomacy on the other 
Americans are sick of it, & poll after poll shows they know who's paying 
More on @ms.now 👇- TN

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American inventory: / 200+ killings of people on boats / 100+ Iranian schoolgirls massacred / ICE's street executions / Helping Russia finance its war / Targeting Somali Americans as “garbage” / Stealing Venezuela's oil / Inflation up / Hidden Epstein files Wake up. Vote against all Republicans.

In Trumpworld, everything has a price tag An ambassador allegedly wanted cash wired straight to her AmEx, $TRUMP holders bid for dinner w/ the president & Wall Street can pay to see his posts before you do The full price list, in this week's @contrariannews.org publisher's note 👇 -TN

Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site

Recently unearthed records show that, in one set of trials carried out by the US Army, the electric shock gloves caused “overwhelmingly immediate” pain to soldiers in a mock forced cell extraction scenario, who then reported that “just seeing the glove” frightened them into obedience.

This is frightening Thanks to @kylec.bsky.social for reporting this…

If you care about media and honest #journalism to protect democracy, read this open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...

Voter purges across the South hit Black voters hardest. It's documented, and nobody gets to argue it away. We're not backing down. We're signing up. Deadline is OCT. 5: GA, MS, LA, TN, FL, TX. Register, then drag three friends with you. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/AdwAzBSZ

GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.

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ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle. They’re reporting millions in losses.

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I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-nauseous-optimism

Good to know that this #SCOTUS anti-voting decision will have limited impact (though it is a bad one as Norm Eisen explains… open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is!

Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!

“In 38 days, we have one last chance to get this right—to constrain the madness of King Donald, hasten the end of the MAGA sickness and reassert our values. “It’s up to all of us—we, the people—to get this done.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...

Sheri Mecklenburg says she followed the instructions of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' front office "at every turn" as she sought an indictment against the "Broadview Six." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on the lead prosecutor breaking her silence: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The Supreme Court is making more and more consequential rulings in the shadows. Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm — and what it means for public trust.

The report “had been generated The report, was “entirely false” (and) also “almost started a war,” CNN reported. So much for the wonders of #AI www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...

“The more pressing question is whether legacy news organizations will finally dedicate aggressive daily coverage to Trump’s obvious cognitive decline and the danger it’s causing to our country and the world.” www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...

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Thousands showed up at the Kennedy Center yesterday — and the message was clear, peaceful, and powerful: Trump, this center belongs to the American people. Not you. The fight isn't over. But the American people proved they're paying attention, and they're not backing down.

Today in #TrumpCorruptionChronicles

HHS wants to relax regulations on human subject research (The Common Rule). For example, they want to redefine “undue influence” on vulnerable human research subjects (children, prisoners, disabled, culturally disadvantaged). 1/

"J. Michael Luttig,scathing New Republic op-ed,Republicans have become so loyal to President Trump that they'd refuse to accept an election outcome that removes them from power. "Today's congressional Republicans ...doomed the U.S. to another Jan. 6 next Jan. 3."" www.rawstory.com/michael-lutt...