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Abortion is illegal in multiple states because every republican appointed justice lied about how they would vote.

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

Young ‘uns: this stuff happened once a week during Obama’s presidency. Dijon mustard. Moving a bust of Churchill. Inviting a rapper to the White House. Putting his feet up on his desk. They’d scream and cry for days about how effete and snobby and Black he was and how misinderstood they were.

I’m not getting too excited about Democratic upsets in the big stretch races because I know no matter how good a night Democrats have there will be media pointing to the narrow losses as proof of a still “divided nation.”

do you understand how bad you have to fuck up to be denounced by your all-boys catholic high school AND the cleveland plain dealer?

in ohio this is basically like being shunned

Love this story from Larkin Cleland & Madhumita Dutta about Ohio residents in a rural area who have to decide whether to take a payout & escape the crush of data centers built up around them. The man profiting from the land underneath those data centers is... Les Wexner. prospect.org/2026/10/26/d...

I asked every person I met in Port Neches and Groves Tx., a next-door community, if they knew that Indorama had asked for and received a Trump exemption, removing the requirement at least for now that Indorama take steps to curb cancer-causing emissions. No one had been told. Many were angry.

I grew up in a small town, and we were not so ignorant that we thought a chain restaurant was the height of luxury

Commentary: Ohio lawmakers cut state share of public school funding from 47% in 1999 to a projected 32% in 2027 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/22/o...

I don't know, maybe Democrats could spend years actually organizing there and investing the way Republicans do? But we're talking science fiction now.

At last a small bit of good news. it’s possible to preserve public health. But we have to fight for every inch. In 2027, let’s pressure Congress to use all its powers to stop this reckless force of malevolence, RFK Jr.

“There is no office that is worth stooping that low” — Obama portrays Vivek Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad as an affront to basic decency

The U.S. is the world’s richest large country. We rank high on GDP per person, and typical U.S. HH has the 2nd highest income in world But people w/ low incomes don’t share in that prosperity—their incomes are as low or lower than people in countries less wealthy than us.

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.

I see lots of people praising DeWine. He does not deserve it. In a way, DeWine's position is more despicable than the outright haters. He is positioning himself as a moral person, but still supporting and promoting a person who is doing evil, and also giving other people validation to support evil.

And, I might add: It's being used against her 50 years later. So the trouble doesn't last for just a year or two, it's literally permanent. Everything she has done and accomplished in her life is being impugned by coming forward all that time ago.

One of the big findings in my research is that people invested in disbelieving victims are not swayed by evidence. Just like other issues of misinformation, they cherry pick irrelevant details to allow them to continue to believe whatever they want.

San Diego and Los Angeles could experience record high tides next week. Model guidance predicts Monday’s tide in San Diego being 2.5ft above a typical high tide. Tuesday will probably come in around 2.6ft, which would be the highest in San Diego history. Record tides are also possible in L.A.

spectacular if anyone is now inspired to draw the 72 different species of fish that swim in the Cuyahoga River

MAGA is highly dependent on keeping people focused on reinforcing their identity as a loyal MAGA conservative, and ignoring reality, their own wellbeing and the actual governing of the Republican Party. It’s why Snyder explains that Fascism is dependent on weaponized unreality.

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

An 87yo in WI charged 17,766 times for $77k. An 89yo in D.C. charged 26,456 times for $429k. A 76yo in CA charged 27,236 times for $578k. There are thousands of examples like these. Republicans are even worse. We shouldn't have to protect our elderly parents from this.

The Browns, Bengals, Guardians, Reds, Blue Jackets, Cavaliers, Crew, and FC Cincinnati. The owners of every single pro sports team in Ohio have all donated to Vivek Ramaswamy. And not a single one has spoken up about his recent ad. www.foiaball.com/p/ohio-sport...

It sounds like hyperbole to suggest the current administration WANTS measles to become common again but I can’t think of much they’d be doing differently if they didn’t want that. (I think some of them really are eugenicists who legit prefer disease spread to prevention; others just don’t care)

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

lol. RAGBRAI has over 20,000 bike riders peddling 400 miles every year—and it is one of the biggest events in the entire state bringing in millions in tourism and economic stimulus to small towns. Also, we have 11 bikes. 🚲 We ride bikes in Iowa, sir.

Woah - boards of service in the Marines and the Navy are ignoring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's order to purge transgender troops from the military. "Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

BAD

We are seeing a hunger disaster unrolling before our eyes. Since Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Bill, 2 million kids have lost food assistance. These are by far the deepest SNAP cuts in history, and each month, we find out it’s even worse than we thought. The worst is yet to come.

This isn't a president. This is hate in human form. And we allowed it to hold the highest office in the country. As a country, we should be ashamed. But there are too many people who think like him and won't ever be ashamed.

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is at least a partial explanation of why Trump keeps talking about men's bodies. Read and subscribe today! Music by Spank Rock. salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com/p/why-trump-...

Amazing story, also I'm sorry what

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

Special shout out to @melodyschreiber.com who has stayed on the beat for this story. @standupforscience.net for all of their advocacy and also leading the charge to raise funds to cover HepB vaccines so new borns in GB can be vaccinated and not preyed upon by unethical studies.

Remigration in action:

Reprinted in this Kentucky paper with no paywall. www.kentucky.com/news/nation-...

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Deplorable.

Was going to say "no need to couch it with 'allegedly.' There were charges & he pled guilty." But then I looked it up & the reality is somehow worse. After he was arrested on rape charges, he fled & remained a fugitive until he died in 2004. Amy Acton never got justice for what happened to her.