Belinda Ballard

My sweet Sadie has passed at 15 years old. I am broken.

NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

More than 8,000 people are expected to attend the Rally today in Weslaco, TX. On Friday, it was announced that the event will be headlined by Los Tigres del Norte.

It’s not just about who’s with you on stage. It’s about who’s with you backstage. Grateful for her love and partnership yesterday and every day…

As much crying as felon does-slinging lies, insults and RACISM, he never has any proof?

There must be an election coming up

“Most of my true heroes in this life have been women. In my experience, they have borne most of the brunt of an often broken society, but somehow managed to move it forward anyway. Progress often walks hand-in-hand with the persecuted. Misogyny and mediocrity are no match for our mothers.” noelcasle

here's Sunday's post: "Let’s all watch Barack Obama and Jon Ossoff use Preznit Fuckwit as a chew toy" — They’re so good at this. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

In terms of positive signs for the midterms...

1/6 Blanche wants Bash to treat the possibility of another attempt to overturn an election as absurd. Then he describes DOJ preparing a post-election challenge in Alaska. Listen to the plan, not the indignation. Get prepared. People and resources to follow below.

I started Democracy Docket in 2020 for precisely moments like now. Its work has never been more important. Stay informed, sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Mary Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC, Elias Law Group is fighting the Department of Justice’s sham lawsuit to preemptively block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if anyone other than the Republican incumbent wins. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

With voting underway, the Trump administration is trying to stop ballots from being counted, sending federal agents to voters’ homes, and threatening election officials with prosecution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Many of you are asking how you can help me in these final days before the election. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

Blanche lies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I know that everyone is focused on Trump's attacks in California and Alaska. My team is fighting in court in both places. But understand the fight for free and fair elections is much broader. Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus DC.

WATCH: “What happened was…”🤔 Mike Rogers hilariously tries to weasel away as Welker points out HE was supportive of funding and defended Muslim Brotherhood-led Egypt in 2012 — as he levels racist hypocritical attacks against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. (H/T @atrupar.com )

Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.

The great Oleksandra Matviichuk is absolutely right to draw attention to the horrible humanitarian crisis in Oleshky. All Putin, Witkoff, and Kushner can do is invert and traduce the meaning of “humanitarianism,” in the best traditions of Russian propaganda.

It should have been all over when he said, “find 11,780 votes.”

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It’s infuriating to see anti-immigrant hatred treated with more urgency than actual child predators.

If you’re attacking Ilhan Omar on a completely false claim about her brother but meanwhile ignore Trump’s own repeated statements on how he would date and sleep with his daughter Ivanka because he’s attracted to her, then I hate to break it to you but you’re pro incest and pro white supremacy. 😐

The only Planned Parenthood in the UP closed in 2025. Medicare for All means access to medical care for all, in every corner of the country.

conservatives in washington state want freedom and small government in the form of state-mandated genital exams for high school students: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

PSA: If you’re more upset about Obama making a joke about Cheesecake Factory than you are about Trump making it impossible for you to afford to EAT at a Cheesecake Factory, then congratulations, because YOU are an idiot, and an asshole, and you’re in a fucking cult.

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Just a typical Friday evening for Elon Musk... in which he threatens to murder the staff of The Bulwark and Kara Swisher. Nothing special.

America’s Children&Children Worldwide Are Asking Adults to take a deep look into themselves &to rearrange their priorities! Children Demand to be Prioritized on 11/03/26. They Want Commitment to stopping Hunger, Homelessness,Abuse & creating loving homes! youtu.be/P3Z4faMNDFg?... go.bsky.app/M4T4rkc

CANVASS RALLY. DETROIT. MONDAY. NOV 2.

“Yeah I did it again, bitches. Fuck you, I like these dinners.” @billmaher lashes out, defends himself for having dinner with Trump again. He says Trump had good etiquette, never lost his temper or yelled… How nice! Imagine being this far up your own ass.

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

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“Let’s all say a prayer for that person.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut his remarks short at a Florida rally after an apparent medical emergency sent Dr. Mehmet Oz hopping two railings to rush into the crowd.

President Donald Trump's White House credited first lady Melania Trump with diplomacy to secure a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but critics say Pope Leo XIV got there first.

Attorney General Todd Blanche says the prohibition on pre-election charges is “not even a rule, it’s a practice.”

For decades, the Justice Department has avoided big pre-election charges so it wouldn’t look like it was tipping the scales. Yet in the final weeks before the midterms, federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, and prosecutors indicted a Democratic official in a Texas swing county.

A right-wing blogger who defended the fatal shooting of a woman by President Donald Trump’s federal immigration agents in Minneapolis at the start of the year has been arrested and is being held for potential deportation, Bulwark writer Will Sommer first reported on Friday.

Trump judges blistered by colleagues after ruling ‘detonates’ due process