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apnews.com/article/cali... court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls from sexual predators are also smearing an actual child rape survivor." And not just that. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:

apnews.com/article/just... rules Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI director, was unlawfully fired by Trump administration

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

Updating My Grading Policy Because You're All Using AI All The Time danmeyer.substack.com/p/updating-m...

The White House says the malicious manipulation of Ukrainian access to StarLink and StarShield is over. Zelenskyy says it continues. And Zelenskyy, of course, is correct.

🚨 Trump’s golf course hearing took a stunning turn as a top Interior Department official claimed he learned about Trump’s construction plans from Truth Social. The judge also ordered him to preserve his personal phone after a surprising revelation about who was sending him golf course designs.

This last week we learned that Bari Weiss was pressing CBS News to fully coordinate their reporting with Republican talking points and propaganda lines, and particularly to repeat politically motivated lies against Democratic candidates.

This pit-bull wouldn't leave the shelter without the chihuahua he was protecting, so the owner adopted both.

I guess he REALLY needs help with the midterms

Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Elon Musk is pouring millions into Republican Senate races, including efforts to help Ken Paxton in Texas, where Musk has major business interests. One billionaire with enough money to influence an election. How? Citizens United made this possible. Reminder Tomorrow: N🚫 Kings #VoteEarlyOnNoKings

guess who is all smiles with Katie out of the picture! #TravelWithNatalie (Eric Lee/Getty)

📌So the lying, unqualified, Katie Zacharia is in over her head and has to go, but these guys don't. OK ...

Katie Zacharia has been fired as White House press secretary after five days on the job. With 18 days before the midterms, I break down Zacharia’s complete shame and why MAGA is hanging on by a thread. youtu.be/Tas-0VMMOMo

Breaking News: The U.S. budget deficit is nearing $2 trillion, its highest level since the pandemic. Higher interest rates are inflating borrowing costs as the Trump administration spends on the Iran war and tariff refunds.

He is his own best hiring manager and his own best spokesperson www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Supreme Court is losing respect in the eyes of the people because of its naked partisanship. We need reform - and now is the time.

Far more consequential things going on than the instant implosion of Trump's 'lawyer' press secretary... but maybe notable for how Trump 2.0 is feeling as sloppy and erratic as ever. A national embarrassment to be sure, but also concerning as Trump's power withers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

"Two days later, Hegseth told the podcaster Jack Posobiec (known for his promotion of the Pizzagate pedophile conspiracy theory) that Hasan’s execution would be public." The decision making processes of Trump 2.0. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

ALASKAN EMBARRASSMENT! Entitled Republican man BOMBS job interview and immediately accuses the competent woman of cheating. Ladies, ever seen anything like this Dan Sullivan-Mary Peltola interaction before?

when you're losing in the polls, bound to lose in the mid-terms, you capitulate and turn to your buddy Putin for help

"we like Katie a lot" .. oh

Katie Zacharia Is Out After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Many, many more people associated with Trump have been doing this for quite some time. It’s an industry. And it should be investigated.

You can reasonably dispute the meaning of a lot Trump says because he’s so incoherent and inarticulate. But what you can’t reasonably dispute is that he is a sadistic and delusional narcissistic sociopath, at once both psychopathic and psychotic ...

apnews.com/article/nobe... African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice

apnews.com/article/isra... had shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots' names and nationalities

"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...

Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.

JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.

Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

David Whamond

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Lawyer for Texas man shot by ICE, Wilber Garcés Perez: No more traffic stops by ICE. ICE does not know how to conduct traffic stops safely. We need our members of Congress to put a stop to ICE stopping people in traffic

yikes

physicians: first do no harm fascists: always do the harm ICE: abduct victims and force them to sleep on the floor with bullets lodged in their bodies 🧢 @whodat35.bsky.social

10 mins apart lol

Trump’s Worst Fear robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...

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Your Kids Can Learn 10x Less in 10x Less Time! danmeyer.substack.com/p/your-kids-...

Yup, I wrote a recent editorial on this (www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...). The MAHA movement and the manosphere have merged, which means that these kinds of peptides (named ZEUS, WARRIOR, & WOLVERINE) are now being pushed heavily by the freaking government to teen boys & young men. Ugh.

Brendan Loper, The New Yorker

All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

WARREN: You and Kennedy are keeping these pharma deals secret. The companies say they are immaterial. You still want the American people to believe they are a great deal? KLOMP: Billions of dollars have been saved in out-of-pocket transactions— WARREN: Then show me the receipts.

A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?

Lawyers for a witness to the killing of Alex Pretti confirmed she has given an interview to the feds. She witnessed Pretti murdered. Negotiations for the interview were in the works for weeks as she secured immunity so she could testify freely & without retribution as the probe is underway.