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Small-dollar donations to Republican candidates are just apocalyptic. Selected examples here. Our forecasting research found in-state individual contributions are a strong predictor of results. Way stronger than PAC spending! votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...

Airfares will not return to pre-Iran war levels, American Airlines warns www.ft.com/content/d114...

The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies then reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story in @vanityfair.com

This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

“.. the ordered departures would potentially involve the evacuation ​of all personnel and ​their ⁠families from the US Mission to Saudi Arabia.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

“.. They offered her $10 million a year for four years along with a range of bonuses. .. At the time, Ms. Habba was also a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi, overseeing U.S. attorneys.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

A violation of federal and state law. Arrest Rogers

Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

42% of Americans with cancer deplete their life savings within two years. Breaking Bad was a documentary

SUSAN COLLINS: My heart goes out to the family of the man who was shot in Biddeford. My Duran Guerrero TROY JACKSON: Well the man's name was Johan Sebastián Guerrero. That was his name.

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration continued airing taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered the campaign halted, then told the court Monday that an internal email delay was to blame. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

Can someone ask CBS News why Ted Koppel said that "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing" in the 60+ cases Trump and his allies lost in 2020. This is verifiably false and is a GOP talking point. Many/most of the cases Trump lost were on the merits. Do they not fact check at CBS?

“.. Since the final F-150 Lightning rolled off the assembly line in December, it has become one of the most coveted cars in America ..” @bloomberg.com $F www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One of my pet theories in politics is that the first Democratic candidates to realize that "the Supreme Court is broken and I will vote on day one to add seats" is a good and popular message are going to absolutely smash

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org

This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.

A fantastic read Research Exposes Trump’s Most Devoted Followers as Easier to Fool Than Four-Year-Olds https://wendy664.substack.com/p/research-exposes-trumps-most-devoted

"An 18-year veteran of the US Department of the Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing 'a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law' that took place at the department under Donald Trump." A conservative Christian guy.

“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Early voting turnout in Virginia is jaw dropping stuff among Latino voters. Across all other demographics, numbers are well ahead of 2022 at the same point but Hispanic/Latino turnout is 50% higher than it was in 2024-- a presidential election year!

(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.

Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap

Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy  talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchis...

If you can stomach it, here's a detailed reported story from @dropsitenews.com on the schoolchildren that the US bombed in Iran. However angry you are, it's not angry enough.

‘A Massive Power Grab’: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-massi...

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Long bond 5.61%. 👀 @cnbc.com

"Everybody's numbers dropped" after the Trumpapaloser convention Not everybody, buddy. Democrats' numbers went up www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.

Roger Marshall May Rue The Day: Arresting Pregnant Moms Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/roger...

These Elections Could Decide 2028. No One Is Watching Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

In confused because Marco Rubio just went on national television and said the war is over and we won. bsky.app/profile/fact...

BREAKING: The Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, according to his lawyer.

ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.

“.. The strike didn’t result from a single catastrophic decision but an accumulation of smaller ones, they said, and their review has identified a series of missed opportunities to prevent the disaster.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

It is a mistake to assume this election is just about affordability. People are pissed off about a whole bunch of things.

For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.

Very cool: Rivian sends old batteries to Redwood, who hooks them all up via its special sauce, and now the batteries are helping power a Rivian manufacturing plant! Closed loop starting to come into sight ...

Oil prices…

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

All of this was very foreseeable but lots of people spent the election prosecuting their precious factional disputes rather than rallying to prevent a fascist from taking office and so here we are.

It's going to be chilly in the East on Saturday, and hot in the West, so No Kings Day requires that we all do a little extra organizing over the next 48 hours. Text people and tell them where to go! billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-time-to-...

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

Tuesday’s Page One @financialtimes.com