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Here's how private equity killed your local mall.

When more than $20 million of defense contractor Navatek’s priorities made its way into the defense budget, CEO Martin Kao seemed to thank Susan Collins for making it happen. And it appeared he was keen to return the favor. Listen to this excerpt ⤵️

Who paid for Vivek Ramaswamy's pro-pedophile ad campaign? Here they are

The corporate backers behind the unconscionable anti-Amy Acton ad www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.

🚨 BREAKING: Democrats have filed a new lawsuit against Trump, asking a federal court to block his administration from: 🔺Threatening election officials with criminal prosecution 🔺 Pressuring states to remove voters from the rolls The suit comes just a week after Trump’s DOJ sued California.

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𝖠 𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒/𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗈𝗇/𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗏𝗍 & 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌: 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖨𝖰𝟦𝟩’𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗋, 𝖾𝗍𝖼. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 & 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗌 ＆𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌.

A group of Democratic U.S. senators are the latest to demand that Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly pledge the Department of Justice (DOJ) won’t seize ballots or election materials during the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Elon Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/musk-asked-t...

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

As I first reported on Monday, Katie Zacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The WSJ reports that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:

Victoria Spivey #BOTD feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II and Lonnie Johnson🎸'63. 🎶'Black Snake Blues' #blues #bluesmusic

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When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

USA Vote: URGENT Registration ends: 13th - DC, MD, NJ, OR, WV 14th - WI 16th - NE 19th - AL, DE, SD, WY, PA, CA 23rd - ID, UT, VA,TX 24th - MS, NY, TN Help/Info: www.votefromabroad.org Citizens abroad request ballot by e mail. Pls copy/paste everywhere to remind other Americans. Vote Vote Vote

Higher oil prices move money from drivers to shareholders. Oil companies are extracting roughly the same amount of oil, but the price per barrel keeps going up.

There are much better ways to bring energy costs down. I think most Americans want not only lower prices but also a world where dictators pay a price for invading their neighbors. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...

The epitome of greed is to have more money than you could ever spend in 100 lifetimes and still refuse to pay your employees a livable wage.

www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n... Now, the wannabe Nazi regime is going after people with disabilities.

BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl

Senator Susan Collins is what is wrong with America She voted with Trump 95% of the time Lies her ass off on every issue Helped get rid of Roe v Wade by voting for Brett I Like Beer Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court Mainers please vote her out

As Transportation Secretary, I could always count on a Congressional Republican to take credit for an infrastructure win that they had voted against. That's the type of behavior that makes people cynical about politics - but it doesn't have to be that way.

Freddie King 🎸'66. 🎶'Funny Bone' #blues #bluesmusic

Diesel futures fell after Trump announced a “massive” European oil release.⁣ ⁣ Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished.⁣ ⁣ Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/an-agreement-to-agree-about-an-earlier

SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt

Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .

Cartoonist: Dennis Goris

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