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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Also, a surprising act used to tour with the Monkees, opening for them.

John Lennon, Anne Murray, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper, and Micky Dolenz at the Troubadour — Los Angeles in 1973

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The report alleges Donald Trump was an “active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. trib.al/r158uvt

Fantastic news in our defense against Donald Trump's attacks on our Constitution and elections. Make no mistake: Trump won't stop trying to illegally seize power or deface our democracy. California will keep fighting back.

This is a rare moment of bipartisanship. And a reliable indication that Darline Graham is a horrible, inexperienced nepo-candidate.

NEW: As expected, on a 2-1 vote, the Ninth Circuit dismisses DOJ's appeal in the US v. California case over DOJ's claims relating to "likely noncitizen" voting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

A 45-year-old Republican candidate in Iowa is being sued by his parents for $275,000 in unpaid rent. trib.al/XImygki

The importance of salmon might be a novel idea to the Lower 48, but every Alaskan understands. Fish is how we feed our families, drive our economy, and sustain our way of life. I’m the only candidate fighting for our fisheries, not the factory trawlers.

One thing people are missing from the new Jim Comey charges. They came 2 days after Aakash Singh was promoted to PADAG. Comey has been arguing that Trump keeps hiring people for the primary purpose to prosecute him, and this is consistent with that. emptywheel.net/2026/10/26/t...

great context on the serbia news here -- gift link, no paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...

what a night

"Another example of people power overcoming an autocrat’s determined and systematic efforts to stack the electoral system in his favour..." www.ft.com/content/dde6...

You can hear a woman screaming that ICE is taking her husband. This incident took place in Stockton, California on the evening of October 25, 2026 around 9PM Pacific.

60 deaths that we know of. Dismantle ICE.

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."

BREAKING House Judiciary Democrats released a staff report this morning on Tr*mp and Jeffrey Epstein. Eleven women's accounts. Five of them directly accuse Tr*mp of rape or sexual assault in Epstein's company or presence. Todd Blanche - his lawyer - shut the investigation down.

Judge rules in favor of Maurene Comey. Will write up a short thread once I find the order. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/n...

The #BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

This week #SistersInLaw discuss Trump’s growing campaign to cast doubt on the midterm results, expose MAGA grifting & corruption, & explain Trump’s suit vs the BBC. Q for us: email or send a voice note to sistersinlaw@politicon.com Listen Here👇or on YouTube podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Hey Texas… #Vote for change…

The President of the United States is a liar.

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🇺🇦🤝🇲🇩 Ukraine and Moldova signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation. Moldova wants to adopt Ukrainian experience in combating drones.

Four days after Digger opened, Paramount closed its $110 B takeover of Warner Bros. One company, now called Skydance, controlled by the Ellison family, owns two Hollywood studios, along with HBO, CBS News and CNN. The execs who greenlit Digger are gone. lauraflanders.substack.com/p/digger-and...

www.tvfandomlounge.com/musk-documen... How Elon Musk buys the narrative: $1B Paramount deal suffocates independent documentary about him

So Elon Musk gave $1B to Ellison of Skydance. AMC Theater pulled Musk the documentary against him in theatres. Skydance/Paramount has billion dollar deal with AMC for exhibition. The math is mathing.

Remember that DOJ wasn't sure they had the voting file at one point.

My understanding is ballots were found in bins w/ other stolen mail. Typically, when mail is stolen (even when that mail happens to have ballots in it), the motive is financial — they're looking for cheques and credit card applications. But authorities haven't made a determination on this case yet.

We're rooting for you to Vote Blue up & down your ticket #Michigan! !!!!!!!!!!!! Support & love from Upstate NY!!!!!!!

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.

I don’t know if anyone will remember the names of Witkoff and Kushner. But history will certainly record how American negotiators, who had the opportunity to save a huge number of people, refused to raise uncomfortable questions before "humanist Putin."

Trump’s peace negotiations have already gone down in history as the deadliest years for Ukraine’s civilian population since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Thousands of people are already eating grass to survive and begging to save their lives. The Ukrainian side raises the issue of Oleshky at every meeting. And I can name dozens of such urgent humanitarian issues off the top of my head where American negotiators must be proactive.

The Pope calls on Putin to save thousands of people from starvation in occupied Oleshky and the surrounding villages. The UN speaks about a humanitarian catastrophe and asks Russia to allow the evacuation of the civilian population.

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⚡️ In less than 24 hours, Russia hits 4 hypermarkets belonging to one of Ukraine's largest retail chains. Russian attacks damaged or destroyed facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava on Oct. 24-25, according to a statement.

There were a few local stories. Ballots found w/ stolen mail in a dumpster in Seattle (easily remedied, unlikely to be politically motivated), and an offer by Gov. Ferguson to deploy National Guard troops to protect election infrastructure (stirring lots of suspicion). www.cip.uw.edu/2026/10/24/e...

We saw reports of "machines switching votes" in TN & TX. These are typically real issues — a calibration problem w/ older touchscreen machines — but not intentional efforts to rig the vote. Always good for voters to check that their vote is being recorded correctly. www.cip.uw.edu/2026/10/22/e...

On Tues, Wedgewood Polls confessed that polling data it had been publishing since June was fake. The news sparked criticism, then was quickly amplified (by rw influencers), then wrapped into speculative rumors (right & left) & conspiracy theories around "fake polls". www.cip.uw.edu/2026/10/23/f...

Our research team is doing real-time coverage of emerging news and rumors related to election integrity. We put out several outputs this week. Several of the rumors we covered are still percolating. Some of the stories may become seeds for conspiracy theories later in the cycle. Some highlights...

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On Feb 24, I gave a lecture at UW explaining what my team's decade-plus research on online rumors during crises reveals about the right wing "bullshit machine." Fittingly, a lightning strike impacted the original audio. Here's a fixed version w/ the full transcript: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiG...