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I forgot whether Giuliani was alive or not (so easy to do) so I did a quick search on his name.The first line of the response made my day. 😇 "Rudolph William Louis Giuliani is an American politician and disbarred lawyer..."

🧵 Matt Yglesias is one of the biggest reasons the Democratic Party leadership is so feckless, cowardly, and lazy. I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...

Whether Netanyahu wins or loses the Israel election, there is no upside. Replacing a criminal with another while maintaining a policy of genocide and apartheid is no victory. Changing the face of power means nothing if the system of oppression remains intact. There are no "gentle" genocides.

Republicans have lost one of their greatest advantages in the last election: the border is quiet. While border security was a major priority for South Texas voters in 2024, in the current midterms, many locals say it is no longer the top concern.

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Police Remove 3-year-old from Soccer Game Because He is Too Good dianeravitch.net/2026/10/26/p...

“The Department of Justice is putting its formidable thumb on next week’s elections in a way that seems clearly intended to call into question the legitimacy of any result that is especially unfavorable to Republicans—before those results have even come in.” Me on DOJ’s California and Alaska suits:

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."

Wait. That's Jesse Ventura??

Global mood 🔥

MAGA (Last Week): "Trump endorsed Bolsonaro. Make Brazil Great Again! A victory there guarantees us the mid-terms. Let's go!" MAGA (This Morning): "Nobody cares about an election in a third-world country! It means nothing."

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

I keep saying this: Stephen Miller is trying hard to preemptively scapegoat someone ELSE in case the GOP loses Texas. But they're naming him by name. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This could be the best chance to take out Stephen Miller since SPLC reported on his emails.

A libertarian candidate for state senate posting through a live shootout with police is extremely on brand

Guys, Paolo may have been lying. Huh.

My man looks like he ran, he ran so far away he just ran, he ran all night and day he couldn't get away

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

** JUST IN ** A federal judge in New York has ruled AGAINST Trump the tyrant and his private DOJ toy-thing, ruling that Maureen Comey was unlawfully fired, and must be retroactively reinstated. Trump responded that he is making a ton of money and Jon Husted has a great ass.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Come on, Maine, it’s time to send Susan Collins home!

This is why Trump just said at his rally that he doesn’t care about high gas prices because people who own stakes in the oil and gas industry are getting rich.

Roughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT

NEW: A federal judge has now ruled that former SDNY prosecutor, Maurene Comey, was UNLAWFULLY fired by the Trump DOJ. He orders her retroactive reinstatement and back pay. Comey alleged in her lawsuit that she was fired for politically motivated reasons. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

47 couldn’t 86 her

My armchair analysis of Supreme Court Retirement Watch is that I genuinely don't think Trump wanted or wants Alito or Thomas to retire, because Alito and Thomas are already the Trump administration's de facto representatives on the Court, and I'm not sure he could find anyone better

Every time he lies, his hair gets an inch taller.

Mayor Patrick Farrell described those who opposed Huntington's Flock contract as part of “a very loud and vocal minority.” On the other side, he added, “is the silent majority.” But when we visited Huntington, we struggled to find many Flock fans. Read more: buff.ly/qbZvqQ3

Democrats need to send "Tommy" to a Rogers event and ask him if he disavows the Muslim Brotherhood

This is reporting from The Guardian. I want you to imagine if a Palestinian said this about Jewish people. So much to unpack here.

Senator Ossoff led an investigation into Fort Gordon housing in 2022. #SupportTheTroops In May 2026, he spoke about how 𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨 persist & some say base housing makes them sick. Trump & Hegseth need to fix military housing NOW 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 the 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁!

Vote Keisha Lance Bottoms not this creep www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

As well they should

Trump lies his ass off: "I saw Barack Hussein Obama was in Michigan. And the place was empty."

Me: "You've said 'because of the war' maybe 7 times..." Ex-Trump adviser: "Because it spiked prices..." Me: "But you're treating the war like it's a natural disaster... like it fell from the sky. The war was started by your guy, deliberately, a war of choice." Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJV...

ALERT: Federal judge finds Maureen Comey was unlawfully fired and must be reinstated with backpay to her position in Justice Dept Judge: "Comey’s removal was not authorized by any statute; to the contrary, it violated (civil service law)" Here's the ruling: www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...

A new proposed $70,000 fee for international students who are seeking to work in the U.S. after graduation is the latest Trump administration policy targeting scholars from abroad. https://to.pbs.org/47r7lkt

"Vote for Alex, vote for a step closer to justice for my family, vote for ALL of the victims of ICE, vote for your community and your neighbors. Alex stood up for his community so now it is time we stand up and fight back."

So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

Nothing screams America First more than Trump partnering with Russia and China to try to install failed Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán as head of the United Nations. These people are nuts.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

if you hated “dynamic pricing” before, get a load of…

The Acton campaign immediately went to work to monetize Vivek’s blunder through texting and email solicitations. Great to see that it paid off.

“The powerful can kill one, two, or 100 roses. But they’ll never stop the arrival of spring.” — Lula What an extraordinary victory for Brazil! The Brazilians beat back fascism at the ballot box. We can damn well do it here, too. VOTE!

two takeaways from this: 1) mike johnson doesn't know how polls work 2) mike Johnson should move his rallies from "big arenas" to "medium-sized bars"

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