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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

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."

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social

ESPN goes to break with Pat McAfee choking on a potato

Matt Brown@mattbrown.bsky.social

If you get bullied out of Salt Lake City by Utah fans, maybe being the face of a college football show just isn’t for you

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

readsludge.comMusk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot PushPeople Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

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.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

Three male escorts have claimed that they had sex with the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham—with one engaging in relations with him when he was just 17. trib.al/vkz0KmD

trib.alThree Male Escorts Say Lindsey Graham Paid Them—One Was a MinorThe late Republican senator had a long history of voting against LGBTQ rights.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social

JD Vance greeting Bengals players and most are ignoring him lol

Axios@axios.com

SCOOP: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play

axios.comScoop: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in playPanic is spreading through the Republican Party.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

White House sources:   In the past few hours, there has apparently been a change in the American position in favor of a preemptive strike on Iran.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

JD Vance defends Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring Amy Acton’s abusive mother, who stayed with her husband who was indicted for raping Acton starting at 9 years old: “Politics is a tough business... Stop whining about an advertisement.”

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Unearthed video: Vivek Ramaswamy mocks Amy Acton for being raped by her stepfather and abused by her biological mother, saying she "complains about what someone else did to her"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall defends skyrocketing gas prices and the Iran war: "There are things more important than money to Kansans."

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 VILE: Vivek Ramaswamy’s new attack ad against Amy Acton features her estranged mother, who stayed married to the man who sexually abused her daughter at age 12, even after his arrest. Now even conservatives are calling the ad disgusting. The horrifying story behind Vivek’s attack:

meidasnews.comVivek’s Sick New Ad Targets Amy Acton With Mother Who Defended Her AbuserRamaswamy faces backlash after an attack ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who allegedly stayed with the man who sexually abused her daughter and fled town with him after his arrest.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Amy Acton's brother reacts to Vivek Ramaswamy using their estranged mother in an ad: "...Our birth mother stayed married to Amy’s rapist until he died. This desperate, disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core – a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone.”

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss has been pushing reporters to use incendiary language and go on goose chases in attempt to attack Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico. trib.al/PC6tD35

trib.alBari Weiss Exposed for Pushing CBS to Smear Democratic CandidatesCBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss has been pushing reporters to use incendiary language and go on goose chases in attempt to attack Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico.

Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr

Trump and Putin claim French protests are evidence of 'migrant chaos' and 'Europe's decline'

lemonde.frTrump and Putin claim French protests are evidence of 'migrant chaos' and 'Europe's decline'The MAGA movement and the Kremlin, along with European far-right groups, described the demonstrations in France as a consequence of immigration and the decline of 'Western civilization,' while other observers saw them as a sign of the Macron era's twilight.

This Is Anfield@thisisanfield.com

NEW: Journalist explains Liverpool stance on £100m Alex Scott January transfer #lfc

thisisanfield.comJournalist explains Liverpool stance on £100m Alex Scott January transferThis Is Anfield

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Trump's approval just hit a record low in a new WaPo-ABC poll: Trump's approval among U.S. adults now stands at 33%, with 66% disapproving — and 52% disapproving strongly.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Absurd: Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment proved there's "no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government." "The only way we're going to solve the national debt is with AI and robots" www.axios.com/2026/10/17/e...

axios.comExclusive: Musk tells Isaacson "AI and robots" will need to fix deficitMusk said DOGE proved there's "no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government."

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Tucker Carlson: "If you look at pornography enough or bestiality videos all day, after a while... it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it."

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump: They are dumocrats. Took me 9 years to think of that

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Katie Zacharia is reportedly "transitioning out" of her role as Trump's press secretary after only 5 days on the job.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Ludicrous framing here from @nytimes.com. No serious Dems ever thought these would be slam dunks. And it's premature to let a centrist group get in a self-interested shot like this before we even know if these candidates will actually fare worse in the elections than other ones. Indefensible.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

New financial records reveal the secret top donors for Trump's ballroom fund include Palantir, Lockheed Martin, the Adelson family, Nvidia, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Exclusive Senior Adviser to The First Lady Marc Beckman says Melania "has a direct line to leadership in Russia"

Truthout@truthout.org

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

truthout.orgRep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBPThe Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

JD Vance has an awkward interaction with a protester: "Get outta here ma'am, we're talkin' about how to save America. Get the hell outta here!"

This Is Anfield@thisisanfield.com

NEW: “Criticised for what?” – Enzo Maresca not sorry for Anfield celebrations #lfc

thisisanfield.com“Criticised for what?” – Enzo Maresca not sorry for Anfield celebrationsThis Is Anfield

Taegan Goddard@politicalwire.com

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/11/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-1066/?ap=b

politicalwire.comExtra Bonus Quote of the Day

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Ukrainian drones struck three Yandex data centres in Russia, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.

yacnews.comDrone strikes hit three Yandex data centres in four days as Ukraine responds to Russia's attacksUkrainian drones struck three major Yandex data centres in Russia over four days, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport a...

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️️️️️️️US demands Kyiv halt refinery attacks, threatens to suspend intelligence sharing. During recent talks, the Ukrainians were told that Washington would cut off intelligence sharing that has helped Kyiv identify and strike targets inside Russia, one person present told the Kyiv Independent.

kyivindependent.comExclusive: 'It felt like a trap.' How Ukraine was blindsided by Trump's Putin pivotWhen U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukraine's delegation on Oct. 9 that President Donald Trump was preparing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, the Ukrainians struggled to ...