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One heck of a story about how oil companies face no consequences for their serious violations in Oklahoma. This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

BREAKING: DoorDash is in advanced talks to acquire its delivery rival Instacart, per WSJ. The mega-merger could be finalized as soon as this week, and it would value Instacart at around $17 billion.

The demented U.S. president, ladies & gentlemen: "He suggested that the United States should accept fewer Norwegian immigrants, saying, 'I didn’t get the Nobel Prize.'” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

If you're invited to one of these panel shows & you're asked about the Trump v. Obama "feud" & fail to highlight the latest allegations that Trump is a rapist, including allegations involving children, then what are you doing with your power? What is your platform for? Use that microphone for good!

Where we are as a country www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

In case facts still matter

“Can the president then offer on eBay to sell them, all of our national security secrets to the highest bidder?” This question was posed during our Presidential Records Act appeal hearing. DOJ's answer? Yes. More in the Classifieds.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

It's a Klan rally.

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

Government can solve this today. Implement a UBI. Then tax what it costs on the wealth. But DO IT first. They don't need to wait.

they're trying to steal the government from us and enslave us

I fucking hate it here.

UBI - Because you can't just hunt or farm when billionaires own all the land... ... which means you have _no option_ but to work for those that do own the land if you want to survive. That "no option" is slavery. UBI is freedom from that slavery.

Many thanks to my friend Ro. I'm proud to support the other candidates running for office who spoke at this great event: Connie Chan (U.S. House CA-11) Angela Gonzalez-Torres (U.S. House CA-34) Jane Kim (California Insurance Commissioner) These are the fighters we need!

“Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing prosecutors to impact national elections.” -Todd Blanche on DOJ’s 60-day rule, September 2024

America has always been an argument between a wealthy few, who rule over, enslave, exclude & exploit others & a "we the people" who have dreamed, died, struck & protested to make the promise of "liberty & justice" be for all, no exceptions. The many can take on the money when we unite.

We must upend the durable damaging hoax of "makers" & "takers," wherein rich people are made out of awesome & we must never hamper them because they are our wellbeing. The roles are reversed - they take the wealth we create & purchase politicians to do their bidding.

Here's some spooky news: Thanks in part to Trump's Iran War and his tariffs, even Halloween is more expensive. -Mondelez Gummy candy pack prices are up 39% -Hershey seasonal peanut butter cups are up 23% -Ferrero chocolate packs are up 19% Trump's economy is all tricks, no treats.

Say what you will about the arcade era of gaming, but at least you didn’t have to buy the cabinet and *then* pay a quarter per play: arstechnica.visitlink.me/g50_XJ

A hotel charging $40 a night to park your vehicle during an event when they’re already nearly charging $200 a night for a room is wild. I can’t imagine the profit they make just off parking alone.

While Brennan Carr’s post did not mention any specific fake polls or broadcasters by name, that vagueness may be useful for his and Trump’s ongoing battle against the news media: arstechnica.visitlink.me/32Q3ve

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff praises Putin as a “humanitarian”, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad, and Trump announces cash for tips on fraud in U.S. government programs (here’s a tip…) anntelnaes.substack.com/p/putin-rama...

We can't tax billionaires out of existence because what if I become a billionaire someday?! Have you ever thought about that?!

The MAGA two-minute hate over Elissa Slotkin is the perfect example of how MAGA propaganda infects and distorts mainstream news coverage, which transforms it into a "controversy" that requires even-handed coverage of both sides' "positions" (one of which is complete bullshit):

Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital. Meta suspended No Kings’ Instagram account during nationwide actions. Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11. Democracy dies in billionaire hands.

DOJ sued CA to force a voter purge based on garbage claims of 20,000 noncitizens. DOJ asked for the case to be transferred to Trump aptee Marc Scarsi. Instead, the assigned judge transferred it to Judge David Carter, who previously ruled DOJ couldn't seize CA's voter rolls. Womp womp

Jance Dance Vance has plenty of shit to say all the time, about all kinds of stuff that’s none of his business. Suddenly he’s a bashful flower loathe to give an opinion. What an obnoxious dork.

This is one of the crazier persistent Republican talking points, and like many, many others fails the very basic and common-sensical "why would anyone want to do that?" test.

steamdb.info/sales/?cc=us... Here are all the games on sale now on steam under 4 dollars. Most of these you can play for much higher than 10 hours.

it cannot actually be ignored or danced around that the closure of BioWare came so soon after the Saudi and Jared Kushner acquisition of EA. they absolutely did take the studio making EA’s broadly queerest games out back and shoot it old yeller style. do not let yourself or colleagues ignore that

Trump’s efforts to tear down the East Potomac Golf Course in open defiance of a court order is about much, much more than golf. Another must-read from @lizdye.bsky.social for @atrupar.com.

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

Rein in data centers. Block corporations from mass layoffs. Make the AI economy benefit everyone. Stop AI abuses of our data. Require government approval for new AI products. Together, these five guardrails will protect us from an AI-powered dystopia.