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🧵 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...

Don’t mess with James, Elon.

My take at Cato on why DOJ's lawsuit against Alaska is borderline frivolous, abusive, contemptuous of federalism and more. "In the aftermath of the 2020 election, courts made clear that they would not allow meritless litigation to steal an election. They may soon have to make that clear again."

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The increased costs will put an additional squeeze on Americans' already-tight budgets, adding to the nation's affordability crisis. https://cnn.it/4end3aI

Public school enrollment was declining in West Virginia even before its voucher program was established. But things have only gotten worse. Since 2019, 70 public schools have closed in the state, and up to 20 more schools are in jeopardy. w/ @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social

And with tonight's report, Elon just added $2,679,912.59 for a new total of $68,632,587 via America PAC alone. $32,628,051 to buy Ken Paxton $9,293,338 to buy Jon Husted $7,688,175 to buy Mike Rogers And a whole lot more here: muskmoneywatch.com

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Israeli bulldozers are destroying the mains of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.. (Motasem A. Dalloul)

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

When ice sheets melt, unique freshwater habitats vanish. With all 17 epishelf lakes along Canada’s Ellesmere Island now gone, scientists warn that rapid Arctic warming is dismantling the planet's fridge and threatening the Arctic's most climate-resilient ice ecosystems. Ruth Kamnitzer reports.

4/ Trump cut a deal with Kazakhstan to make his sons rich off a mining deal. And then he approved $1.6 billion - BILLION - in taxpayer financing to further help his sons. Like wild, nuclear grade self enrichment. Missed that one, JD? Kazakhstan!!

#BREAKING | World Food Programme says ending aid for half million in Gaza due to funding shortfall

As #Modi govt hunts “infiltrators”, Basharat Amin reports how #India is evicting Jammu’s Rohingya refugees from homes & lives painstakingly rebuilt after escaping ethnic cleansing, even though they have no voting or other rights & are hard to deport article-14.com/post/they-fl...

The annual IRS report on who pays taxes was due in July. It's still marked pending. Why? If the tax scam worked for you, they'd be shouting the numbers from the rooftops. Instead they're burying the fact that it was a handout for the richest 1%. Wake up.

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Trump dumped tons of debris containing lead, chromium, and arsenic in a PUBLIC PARK from his east wing teardown & ballroom build & now he is trying to turn a historic community golf course & park into mini Mar-a-Lago We will see you in court tomorrow! More on @MS.Now 👇

On Saturday, US citizen Ricardo Gonzalez was reportedly hit by an unmarked federal vehicle, tased twice by ICE agents and then handcuffed while face down in the gutter screaming that his arm was broken. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/ice-assaulte...

that's murder

Mark Zuckerberg uses platforms to suppress political movements he doesn’t like and promote candidates who back his bottom line. It’s just a fact. It happens in Brazil and it happens here.

If you live in certain Democratic leaning counties in Texas, it’s quite likely that your voter registration has been PURGED! I know that voting has become more than a task, now it’s WORK in the U.S.! 😠 But if you want to vote and have it count.., ✅ Check your registration! youtu.be/LOAxBWksLfk?...

Go see Musk Documentary. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

A restaurant owner in NYC was arrested for withholding at least $8,000 from 5 workers who performed kitchen, dishwashing, and delivery duties for him. Patrick Griffin, 71, was charged with grand larceny by wage theft, fraud, and failure to pay wages. All 3 of his restaurants have been closed. 🧵

People don't realize how necessary cheap rent is to the arts.

Six years sucking up to Trump at every opportunity, all for nothing

October 17 is a nationwide NO KINGS day of action ahead of the midterms. There are rallies taking place all over the country to promote early voting and make sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count. Find an event: https://www.nokings.org/

Think about how little your representatives have said or done to defend their colleague Ilhan Omar. Now try to imagine how little they will do when it's our turn.

Ohio’s Cincinnati Public Schools is the first district in the nation to own and operate a parking lot where families experiencing homelessness can go to at night and sleep in their cars, and has served more than 300 people since opening this past spring ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/14/c...

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

NEW: These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead. @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @annaleighclark.bsky.social

SpaceX’s Starlink speed cap is confirmed at 60-70 km/h on Ukrainian terminals which kills connectivity for all medium-range kamikaze drones: FP-2, Darts, Hornet, RAM-2 and others. It also impacts Ukraine’s drone interceptors that rely on Starlink to shoot down Russian Shahed-type jets.

Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.

I've watched this ad like 10 times. It's just the best

OSSOFF: How weak a person do you have to be to be unable to stop someone under your own roof from disseminating neo-Nazi propaganda while you run for Senate? COLLINS: Will you denounce Reid Hoffman? O: If he was based in my house, then I'd understand you asking me to take responsibility for him

That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.

Ilhan Omar became a citizen at age 17. Presumably any alleged "fraud" would have been committed by her parents. What evidence do they think they could find by raiding her house?

~$300 million www.thetexasvoice.com/fugitive-pax...

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...

OHIO — Trump supporter punches a woman in a “release the Epstein files” shirt in the face — and police appear to do nothing to the man and only escort her out (as Trump mocks her weight) 🤔 (From @atrupar.com )

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk www.propublica.org/article/raw-...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has fallen months behind on a roughly $70,000 restaurant tab, leaving the owner struggling to pay staff and bills, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.