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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is closing out one of the nastiest races of the 2026 cycle by suggesting that Democrat Amy Acton, his opponent in the Ohio governor’s race, has lied about the well-documented childhood sexual abuse she experienced for political gain. 19thnews.org/2026/10/amy-...

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she endorsed harris the same day biden dropped out

Ukraine’s battlefield internet went dark without warning and the White House is to blame. A Ukraine that can defend itself is what keeps Putin from a bigger war in Europe, the kind that ends with American troops on the front lines. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The last time the Milwaukee Brewers were in the World Series you could get 12 8-track tapes for only a dollar through The Gorman Thomas Tape Club®.

North Carolina Republicans closed the polling place on the NC State campus, so I went there today to talk to student leaders about the strategy to counteract this Trump-directed voter suppression effort.

okay so to put it more precisely: a Zacharia is about .4 of a Scaramucci

This is a community note for the ages.

Is there anything awesome this guy won’t do

God I wish Cambridge would do this

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

They are trying to get DCF to return the teen to their custody even though the teen has a restraining order against them that they agreed to abide by as part of a plea agreement. They're also trying to stop DCF from helping the teen get testosterone.

Seth would never. Thank you Sen Markey!

As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections

I think this is a very beautiful idea. Shana tova, everyone.

Michael Phelps being genetically built like someone developed him in a lab specifically for swimmers: celebrated Olympic hero A girl whose only “crime” is being born with the incorrect parts is the second best player on her volleyball team: HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!

There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”

SCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented Trump with a gift: a specially-made 18-karat gold ring worth an estimated $25,000 that celebrated Trump's two terms. Four weeks later, his admin approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium's diamond industry.

With supplies running dangerously low, the American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood -- particularly people with type O blood.

“The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.”

Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon

José Olivares's continued coverage of ICE force-feeding hunger striking detainees, widely considered torture: "DHS sources told the Guardian over the weekend that between January 2025 and 4 August, 2026 ICE obtained court orders for involuntary medical treatment for 18 hunger strikers."

They had contracted Blue Angels for 43 years; 43 years The owner says she never received a personal notice that Hegseth was canceling her or any reminder that her contract renewal was coming up This is how the Trump administration treats people, especially Black people

In honor of Ross Douthat's last day at the NYT, let's remember this particular headline tweak from just last year.

To quote Harry Reid on Collins, "always there when you don't need her."

Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States.

I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised.

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If you exclude one specific scene, Mrs. Lincoln actually enjoyed the Ford's Theatre production of "Our American Cousin"

NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.

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Third Way is not a 'leading centrist group'. It is the far right fringe of people who don't call themselves Republicans, and a foil for reporters like you to bash mainstream Democrats to further a right-of-center agenda. It has no popular support.

i'm the eldest of 5, 3 are boys; the self esteem problems they've faced stem from how men (plus misogynists) talk about gender. it's not feminism! it's transphobia! it's white supremacy! stop fucking acting like men are being oppressed by anything but patriarchy! literally what year is it!

I was today’s year old when I found out Ray Flynn came from this (in my defense I live in Cambridge)

I just hate Peyton Manning so much

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Seth Moulton is so desperate for power he threw together a fake Epstein attack to slander Ed Markey. The good people of @wgbh.org tore it apart. #mapoli

I did NOT have this on my 2026 election bingo card

We've updated our Open Seat tracker TWICE today to reflect GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards' decision to end reelection campaign in #NC11 and Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar's loss in primary for #MI13.

The question is whether someone wanted to do Moulton a big favor by giving him the chance to get in on the ground floor of a company wired for rapid growth, helped by policies championed by Moulton. prospect.org?p=141929

Kinda funny how Seth Moulton has made so much money in defense-linked start ups while sitting on the House Armed Services Committee. Not funny haha. Funny weird…..