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Wow, I hate it. I absolutely despise the entitled mentality that, "oh, this isn't behind a paywall, so I must just be able to take it and repurpose it without asking." No! No you can't! You need to ask first before lifting 67,000 of my words for your project!

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

Just another reminder: VOTE Democratic on (or before, if possible) Nov. 3rd. Do NOT let the Republican Party’s intimidation or other efforts to keep you away stop you. Do whatever you have to, no matter how hard they try to make it. VOTE as if your life and liberty depends on it!

If you haven’t yet had a chance to see or read Barack Obama’s speech in Cleveland Saturday night, please do both. And then share it as widely as you can. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/wise-and-important-words

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

INTERROGATE ELON; it’ll be great television, and there’s a non-zero chance he’ll be so ganked on ketamine that the hearings will devolve into high comedy and unplanned revelations. Read more from Rick Wilson: https://bit.ly/4yL7HNZ

Non-zero chance he tries to flee to Russia before this is all over.

EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…

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The Democratic Party’s biggest names are all on the trail leading up to Election Day. Obama in Ohio and Michigan. Harris in Mississippi. Clinton in Florida. Sanders and AOC in Maine. And the early votes, forecasts and generic ballots are all pointing in one direction. Let’s keep it going! 👏

Every eligible voter deserves to have their ballot counted. Election security requires reliable evidence and lawful procedures. Threatening election workers does not make an inaccurate list accurate. Please stay engaged, track your ballot, and don’t let intimidation stop you from voting!

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

🚨🚨🚨 Getting reports of ICE at the polls in Harlem, where folks are lined up for early voting 🚨🚨🚨 Please share widely and stay safe!!!

How big a sucker would any Cuban have to be to stick their neck out, depending on the integrity and reliability of Marco Rubio and Donald Trump?

There's a scenario in which the Supreme Court gets this case in December and three justices involved in Bush v. Gore on behalf of Bush will be asked whether confusion is grounds to reject election results.

This is not an unfortunate byproduct of MAGA politics. This is the entire goal.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit to preemptively block certification of the results in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican loses is pure bunk, according to a growing chorus of legal experts, democracy advocates and politicians. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.

Well, that's an interesting admission, now isn't it?

I’m old enough to remember when Congress existed. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/w...

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

no amnesty

This is all being done by the private prison contractor GEO Group, whose executives and employees should face prosecution and which should be expunged as a corporate entity. The punishment needs to be so severe it serves as an example for decades.

While we're talking about Dwight Eisenhower...

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

Please note: Even in states that use paper ballots, some voters use accessible touchscreen devices to mark or print their ballots. That means paper ballots don’t rule out a touchscreen issue. We’re being told screen calibration may explain the reported problems, but that has not been confirmed.

I want to hear less about the polls and more about the consequences. The media should be focused on what the next 2 years will look like if Trump continues to be unchecked by Congress.

Another reminder: take what the polls are saying with a grain of salt, and make sure you VOTE. Do not get complacent, do not get lazy. If you want the current insanity to end, the MANDATORY first step is to vote the Fascists out, at ALL levels of government. VOTE AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!

Anyone who thought a public execution was a good idea is unfit to hold positions of leadership in the United States of America. Hegseth needs to go.

Do not trust the polls. Do not allow yourself to become complacent. Vote early — and get your friends and family to vote. Do not let Elon, Big Tech, Big Oil, AI, and the billionaire class buy this election. We outnumber them — and we're the only ones that can put an end to this nightmare.

OH ad lying that Dem candidate Amy Acton didn't experience sexual abuse. Candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia raped in AZ, accused of a hoax. Online right campaign to dox the Cornell gang rape victim. Backing a leader found liable for sexual assault. Pro-rape party is an objective description.

A reminder that if we impeach Trump, we have to impeach JD, too, because he might actually be worse.

Wages are down. Inflation is up. Over 5 million people have lost SNAP benefits. And we’ve had more days in 2026 where gas was above $4 a gallon than any other year. While Trump is billions richer. There's a clear "winner" in Trump's America. And it isn't you.

Arlington County, Virginia, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to stop armed federal agents from operating at and near polling places, arguing that their threatened presence at voting sites is already alarming voters just two weeks before Election Day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I really hope y’all know what to do with that fraud tip hotline.

I can think of a few things I need to report. 1. Trump’s reflecting pool scam 2. Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel’s use of government assets for personal matters 3. Kristi Noem’s DHS contracts to friends

Show up at the polls. Make your voice heard. Protect future generations. @ossoff.bsky.social

2 WEEKS FROM TODAY: Vote in numbers too big to rig & make his prediction come true. #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

Oh my god

AOC Tidies Up In Case Federal Agents Stop By For Raid https://theonion.com/aoc-tidies-up-in-case-federal-agents-stop-by-for-raid/

Democrats, remember 2024? Don't make the same mistake again.