Rik Scarce

It turns out punishing coup plotters actually is an effective deterrent!

For the better part of a century, the foundation of the republicant party–the great given of its existence–has been its racism, the othering of non-WASPS. Their contemporary honesty emerges from a sense of power and inevitability. Let's shovel their racism/ethnocentrism to the slag heap of history.

Where we are a a country: the Secretary of State waning a Nobel Peace Prize winner not to peaceably assemble because that won’t lead to democracy. www.axios.com/2026/10/27/r...

A single billionaire megadonor is propping up the Republican effort to stop Dems from flipping Pennsylvania’s Senate and gaining full control of government—to a much greater degree than Elon Musk is doing it at the federal level

Here's the updated Hispanic/Latino numbers from selected states. Sure appears we have a clear and documented backlash to Trump's cruel mass deportations policies on our hands. 2/

The claim nuclear is more reliable than renewables is a myth. WindWaterSolar has not only met a higher percent (12.8%) of demand during its worst 5 min in all of 2026 than nuclear during its best 5 min (12.0%), but has also met seasonal & daily demand better than nuc from 2023-26 on the CAISO grid

At some point, all but the least-recoverable cultists are going to realize there is nothing behind any of the curtains. The last two years are leading up to that point: next Tuesday. Vote!

Monday morning early vote update via TargetEarly. Democrats continue to see very strong and encouraging early vote turnout from young, Black, and Hispanic voters compared to this day in 2022. Black voters ⬆️ 9% 18-29 yr old ⬆️ 20% Hispanic ⬆️ 38% 1/

This is a quick, excellent thread from someone who has their pulse on European/global energy realities. We are so excited to be putting solar on our new home to power it and to charge our 2 EVs. But it's not a movement anymore. It's practical, simple reality FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT. Need more!

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

The Klanprez administration is killing us and making us dumber. Stop them.

Max Weber once observed that the winner in a war only needs to get rid of the top-level bureaucrats (so party officials and sycophants) to begin effectively running a conquered land. Maybe there's a corollary here: Congress can't "get rid of" Klanprez's cronies, but it can go around them. Excellent!

Democracy: too precious to not fight for. The Founders understood, Georgians (there and here) understand, and so must we.

Hungary - ✅ Serbia - ✅ Brazil - ✅ Machado back in Venezuela - ✅ PLEASE - Israel on Tuesday PLEASE - US midterms Nov 3 Boot all the corrupt, war-mongering, Trump-fawning, right-wingers out.

Well played, sir. Well played.

Best day for democracy worldwide in quite some time: Brazil’s center-left president won the runoff in an upset, blocking the far-right from gaining unified power. Serbia’s right-wing authoritarian government finally lost control of parliament after more than a decade in power

All the courage of a sniveling Nazi staring at the point of a democratic bayonet. Send him to hell with your votes, Michigan.

this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

Peggy Flanagan: "In Minnesota, fraudsters are getting prosecuted and going to prison. In Donald Trump's Washington, they are getting pardoned. We are not the same."

For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Americans have a new option when shopping for sunscreen: a skin-protecting chemical that’s long been a go-to option in Europe and other parts of the world. https://to.pbs.org/4zxlGrn

Remember when Media & Political Elite promised US that Trump was tapping into “economic anxiety” not racism?

RFK decided to once again target maskers in a speech, laughing about going to LA and seeing people driving in their cars while masked. And I want to make sure people know that studies have shown that the reason someone might wear a mask in their car is that it's none of your fucking business.

Want to know how we got Klanprez? It was DECADES of gop shit like this. Lies, massive distortions, unapologetic distortions because they have no ideas, only a lust for power to preserve their immense privilege. It pushed the right to the extreme right. And voila.

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Doge didn’t save money or make government more efficient It invaded your privacy and gave the data to Musk

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Would that every U.S. Senator could philosophize in such depth about such a delightful topic. Alas, I'm a Grannie Smith/Cortland/Fuji person myself.

Klanprez is killing Americans and enriching himself. Clean air and water are basic stuff. In his case, they are the base stuff of The Corruption.

Grift Becomes Bigger Issue for Voters in Final Days Before Midterms 🎁Gift article: www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Klanprez violates the law with impunity. Now the ball is in Collins' court. Will she condemn his behavior, claim credit for it, or quietly accept his corrupt largess?

Klanprez embraces a rapist-enabler kitten killer. He gets more deranged and evil with every passing day.

Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

In the MAGA mind, Trump's vicious abuse of female reporters is simply of a piece with the rape ad itself: It's all a bet that MAGA misogyny and depravity are still political winners. Flagged by @atrupar.com:

Kharkiv today after the russian attack ‼️ Great "humanitarian" keep attacking our cities in broad daylight.

According to a YouGov/UMass Lowell poll released today, 58% of people would support a law banning online or app-based sports gambling and prediction markets (Kalshi/Polymarket was a listed example).

In so many ways.

Klanprez gonna Klan.

RAGBRAI (The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is one of the most celebrated bike rides in the world.

This is not a sustainable social structure. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

Absolutely appropriate for use against civilians. Absolutely. This administration is as unAmerican and insane as it is corrupt. So, completely.

The reader argues that abandoning Ukraine for cynical political expediency betrays American democratic values and urges Ukrainians to remember that many Americans still stand firmly with them against tyranny.

Many called Jared Kushner corrupt Many noted he took bribes from Middle Eastern autocrats, especially Saudi Arabia, skewing US foreign policy And they were right But as this reveals, he's even more corrupt and took even more money from Middle Eastern autocrats that many, even strong critics, knew

If he can pull the plug on Ukraine, he can pull the plug on America. He's too big to trust.

Hegseth’s staff broke Eisenhower’s globe. The symbolism is too much to bear. (And of course, they ignored the TRAINED EXPERTS WHO HANDLE HISTORICAL ITEMS. Because EDUCATION? EXPERTISE? WHO NEEDS IT?….im going to get some coffee…)

We can fight The Corruption, but only with out-front leadership like this: