R Towle

R Towle

@rtowle.bsky.social

Pet peeve: complaints that Dems have bad messaging/do nothing by accounts who follow no elected officials or experts in their fields.

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Replying to @emilylhauser.bsky.social

Let’s step back and consider the values of anyone prioritizing electing a nazi as a power move to remove Schumer as speaker… think that through for just a moment about what that says about his supporters.

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never forget that elon musk permanently broke his penis from a botched surgery, which is why he's currently fixated on this

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

ok

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Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

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Reportedly many voters in Brazil were turned away despite a Supreme Court order extending voting by two hours. Conflicting orders from the Electoral Court and the Supreme Court left poll station officials confused about what to do and voters unable to vote at stations that closed down.

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Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign chief, Rogério Marinho, is setting the propaganda narrative in case of a Lula victory, calling extended voting hours a “judicial coup.” Far-right congressman Nikolas Ferreira is also crying interference. Both Lula and Bolsonaro campaigns requested extensions.

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“Lula supporters are starting to gather…at the heart of São Paulo, in anticipation of a Lula victory. The mood is upbeat but tense, amid suspicions that there has been a deliberate pro-Bolsonaro campaign to sabotage public transport systems to stop Lula voters reaching polling stations...” 10/25/26

share.googleBrazil runoff live updates: voting time extended as Bolsonaro narrowly leads Lula in race for presidencySunday’s election is a test for incumbent Lula: can he can rally enough support to overturn Bolsonaro’s lead?

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Brazil extended voting hours in lieu of the attempts at voter suppression seen today. We'll know the results soon enough. I hope for all our sakes Lula wins.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered a nationwide two-hour extension of voting in today’s presidential runoff, moving the close of polls from 5pm to 7 pm Brasília time.

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This is so unserious. A online community just Saying Shit

𝔻𝕒𝕟 🏈🍻💀@danmynrd.bsky.social

I really think the trans community is really not understanding that the Democratic Party being probably the most pro-trans major political party on the planet means whole swaths of Americans that don't like you will go "one vote for the pro trans party please" without knowing it

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Replying to @muellershewrote.com

JB: I don't see anything that reliably says there ARE non citizens, just that there MAY be. DOJ: well, the irreperable harm that can happen, and we're in the preliminary injuction stage, we're asking for CA to segregate the ballots. 30/

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Replying to @muellershewrote.com

JB: so if we can look at the reliability of CA declaration, we can also look at the reliability of your list, right? DOJ: that's certainly correct JB: your declarations are offering expertise. I don't see anything in there which would come close to establishing the type of reliability you need 29/

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Replying to @muellershewrote.com

DOJ: hmm. well. while I might not know the third party, we have two DHS employees who have sworn the list is reliable, so that's my answer. As far as what the court was supposed to do, we asked for a TRO, and they should have issued it and THEN have a hearing. 25/

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Replying to @muellershewrote.com

JS: if you take a step back, you're not able to explain who the third parties are, and the reliability of the list depends on them, but somehow the district court was supposed to resolve all this in a matter of hours when we don't even know who the third parties are? You don't even know! 24/

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NEW: this is so bizarre

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

JS: Seems as if the US is relying on data from outside the federal government. Did you purchase a private list of CA voter rolls? DOJ: no, but we were supplied a list that was purchased from California. 21/

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Who's up for some last minute door knocking to get out the vote? Click on the link within Indivisible's post, type in your address, & see if you're in an area they've targeted. (I wasn't.) If it's a no-go, at least pass this on so others can help GET OUT THE VOTE! We have just this ONE CHANCE!

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org

Getting out the vote is as easy as talking to your neighbors if you’re in one of these states or districts: 2026.indivisible.org/n2n/

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Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

newsfromthestates.comColorado priest from Uganda released after 13 months in ICE detention in AuroraAfter 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was relea...

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Very glad to hear that Elon Musk is a stickler for details on contractor – government relationships. Could come in handy later.

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

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As Obama said, it has been "two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption" and I would add years of abuse of Democracy. In 9 days, accountability begins. Gifted: wapo.st/4BuABEM #voices4Victory #dv1 #usDemocracy

wapo.stTrump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court.Karen Donoso Stevens offers a rare firsthand look at the administration’s campaign to rewrite the rules of the immigration court system.

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Weird how this keeps happening

Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social

A Brazilian union member complains that Meta blocked her union's account for supporting Lula (Subtitles)

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Can confirm from all the restaurant subreddits I've seen. Cheesecake Factory BOH is a perpetual warzone. Every dish is made fresh in house and their menu is thicker than the Holy Bible. Spend a few years cooking at a CF and you can cook damn near anything in the middle of a firefight.

journeyman folklorist@aniceburrito.bsky.social

Tangential to the Cheesecake Factory talk is that their workers are genuinely elite tier 1 operators in the food service industry. I have a friend who manages bars and restaurants and he will instantly hire anyone with Cheesecake Factory experience. They are like the Marines minus the war crimes

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Gaslighting 101: The AG is literally calling us crazy for thinking Trump will use the levers of government power to overturn the results of an election, when he has a documented history of doing just that. That’s tyranny.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: The worry is that we end up in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election and the result of that could be like what we saw after January 6-- BLANCHE: Stop it! You gotta stop it with that! That's crazy BASH: This is a president who has a history

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SHOW ME THE DOCUMENTS>>>>> We did something sort of crazy at The NYT this year, as we look for ways to dig into what has happened at the Environmental Protection Agency since Trump returned to the White House. We collected more than 466,200 pages of federal and state documents.....

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middleeasteye.netObama blames Trump for 'starting unnecessary war nobody asked for' <article data-history-node-id="449914" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/obama-blames-trump-starting-unnecessary-war-nobody-asked" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/obama-blames-trump-starting-unnecessary-war-nobody-asked" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Obama blames Trump for 'starting unnecessary war nobody asked for'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Former US president Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump of "starting an unnecessary war that nobody asked for".</p> <p>"The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions," Obama said in Ohio, where he rallied in support of former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown.</p> <p>"Most importantly, he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for," he said, according to AFP.</p> <p>"After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, 'Enough is enough,'" Obama declared in Cleveland. "We are voting for change right here in Ohio."</p> <p>Iran war, he said,&nbsp;is “the reason why the price of just about everything is up”.</p> <p>“Iran didn’t have nuclear weapons because I had put a deal in place that everybody acknowledged kept them from getting nukes. And I didn’t have to fire a missile to do it. I just had to engage in diplomacy.”</p> <p>“Iran now has veto power over the Strait of Hormuz, where oil goes through to the world market,” the former president said.</p> <p>“This is the reason why the price of oil is up. This is the reason why the price of diesel is up. This is the reason why the price of just about everything is up.”</p> <p>Under the 2015 deal with Iran, officially called the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to restrict the enrichment of uranium and subject itself to inspections in exchange for the relaxation of sanctions. Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, during his first term.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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So in a huge surprise to absolutely no one, it turns out that NIH director Jay Bhattacharya's new journal based on the premise of letting his friends and only his friends publish essentially whatever they want is full of crackpot nonsense from retired cranks.

publichealth.realclearjournals.orgAre air quality‒health effect claims a statistical analysis fluke?There are literally thousands of epidemiology (observational) studies in the literature claiming that air quality causes adverse health effects, including mortality. There are three profound examples ...

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OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

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Absolutely disgusting, but what can we expect from an adjudicated rapist and a congenital liar?

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Q: Amy Acton's stepfather was indicted for rape. Now that you know all that, sir, do you change your mind about the ad? Trump: No. I don't care

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Replying to @nomorex61.bsky.social

Those for whom he buys elections will ensure he continues to receive corporate welfare payed for by YOU! You can stop this America, say no to Musk backed candidates! Say no to the grifting oligarchs. Say not to the GOP! #Sheshed

Oddly the far left hasn’t found the time to fight against government contracts going to Musk or any white supremest working to overthrow the democracy. He doesn’t seem to be the same problem in their eyes as, say, Jewish PACs.

Wendy the Woke@nomorex61.bsky.social

Musk's companies have received an estimated $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits since 2003. Musk has become the Worlds richest person on the backs of America’s tax payers. Now he uses the wealth to buy elections. #Sheshed apnews.com/article/russ...

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This is the record of the depraved demented wife of a pedophile Vivek Ramaswamy used in his vile attack ad targeting Dr. Amy Acton That ad came on the heels of another Ramaswamy ad that used a registered sex offender!

Larry Tenney@larrytenney.bsky.social

VIVEK RAMASWAMY IS A SLEAZE BALL And Ohioans of all stripes think so! Even Ohio Republicans are condemning Vivek’s ads: One featuring a registered sex offender and another the depraved demented wife of a pedophile. When this election is over, Ohioans need to run Ramaswamys out of Ohio!

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Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

“I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'” — ROBIN WILLIAMS Miss the guy.

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Home of the free and those who beat the shit out of others. Murica!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Now our soldiers are allowed to be strong people ... they are the best looking people you've ever seen. And they stand in the streets. And they walk up to a gang and they beat the shit out of them."

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this isn't how it works, but the threat he's referring to is real—if rick jackson wins georgia, he will deploy troops to the streets of atlanta, and they will not leave anytime soon. there is no question here. vote for keisha

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says that when Rick Jackson is governor of Georgia and Mike Collins is senator, the first thing they will do is call him and say "please send in the National Guard" to Atlanta

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Trump: I made certain promises. Promises made, right? I didn't promise all of these things that we are doing. I didn't promise Venezuela. We took over Venezuela

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