Ruth keady

Brazil rejected Bolsonaro. Serbia's students beat Vučić. Machado is home in Venezuela. What a day for democracy.

The Orange County Registrar of Voter (OCROV), led by Bob Page (who had to undergo a full on baseless inquisition by our HB city council), is the gold standard for not just our state, nor our country, but for other countries as well in that they come in and ask “how do we keep our elections secure?”

We should note that Kohen Wiley's mother, Vellesiya, was _falsely_ accused of shoplifting diapers. But in Mississippi, innocence is no defense if your skin is black.

Bay of Pigs 2 trailer just dropped

found out that my mother in law decided she was aggressively pro trans rights literally by going, I don't know anything about this but everyone who is against trans rights is also against free school lunch, the issue I know and care a lot about, so this must be the correct way to feel about this

“.. The world’s richest man poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress, recent election filings show.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...

We observe many viral claims of touchscreen anomalies at some polling places. We investigated and found the reports wildly overstated. While people are on edge, this is not confirmed to be a serious problem, so far. Onward. election2026.america2.news/c/parton-tou...

We are seeing a hunger disaster unrolling before our eyes. Since Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Bill, 2 million kids have lost food assistance. These are by far the deepest SNAP cuts in history, and each month, we find out it’s even worse than we thought. The worst is yet to come.

If you have not yet read this story, stop what you're doing and read this story. Smacked, my gob is.

This evening on Kremlin TV: Putin talking heads congratulate Putin on defeating America by taking control of Trump and predict next he will topple Zelenskyy and take Ukraine, as Iran defeats America in the Gulf. youtube.com/watch?v=P5UR...

Hegseth’s team breaking Eisenhower’s globe is perfection (From Wash post)

As Elon Musk considers merging Tesla and SpaceX, tech journalist Kara Swisher examines his business strategy, growing political influence and power over the war in Ukraine. n.pr/4Bg8lp3

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

A summary of the unethical Guinea-Bissau trial of the birth dose of HepB vaccine that RFK Jr. funded: -It was first reported in January and public backlash got it canceled -Or not, because it reemerged this month -It got ethics approval from a Danish review board, resulting in 4 people resigning

More excellent reporting from @melodyschreiber.com! It’s time for Congress to put a fork in this study once and for all. CALL YOUR MEMBERS: www.standupforscience.net/petition-to-...

As Warren Buffet said,"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." The fact so many poor/middle class schlumps can't see the oligarchs for what they are, what they're doing, boggles my mind.

David Horsey, Seattle Times

The UN verified that at least 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 injured in September 2026, an 85% increase compared with September 2025. And who does the so-called president blame? Ukraine, of course. news.un.org/en/story/202...

OK, I'm trying to write now, but I do want to note that today's hearing ended with Judge Reyes acknowledging death threats she has received "over a golf course:," adding, "I don't think that's what the founders intended." She then ended the hearing.

"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world." Paul Farmer

The media refuses to see "straight white Christian conservative man" as an identity. They're just "normal," see. *Other* people have identity politics.

I'm sorry, but Popadick is not a real last name. I simply refuse to believe that. We're being conned.

Elon Musk and the Flying Car- A Cautionary Tale

Walking the line in my auto factory and screaming at all the workers to make the cars stupider and more dangerous. They love this, it helps motivate them. "It's going to be able drive upside down," I yell through a megaphone. "It's going to be able to fart."

To Angry Dems….

SpaceX suddenly throttled access to Starlink with no warning, Ukraine says. trib.al/rZAjLWp

Need someone to try and buy campaign ads for a race in Jamaica, Queens but actually buy the ad time in Jamaica

The Trump administration is greenlighting the destruction of endangered species’ habitats. Since this administration is willing to turn its back on its responsibilities, it’s up to state attorneys general to step up. www.cnn.com/2026/09/09/u...

🟢 LOW CREDIBILITY: We find that viral claims that drone strikes on Yandex data centers in Russia have impacted coordinated inauthentic social media activity are misstated and unfalsifiable. Treat such claims with skepticism, and bookmark this tracker. russianbots.america2.news

⚡️US weapons supplies to Ukraine via PURL continue

Slava Ukraini!

Seniors coast-to-coast are donating their $90 checks to Democratic candidates. Now THAT is the my USA 🇺🇸

The most likely interpretation… Putin offers it to Trump. Trump eagerly laps it up, trumpets it in hopes of moving diesel price downward. Putin won't be able to deliver, he'll blame Ukraine strikes, Trump will accept that. It costs Putin nothing, and Trump gets reminded to be mad at 🇺🇦.

Russia has shortages, long lines, and imposed limits. Ukraine has knocked out about 1/2 (!) of Russia's refining capacity. And they're going to export a million tons of diesel? Yes, Trump is again siding with Russia against Ukraine, Europe, law, and democracy. But that won't make fuel appear.

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland introduced a bill on October 6 directing the Smithsonian to "collect, preserve, and display" artifacts reflecting "the rise of governmental propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism due to the two presidencies of Donald J. Trump." www.artforum.com/news/jamie-r...

"Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." - a government contractor whose company was approached to convert several of the warehouses into ICE facilities.

The cavalry began showing up for Ken Paxton on Aug. 20, when Elon Musk's America PAC started spending. Since then, GOP groups have shelled out more than $200 million to rescue Paxton. In that time, the polls have climbed from D+2 to D+4. Via @fiftyplusone.news fiftyplusone.news/polls/senate...

"defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts." Nathan Lee for ABC News

Jfc. This is very bad.

This is 100% accurate. 100%. San Francisco is a literal destination for kids thrown out by far right parents. Many end up on the street. The good news is they’re among the easiest to help because on the whole they’re not addicts or mentally ill. They’re just desperate for a home.

This is the sort of asshole who would celebrate a terrorist attack leaving his building one of the tallest in NYC. Trump always has been a fucking traitor.

I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats.