Sam G. Howard

Astonishing: Maxwell was willing to tell Blanche about some of Trump's rapes, and he ordered her not to. "Let's not talk about inviduals." WTF were they there to talk about? There's EVIDENCE on this.

Jon Ossoff’s closing argument went in for the kill.

As a Rhode Islander, yeah, that’s fair.

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

Be smart, folks.

… Regardless, I say again that if Dems do in fact win majorities in Congress, there should be loud proclamations that Republicans made this election a national referendum on whether to demonize or support transgender people, and the people have spoken with a clear mandate to support them.

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

It is both very unlikely Trump will personally succeed at establishing a full-blown dictatorship before he's gone, and also the case that Trump's tenure in American politics has massively increased the chance this country will have a full-blown dictatorship at some point in the next 30 or 40 years.

i think "vote dem across the board, but for the 4 very worst dems on trans rights you can leave them blank" is a reasonable position (& a reasonable compromise between vbnmw & fears about dems going full uk labour)

Very funny that Jones is mad about a vote drop that decreased Lula's margin because he doesn't understand that in most of the rest of the world the right wing party is blue and the left wing party is red.

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

This is a good primer on Israel's political situation going into tomorrow's election. But I'd like to go deeper on something he only touches on, which is that part of the reason for Israel's electoral doldrums (and resulting geopolitical chaos) is its broken political system bsky.app/profile/avis...

Talk about a man out of time.

currently chewing on this thread. think there's some lessons to be extracted here by the US left.

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

As of yesterday, Florida Democrats exceeded their 2022 early vote performance. A law change made it more difficult to request mail ballots, and Democrats have now made up their mail deficit. Unaffiliated voters have, too. But not Republicans yet michaelmcdonald.substack.com/p/florida-ea...

no society or human culture can exist without the regular practice of “they went out again, mildly against their will, to the lodge or some church committee”

This isn't hyperbole or a joke. Parents actually called the cops and got the black boy and his family removed and the league claimed they were trespassing because he was "putting on a show" and wasn't playing "fair."

If we can solve our disagreements within the bounds of liberal democratic governance, then you're my ally in the fight against authoritarianism both in America and overseas.

To expand on my point about these “markets” I’m not getting into the issues w corruption or damaging impacts of gambling. Their supporters in the political space habitually argue they are superior to polls in their predictive ability. In the simplest sense they’re just not. But to the extent they …

“prediction market”

Serbia, 96% sample of CeSID / Ipsos parallel count: National parliament election SL-*: 53.6% (+53.6) SNS+-EPP: 39.3% (-8.8) SPS/JS+-*: 2.2% (-4.5) NDSS/PKS-*: 0.9% (-4.3) SVM-EPP: 0.8% (-0.9) PDD+-*: 0.7% (+0.7) SDP/CDP-*: 0.5% (+0.5) ... +/- vs. 2023 election result ➤ europeelects.eu/serbia

What’s going on in South Kingstown that there’s such a strong early voter turnout there? ri-voter-turnout-tracker-ridos.hub.arcgis.com

Seems spot on. "The President ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may..pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen.. that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic." press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/doc...

Why should the Attorney General of the United States be worried about a petty thing like if a crime has occurred or not?

The crime happens if a Democrat is elected. Anywhere

What part of “SADDAM HUSSEIN OPENED UP at Cheesecake Factory” do people not understand?

there’s no such thing as “strategic bigotry.” I know this because there is no amount of money you could pay me to become a bigot. the democrats who do this agree to do it because they’re bigots

did you know the IRS hasn't actually measured tax evasion in over a decade? due to lack of budget and workforce, the IRS is incapable of performing the random audits necessary to estimate tax evasion they've been forced to reuse the same numbers from 2016

It must be exhausting to be incapable of just enjoying things.

When the Space Marines are too woke for you I just feel like you gotta go home, man. There's gotta be a point where you chill.

In Michigan, Musk paid for calls targeting Muslims that painted Democrats as pro-Israel, and also paid for calls targeting Jews that painted Democrats as pro-Hamas.

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.

NEWS: the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders have unionized and the Cowboys have agreed to recognize the union

oh my god ballot initiatives too. "yes, let's require ordinary voters parse this highly complex legalese likely written to be intentionally dishonest." crazy system bsky.app/profile/benf...

The new TPOR poll has Talarico up 51/47, but Republicans surviving (barely) in the 7 other statewide elections tested—including: Bo French is up 50/48. texaspublicopinionresearch.substack.com/p/october-po...

It is useful and illuminating to understand that Republicans do *not* support Russia in the war - they believe Trump supports Ukraine, the side they prefer!

The Executive Branch has no authority to regulate states’ election decisions as to candidate qualifications, and the choice to file a lawsuit like this just days before an election speaks volumes about the political corruption festering at the top levels of the DOJ.