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Waiting 10 years to charge Comey with espionage says everything. The Espionage Act is so poorly written that it’s just a blank check to go after political rivals and whistleblowers. The abuse won’t end until the law is reformed.

National and local groups are training people to document and record what ICE is doing, understand voters rights, and in many cases, prepare for worst-case scenarios. www.wired.com/story/massiv...

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Volunteers in towns and cities across the country are getting ready to act if federal immigration agents show up at the polls on Election Day—which they see an existential threat to American democracy.

COMMENTARY: Climate finance has capital. What’s missing is policy reut.rs/4Bu0STw

Lula’s victory is extraordinary. Since the country returned to democracy in 1985, no candidate who lost the first round had won the run-off

One pair of rare Brooks-Disney athletic shoes led detectives to $1M in stolen gear, police say

Longtime Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat Sunday night in a historic election that could mean a new political era in the Balkan country after two years of pressure from a movement of university students.

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner. trib.al/fXvwuJt

Dozens of data-center projects have already been delayed or disrupted by local opposition this year. Here are four states to watch for on Election Day.

Brazil’s Lula wins ‘historic victory’ against right-wing Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro - “This shows that Trumpismo is waning, and it is our responsibility now to make sure that we kill the beast,” Pennsylvania Democratic House nominee Chris Rabb said. therealnews.com/brazil-lula-...

Family members and close friends remembered Megan Lambert, the 25-year-old school teacher and volleyball coach who dedicated her life to working with children.

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

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In this week’s newsletter Euronews’ Chief Europe Editor Maria Tadeo examines an “unfortunate triumvirate” facing Europe: Trump, Xi and Putin. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/20vZ

Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding. www.latimes.com/business/st...

UCLA Health has grown to five hospitals and 300 clinics, with outpatient visits topping 4.2 million last year, as the public university system seeks to reach more Southern Californians. www.latimes.com/business/st...

Ukraine said access to the service had been restricted in the country without advance warning, disrupting battlefield operations.

Bus service, extracurriculars on the chopping block if school referendums fail

Brazil, Israel, Serbia and the US are holding elections within the space of 10 days. Will the authoritarian right cement its global gains, or can pro-democracy forces make a comeback?

Meta claims its smart glasses include tools that let the public know when they are being recorded. However, people who are recorded often say otherwise. youtube.com/shorts/PL3YN... Raghav Kakkar reports Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQ-...

Israeli election season has been dominated by Zionist debate over October 7, but this debate has not included discussion of ending the Gaza genocide because no one in Israeli society wants this to happen.

"Mr. Trump, who has cut U.S. aid to Ukraine by 99 percent, is sending American money to the Kremlin — and therefore to a Russian war machine that the United Nations says is killing Ukrainian civilians at a 'new horrifying level.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Trump’s administration during campaign events in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday. At a rally in Georgia, Trump cast Obama’s remarks as a signal of Republicans’ strength. trib.al/3dpNP04

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

Extreme heat killed more than 50,000 Europeans this summer. Climate change was responsible for two-thirds of the death toll. Those are the stark findings from two new peer-reviewed studies in the academic journal Nature Health. 🔗 vist.ly/5pvw3

Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick has broken with Donald Trump several times. Now his bipartisan record faces a major test in a race with control of the House at stake

One of President Donald Trump's longest-serving aides has a warning for anyone in the administration talking to reporters behind the scenes: He knows who they are... maybe.

The Maine senator has spent the week prevaricating about her vote for Brett Kavanaugh. It’s time for her reckoning. trib.al/Jl9mIlc

Less trustworthy for sure.

The Question.

District 204’s Wayne Builta Elementary among schools honored with Blue Ribbon designation from the state

They did something similar with the BLM protestors in 2020. Fox News talking heads going live on air and saying "This is what will happen if you elect Biden!" Of course the flaw in their plan was this was all happening right now for them while Trump was president.

Should men be allowed to vote?

As far as our data can tell this is pretty much unambiguously good news for Democrats. Young voters strongly favor the Dems this cycle, including young men allianceforyouthpower.org/wp-content/u...

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The Catholic Church is naming names. Why won't the Trump DOJ? substack.com/@katiephang/...

“You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.” - Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump has largely halted direct US financial and military aid to Ukraine, despite broad support from Democratic and Republican lawmakers as it fights a Russian invasion, - Reuters With a victory in both chambers in November, Democrats would be able to decide what gets voted on and when.

Keith Ellison: "This guy had the nerve to go on his social media thing and say he was gonna get 'reckoning and retribution against Minnesota.' Well I can't wait until November 3 so we can get reckoning and retribution on him."

Amy Acton and Ohio, the whole country is rooting for you. Make history! 🔥

PM Carney just said 🇨🇦 is prepared to wait until Trump is OUT OF OFFICE rather than accept a bad trade deal. Think about how much has changed. A year ago, they thought they could bully 🇨🇦 into submission. Now we're ready to hold out as long as possible.

President Obama: "As a former president, I can tell you sometimes factors beyond a president's control end up foiling the best-laid plans." "That is not the case here. In this case, this administration's actions are directly responsible for rising costs."

NEW: A federal appeals court agreed today to hear the Trump administration's request to block California election officials from counting thousands of ballots. A ruling in Trump's favor “risks sowing confusion and disorder in the midst of an ongoing election," state officials argued.

He doesn’t care, he’s just holding on.

He’s a corrupt mob lawyer. That’s all he is.

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The guy that killed at least half a million by canceling USAID wants us to know that he doesn’t like Ukraine killing Russians