Meidas Steph 🦋 - We are living in the dumbest time!

Meidas Steph 🦋 - We are living in the dumbest time!

@stepho10.bsky.social

#AbolishICE TRUTH & FACTS MATTER Unapologetically PRO Democracy! CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL⚡️🌪️ #MeidasTouch 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🥥 🌴 #Resist #FuckICE #NeverTrump #KindnessMatters #BlueSky 🦋 #Vets #Ally 🌈 Girl Mom, 🐶 Lover, 🌎 Traveler #TexasLonghorns 🤘🏻🧡 🚫DMs 🚫Crypto 🚫MAGA

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Meidas Steph 🦋 - We are living in the dumbest time!
@stepho10.bsky.social

I’m so tired of living in this state! We could have had @betoorourke.bsky.social @ @colinallredtx.bsky.social but instead we have a bunch of corrupt asshats 🤬

Marty Taylor@realmartyt7.bsky.social

Had a Zoom with Rep Lizzie Fletcher and other Texas Democrats about the plan to remove 4 Democratic seats at Trump’s demand Houston will lose 3 seats. My Congressman Al Green is a main target of Trump and Abbott This is an act of pure racism to deny minorities representation in Texas #ProudBlue

Meidas Steph 🦋 - We are living in the dumbest time!
@stepho10.bsky.social

Self-serving

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Ken Paxton took roughly 350 taxpayer-funded trips outside Texas as AG (25 foreign), including fleeing to Utah while millions froze in the 2021 winter storm. Security tab: $3.1 million. Now he’s jet-setting in Iceland mid-Senate race. Fiscal conservative or just self-serving?

nytimes.comKen Paxton’s State-Funded Jet-Setting Draws Campaign ScrutinyMr. Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, has taken about 350 trips outside of the state since he was sworn in as attorney general.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻
@strictlychristo.bsky.social

The parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January, are accusing the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims’ rights law, as they demand transparency and justice in their son’s death. www.cnn.com/2026/10/26/u...

cnn.comAlex Pretti’s family say they have no answers nine months after federal agents killed him | CNNThe parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January, are accusing the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims’ righ...

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Jeff Tiedrich
@jefftiedrich.bsky.social

This has been the dumbfuckiest election cycle ever, and it just keeps getting dumbfuckier. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I hope we all get through the next week with our sanity intact. link is here: bit.ly/47ISFxe

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

New in PN: Living in the long, stupid shadow of the Big Lie "Elections where Trump — or any other Republican — wins are fine, but elections where Republicans lose are corrupt. The only solution, of course, is to let the DOJ intervene both before and after any elections that Trump has fixated on."

publicnotice.coLiving in the long, stupid shadow of the Big LieTrump is laying the groundwork to interfere in the midterms.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

We're putting up these billboards all across America to expose Trump's many broken promises. Go to HePromised.Us to learn more.

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Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Another confirmed death due to the negligence of ice, this time here in San Diego. It has been confirmed that a person passed away on 10/24/26 at Otay Mesa concentration camp. We have received a report that the victim was experiencing convulsions and was being neglected medically. Chelsea Gods

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: We have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining Trump from continuing to unconstitutionally impose themselves upon election administration procedures that the Constitution and federal law assign to the States.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

The Department of Justice (DOJ) claims a legal doctrine that courts should avoid last-minute changes to election rules to avoid confusion isn’t relevant to its effort to bar California from counting the votes of 20,000 people on a list of alleged noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com‘We don’t think it’s that complicated’: DOJ says it’s simple for California to block 20,000 voters“Your Honor, we don’t think it’s that complicated,” the DOJ's attorney told the court. “We’re asking for an administrative, simple remedy of just segregating the ballots that we have identified as hig...

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

The Trump administration has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, this time accusing the longtime target of President Donald Trump of unlawfully transmitting national defense information to the press a decade ago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump DOJ charges James Comey for a third time as political retaliation claims mountComey has denied wrongdoing in the cases against him and said Monday, “I’m still innocent.”

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

"Whatever dark power Trump has that has enabled him to become president twice while being quite literally one of the most morally despicable human beings on Earth, it’s not easily duplicated by your average Republican candidate for Senate, House, or governor." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

publicnotice.coVivek Ramaswamy discovers that voters have their limitsAsking “What would Trump do?” is a bad way to make campaign strategy.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Ohio’s biggest newspaper broke its own rules to endorse Amy Acton, calling Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad disqualifying. “Using childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it crosses a line Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.” thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-...

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Lakota Man 🪶
@lakotaman.bsky.social

My friends, can you please offer prayers and send some good energy to the Navajo Nation Reservation and surrounding communities. Pilamaya — thank you 🙏🏾 🪶✨

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Another stunning defeat for a Trump-aligned right-wing leader in Europe. Serbian students voted out their authoritarian leadership after months of protests against corruption, taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box and turning people power into political power.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNg2Uea6uUs

youtube.comHow to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
Meidas Steph 🦋 - We are living in the dumbest time!
@stepho10.bsky.social

Hmm… Why is #Abbott afraid of voters? If he had something to offer his constituents, wouldn’t he encourage MORE options to vote? 🧐

Federalist No. 69? 🇺🇸 🇳🇱@mexi-dutch.bsky.social

Historical note: Governor Wheelie ♿️ ordered that each Texas county only have ONE absentee/mail-in ballot drop box…resulting in closures of multiple sites in big counties like Harris County. www.newsweek.com/texas-suprem...

newsweek.comTexas Supreme Court Lets GOP Governor Remove County Mail-in Ballot BoxesThe court rules that the restriction wouldn't burden those living in geographically large cities with large populations.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández credited our reporting as the catalyst for the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act. We revealed that 500+ U.S. citizens have been detained in warrantless arrests since Trump returned to office.

propublica.orgCiting ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful DetentionsWe recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the…

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

nytimes.comNew Rules in North Carolina Threaten Thousands of Mail BallotsCounty election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

“There is no office that is worth stooping that low” — Obama portrays Vivek Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad as an affront to basic decency

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Clara Jeffery
@clarajeffery.bsky.social

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Donna Arthur — aka Amy Acton’s estranged mother, and the person whose testimony Vivek Ramaswamy devoutly trusts — has been living with her cats, in a car, in a church parking lot, having declined housing assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

nytimes.comHow Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans (Gift Article)The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

I don’t think the Islamophobic attacks and disinformation are having the effect Mike Rogers and Republicans thought it would. 📌 Michiganders lining up for the Abdul El-Sayed and Barack Obama rally. #BlueWaveIn10Days

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John Collins
@logicallyjc.bsky.social

Womp womp.

Morgan J Freeman@mjfree.bsky.social

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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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

The allegations in the Jared story have a known true core, which was exposed in the (failed) Tom Barrack prosecution none of you know about. The prosecution was a referral from Mueller, but Barr tried to sabotage it, as he did all other referrals in summer 2019. emptywheel.net/2026/10/23/j...

emptywheel.netJared's Account - emptywheelSome of the claims in an excerpt about Jared Kushner's scandalous relationship with the Saudis, Emirates, and Israel may be unsubstantiated. But there is a real scandalous relationship that may come t...

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration’s campaign to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls suffered its 27th consecutive district court loss Friday, this time at the hands of a judge appointed by President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump-appointed judge delivers DOJ its 27th straight loss in voter roll crusadeBarlow, whom Trump nominated to the federal bench in 2019, ruled that Utah’s statewide voter registration list falls outside the scope of Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 — the law DOJ has re...

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Adam Keiper
@adamkeiper.com

NEW: GOP operative Scott Presler built his reputation registering Republicans and accusing Dems of voter fraud. But a review by The Bulwark found GOP operatives from other states voting from his home—and evidence raising questions about their residency. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-operat...

thebulwark.comTop GOP Operative Let Out-of-State Voters Vote From His PA HomeLegal experts say Scott Presler’s houseguests could run afoul of election law.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Steven Beschloss
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

Reporters need to stop tolerating this abuse from this man.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

Two weeks until midterms and the closing arguments are in. Ramaswamy exploited his opponent’s trauma in an ad Trump praised. Big names hit the trail for Democrats. And in a gross display of groveling, Witkoff called Putin a humanitarian hours before Russia bombed Kyiv. Let's unpack it all.

thinkbigpicture.substack.comControversies roil midterm campaigns. Democrats send in the big guns. Trump boosts Putin’s standing.