Steve Holcombe

Oklahomans! Go to the OKVoterPortal now and pull down a sample ballot. Do your research. There's A LOT on the Nov. 3rd ballot. Mark it up and take it with you to the poll when you vote. share.google/1MUB2N9fcjsK...

The implications vis-a-vis Trump's claimed Article II authority are huge. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

"Wonder [perfected] the simple message at the album’s heart—that to express love for America requires not only celebrating it with fireworks and flags but also acknowledging its missteps and failings." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

"Democrats in the midterms are finally backing Medicare for All as a campaign issue amid a rising tide of US support." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Well, this will certainly be news to the Aldi’s frosted mini wheats I’m having for dinner.

I asked my cats if they will disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. Their answer was disturbing.

"The priest ... made clear he believes that history is approaching another turning point, and that the Communist regime will soon be gone. “The Church will play a big role in the transition .... We are the biggest institution in Cuba outside the government.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Trump told Americans to vote as if he is on the ballot...

BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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."

If intelligence were the reason that billionaires become billionaires, then Einstein would have been a billionaire. Billionaires are billionaires because of luck or corruption, or both. And what's worse is that billionaires almost always believe that they "deserve it."

"The AI model managed to bypass a paywall to reach data that is publicly available but is typically accessible only after paying a fee. Claude accessed aggregate vote counts as part of a statistics project at Anthropic ...." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“They essentially made the cardinal sin of forgetting that pendulums reliably do one thing — and it swings back most of the time,” Teboe said. “They’ve got a very rough couple years ahead.” www.rawstory.com/trump-silico...

NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who spared a thought for my country today, who amplified information about the coup d’état attempt, and worried about Brazil’s democratic future—the world’s democratic future. We won! Women won! The Amazon won! Young people won! Democracy won! Hope won!

BREAKING: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is projected to win re-election, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro. The victory would give the 80-year-old Lula a historic fourth, nonconsecutive term as president of Brazil.

Consider that DOJ federal monitors at Oklahoma voting locations are "political actors." That being the case, they may not stand or position themselves within 300 feet of every Oklahoma polling location. Ban them like they are political yard signs. oklahomavoice.com/2026/10/23/f...

Marc Elias has HAD. IT.

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An absolutely uplifting, selfless, heroic action inspired by the Qu'ran 👏🤲 👇 Verse from Qu’ran inspired US man to leap on runaway school bus and halt it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I'm attending Oklahoma Democratic Party's event, “CD1 Canvass - October 24th” - sign up now to join me! #TheFightContinues www.mobilize.us/okdemocrats/...

Translation: Trump stirred up a hornets' nest and the hornets are about to do what angry hornets do. www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-...

Even assuming this to be a half truth, what is Hegseth doing here? He's projecting the authority of the U.S. military into domestic investigations, and overstepping the provence of traditional law enforcement agencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"The stereotype of a [prehistoric] European man ... always features a light complexion. But according to a [2014] analysis of DNA extracted from a 7,000-year-old tooth recovered from a cave in Spain, fair skin might not have been the norm for Europeans ...." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/e...

The word "disgusting" is being worn out by Trump and his minions. 👇 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Oklahoma ranked No. 17 in education in Education Week’s 2011 report and has since fallen to No. 49 in its most recent report, 2021. oklahomawatch.org/2026/09/29/d...

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations

These three countries are very soon holding elections consequential to the futures of billions of people (including you and me): Brazil (Sunday, Oct. 25th) Isreal (Tuesday, Oct. 27th) USA (Tuesday, Nov. 3rd)

"[W]hen a voter is having difficulty [but] they’ve already printed a ballot that doesn’t reflect their intended selections, “they should notify a poll worker rather than cast it so the jurisdiction can follow its procedures for replacing the ballot.” apnews.com/article/vote...

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Come on. This is completely insane. The John Roberts Supreme Court paved the way for oligarchs to try to destroy democracy. Obscene.

Explosive report claims Kushner’s hacked phone showed transfers to warlord and hitman www.rawstory.com/jared-kushne...

This will go away after November 3rd. Trump is floating a trial balloon to see if it moves the needle in the polls. 👇 Excerpt: Trump told reporters ​that he did not know the specifics of the investigation, but said: “I want my people to be honest.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Trump Administration - in the name of the United States of America - is suppressing democracy and stealing resources at the expense of Venezuela's people. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Kash Patel is nothing if not obliviously ironic. 👇 “No one is above the law”, [Kash Patel] said, “and this FBI will continue to follow the facts with our Justice Department and ensure those responsible for criminal conduct are held accountable.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...