Tammy Rainey

Do not doubt the willingness of a minority population to try and excise a gangrenous growth of bigots in the Democratic Party in order to save the organization as a whole. If you wish to prevent an amputation, your best bet is to help the antibiotics and prevent the infection from setting in.

❗️❗️Bloomberg reported that the estimated gross value of Russia’s seaborne crude oil exports reached $2.76 billion in the week ending October 25, 2026—the highest weekly total since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That figure rose by roughly $430 million from the prior week.

🔥GEORGIA — NEW SEN. @ossoff.bsky.social AD: “Corruption is why nothing works for ordinary people… but a wave 🌊 is building. The kind of wave that comes once in a generation when the people have been pushed too far.” 🇺🇸

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

TN Gov Nominee: I'll Veto "Anti-Gay Hate-Filled" Bills...

Today in Mississippi, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom showed up to meet and talk with Trump supporters who were in line for the president's rally with incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Read more about the race: www.mississippifreepress.org/meet-the-can...

A thing I think about a lot is how whenever Trump is accused of rape (as he often is), his defense is always some form of “She’s not my type,” admitting that there’s a type he’d definitely rape.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Well how's he supposed to fill a venue in a Democratic stronghold like.... [checks notes]... Mississippi

How is People’s magazine doing better coverage than most legacy media? people.com/former-miss-...

Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social: it's easier in our current system for a billionaire to make a second billion than it is for the average worker to make their first $100,000. And I would rather live in an America where it's harder to make a second billion than it is to make your first $100,000.

The right can't seem to see the distance between "I just see trans people as people" and "I will force everyone to become trans whether they want to or not, so help me God"

Republicans being even more Islamophobic than they were after 9/11 while the Republican president is literally in business with Saudi Arabia really is the worst of all possible worlds.

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

Yes, yes, the renewed accusations that the president is a serial rapist and was an active participant in Epstein's pedophilia and sex trafficking would seem alarming, but it doesn't involve the Cheesecake Factory so ...

Roger Marshall says Adam Hamilton will let "radical Islums" into the country

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

DOJ Offers $1M Grant To Study "Violent" Trans People...

Lula's victory in Brazil means a lot to a ton of people in the country, including transgender people. So when Lula won, it was a major moment of celebration when he turned to kiss a popular transgender lawmaker on the cheek. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Corporate profits are at record highs — but revenue from corporate taxes has plummeted thanks to the tax cuts in Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. Meanwhile, workers’ wages are stagnant and their share of the nation’s income is at a record low. Trickle-down economics was always a hoax.

me: mom, what was I like as a little girl? my mom (completely fucking braindead): hey alexa describe a human kid or something

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're the same people who claim the Overton Window doesn't exist.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

FEMA as in FEDERAL emergency management agency. @sarahsloat.bsky.social for us "Trump has approved 23% of requests from Democratic-leaning states, compared to 89% from Republican-leaning states."

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

Steve Voguit, the co-owner of a local i9 Sports franchise that removed a 3-year-old Black child from the youth soccer league after parents called police and complained he was too good, follows several MAGA accounts on Instagram.

This could be the best chance to take out Stephen Miller since SPLC reported on his emails.

"Lula’s Incredible Comeback Shows How Democrats Can Win in 2028" The Brazilian leftist's big win is a blueprint for taking on the far-right, and shows up Democrats in the U.S. who appear ready to botch the next presidential election in two years, writes @alonso-gd.bsky.social for Zeteo:

EXCLUSIVE: GOP candidates could have stopped Wall Street from driving up gas prices with speculative trading. Instead, some of them said they KNEW the oil markets had been compromised ... but did nothing about it. Here are the details...

They literally note internal and external warnings of "existential risks to humanity."

The Democrats’ focus on affordability seems to be a winning strategy. But we mustn’t lose sight of the moral squalor at the core of the Trump regime and the necessity of ending it. My latest for The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/trump-moral-squalor

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

...& for clarification: 1) I'm not telling anyone how to vote, you can make your own choices, 2) I address all common questions/dissents in this essay/thread. in short, trans-exclusionary Dems will proliferate unless we draw the line somewhere. this is where I'm drawing it. bsky.app/profile/juli...

A story of the trans community's resilience and expanding cultural relevance, even as our lives are threatened by the fascist political movement that made us enemy #1. Don't miss this, from @c-cauterucci.bsky.social, on @slate.com slate.com/life/2026/10...

AIPAC's super PAC funded attack ads through groups with progressive-sounding names. Here are a few of them: 👩 Elect Chicago Women ⚖️ Pro-Choice Majority Action 🗳️ Elect Democratic Women None of the ads disclosed AIPAC’s role.

"[NYT]—and all of the media—could have investigated Lindsey Graham’s denials decades ago. It’s clear to me that Washington reporters, like the rest of us, had heard the stories for many years. Yet they thought it was an “invasion of privacy” to go there, even as he was harming the community"

The undeniable outlines of this are far worse than any society of adults should tolerate.

10 years ago today, Trump’s DC hotel opened. It taught him people will pay a sitting president, and there will be no repercussions. Want to understand the second term’s corruption? Start with the hotel:

"If Christian nationalists are allowed to define America as a Christian country in which Muslims are viewed as alien outsiders, it won’t be long until Jews, Catholics, atheists, and anyone expressing political dissent will also be labeled as alien outsiders."