Ready for the test run, folks.
Since we were called demons, witches, and evil, how about conjuring some spells right now.
For Democracy's sake.
Texas, USA
Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
“Brazil probes foreign financing, including group [the Rockbridge Network] linked to Vance,” Peter Thiel, and Chris Buskirk 10/27/26 … 1/ share.google/AYBFyqwGiylo...
Breaking news: A grand jury rejected the DOJ’s attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for the account she gave lawmakers of President Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter.
He's on the run y'all, missed his deadline to turn in his passport, whereabouts unknown ( my side note: He's headed to the US via Argentina)
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“Flávio Bolsonaro left for the USA. Plane in flight *** Information was confirmed by people close to the family. Flávio's last message was sent to Rogério Marinho, at 8am this Tuesday” 10/27/26
Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin. ft.trib.al/9g7wnme
My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today.
Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
People need to be ready to get in the streets. The Iran issue is much too convenient for Netanyahu & Trump. Coordinated releasing of "secret intelligence reports" of specific attacks against them, their people & the upcoming elections they are both likely to lose is the tell. Prepare.
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4zegOaY
JUST IN: 9th Circuit will hear arguments remotely at 1PM PT tomorrow (Sunday) on the Trump DOJ bid to segregate ballots from 20K suspected foreigners registered in CA. Judges Bennett (Trump), Bumatay (Trump), Sanchez (Biden)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
UPDATE: So far, 9th Circuit argument is going poorly for Trump admin. Caveat that we are only about 20 minutes in, but Trump appointee Bennett and Biden appointee Sanchez sound highly dubious of timing and substance of DOJ's demand for appeals court action.
as a gay dad and pacifist by nature I don’t know how I woulda handled this. but as a 6’2”, fit New Yorker I’m fine giving Nazis the business when duty calls
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dr. oz is a one man hurricane, running through services for the elderly and poor - barring providers of things like walkers, canes, other assistive devices.
he is the fraud. i need a huge call for his removal.
he is an agent of Turkiye.
i dont want him in charge of fucking anything
full stop
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...
eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar bought Musk documentary distributor Bleeker Street and now Alex Gibney's Musk film has been pulled from 472 screens coast to coast.
Omidyar also owns Passionflix, a far-right Christian streaming service run by - wait for it - Tosca Musk, sister to the Ketamine cowboy
Many of the richest man’s so-called “visionary ideas” came from a specific series of books by socialist sci-fi author Iain M Banks.
Neuralink, human-AI societies, “universal high income”… all fanfic.
And surprise: Elon’s modeling himself on the bad guy.
www.mind-war.com/p/elons-endg...
I maintain that belief in conservative principles is no longer what unifies the Republican Party but instead they all either have dirt on one another of some kind, everyone now in the party is either corrupted or corruptible.
Trump: "Russia could've done a lot more to help Iran. Russia has done very little for Iran. China could've done a lot more for Iran. And I remember that."
The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers
www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
Bypass link: archive.is/GHbWE
The New Subterranean Front
As drones fill the skies over the war zone, the fighting in Ukraine has moved into a network of gas pipelines deep belowground.
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are more contentious.
The former Republican rep from CA 27 (LA County) once mentioned that what really helped him win a race in LA County were efforts to contest ballots. That's also one reason CA takes so long to count. Ballots can be rejected and also cured.
The interference is underway.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.
The Man in the Middle of Trump’s Deeply Conflicted Ukraine Policy
CIA Director John Ratcliffe leads an agency that’s at war with Russia, even as Trump makes nice with Putin.
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