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When Donald Trump launched his campaign, he was caught hiring paid actors to pad the audience. (I also happened to be the one that busted him doing so). www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

A single billionaire megadonor is propping up the Republican effort to stop Dems from flipping Pennsylvania’s Senate and gaining full control of government—to a much greater degree than Elon Musk is doing it at the federal level

JD Vance tries to say Kansas but it comes out "Sexus"

House Democrats have released a 50-page report on the Epstein files cover-up—and it reveals a new rape allegation against Donald Trump. trib.al/DhClVZw

Republicans, they're not like us.

Having failed to convict him yet, Trump prosecutors file criminal charges against Comey for the third time in 13 months, this time for a 10-year-old alleged leak that was already investigated without leading to prosecution. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

elon musk, who is spending nearly half a billion to buy the election for donald trump and republicans, is running ads attacking mary peltola for being a puppet of "liberal billionaires" *blink blink*

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."

New leaked audio: Flock’s CEO tells a private conference of police chiefs he believes the opposition to his company isn’t real, full of paid protesters/bots. Says company is at “the bottom” but is waiting out criticism www.404media.co/in-leaked-au...

Brazil reminded the world that when people stand in solidarity with one another, we can beat fascism & authoritarianism anywhere. Congrats to President Lula & the Brazilian people on this monumental victory. The Trump Administration must respect the results & Brazilian autonomy.

Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic.com! (Reposted to update link card) newrepublic.com/article/2168...

New from me: The US has faced a higher cost than any other country from the global Hormuz oil shock, with the crisis adding $160 billion to its fuel bill — or $471 per person on average — despite being the world’s largest oil producer.

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Breaking News: A Manhattan judge ruled that Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor, was unlawfully fired last year by the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4swdPby

Hey Yglesias: the 1930s called and have some painful lessons for all you low-empathy isolationists - (aka Republicans) - and those who pretend to be Dems.

People saying Trump has no health care plan are wrong. This is it 👇🏽

🚨🚨🚨New RAPE Accusation Against Donald Trump Former beauty pageant contestant Beatrice Keul previously said Trump tried to force himself on her but she rebuffed him. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beatrice-keul-donald-trump-rape-allegation_n_6adb428ce4b04787f03a7bdc

I am calling on Donald Trump to send the requested funds to provide immediate relief for the communities that have been impacted by the flooding this week. New Mexicans have faced the loss of their homes, ancestral land, and communities.

There's nuance here about "how do we use platforms owned by the fascists". You *have to understand the political purpose of the platforms* in order to use them to subvert authoritarians. For the most part, Americans simply do not. Centrists (including DNC consultants) do not. Major media does not.

Roughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT

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.

Elon Musk is dumping half a billion dollars into Republican races. Why? Because Democrats in Congress won’t be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump and will actually fight to lower costs.

Life was already hard enough before Donald Trump lied us into war, before his tariffs made everything more expensive, and before he doubled your health insurance premiums and slashed Medicaid.

It’s amazing that MAGA labels every election result is doesn’t like as “stolen” or an example of “fraud “, but when Putin “wins” almost 90% of the vote in his crooked elections, they don’t make a peep.

Jesse Ventura to Piker: "Here's what pisses me off -- I did 2 tours, 17 months. So did my brother. Southeast Asia. That was at the same time Donald Trump was running and hiding like the coward he is. Why didn't he join us in the Vietnam War? I've heard him talk. He said he should be a general!"

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

BREAKING: A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it fired Maurene Comey from her job as a federal prosecutor last year — sharply curbing the administration’s attempt to advance a “sweeping theory” of executive power.

Brazil just reminded the world that fascists can be defeated at the ballot box. Our turn comes November 3. Let’s make it fucking hurt.

Stunning Lula victory in Brazil is another sign of how easily we all let ourselves get psy-op-ed by the right's expressions of confidence into, you know, believing them. We really have to get over that habit!

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

🚨 BREAKING: Lula is projected to WIN reelection as president of Brazil, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of Donald Trump. The projection comes just ONE DAY after Reuters exposed a Trump administration effort to help return the Bolsonaro family to power.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

Brazil's Lula wins presidential election in runoff vote www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/b...

Trump: "I did record numbers with Hispanics so I think thinkinkinmigk"

Trump: "The Hispanic population voted for us in numbers never seen before, and they're still there" (Who wants to tell him?)

Across France, Spain, India, Belgium, and other parts of the world, young people are taking to the streets, giving voice to a growing international revolt against destruction of public education, collapse of social protections, erosion of democratic rights, and the cruel politics of austerity.

Elon Musk singlehandedly makes the case for a billionaire's tax. Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in American history. Musk poured at least $446mn of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, designed to insure continued Republican control of Congress.

Trump: "Collins could call me anytime he wants. 'You gotta help the farmers!' ... there's a big difference between that and Pee Wee Herman calling. 'Tell him I'm not in!' 'But he needs money for Georgia.' 'I don't give a damn what he wants!' Probably I shouldn't say that."

"The MAGA intellectuals—and yes, there are some—imagine that they are keeping the United States from decline by supporting Trump....But it is Trump’s record-shattering corruption that is rushing us toward Third World status."

Just some pub cats living their best lives. 📍 Dark Horse Pub (Croydon, UK)

Elon is losing his mind. 🍿

I'm blocking @mary1kathy.bsky.social and adding the account to my blocklists. Life is too short and the times are too serious to fuck around with disinformation and "A.i." bullshit. For accountability, here's the screenshot of the video they posted.

The use of the word "launched" is wrong. This campaign has been running for seven years at least. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Zelensky has become more fluent in English in four years than melania in 30 years.