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Volunteers in towns and cities across the country are getting ready to act if federal immigration agents show up at the polls on Election Day—which they see an existential threat to American democracy.

691 words about Cheesecake. 434 words about rape.

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" 1/ www.wired.com/story/massiv...

Much easier for the media to lock in on faux Cheesecake Factory outrage than a House Dem report indicating Todd Blanche basically told Ghislaine Maxwell "stop talking" when she was about to discuss a girl that could more closely tie Trump to Epstein

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.

Who do I give to to get this in front of as many Michigan voters as possible?

And now back to my full time job, texting the word "stop" to every living Democrat.

This is what putting South Carolina first looks like. I’m honored to have the support of two former governors — Republican David Beasley and Democrat Jim Hodges. We may not agree on everything, but we share a belief that matters most: S.C. deserves leaders who will always put its people first.

NEW — Former South Carolina Govs. David Beasley (R) and Jim Hodges (D) jointly endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews over Republican Sen. Darline Graham in the state’s Senate race.

uhhhh

OMG Mike Lawler is copying Trump.

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!

The next 10 days will be monumental, with elections in Serbia, Brazil, Israel and the US. This one was a victory for democracy.

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The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

BREAKING: Lula calls for arrests of Mayors, who shut off bus service on election day in key Brazilian strongholds. Voting has been extended two hours till 7 PM paydayreport.com/breaking-lul...

"In the months after their meeting, Trump launched federal crackdowns on Democratic-leaning cities using tactics eerily reminiscent of those Bukele (El Salvador) pioneered to build his police state – a central feature of what commentators have called a “rolling coup”. #TrumpRegime #Pinks

Trump’s policies are killing people RFK Jr’s policies are killing people. Republican policies are killing people Billionaire’s money in politics is killing people Stop voting for these people They don’t care about you. They want you ill-educated, weak, scared or dead, it’s a benefit to them.

The most productive things you personally can do right now is: (1) turn in your damn mail ballot (2) bother your friends and relatives to turn in their damn mail ballots (3) phone bank calling swing state Dems with outstanding mail ballots and telling them to turn in their damn mail ballot

This man was dead weight, hanging high above the ground after touching a high-voltage line. His coworker climbed up, held him in place, gave him mouth-to-mouth. Randall Champion survived—and lived another 35 years. Rocco Morabito’s photo, “The Kiss of Life,” won the Pulitzer Prize. True heroism.

“.. Video footage, Sheriff Greene said, clearly showed a woman being punched in the face. ‘I know what people saw, and if I saw that video, too, I’d be like, ‘My God, why didn’t the police do anything?’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

📍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄, 𝐍𝐂: ICE agents pointed a gun at U.S. citizen Atilio Portillo, smashed his truck windows and handcuffed him and his U.S.-citizen nephew for nearly 30 minutes. Both were released, but his brother was detained. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

good pic from the "heredity" page

They made these robot dogs. And Boston Dynamics employers are demanding the company stop its delivery of the weaponized robots to ICE. “We cannot be proud of working at BD when that work is being used by a government agency that brutalizes civilians.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/23/b...

THIS SHOULD BE GETTING MORE ATTENTION Wedgewood Polls admitted that the vast majority of its election polls were based on fabricated data. And these major news orgs fell for it: The New York Times, POLITICO, Newsweek, MS NOW, The Hill, The Daily Beast & Breitbart.

Trump and Musk are just stringing Ukraine along and letting Russia attack it with impunity. And the American press is foolishly falling for blue smoke and mirrors, arguing whether Musk or Trump are responsible. Hint, they both are!

Rubio on Cuba

Promoted Wednesday. Caught throwing a drink at an NBA fan. Forced to resign Thursday. Britt McHenry’s Trump-world career lasted 24 hours longer than her judgment. pagesix.com/2026/10/23/s...

"A review of voter registration records shows that GOP operatives from states across the country used Presler’s home address to cast ballots in Pennsylvania during the 2024 election." Hmm, maybe the election-integrity folks should look into this.

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

Homeland Security agents "have reportedly fanned out across the country to go to people’s homes to ask about their immigration status, voter registration, and past voting. This isn’t ICE at the polls on Election Day. It’s DHS on doorsteps now."

There's a scenario in which the Supreme Court gets this case in December and three justices involved in Bush v. Gore on behalf of Bush will be asked whether confusion is grounds to reject election results.

they're trying to steal the government from us and enslave us

kushner accessing at least $2 billion in foreign slush funds in exhange for US favors. musk spending over half a billion in the midterms and restricting starshield in ukraine. trump’s sons getting $3.2 billion in government contracts and loans. it’s never been more clear it’s the many vs the few

“The communications backbone for an entire country’s military has gone down and nobody knows who is responsible” Yeah we’re gonna need to send people to prison and start nationalizing things.

ffs

This election is putting into sharp relief how the entire GOP strategy is about ensuring as many people as possible can’t vote. At its most basic level, democracy is about voting. Support the party that supports voting. That’s the table stakes of democracy.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Allowing one unelected man to have control over crucial aspects of the US military, allied militaries, the US space program, and so many other aspects of human life is absolutely insane. We were stupid to allow this to happen and it must be fixed ASAP.

This guy needs to go to jail. He needs to be questioned, under oath, then indicted, then tried, then jailed.

Jared Kushner has been accused of holding two secret bank accounts in the Middle East that were exposed by Russian operatives who hacked his phone.

seeing Elon go on a multi-day crashout about Talarico has really highlighted how psychologically devastating it would be to Republicans if they lost Texas. So much of their self-identity is tied to repping Texas as the anti-California and would be shattered if the state even tipped blue.

Seizing Elon Musk's assets and trying him for treason would not be the first time in history when enemies of America from among the wealthy saw their fortunes confiscated.

He isn’t the only one, Butler, Pennsylvania comes to mind….

Some Republicans appear more interested in attacking Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella Parton, than addressing the voting concerns she raised. Stella and other Tennessee voters say they had to correct their selections before casting their ballots.