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Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy was warned by Republicans about the now-infamous Amy Acton mother ad. Asawin Suebsaeng and I dug into the back story of the ad for @zeteo_news and it's worse than you thought. /

This is a significant story about a highly credible victim who allegedly was raped by Donald Trump. Where is the legacy media? The expanding evidence of his raping not as interesting as Hillary’s emails? www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...

From Britain to Asia, the Trump rape story is headline news, but not at either the NY Times or the Washington Post

🆘 Ms Rachel: “Moms - #ICE broke the wrist of a 20-year-old student who has special needs on his way to school. They had the wrong person. He’s a US citizen, not that it would be okay if he wasn’t a US citizen. They left him on the side of the road with no medical care..

ICE Remember this

Adults voting on whether a subset of children get to be treated like human beings, what a cool fucking system we've got here.

691 words about Cheesecake. 434 words about rape.

"The idea that unwanted #fiction should be removed simply because somebody finds it objectionable is precisely the attitude that makes an #archive necessary in the first place." www.michigandaily.com/arts/digital...

"So, in Alaska, if Peltola wins, her victory is inherently suspect and must be investigated. And in Minnesota, if Flanagan bests Tafoya, her victory is inherently suspect b/c Trump has declared that Tafoya can’t lose, period, unless Dems cheat. This is the long, stupid shadow of the 2020 election."

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."

The fact that Trump decided NOT to livestream an execution does not mean that the Supreme Court would have done anything to stop him

There's no pretense left. J. K. Rowling made her hate for trans women clear in a slur-filled screed slurring them a dozen times and describing them as deceitful and dangerous. So writes @evanurquhart.bsky.social this morning on Assigned Media. *WARNING: Article quotes Rowling's hateful language.*

Today I wrote about Abdul El Sayed's encounter with a Christian fascist named "Tommy," and the fine art of digging up the shameful things fascists bury under their accusations, exposing them for what they are, and then burying their lies in the hole left behind. www.the-reframe.com/taking-our-c...

Oh no 😭 One of the last members of the USS Enterprise has left. RIP Walter Marvin Koenig (1936-2026) Star Trek, Babylon 5, Moontrap, The Starlost, The Questor Tapes, Futurama... What a career in sci-fi. I will miss Pavel Chekov. Again 😞

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.

Yes well it does require things like “empathy” and possessing a basic understanding that all of our lives are interconnected

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.

this is another 'never listened to people to your left' moment the 'average trans person' is overwhelmingly against "moderation" from frontline dems on trans rights—not because they're against compromise, but they don't think it'll work & are worried it'll take us down a uk labour path

imagine if a democratic candidate anywhere said something like this about a jewish candidate, would be a ten-alarm fire in every media outlet for days. but the literal president promoting this sort of insane bigotry against a muslim won't even merit a story

CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Something I wish more people would realize.

In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...

“How long can we tolerate Elon Musk deciding our elections and foreign policy? How critical is it that investigations immediately begin if and when the Democrats take back power? Should Starlink and SpaceX be nationalized to minimize Musk’s power?” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.

People don't remember that gay marriage was really polarizing, not only politically but even in the LGBTQ community. The people backing the court cases were considered by many in the community to be mavericks drawing negative attention and wasting goodwill on a losing issue.

🚨🚨🚨 Getting reports of ICE at the polls in Harlem, where folks are lined up for early voting 🚨🚨🚨 Please share widely and stay safe!!!

Everyone should go see Wildwood. It's great.

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

Reporters need to stop tolerating this abuse from this man.

I went to my local rural California library yesterday to get a card. It's open noon to 4, Tuesday and Thursday. Working people can't make those hours. Luckily we have access to Libby. Funding for small rural county libraries would be amazing!

The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

Wishful thinking. We are not seeing a rejection of this type of sadism from his followers. They still love this stuff. What we're seeing is a rejection of the economic havoc that Trump's grift and incompetence are bringing to their lives. If the economy were up? They would still love this.

Still waiting for a legacy journalist to slap back and say they’re not going to take any more abuse from this sick and disgusting man.