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A tale of two completely different ways to position facts. The Guardian continues to report on America as American media companies also should.

Same morning’s headlines: NYT talked about Anthropic’s (Claude) IPO The Guardian says Anthropic accessed Georgia’s voter data

Okay so red states are in play ONLY when a malignant narcissist who tanks the global economy - and with it Repub states and districts - and not, say, when people are killed on the street, deported, politically prosecuted, threatened for voting, and democracy stripped? But it’s about YOUR WALLET?

Your ticket to Game 1 of the World Series is also a Violent Femmes concert ticket. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

The hometown radio call of the Brewers winning the NL Pennant is ELECTRIC ‼️

SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports:

Absolutely 👇 This.......

NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...

Where are the national news stories on this shocking rape of a candidate? Why wasn't it in my News feed? It's an outrage. Has all the indications of a lying in wait attack, possibility she was followed, more than just potentially a violent political attack. The very definition of a fascist assault.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: In my lawsuit, the FBI has admitted to having NINE Epstein files redaction training videos. TWO of them instructed agents to flag files with Trump’s name for supervisory review. I will cover at NOON PT here: youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

WHO: Global cholera deaths rose by 30% ⬆️ in 2025 The 7,870 cholera deaths reported in 2025 represent the most since 1999. Read more: https://bit.ly/4z5jrLB 📷: Oxfam East Africa/Flickr cc

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

The loons are making their way back south again. A real sign that fall is here.

Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...

🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It’s not your imagination, groceries ARE much more expensive 😡👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Attorneys for Rep Joyce Beatty (D-OH) alert the judge that Team Trump appears to be considering demolishing Kennedy Center New filing this morning ====>

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full investigation by @josephcox.bsky.social and @wired.com’s @dmehro.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol...

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

House Oversight Committee Democrats are launching a probe after reports that a Russian oligarch bankrolled wedding of Donald Trump Jr They've demanded all "communications between the White House & Donald Trump, Jr., concerning Umar Kremlev, including any warnings or briefings"

Morning Kitten

Yuuuuup…

This peacock fanned his full plumage for the woman who fed him, a display experts link to trust and positive excitement, not just gratitude. India's national bird since 1963.

Armadillo + apple = cuteness overload #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

Debate between candidates for Wisconsin governor scheduled for Oct. 21 via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/debat...

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

Snow leopard on a trail camera: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

Morning Kittens and Friends

“Please stay on the line and your call will be answered shortly…” IG: Jelly-Cat & Phoenix Knoxville, Tennessee

Though many of us have our own teams we support, we're all still just baseball fans: #AGoodPlace #mlb #phillies #twins Source: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Friendship by Jean-Bernard Germe

Can you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

Tiny frogs resting in dahlia flowers: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

There are priorities, and then there are *PRIORITIES*. This current regime is actively destroying our own country AND much of the rest of the world. We need to fix that first. We can't do anything for anyone else if we are this broken.

Could you imagine if we all took care of each other in such altruistic ways. At the end of the day, aren’t we all just walking each other home? IG: @ humankind @ johnandrewdurham

SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.

David Crowley says he and Francesca Hong will campaign together as part of a "unity tour"

This is why I need a glass table! #Cat #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday #LifuX

Bambi and Thumper, the adult years 💕 TT: @medy_evans Port Angeles, Washington

This is collective and durable systemic trauma inflicted on not just the U.S. populace (although especially on the U.S. populace) but the world. The stress of the cruelty and lawlessness and slow march of both relief and restitution is just staggering. History says they will not get away with this.

In our effed up world, here is my field of sunflowers to bring a little bit of beauty to your day.