Democracy and trains

Following an absolute farcical trial that makes a mockery of the rule of law, an Egyptian court has fined Lina Attalah LE 3 million and ordered the closure of Mada Masr, Egypt's leading independent media outlet, relied on by the world's diplomats, researchers, and scholars.

Something that stood out to me when speaking to young Black women in Greensboro who went to vote: They are fully aware of what their ancestors and grandparents did to win them the right to vote and they don't take that for granted. #NCPol #NCSen thepoliticalspectrum.substack.com/p/theyre-att...

Naguih Mahfouz's (who, it should be mentioned, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988) Karnak Cafe available for borrowing

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

Jon Ossoff’s closing argument went in for the kill.

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#OnThisDay in 1911, Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in New Orleans. In 1950, she became the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall. She became a voice for the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring MLK and others. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/26/1...

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

Nothing about this currently on the homepage of the NYT; a brief article appears elsewhere. The Washington Post hasn't run anything at all. bsky.app/profile/mari...

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

my god the 5th circuit is just full of shitty monsters veritenews.org/2026/10/23/i...

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.

yup.

AMEN

exchange between a right wing Brazilian congressman and a left wing congressman is pretty brutal for the former

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

The soaring costs of public universities is a political decision. When these schools predominantly served white students, they tended to be free (UC, CCNY, etc.) But as the number of students of color has increased, funding for the public universities has decreased. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/b...

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

Early voting is closed today but reopens first thing Monday morning. Tuesday is the last day to vote early in Louisiana. Don't wait until the last minute. Get her done Monday. jamieforlouisiana.com www.laurenjewett.com

As a note, this is why Black people should have no problem siding with trans people because we don’t have to imagine this and solidarity is imperative.

AND SNAP cuts will get worse as state govts are forced to cover SNAP starting Oct 2027 and thus more ppl will be forced out of the rolls stressing the entire public system in the wake of likely state budget cuts from losing the SNAP funding

State Rep. Stephanie Hilferty has raised more than $137,000 from energy and water utilities, and their executives, in a race to join a commission that could shape electricity bills for decades. https://ow.ly/mT7F50ZZyGJ

SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

The landlords and the broker are gonna be Trump‘s personal guests at the next state of the union

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

Even the Democratic establishment is on board for serious Supreme Court reform; the days of "Maybe someday, but not now" need to be put behind us. My latest at MS NOW: www.ms.now/opinion/supr...

A new analysis finds that even as the city’s K-12 enrollment continues to shrink, the city’s West Bank is the one area that can’t afford to lose a single school. https://ow.ly/WUAT50ZZx1g

"A large body of research shows how ... eviction is associated with worsened health outcomes. Previous studies have shown that right to counsel is associated with improving health along a variety of lines, including a reduction in adverse birth outcomes for babies of Medicaid-insured parents."

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

Venture Global to build new power plants at its LNG terminals, aiming to bring more AI data centers to LA bit.ly/4iDZCpq

The other reason why popularism is the Democratic Way is that most American left elites are actually libertarians or moderate conservatives. They don't want large welfare spending, restrictions on police misconduct, high taxes on corporate robber barons, or free healthcare and college....

But when I said it!?! www.wwltv.com/article/news...

Krewe du Vieux, explain yourselves.

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The important thing about the growing "Republicans are losing" headlines and polls is that it sets expectations for this to be so, which measurably impacts the regime's ability to sway folks susceptible to their lies about the election.

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

Gloves off. blog.ucs.org/paul-arbaje/...

@musicculture504.bsky.social calls for a stewardship—rather than enforcement—approach to the French Quarter. antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...