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WATCH: A defense contractor CEO and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians and got over $40 million a year in government funding. He told the FBI that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

Evidence "shows that Trump lied about kicking Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club," according to a new report from the House Judiciary Dem staff. The report also reveals for the first time Beatrice Keul's account of allegedly having been raped by Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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.

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...

In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.

Ohio’s biggest newspaper broke its own rules to endorse Amy Acton, calling Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad disqualifying. “Using childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it crosses a line Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.” thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-...

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Greed

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Multiple polls show Trump’s approval at record lows, but I think what’s happening runs deeper than this. Something very dramatic is occurring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed

They have nothing.

Miller deserves everything that's coming. He's afraid of state prosecutors because a presidential pardon only covers federal offenses; and beyond prison, there's also future congressional investigations and civil lawsuits. www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive...

Cancel his government contracts ASAP.

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

I’m leading an inquiry of the largest social media companies on their efforts to combat the spread of fraudulent material online seeking to disenfranchise U.S. voters. At this late stage and with voting already underway, the responses we have received to date are inconsistent and inadequate.

We have gone from “DOJ tries hard not to influence election outcomes” to “DOJ will definitely try to influence election outcomes if the candidate of the President’s choosing doesn’t win.” A very dangerous place to be.

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Trump exempted 202 facilities in 39 states and Puerto Rico from clean-air regulations. Some were among the worst industrial polluters, including chemical, copper and coal-burning producers. About 3.3 million people live within 3 miles of at least one affected plant. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

“The multibillion-dollar project has received secret funding from the same powerful Russian company that was to provide the technology, according to the energy executive who until last month led the U.S. firm and two others involved in company negotiations.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

This Country Needs a Plan | From American Conversations with Hallie Shoffner, a sixth-generation Arkansas farmer, small business owner, and Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BzDsCFGNops?si=9ggYcxKGkb6t9CXw

The ability of the Trump administration to keep breaking the law depends on telling staffers that they will be pardoned www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

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."

Facing an electoral wipeout, Trump goes after the system The move by the Justice Department to try and preemptively block Alaska's Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses stunned officials in both parties.

What an open sewer of racism and bigotry the right has become.

This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Trump said: “When I’m gone, you’re all going to be broke.” Truer words have never been spoken. He has plundered, robbed and bilked the whole country for himself and his family. That’s what disgorgement is all about. Disgorgement—please practice this very fine word.

Musk’s wealth is a threat to democracy—not just in the U.S. but everywhere. He’s probably the greatest threat to the free world today.

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

Senator Elizabeth Warren Is Correct.......

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

It's time to defund Elon. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

Very telling to watch where the for-profit companies running America's brutal system for detaining and purging undocumented residents see it as useful to donate

It seems like someone got ahold of a book of 1930's Worst Slurs and is trying them all out

Neil Bush: “I see in [James Talarico] the qualities I admire most in public servants: integrity, civility, humility, and a willingness to listen to those with whom he disagrees... a principled, pragmatic leader who understands public office is a responsibility to serve, not an entitlement to power.”

“Raises questions”?? In this Kavanaugh Stop, ICE agents swerve to hit a US citizen, knock him off his bike breaking his arm, tase him, cuff him as he screams in pain, blame him, lie about everything, threaten to charge him for damage to their SUV. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Rep Smith: I think this points towards the necessity of removing Trump from office. Jen Rubin: Would you be in favor of impeachment and removing him from office? Rep. Adam Smith: Absolutely. I don’t see where we have a choice, given what he’s doing.

You're paying thousands of dollars while Trump makes billions off the presidency. @warren.senate.gov did the math: Here are the latest inflation numbers and what it has cost you.

NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery. Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units. The investigation died. We unearthed it: www.propublica.org/article/nava...

There were too many No Kings rallies this weekend to feature them in any comprehensive way, so Rachel did a round-up of states:

Nicholas Kristoff, New York Times: “Imagine if in 1943 FDR had decided the US would stop helping Britain and instead would side with the Third Reich. That's . . . like what Trump is doing by cozying up to Russia as it tries to destroy Ukraine. Utterly shameful. A humiliating moment for the US.”

It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

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