Dave
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History's what people are trying to hide from you, not what they're trying to show you. You search for it in the same way you sift through a landfill: for evidence of what people want to bury.-Hilary Mantel Husband,GirlDad,Teacher,Vet 🇺🇸 stand with 🇺🇦
Sarah Bloom Raskin’s important piece in the Atlantic makes the point that the next financial bailout will be an opportunity for more plunder and corruption in the Trump Administration. We need an economic policy for the American people—not the predatory power elite.
Can Democracy Survive the Next Financial Crash?
If the AI bubble bursts, Donald Trump will control a bailout apparatus with essentially limitless authority.
theatlantic.com
"...the person who wins the most votes should win..."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoJD Vance on ranked choice voting: "I don't understand it. It seems to me that you have an election, the person who wins the most votes should win...The fact it's so confusing to a person who pays pretty close attention to politics I think suggests we should do our elections in, like, the normal way"
Obama: "While we're alienating key allies like Canada, the White House is bending the knee to Vladimir Putin of Russia, and selling out Ukrainians who are fighting for their freedom and democracy."
The City of Alexandria will shut down all 61 of its Flock license plate reader cameras by Friday, Oct. 30, after months of public backlash and nationwide privacy concerns.
City of Alexandria to shut down all Flock cameras after privacy concerns and backlash
The City of Alexandria will shut down all 61 of its Flock license plate reader cameras by Friday, Oct. 30, after months of public backlash and nationwide privacy concerns.
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The Stevens campaign leaned into the Black vote during the primary (bringing in Clyburn and even subtly suggesting Obama had endorsed her). So anyone connected to her willing voting for a Trump loyalist who's openly running an outright racist campaign reinforces how the mainstream truly views POC.
The Detroit News@detroitnews.com · 22h agoJason Turkish, a Democratic mega donor, described his decision to back Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed as "putting country before party."
reposting because as a bad (i.e. monolingual) Mexican American I didn't know that Wilson's use of "Día de Muertos" is technically correct main point: the mayor decided to be on X and the fine people of X are treating her like they treat all progressives, especially women x.com/MayorofSeatt...
Mayor Katie Wilson (@MayorofSeattle) on X
Trick-or-Streets is a wonderful way to celebrate Halloween and Día de Muertos with your neighbors. Apply today to pedestrianize your block. 🎃
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Perhaps we’ll finally be able to answer one of the most pressing questions about ICE’s recruitment over the last two years: How many 6 January Insurrectionists, Proud Boys, Patriot Front, KKK, and other known militant white nationalists have been hired?
Tim Marchman@timmarchman.bsky.social · 23h agoNEW: An unprecedented hack of DHS has exposed the details of 41,000 workers, from top leaders to undercover ICE agents, as well as what amounts to an org chart and details about thousands of permission groups, including ones devoted to wiretaps and AI.
This administration seems unmoved by art. There is no Shakespeare in their language, no Baldwin in their conscience, no Springsteen on their radios, no Swift in their playlists. And when leaders feel nothing for beauty, it’s the soul of a nation that suffers.
Central question: Can the U.S. government legally prevent a country such as Mexico, Venezuela, or another independent foreign supplier from sending oil to Cuba? The answer is no. The U.S.does not have unlimited authority to control foreign trade worldwide.
“Led by Elon Musk, 515 Superrich People Have Donated $4.2 Billion to Super PACs for 2026 Elections ‘Until something is done, like overturning the Citizens United US Supreme Court decision, the wealthy’s stranglehold on our political system will continue to tighten.’” 10/28/26
Led by Elon Musk, 515 Superrich People Have Donated $4.2 Billion to Super PACs for 2026 Elections | Common Dreams
Elon Musk’s $445 million tops a staggering $4.2 billion in super PAC funding, with just 515 donors supplying 73% of individual, corporate, and nonprofit contributions. As a few wealthy interests pour ...
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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the Federal Police to investigate whether there is “concrete evidence linking the discussions over political financing to the reported economic interests in Brazilian critical minerals,” specifically regarding an organization involving JD Vance.
Brazil’s Federal Police Probe US Companies’ Collusion With Bolsonaro’s Campaign
The investigation’s main focus is on dealings involving an organization founded with the involvement of JD Vance.
truthout.org
Hilarious to see Republicans performatively freak out over this Alaska Sullivan situation and begging people to care as they support a violent insurrection, criminal Trump, and all the nasty shenanigans of Mitch McConnell. F all the way off.
Watching the riveting Gibney doc on Musk again, and it's staggering how many people have remained on Twitter after Musk bought it with the express purpose of dismantling democracy and silencing dissent. Trump will be gone and we'll still have Elon. We really are doomed if people don't wake up.
...Give us your liar, your deplored Nepo-baby asses yearning to get off scot-free, The wretched fraudster and the MAGA whore. Send this, the sleazebag, who just lost, to me, I'll lock him up inside the prison door.
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 2d ago“The Brazilian newspaper Folha de S Paulo reported that allies in the Bolsonaro family’s inner circle had been told that he had indeed left for Argentina and intended to travel from there to the US.”
Read more here: The MoCo Show: https://mocoshow.com/2026/10/27/governor-moore-announces-200-million-clean-energy-program-aimed-at-lowering-electricity-costs/
Governor Moore Announces $200 Million Clean Energy Program Aimed at Lowering Electricity Costs - The MoCo Show
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced the launch of “Megawatts for Maryland,” a $200 million clean energy program designed to increase electricity generation within the state and help lower energy costs […]
mocoshow.com
House Democrats want a government that’s an instrument for the public good, not an instrument of self-enrichment for the president and his rich friends. Americans are sick of the coin-operated, pay-to-play corruption emanating from Trump's White House.
Why is Trump's DOJ refusing to release ALL of the Epstein files or prosecute the abusers identified in those files? Is it because the files keep implicating Trump? We need a special prosecutor to get to the truth.
House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 3d ago🚨BREAKING: Judiciary Democrats’ report details mounting evidence linking Trump to Epstein’s criminal activities and DOJ’s cover-up; specific accounts involving 11 women provide more evidence of potential sex crimes. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
The least surprising news of the day, well except for the Trump stuff 
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago“DraftKings and other online gambling companies are facing mounting scrutiny as federal lawmakers and officials in several states have begun questioning them in recent weeks about their use of artificial intelligence and behavioral data to keep their customers betting.”
Bears repeating: the house philosopher for half of Silicon Valley and JD Vance is a racist who hates democracy
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Silicon Valley right’s house “philosopher” has some deep and very normal thoughts about Brazil and JQAdams.
Harlow Scott’s essay is a 2026 winner of the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Prize, which uplifts the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers who are sharing their stories firsthand — and calling us to action against brutal state repression.
"I am not Cassandra. I accept only one nickname: Cosa Nostradamus, because I see organized crime." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/cosa-nostr...
Cosa Nostradamus
Don’t call me Cassandra! Your questions answered on the midterms, misogyny, and more.
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Read more here: The MoCo Show: https://mocoshow.com/2026/10/26/montgomery-county-council-unanimously-passes-bill-banning-algorithmic-rent-price-fixing/
Montgomery County Council Unanimously Passes Bill Banning Algorithmic Rent Price Fixing - The MoCo Show
The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved Bill 8-26, known as the Anti-Algorithmic Price Fixing Act, on Tuesday, October 20, prohibiting the use of algorithms to coordinate rental prices and lease […]
mocoshow.com
Here's part of the epilogue. bsky.app/profile/larr...
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 2y agoI think the epilogue of my book, FREE ENTRPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY, captures how Trump both broke from and reinforced conservative political traditions. He never cared for free markets but he valued state power as a source of domination and he consistently privileged anger and resentment.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is set to plant a record 3,264 trees by the end of 2026, with 2,064 trees already planted this fiscal year along County-owned right-of-way.
Montgomery County Department of Transportation Plants Record Number of Right-of-Way Trees this Year – Mocofeed
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is set to plant a record 3,264 trees by the end of 2026, with 2,064 trees already planted this fiscal year along County-owned right-of-way.
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Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party.
Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Sweeps Strongman Aleksander Vučić Out of Power
Students “changed our understanding of what’s politically possible for all of us,” says journalist Lela Vujanić.
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Montgomery County Department of Transportation has announced that construction on the Redland Road Bridge over Mill Creek is complete, and the road has reopened.
Ride On Detours Due to Redland Road Bridge Construction Have Been Lifted – Mocofeed
Montgomery County Department of Transportation has announced that construction on the Redland Road Bridge over Mill Creek is complete, and the road has reopened.
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