🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration continued airing taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered the campaign halted, then told the court Monday that an internal email delay was to blame. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump administration kept taxpayer-funded ads running after judge ordered them stopped, blames email delay

The government’s ads aired in nearly 400 television spots on programs that began at 7 p.m. Eastern — after the judge's order was already in force.

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Coming in January 2027: Paulina Borsook (the OG tech critic) and me at the Commonwealth Club. Paulina's groundbreaking book, "Cyberselfish," was republished in September with a new foreword by me. Available wherever you get books. Tix available now! www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2027-...

From Cyberselfish to the Nerd Reich: The Rise of Radical Silicon Valley

Paulina Borsook’s work Cyberselfish—now in a current printing, has been rediscovered as "accidental prophecy"—has been called a sharp, prescient critique of Silicon Valley's emerging elite during the ...

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“The Fight for Serious AI Regulation Just Won a Big Victory in Massachusetts *** After his primary win, Ed Markey says he’s ready to take on “the criminal enterprises” of Big Tech.” 9/3/26 … 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Fight for Serious AI Regulation Just Won a Big Victory in Massachusetts

After his primary win, Ed Markey says he’s ready to take on “the criminal enterprises” of Big Tech.

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🚨Holy crap! Ken Paxton partied on New Year’s Eve 2024 in Dubai with his girlfriend and two U.S. fugitives (Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail) charged in healthcare fraud/embezzlement schemes. Ahmed, a major donor, gave about $190,000 to Paxton’s campaign — including after his indictment.

A teacher and education researcher. A lawyer and mediator who worked both sides of the aisle on the Hill. A 20-year Army veteran and CFO. Three LD13 candidates who've already proven they can lead — Racquel Armstrong, Kristie O'Brien, Jacob Weinberg. Arizona deserves this kind of experience.

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES Ty @mutsy67.bsky.social ) DAY 12 OCTOBER 2026 OK ARIZONA HERE THEY ARE VOTE EARLY Go to ... arizona.vote Arizona's Democrats for CONGRESS VOTE SHAH, AZ01 NEZ, AZ02 ANSARI, AZ03 STANTON, AZ04 LEE, AZ05 MENDOZA, AZ06 GRIJALVA, AZ07 GREEN-PLACENTIA, AZ08 STERBINSKY, AZ09

I love these two. They are such incredible women and human beings who will put the people first.

Mary Rose: 3rd-gen Arizonan, career at General Dynamics/Motorola, volunteers across arts/food/animal welfare, runs no-PAC grassroots campaign. Stephanie Walsh: engineer, entrepreneur, DOE BOOST board, geothermal/Tribal energy work, Habitat board, AZ List endorsed. Two proven leaders running for LD14

October 11, 2026

October 11, 2026

This week I marked the end of another summer by spending as much time as I could on the water.

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🧐 The Peter Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network—founded by JD Vance & Chris Buskirk—“began setting up in Brazil.” The strategy targeted “media, youth training & legislative activity,” but Rockbridge claims the project didn’t move forward & that its name is being used improperly. 9/28/26 …1/

El-Sayed explains his 2012 criticisms of Obama: "We stand on the shoulders of giants. I am so grateful to have been a young man in my 20s with Barack Hussein Obama as president. I never would have seen myself running for office."

Gosar: censured 2021, siblings oppose him publicly, praised bill harming AZ09 hospitals, Lake Mead - 32%, Lake Powell - 24%, and he's been pushing land deals instead of water solutions Sterbinsky: Navy vet, systems expert, Wittmann mom, runs on healthcare/housing/schools/accountability/term li...

A Season of Rage and Disgust F**k joy; this election is about punishing Trump and his dirtbags

A Season of Rage and Disgust

F**k joy; this election is about punishing Trump and his dirtbags

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The misogyny in this letter is appalling and if Bessent had ever sent something like this to a woman colleague in the private sector he’d have been sued for gender discrimination and fired. What an asshole

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social · 3d ago

A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:

New free post: The Death of MAGA's Troll Army www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-death-...

The Death of MAGA’s Troll Army

Inside A Dying Russian Data Center

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👏 New poll finds Democrat Gina Hinojosa beating Greg Abbott by THREE POINTS. She is running on healthcare for all. He’s running on healthcare for the rich.

Saturday again?! That means a starter pack for all of you! Check it out and share! Have a great evening! go.bsky.app/Gypi35o

In addition to his lavish homes in Los Angeles, DC, and Argentina (and maybe elsewhere), Peter Thiel also “chose eastern Uruguay to build a USD 10 million residence in an exclusive complex in Maldonado” 5/20/26 … 1/

Peter Thiel eligió el este de Uruguay para construir una residencia de USD 10 millones en un exclusivo complejo de Maldonado

La propiedad se desarrolla dentro del complejo Fasano Las Piedras e incluye medidas de seguridad reforzadas y espacios orientados a la autonomía

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Speaker Johnson, who said he’d take a blow torch to your healthcare is saying if Republicans lose the House he will leave and start a lawn business. Next week I’m going to donate a wheelbarrow to him, so his staff can wheel him out of DC.

Donald Trump is using the presidency to shape financial regulations for an industry that made him $1.4 BILLION. Listen to Scott Greytak of @transparencyusa.bsky.social lay out this obvious conflict of interest. Oversight Dems are ready to fight this corruption on day one in the majority.

Mesa has three candidates with actual records working in their community — and they're running together to finish the work they started in LD09. Lorena Austin secured Arizona Promise funding. Kiana Sears brought school board experience to the Senate. Jacob Martinez is a long time community organizer

Sparkle Smurf MAGA Mike Johnson doesn't need to leave when he's paid to do nothing already. He humbly states "if God moves on our hearts...go back to hometown..." Geesh, what a Keebler cracker.🍪🥠👨‍🍳

Nashville! Mark your calendars for October 19th. On the night of Peter Thiel's final Antichrist lecture, we'll expose the true nature of Silicon Valley's obsession with evil. All will be revealed. Come one, come all. Spread the word! #PeterThiel #Nashville #Antichrist #nerdreich

President Barack Obama proudly endorses @troyjackson207.bsky.social Troy is who we need in the senate. He’s a 5th generation logger who’s worked 80 hours a week and understands the struggles Mainers are facing. He will fight to lower your costs and fight for an economy that works for you.

📻 NEW PODCAST: Gil Durán says explaining our politics without Thiel, Yarvin and the network state is like explaining 9/11 without Al-Qaeda. He joins me to talk tech fascism, crypto corruption, and the midterms. america2.news/podcast-nerd...

Podcast: Nerd Reich Redux with Gil Durán

Gil joins Dave for a discussion of his recently-released New York Times bestselling book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" and what it might mean for the midterms.

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Developer Josh Abbottoy, who aims to build a “far-right ‘aligned’ [Christian] community” in a tiny TN town has now proposed building a drone factory there. (Abbottoy is tied to New Founding—backed by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen—& to American Reformer where Thiel ally Chris Buskirk is a director.) 1/

Proposed drone manufacturing facility sparks intense backlash in tiny Tennessee town

For almost two years, some residents in Jackson County have been resisting what they view as a far-right takeover of their community.

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"Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given...individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do." @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

Arizona families are staring down mandatory Colorado River cuts starting in 2027—760,000 acre-feet every year, That's about a quarter of Arizona's Colorado River supply, gone. At the same time, wells are running dry in rural communities across Cochise, La Paz, and Yuma counties while the Legislat...

Remember when Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public executions? www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings

Silicon Valley radicalization escalates

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“The planning underscores just how much the president wants to reduce gas prices and demonstrate progress in the conflict before the vote, administration officials told us.”

Jonathan Lemire@jonlemire.bsky.social · 6d ago

NEW - EXCLU - Trump has considered reigniting the war against Iran after the midterms But now the White House told the Pentagon to draw up plans for a strike *before* Election Day Trump allies hope it could provide GOP with a boost. No final call yet www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...