And they are good people. That has to matter again.

This one especially pisses me off. An elementary school surrounded by 11 data centers and 264 diesel generators! Virginia

Our vote. Our democracy. Our power.

Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom leads incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde‑Smith (R) by less than 100 votes Wednesday in Mississippi’s incredibly tight race, setting up a nail-biter in the only state with no recount provisions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mississippi has no recount law. Here’s how a battle over its Senate nail-biter might play out

The lack of any instruction about what to do in a close Senate race leaves many open questions about what could happen if the vote margin stays this close.

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To my wife Sofia who has wholeheartedly stood by me through everything in my journey of calling out Trump, I thank and appreciate you. And to the candidates who stood in the arena but were told they didn’t have a chance and won anyway, thank you for your pursuit of our shared goal.

A couple of weeks ago Speaker Johnson said he “might leave politics and return to his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, to start a lawn care business if Republicans lost their majority in the midterm elections.” #Bluetsunami

First order of business in early January should be to release all the unredacted Epstein files.

A Trump voter says he’ll regret his vote for the rest of his life after his brother, Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, died in ICE custody. Trump promised mass deportation. The hard part is realizing that meant real people. buff.ly/X7u4Pvm

Sad FAFO: Trump Voter Has Regrets After His Brother Dies In ICE Custody

I am at a loss for words.

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My sign for NO KINGS is a list of people who’ve died in ICE custody. I DID NOT EVEN GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 2026 NAMES 😭

#inktober2026 #day21 A #hero is someone who champions compassion in the face of cruelty, someone who sets an example for others to live by. Thus I decided to capture an entire memorial of ICE victims as my subject. #ICEout

"We have a mandate the size of Texas." Senator-elect James Talarico flipped Texas blue Tuesday night, defeating Republican Ken Paxton by double digits. On @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social, MS NOW's @stephruhle.bsky.social asks Talarico what he will prioritize once the new Congress is sworn in.

Oh, you thought we were done?!? See you tonight at 8pmET!

Just hours after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he would not seek to become House Minority Leader in the next Congress, multiple GOP representatives announced their candidacy for the position. www.ms.now/news/house-r...

House Republicans are already having a leadership fight — but are avoiding a reckoning

Republicans face a fundamental question after Tuesday's losses: What should their party’s leadership look like?

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johno@johno123.bsky.social · 3d ago

Texas forever.

The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

The BBC Strikes Back

With so much going on right now, we pick up with an unusual Friday afternoon column to cover Trump’s defamation case against the BBC.

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Vote Blue before Jared Kushner sells your house to the Russians.

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Every week I plan (at least, that’s something I can plan) which book to buy from my long wishlist. Besides the books that fell on me accidentally. Yes, I actually read them. Today, in Kyiv with my new book. I encourage everyone to read. If I can, so can you.

The story behind the viral video of a Ukrainian commander saving two wounded soldiers 🇺🇦🫡

NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade@69thsb.bsky.social · 4w ago

🇺🇦 A Ukrainian commander drove an unarmored pickup into a russian drone kill zone to rescue two wounded soldiers after their evacuation robot was hit 🔗 Full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuE... Meet Vladyslav “Teacher” Polskyi and the CODE 9.2 team behind the rescue 🫡