it's pretty f'd up that the Trump administration is trying to deport my duly-elected member of Congress
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The Trump administration is desperate to find a federal judge somewhere to rule that the law provides a role for the federal government in making sure noncitizens don't vote.
Trump DOJ Takes Next Step In Its Election Interference
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See you there!!!
Black Voters Matter Fund@blackvotersmatterfund.org · 39m agoMake your plan to vote early! 🗳️ This Saturday, Oct. 17, join Black Voters Matter in Atlanta for No Kings: Vote Early! We’re bringing music, food, games & FREE rides to the polls. Let’s show up for our communities and make our voices heard! 📍 CT Martin Natatorium 🔗 bit.ly/BVMNOKINGS
if we’re getting this from mcwhorter then it looks like the worm is turning
Opinion | Land Acknowledgments Aren’t Just Woke, They’re Right
Often, they are not just lip service, but part of a useful response to Native American needs.
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Bobby Pulido is running in a largely Latino district on the border where he says affordability is “80%” of the race and ICE is “probably as popular as syphilis.”
How a Tejano Singer Found Himself at the Heart Of Democrats’ Path to a Midterm Majority
Bobby Pulido is in the middle of everything. The famed Tejano singer...
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A would-be mass shooter targeted a Hindu temple while a Democratic member of Congress was inside. At the last minute, police say, his gun jammed.
White Nationalist Attempts Mass Shooting at Hindu Temple While Indian-American Congressman Was Inside
‘We Were Very Fortunate That Something Much, Much Worse Did Not Happen’...
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lol no idea how true any of this is. but Natalie wielding her printer of doom against wiles is simply too good for me to fact check.
Speaking of gratitude, someone who was gifted a senate seat and the vice presidency by sugar daddy should probably show a bit more
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoJD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"
1/ Donald Trump's interview with Newsmax yesterday shows very clearly that he subscribes to many false Russian-originated claims and conspiracy theories about the war in Ukraine and has a strong personal dislike of President Zelenskyy. Here's a full transcript:
❗️EU leaders say sanctions on Russia will not be eased. Ursula von der Leyen said Moscow ignored the proposed energy ceasefire and escalated instead: “We will not lift any sanctions until Russia stops the war.” Antonio Costa said this is the time to increase pressure on Moscow. #EU
A teenager in suburban Chicago was arrested before carrying out what was planned to be a mass shooting at a Hindu temple last weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
Teen Arrested Over Plan to Attack Hindu Temple, Officials Say
The suspect in suburban Chicago was in the parking lot of the temple on Sunday and told a co-worker that his gun had jammed, the authorities said.
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Great time to hear from the people upset about learning loss due to Covid school closures.
Thomas S. Dee@tomdee.bsky.social · yesterdayThough it seems to have fallen from the headlines, the available data indicate that ICE enforcement activity is more aggressive than ever. And we are only beginning to understand its implications for children, families, schools, and communities. www.the74million.org/article/the-...
He’s been fired. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
Trump Ally, Paolo Zampolli, Leaves State Department
Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump associate, gained attention earlier this year with a report that his ex-wife had been detained by ICE after his request.
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@reneedodson.bsky.social · 19h agoZampoli was Epstein’s “talent scout”, I highly doubt he’s getting fired.
Zelensky rallies European allies as Trump ties slump
Zelensky rallies European allies as Trump ties slump
Zelensky said Ukraine was no longer pausing strikes on Russian refineries as Moscow was not abiding by a ceasefire on hitting energy infrastructure that had been announced by Donald Trump.
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Watch Trump attack Zelensky (for Putin) — and try to pin high diesel prices on him 🤥
“.. Rarely has an individual donor been effectively tied to such a large commitment for a single candidate.” @nytimes.com #TXsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
Considering that Hannity is Trump's shadow chief of staff, I think we know how this is gonna end for her.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agooh my god this interview was a disaster for Zacharia. I've never seen Hannity do someone who works for Trump like this
“I will note that the Gilded Age begat the Progressive Era, a period of unprecedented social and political reform in the early 20th century that rose from the backlash against the decadence and impunity of the previous era.” www.editorialboard.com/rage-against...
Rage against new Gilded Age is reaching point of consensus
Donald Trump symbolizes "the money power."
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"While the Dem base has grown more liberal but also more highly educated, the Republican base has become more ideologically extreme but also more committed to a particular style of politics: loud, angry, encased in a deranged media bubble, and indulgent of almost any idea, no matter how ludicrous."
The GOP’s parade of horribles
Gawdawful candidates are hurting the party’s hopes of holding the Senate.
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Of course a 2020 fake Trump elector is involved in this saga...
Wisconsin Election Officials Forced to Issue Guidance About How to Deal With Fed Agents at Polls
Of Course a 2020 Fake Elector Is Involved in This Saga As...
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2/ In fairness, one guy in this new battle seems relatively normal. The Trump buddy sleaze just got canned. All of this stuff looks like when the boss hears the Feds are investigating him. So he has the wilder members of the family whacked to reduce his vulnerabilities
Sheesh each day now a new war breaks out between one maga sleaze and another maga sleaze over who’s the biggest maga sleaze. Yesterday it was alinna habba abs her new Turkish oligarch boy toy husband vs ric grenell. Today it’s this www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Nasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the open
The messages offer a window into interpersonal conflicts within the administration.
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The Department of Justice’s alarming lawsuit to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots from people suspected of being noncitizens could lay the groundwork for challenges to Election Day results, experts warned. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ suing California marks major ‘escalation’ in election interference attempts, experts warn
The concern extended beyond Democratic officials.
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also i know i have said this a million times but this dude is unbelievably smarmy. it’s crazy
3) this is yet another instance of Vance treating a native-born but nonwhite American as if they are foreign born. 4) it is vance who should be greatful that anyone ever bothered to treat him like he might do some good in the world (they were wrong of course)
1) vance has this weird preoccupation with demanding that people show him gratitude 2) this is just another expression of the idea that some americans don’t count and at most should be seen and not heard
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoJD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"
Is the Layla Coda Playing at the White House?
Is the Layla Coda Playing at the White House?
Earlier this week we saw former Don Jr fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle summarily...
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