Ken Hughes
@kfhughes.bsky.social
Retired computer engineering professor. Life-long liberal. Transplanted from Florida (before it went insane) to California's Central Valley. 🍷 lover. Big R.E.M. fan. Mach-E owner. 🫘 #Leguminati. No OnlyFans/Porn accounts. DM = automatic block.
Anatomy of how John Solomon “presents known information as revelations and omit[s] key context," releasing it into right-wing echo-chamber. By @nytimes.com's @charliesavage.bsky.social . 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs (Gift Article)
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
Trump choosing Russia diesel fuel over Ukrainian freedom. US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing. www.ft.com/content/7fd4...
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
ft.com
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
As expected. The Republican Alabama Sup Ct will allow a Florida man to become Alabama’s governor IF he wins the election. www.al.com/news/2026/10...
Alabama Supreme Court rules on Tommy Tuberville residency lawsuit
Tuberville is on the ballot as the Republican nominee for governor Nov. 3.
al.com
NEW: Government watchdog groups file for emergency restraining order in New York to halt Trump taxpayer-funded TV ads "Despite public statements implying otherwise, defendants continue to run partisan political ads, funded by US taxpayers, in this midst of the ongoing.. federal election period"
Good morning. Federal prosecutors in Chicago filed partially redacted documents overnight in the "Broadview Six" case. The redactions appear to include the signature block (including the name) of one of the attorneys representing the United States government:
Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · last wk.When federal prosecutors assured Judge April Perry last spring they'd had no contact with top DOJ brass while pursuing the "Broadview Six," she took them at their word. Those days are over. From me and @sophiesherry.bsky.social on Perry's fact-finding effort: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
“last year, Stephen Miller asked the bureau to allow agents to go undercover in his Virginia neighborhood's political activist group, several sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News.” www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...
Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
Stephen Miller spoke at a training session at FBI headquarters just days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, sources told CBS News.
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Well that State Superintendent debate was INSANE. Sonja Shaw unmasked herself, but for a deeper dive into her horribleness, you can check out my deep dive into her reign of terror Chino Valley Unified School Board President here: youtu.be/v08cZO_sRQ4?... Vote Richard Barrera!!!
Sonja Shaw: Proof School Boards are NOT Nonpartisan!
YouTube video by Frazz
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Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
Automatic for the #34yearsagotoday www.petercare.com/videos/r-e-m... One of the many great videos, Peter Care made for the band over the years— and this is a version of Drive that I had not remembered
R.E.M. // Drive (Dance Mix 12″) | Peter Care
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Released on this day in 1992… share your favorite song in the comments.
Horrific statement for a president to make and congress should be acting on this. All the republicans in Los Angeles and San Diego can come into the big democrat tent. Welcome to sanity!
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/r...
Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing - emptywheel
Russia's interference in the 2016 election is not the past. On the contrary, the latest news shows how much Russian has simply relentlessly pursued the very same plan it put in place starting a decade...
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NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
really worth watching the whole thing play out...
All In with Chris Hayes@allinwithchris.bsky.social · 2w agoWATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down how a GOP senator tried to use a supposed Atlanta Hawks game to prove Jack Smith secretly colluded with Trump prosecutors—only to learn the texts were about the Iowa Hawkeyes game he attended 700 miles away in Maryland.
