This is a lie. Abdul El-Sayed clearly disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood before delivering a masterclass on the First Amendment and religious freedom - a constitutional rebuke of Tommy’s Christian nationalism. Sen. Ted Cruz is lying.
VOTE
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A 🔵 in a 🔴 state. Want a better life for my kids. Looking forward to the next American reconstruction period. My mantra is, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” MLK
Why would Trump help Russia 2.5 weeks before a major US election? What is he getting in return? WHY was the FBI Director of the United States, Kash Patel, In Moscow 2.5 weeks before a major US election. This is Not normal behavior.
Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoThe president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use CISA for its own ends.
This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump.
DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration ...
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Katie Zacharia posted two photos that appear to have been digitally modified to conceal an image on Trump's Oval Office desk.
Zacharia posts altered photos of Trump’s Oval Office desk
Advocates for East Potomac Park said they believe a blurred image on the president’s desk is of a golf course at the center of a legal fight.
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This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Exclusive | Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Discuss Ukraine Deal
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t be included in the proposed talks, as Russia’s leader seeks to negotiate an end to the war that favors Moscow.
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Feeling proud to be an American! It’s been awhile…
Elon Musk remains one of the more powerful and controversial figures in business, science, tech and politics. A new documentary is chronicling Musk’s rise to power and embrace of right-wing politics. https://to.pbs.org/4hTEWZ6
New documentary traces Elon Musk's rise and embrace of right-wing politics
Elon Musk remains one of the more powerful and controversial figures in business, science, tech and politics. He played a central role in the early days of the second Trump administration. Now, a new ...
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The attendee who pressed Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a tense town hall this weekend was exposed as a former GOP staffer with "Christian nationalist ties," journalist Marisa Kabas reported.
Abdul El-Sayed heckler exposed as ex-GOP staffer with ‘Christian nationalist ties’: report
The attendee who pressed Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a tense town hall this weekend was exposed as a former GOP staffer with “Christian nationalist ties,” journalist Marisa Kabas reported.Saturday in Caro, Michigan, an attendee who identified himself...
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BREAKING WSJ: Vladimir Putin has proposed that he, Trump, and Xi Jinping meet next month to talk about Ukraine in an attempt to negotiate an end to the four-year conflict that would favor Moscow.
Exclusive | Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Decide Ukraine’s Fate
The Russian leader is trying to capitalize on warming ties with the president to unlock a favorable resolution to the war with Kyiv.
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The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.
Me too. Trump supporters or apologists. Neither is ok.
Dr. Jack Brown@drjackbrown.bsky.social · 23h agoI have several relatives who are clones of "Tommy". Excuse me while I vomit.
Oh, honey . . . your tweet didn't violate corporate policy; it violated every known standard of professional journalism.
NBC News poll: 71% of U.S. adults think the country is on the wrong track. For the first time in Trump's second term, 'right track' has sunk into the 20s. Trump's approval is just 76% with Republican adults. His approval is 21% with independents.
The National Capital Planning Commission - which is now stocked with Trump acolytes - appears poised to greenlight Trump's Monumental Arch near Arlington National Cemetery The commission has added the Arch to its Nov. 5 agenda
JD VANCE: The biggest reason why gas prices are so high is because when Joe Biden ... DOKOUPIL: It's almost been two years. At a certain point it becomes your economy, not Joe Biden's economy
President Teddy Roosevelt on "certain malefactors of great wealth," 1907. "I regard this contest as one to determine who shall rule this free country—the people through their governmental agents or a few ruthless and domineering men, whose wealth makes them peculiarly formidable..."
The husband of a U.S. soldier killed in Trump's Iran war confronts JD Vance over alleged military leadership failures that led to the deaths of his wife and five other service members. JOEY AMOR: “There's a failure in the leadership.” VANCE: “This is literally the first time I've heard of this.”
Zuckerberg's own employees confirm that he directed an intentional effort to throw the Brazilian election in favor of Flávio Bolsonaro, apparently because he understood this is what Trump wanted. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Meta employees said Lula's accounts were hindered during Brazil election, Folha reports
Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by restrictions during the country's election, newsp...
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Let’s hope this backbone that Don Bacon just found out of nowhere isn’t made of jello.
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 2d agoRep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) says President Donald Trump's plans for the post-election session of Congress are finished.
Vote. And vote for people who will compel Mark Zuckerberg to appear before a congressional committee on this. He is violating the first amendment.
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d agoDon't know if Trump or associates asked Zuckerberg to disrupt No Kings; or if Zuckerberg saw it as a chance to curry favor with Trump; or if Zuckerberg so believes in Trumpist authoritarianism that he decided to help out. But it's urgent to stop this from happening again--e.g., on election day.
Update: WE ARE BACK IN! We can post again. This was utter bullshit on the biggest early vote effort in history. But it will not stop what we're building. No Kings means no kings in the White House or in Silicon Valley.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 2d agoUpdate: about 4 hours later and we still don't have admin access so we still can't post to the No Kings instagram account. This isn't slowing down the the 3,000+ early vote events today. We will drive the biggest early vote in history. But this should be a flashing alarm about what's to come.
the political part aside, it seems like a pretty big problem that a social media company controlled by a conglomerate that includes two Hollywood Studios is banning an account dedicated to a film from one of its competitors!
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 2d agoTikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)
Meta took down the No Kings Instagram account during today’s No Kings events.
A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 2d agoFull update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.