A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has had her cases temporarily reassigned and faces mounting scrutiny Tuesday after investigators said she abandoned her duties and sent confidential court records to roughly 140 people.

Trump-appointed judge faces psychiatric exam order amid probe into ‘bizarre emails’

A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has had her cases temporarily reassigned and faces mounting scrutiny Tuesday after investigators said she abandoned her duties and sent confidential court records to roughly 140 people.U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of Dallas has already been ordered to underg...

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A billionaire charged with bribery won a pardon from President Donald Trump after his family handed a lucrative contract to one of the president's loyalists.

Billionaire landed pardon after his family bankrolled Trump’s former lawyer: NYT

A billionaire charged with bribery won a pardon from President Donald Trump after his family handed a lucrative contract to one of the president's loyalists.Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan banking heir, received a full pardon early this year after his daughter's company hired Alina Habba, Trump...

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Chris Christie saw through Vivek Ramaswamy from day one and never let up. He knew exactly who he was.

TEXAS: “Harris County SHATTERS early voting record on Day 1 with over 100,000 ballots cast” 👀 www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...

I salute that. I commend you. I take your shoes off and lick your feet. I bend over and say, sir, please, more.

Vladimir Putin's Genuine Laugh

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Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

I stand with President Zelenskyy 👇

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“A Florida grand jury concluded that the DeSantis administration — including Attorney General James Uthmeier and his predecessor, Sen. Ashley Moody — “misappropriated” taxpayer money as part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities” with money from a Medicaid settlement.“

I did this; just takes a sec. Follow the link in OP, which itself has a link to the comments page. You can use the provided template if you're not sure what to say - plus you can submit comments anonymously 👇🏻 #LongCovid #MECFS

The Sick Times@thesicktimes.org · 4d ago

The CDC might take away a key data source on Long COVID and ME. You have until this Tuesday, October 20, to tell them why that would be a mistake. The advocacy group Solve ME has put together a script that people can use to leave a comment: solvecfs.org/cdc-me-cfs-l...

BREAKING: President Trump has repeatedly claimed that Democrats are cheating by allowing noncitizens to vote. But the poster child of Monday’s voter fraud sweep — who the DOJ alleges was illegally registered to vote in L.A. — is a registered Republican lamaterial.com/p/voter-frau...

Poster Child of L.A. Voter Fraud Bust Is Registered Republican

Feds arrested more registered Republicans than Democrats in Monday’s voter fraud sweep in L.A., according to an L.A. Material review of voting records.

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GOP Candidate Fantasized About Running Over Cyclists Brandon Herrera: “Maybe one of these days I will… I have thought about ways that I could get away with it.” meidasnews.com/news/gop-can...

GOP Candidate Fantasized About Running Over Cyclists

Brandon Herrera: "Maybe one of these days I will... I have thought about ways that I could get away with it."

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You know, Elon, if you just paid your taxes, we could give those kids food and healthcare, things far more valuable than stock in a government-welfare-dependent company that is bound to go bankrupt eventually.

Yosemite belongs to all of us. A Trump donor wants a sign of his own in it: "Private road." He bought the ranch next door. Congress decides whether he gets the park too.

Trump: "I would love to sue the media. I would love to sue. Sullivan v Sullivan. Oh ho ho ho. I'd like to have that changed. Then they'd really be finished. They're doing badly now but they'd really be finished."

Trump on Canada: "I promised them if they become the 51st state, I said, 'I will let you keep ice hockey and I will let you keep your O Canada national anthem.'"

There is a brain-drain of the finest scientific/medical minds from the USA. This applies not just to American scientists, but international ones too, that we had previously attracted, before Trump. apnews.com/article/trum...

Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science

Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has until the end of the month to move out of the quarters provided to her by the State Department, and she is not taking it well, according to the Daily Mail.

Fired Trump envoy ‘screaming’ at staff as eviction looms in 'insane' situation: report

Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has until the end of the month to move out of the quarters provided to her by the State Department, and she is not taking it well, according to the Daily Mail.Two sources familiar with the matter told the Mail that Guilfoyle, 57, has been given unt...

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Nixon infected the modern Republican Party with a sickness that would ultimately kill it. Trump applied the coup de grace. The Republican Party is now officially dead. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-tragic-death-of-the-republican

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“Remember: always be truthful, not neutral.” That’s Christiane Amanpour’s parting message as she announces she’s leaving CNN after 43 years, just weeks after Paramount completed its $81 billion takeover of CNN’s parent company.

Bombshell as Christiane Amanpour dumps CNN after MAGA-coded buyout

CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour announced Monday that she will leave the network next June, more than four decades after she first joined it.“After many months of thought and a few sleepless nights, I have decided to separate from CNN, my partner of 43 fantastic years!” Amanpour, ...

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Your state and local health departments are a critical source for outbreak and other health-related information, especially now that federal data are being compromised. Look up your health departments by state and county for more info.

WELKER: Do you believe Democrats should impeach President Trump should they take back the House? WARNOCK: Listen, Donald Trump is a crook. And he's gotta go. And the people who are enabling him, they all have to be held accountable.

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Report: Musk and Trump Are Behind Restrictions on Ukraine’s Use of Starshield -- and the Restrictions Are Still In Place and Are Costing Lives

Trump denies having given the order, but new reporting increasingly implicates both him and Elon Musk.

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Trump is once again focused today on the many difficult issues facing Americans.

Zuckerberg silences No Kings, as millions march against Trump. Fury as Meta accused of kneecapping nationwide No Kings rallies: 'We demand answers' www.rawstory.com/no-kings-267...

Fury as Meta accused of kneecapping nationwide No Kings rallies: 'We demand answers'

Outrage erupted Saturday after Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta appeared to take down a social media account run by No Kings organizers — just as more than 3,000 No Kings marches got underway nationwide.“Meta p...

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A Trump-backed Senate candidate got caught on a leaked recording laying out his Election Day plan for a deeply Democratic city.

Leaked audio exposes MAGA Senate candidate's plan to station cops at polls

A Trump-backed Senate candidate got caught on a leaked recording laying out his Election Day plan for a deeply Democratic city.Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), who is running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, can be heard in audio posted by the Michigan Democratic Party on Saturday pitching the i...

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ICE goons box a mother with her children in their car. ICE "takes" the mother, leaving her children on the side of the road. An ICE goon then takes her children in a white sedan. Where are the children now? Newark, NJ

Mike Johnson is relying on his faith to hold control of the House. So if he loses control of the House, we can all reasonably conclude that God dislikes Mike Johnson as much as the rest of us.

Trump's family has pocketed $3 billion in cash and gifts since the 2024 election. Much of that came from crypto schemes as he deregulated the industry. That money could pay for a full year of SNAP benefits for 1.3 million people, or more than 600 million free school lunches. Second Gilded Age.