What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Week Ahead

October 4, 2026

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Father showing his #disabled son a beautiful day, when this Random Acts of Kindness

The US is ramping up the Iran war. Feds are being sent to polling places. Musk has crawled back out to meddle in elections again. Nobody should be shocked if November gets gutted, delayed, or "postponed for wartime security." Their playbook isn't hidden.

Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon

Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.

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Mehdi Hasan: “Is Elon Musk the most dangerous person on Earth?” Alex Gibney: “Right now, I think he is. Pete Hegseth made him co-director of the new Defense Department plan for war in the future. It’s a little bit like The Joker being handed the keys to The Manhattan Project.

Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP

Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP

Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP

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France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is big: France and other European nations are investigating Elon Musk’s X as explained in the post below from the French Foreign Ministry’s rapid response account.

Superlative shade.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱

Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱

"Our rape statutes were written decades ago, at a time when women were gravely underrepresented in the legislature, and when we understood far less about rape than we understand now."

The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started

Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as victim-blaming.

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Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

Could This Actually End Citizens United?

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

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De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Your fucking hands off our vote

Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”

Last week the D.C. Circuit heard argument over Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry into top Trump administration officials. @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org sat down with @annabower.bsky.social , @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social to break it down. youtube.com/live/OXziyHG...

Incredible www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

New from France Interesting long Covid research where all participants satisfy ME/CFS criteria Evidence for transcriptomic changes impacting muscle contraction in patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #LongCovid #MEcfs #PwME #CFS #postcovid #postcovid19

I thought this was a very clear explanation of what happened with the Supreme Court a couple weeks ago… Thank you @thedadbriefs

Musk can block access to satellites to disable a nation‘s defenses in war. Drones can’t navigate, no Internet/cell access. He already shifted satellites to benefit Russia, not Ukraine. USAID complained; funds killed, 700K people killed. Too much power. No paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

With Elon Musk’s Return to Washington, Possible Conflicts of Interest Resurface (Gift Article)

The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board.

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It's like something right out of a horror movie. Pete Hogsex, Secretary of War, just handed over our military & a trillion dollar budget to Elon Musk to run an autonomic War machine under AI. He owns the world's communication system, StarLink. He owns SpaceX, our satellites & space station access.

. There’s no rehabilitation with evil Stephen Miller. He’s a Full-Tilt Sociopath, has been since he was a teenager. Somehow he manipulated the mentally deficient Trump into giving him power, like Elmo did, and now Miller is mass-engineering cruelty and dictator-power throughout the nation.

Jennifer Welch: “Stephen Miller is a complete psychopath of the highest order. This man is right up there with some of the worst actors ever in history — Hitler, Joseph Goebbels. And his wife and all the people around them, it is a death cult. The thing they accuse Muslims of, that’s what they are”

Actor Richard Gere on Trump: “We’re living in the darkest moment I’ve experienced on this planet. Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought a maniac like this would be president and dismantle all the good things? America’s never been a perfect place, but it has a perfect ideal”

Jennifer Welch: “Boycott every fucking thing on CBS News. These are the same people that fired Stephen Colbert because Trump got his feelings hurt. These people don’t care about the truth, they don’t care about journalism, they don’t care about the Constitution, they don’t care about a free press”

The president’s son-in-law is reportedly engaging in more than just peace-making.

Kremlin Rushes to Defend Jared Kushner as Murky Deal Is Exposed

The president’s son-in-law is apparently engaging in more than just peace-making.

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T/L Cleanser: Robert Reich’s 10 Commandments to restoring government. How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAl...

The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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69% of US adults disapprove of Trump. Only 31% approve. • Cost of Living: 69% say Trump’s handling of this crisis has been worse than expected. • Iran War: 69% feel it has not been worth fighting. • Economic Blame: 65% attribute higher prices to Trump's policies. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

Stunning New AP Poll Shows Whopping 69% of Americans Disapprove of Trump — An All-Time High

New polling shows the lowest number yet of Americans approve of President Donald Trump's job performance.

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Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…

This is unreadable. He’s incoherent. I don’t think he successfully stated a single fact, answered a single question, or provided a single example of any point he wanted to make. Not that it was clear what points he wanted to make—because he was incoherent.

Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

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What's becoming difficult to do is name any of Donald Trump's closest friends abroad who AREN'T war criminals. He himself is of course ALSO a war criminal—but there are still people in the United States who are surprised when they realize he's willing to commit Crimes against Humanity here at home.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Bridges in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, that are used by many commuters are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.