Democrat Jasmine Clark won her race in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects. Clark, who received her doctorate in microbiology from Emory University, is set to be the first-ever Black woman Ph.D. scientist to serve in Congress. https://bit.ly/4sFKGdH

"The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison! But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory" -- here's Obama's full riff about the "phony outrage" over his Trump/Cheesecake Factory comments and how it illustrates that "these are not serious people"

Trumps Mississippi speech verbatim. Anyone else would be looking a permanent secure elder care facility. This is not how people talk, let alone anyone in charge of something

University leaders trying to engage the right wing assault on higher education is such a bad idea because the criticism is bad faith, good faith will never be reciprocated, and they have the demolition of the university as a core movement goal. You can’t make peace with it, you can only defeat it.

Ryan Enos@ryanenos.bsky.social · last wk.

Wild and revealing interview with Steve Bannon about Trump's attack on universities. ""Universities, Bannon said, are the only reason that Democrats are “able to compete with us.”" www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/27/n...

If you read one story today, make it this one by @dougbockclark.bsky.social. A masterclass in reporting. How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself ha...

propublica.org

Seems corrupt.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.

Jared Kushner was allegedly paid $50 million by a foreign government to get former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson fired. trib.al/gANTbMx

Netanyahu lost

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Don't give in. Instead, get out the vote. ⬇️ www.inequalitymediacivicaction.org/gotv

GOTV — Inequality Media Civic Action

inequalitymediacivicaction.org

This fucking rules.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

I don’t think the young people (ie if you’re under 25 you don’t really remember Obama) realize just how electric a speaker he is

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

there is no other current or former politician in the US who gets this sort of response

“In an unprecedented pre-emptive strike on democratic elections, the Department of Justice—acting on the President’s personal orders—demands that this Court enjoin the certification of the ongoing U.S. Senate election, but only if the President’s preferred candidate loses,” the filing says.

Vox@vox.com · 2w ago

Trump’s lawyers want to block Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s victory in an election that is more than a week away. www.vox.com/politics/507...

This is sad. General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s historic World War II globe was broken when Pete Hegseth’s team dropped it while trying to move it into his office.

“Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest… After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud”

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

theguardian.com

“How do we fight their fire hose of lies with a fire hose of truth every day?” Ben Meiselas and Don Lemon on why independent media is winning — and why nobody should ever normalize Trump.

Noncitizen voting in this country is a nonissue. This is illegal voter intimidation and blatant GOP election meddling. Plain and simple.

Armed Federal Agents Go Door to Door to Hunt for Noncitizen Voters

Armed officers are knocking on people’s doors ahead of the midterms.

newrepublic.com

Like it or not, that message of rage and hate has worked pretty well for them over time and acted as excellent cover for all the fucked up ways they’re screwing most people. However, screw enough people over badly enough and that rage and hate gets turned toward you and they haven’t grasped that yet

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump/MAGA simply can't grasp how James Talarico can be appealing to people with a message of kindness toward immigrants and our neighbors because their own politics is grounded in rage and hate. On the pod pollster Nancy Zdunkewicz is great on the state of the race: newrepublic.com/article/2167...

Trump-friendly oligarchs are buying up major media with the regime's help. They control CNN, CBS, Fox, TikTok, Meta, X and major local TV chains. Yet Mike Johnson is still claiming liberal bias. The real media conspiracy is the corporate consensus to normalize Johnson and other right-wing radicals.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Mike Johnson offers a conspiracy theory to explain away his party's dire polling: "I believe there's a concerted effort between Democrats and the mainstream media that's openly biased in their favor to discourage the Republican side"

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

There’s a lot in here, but among the more striking moments is the tail end of the clip, when El-Sayed asks the questioner to disavow “any attempt to read any religious doctrine into the laws of our country.” The questioner responds: “I do not.”

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk personally proposed slowing down Ukraine’s Starlink access, and Trump agreed, The Telegraph reports, citing four sources. Musk reportedly later feared backlash from European customers and publicly denied responsibility, blaming the White House instead.

Trump waiving sanctions against Russia is the most predictable thing ever. The silence of some GOP elected officials is likewise the most predictable thing. Throw the trash out in November. This isn’t funny anymore

THIS is the way. The grit. The determination. The gumption. A model for all of us. If ever there was a moment to use your right to speak up—and vote—it’s now.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

The most sickening thing is not that Elon Musk is pumping hundreds of millions into the midterm elections. The most sickening thing is that this doesn't make even a dent on his grotesque fortune, which means he will continue to abuse the power his wealth provides him.

I love this answer so much because it gets at the heart of what humanities scholars do and what's so threatening to authoritarians about it: Criticism is not inherently a negative. Criticism is looking at something to understand the parts of it and form deeper opinions about it with appreciation.

Jesi🃏♠️🔥@luciferjesit.bsky.social · 3w ago

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...

ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers

The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”

nydailynews.com

Love the cover of October's Literary Review! Can you identify them all without looking at their book titles? Don't cheat (you probably won't need to!).

super normal behavior ✍🏻 by super normal company ✍🏻

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 3w ago

“A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contract—Flock refused to take its cameras down so Elgin Community College covered them. The company snuck back to uncover them” www.theverge.com/tech/1009411...

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her]@alexandraerin.com · 3w ago

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.