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White House weighing ‘election fraud’ state of emergency over midterms. “...people close to the president are reportedly urging him to declare martial law in the name of preventing voter fraud, an issue that’s exceedingly rare and statistically negligible." www.commondreams.org/news/maga-al...

Amid GOP Midterm Woes, Trump Allies—Including Convicted Election Denier—Push for Martial Law | Common Dreams

The president hasn't exactly assuaged the worries of those who fear he could go to extreme measures to maintain his party's grip on power.

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France sees anti-government protests in 140 cities. “Protests erupted throughout France on Saturday, with demonstrators citing a wide variety of grievances including inequality, the high cost of living, and poor conditions in the nation’s schools." www.commondreams.org/news/france-...

'The Government is Trembling': Protests Erupt in France, Spreading to 140 Cities | Common Dreams

Protests erupt in France over inequality, high cost of living, and poor schools. Demonstrators demand action from government.

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Brazilian judge orders Meta to treat posts of its presidential candidates equally. "The ruling... was made shortly after Lula filed a complaint that accused the tech giant... of using biased algorithms & AI restrictions to favor opposition candidate Bolsonaro..." www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: Report

The messages, reported by a Brazilian daily, say the platform recommended Bolsonaro's profile and his WhatsApp channel.

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Wife of UK national security chief investigated. "Sarah Helm wrote..., ‘God help us authors who support Palestine & Palestine Action.’ ....a... police spokesperson said: ‘We have been made aware of an X post... referencing Palestine Action. ….It is... being assessed...'” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police assess Palestine Action post by national security adviser's wife

Downing Street says Sarah Helm, the wife of Jonathan Powell, "does not represent the government in any capacity".

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US photojournalist hospitalized after settler beating. "The Washington Post said photographer Heidi Levine was reporting in the West Bank, wearing a protective vest clearly marked as ‘Press’, when she was beaten. ....They also stole her cameras and phone." www.npr.org/2026/10/16/n...

Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post.

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California billionaires have spent tens of millions to defeat wealth tax. “They’ve raised more than $340 million, and the campaign they’re funding is spending more than $1 million a day to defeat the measure, according to state financial disclosures." www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax

Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education

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‘Self-Driving’ Telsa with sleeping driver crashes into parked California troopers. "The CHP had shut down several lanes for a separate incident and the patrol vehicle was stopped in one of them. ....the Tesla did not heed flares, cones, & flashing emergency lights." abc7news.com/post/video-d...

VIDEO: Driver asleep as Tesla in self-driving mode plows into scene of crash on I-80

CHP has released dashcam video showing the moment a Tesla slammed into a patrol vehicle on I-80 in Solano County, injuring two officers. Investigators say the 22-year-old driver told them he was aslee...

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'Voter' who questioned James Talarico at ‘town hall’ may be Republican Party official. "…wasn’t ‘Small Business Owner’ Sarah Gardner, who... [grilled] Talarico... on religion, the very same Sarah Gardner who is Secretary of the Dallas County Young Republicans?" www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-talaric...

CNN’s Talarico Debate Ambushed by Young Republican Star

Ken Paxton dodged the televised Town Hall in the Lone Star State, but he had a proxy questioner.

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ICE planning to hire contractor employees to plot relationship networks of their targets. “Immigration and Customs Enforcement is fast-tracking a $100 million domestic surveillance program to put 142 intelligence agents in more than two dozen cities and [DC]..." prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...

ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect

Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.

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Soldier claimed he fought reptilian aliens. "...an unnamed member of the military’s elite special missions unit revealed to [podcast host Nick Betts] that he & other soldiers were given energy weapons to hunt down 3 creatures which had invaded a secret US facility." www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/...

Army sniper claims US troops killed 'reptilian beings' near Area 51

A former Army sniper has revealed the incredible events which allegedly left a US soldier dead as the military hunted alien invaders in the Nevada desert.

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Porto, Portugal cops accused of using excessive force against protesters. "According to activists & their lawyers, the police intervention resulted in 35 people sustaining minor injuries and 2 sustaining serious injuries, including head injuries [and] broken [bones]." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Portugal: Police violence against peaceful housing protesters must be investigated

Initial reports suggest that the police deployed excessive force to disperse a peaceful protest camp in Porto, Portugal, in the early hours of 15 October that injured 37 people, said Amnesty Internati...

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FBI searches Delaware man’s home after posts advocating violence against federal officials. "A New Castle man is facing firearms-related charges following an investigation into social media posts in which he allegedly called for violence against federal officials." www.wdel.com/news/fbi-com...

FBI comes knocking following man's alleged calls for violence against federal officials

A New Castle man is charged with illegal possession of three firearms that were seized by FBI agents who carried out a search warrant at his home Wednesday. Prosecutors cited

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Oklahoma City breaks rainfall record. “OKC recorded 5.59″ of rainfall yesterday, which breaks the old record for the day of 2.45″ set in 1956. ....[It] has picked up just under 7″ of rainfall in the last 48 hours. ….as much [as].... the last 4 full months combined.” okcfox.com/news/local/f...

Flooding & Record Rainfall This Week

Yesterday was the wettest day we've seen in years! Record daily maximum rainfall was set in Oklahoma City yesterday. OKC recorded 5.59" of rainfall Wednesday.

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Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Oklahoma. "'We had between 9 and 10 inches on the south end of [Kingfisher] county up towards Okarche,' [Randy] Poindexter said. ‘Out west, we had 4.5 to 6 inches of rain on this side of the Gyp Hills.'" okcfox.com/news/local/f...

Flash flooding hits Oklahoma towns as 9 to 10 inches of rain swamps Kingfisher County

Flash flooding across Oklahoma caused widespread problems Wednesday, inundating roads and low-lying areas and prompting multiple water rescues in and around Kin

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Baltimore, MD broke high temperature record. “Temperatures climbed to 88 degrees in the Baltimore area Wednesday, a record high for Oct. 14, according to National Weather Service records." www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Record high to chilly nights: October brings rollercoaster weather

Wednesday’s temperature of 88 degrees was a record high for the Baltimore area, but the weekend is cooling off.

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Charlotte, NC breaks high temperature record for second day in a row. “On Thursday, Oct. 15, the city of Charlotte set a record-high for the date of 90 degrees, two degrees warmer than the previous daily high temperature record of 88 set in 1985." www.wbtv.com/2026/10/15/9...

90-degree day sets record in Charlotte for latest day in city’s history

Charlotte also set record-high for the Oct. 15, at 90 degrees

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Bowling Green, KY breaks high temperature record. “...afternoon temperatures climbed to 89 degrees, breaking the city’s previous record high for Oct. 15. The old record of 87 degrees had stood since 1924.... Normal highs for mid-October are in the upper 60s to low 70s.” www.wbko.com/2026/10/15/b...

Bowling Green breaks century-old heat record with 89-degree high

Bowling Green breaks century-old heat record with 89-degree high on Thursday

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FBI employees fired after recovering Trump’s classified documents stash sue to get jobs back. "The 9 fired employees did not volunteer for the investigation but were assigned to it as part of their work on specialized counterintelligence and counterespionage squads..." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

FBI agents and analysts who were fired for working on Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

The investigation resulted in a dramatic 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records and later produced an indictment in federal court in Florida charging then-former President Don...

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‘No Kings’ demonstrations to encourage voting scheduled for Saturday. "'It’s a day of nonpartisan voter participation, being in community with each other, and making sure every eligible voter has a plan, knows their options, and is ready to make their voice count.’" www.latimes.com/california/s...

How this Saturday's ‘No Kings’ protests will be different

Thousands of 'No Kings' rallies are scheduled to take place Saturday aimed at getting people to vote in the November midterm elections.

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NYC man shot in neck says masked ICE officers who broke car window & fired guns at him did not identify themselves. "‘The men did not identify themselves, show any documents or otherwise communicate with Oscar [Belgal] in any substantive way,’ according to the filing." gothamist.com/news/man-sho...

Man shot by ICE in NYC's Marble Hill said federal officers never identified themselves

The wounded man said he didn't learn ICE agents were involved until he woke up in the hospital.

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Leaked list of White House ballroom donors reveals many have ‘special interests’. “...the documents show that the vast majority of the funds raised came from companies and wealthy individuals with interests before the federal government." www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regu...

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California ballot initiative would allow public campaign financing. “This November, California voters will decide whether to adopt Proposition 4, a ballot measure that would allow the state to enact public campaign financing programs." www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

California Voters Will Choose Whether to Allow Public Campaign Financing — Here’s Why It Matters

Public financing is the most effective counter we have to the influence of megadonors in politics.

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Investor-owned utility companies charging customers higher rates. "The two-thirds of US households who get their electricity from big, investor-owned utilities have long paid more, on average, than customers of the nation’s public power agencies." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower

The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers

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Flock camera investigation reveals racist text messages. “3 Charlotte [NC] cops have resigned and 3 more are facing termination after a Flock probe uncovered a text chain... with racist messages... and a reported competition over who could arrest the most black people." reason.com/2026/10/15/3...

3 Charlotte cops resign after group chat reveals competition to arrest the most black people

A probe into one officer's misuse of Flock's license plate reader database uncovered racist texts and could put past convictions in question.

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Little US news coverage of Palestinian mother filmed burning alive after Israeli airstrike. “Palestinian journalist Ali al-Jaafrawi witnessed & recorded the immediate aftermath.... CBS News... published video of the burning apartment in a Facebook Reel." www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-ch...

Israeli Strike Burns Gaza Mother Alive in Front of Toddler, 'Without Generating Any Headlines' | Common Dreams

"If she was Israeli, this image would be front-page news," said one observer.

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Sen. Susan Collins received contractor donations, allegedly to protect F-35 program. "From May 1 to June 30, 2023, employees & top executives from Lockheed Martin donated $59,500 to Collins’s campaign.... Collins was among the largest recipients of Lockheed cash..." theintercept.com/2026/10/15/s...

Lockheed Martin Showered Susan Collins With Cash as F-35 Program Hit Turbulence

Collins received tens of thousands from Lockheed during a two-month period surrounding a critical 2023 watchdog report.

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Police raid Turkish TV station, homes of staff and owner’s family. “Police raided Turkey’s most-watched news channel, Halk TV early Wednesday, halting broadcasts & installing a government-appointed administrator in the latest move against pro-opposition media." www.courthousenews.com/government-t...

Government takes control of Turkey's most-watched news channel

Footage of the moment the feed was cut showed a live interview about a huge investment fund scandal suddenly switching to a classic film from 1973.

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Group investigating stolen Lego claim sues town over alleged police harassment. "'They were detained, handcuffed, searched, arrested, interrogated and ultimately not charged with any crimes for one very simple reason: They did not commit any crimes.’" www.courthousenews.com/utah-police-...

Utah police sued over armed raid tied to stolen Lego investigation

Four people assisting a YouTube journalist investigating a disputed $200,000 Lego collection sued Utah police over days of harassment that culminated in an armed Airbnb raid.

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Civilians in Yemen killed in Saudi airstrikes. “...the [health] ministry said that since September 3, when the war escalated following the start of an Ansar Allah ground offensive, Saudi strikes have killed at least 107 civilians and wounded 278." news.antiwar.com/2026/10/13/s...

Saudi Airstrikes Hit Girls’ School and Health Center in Yemen, Killing Five Civilians: Yemeni Media

Saudi airstrikes in Yemen's southwestern Taiz province on Monday hit a girls' school and a health center, killing at least five civilians, according to Yemeni media reports. Yemen's SABA news agency, ...

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