It’s one of the biggest questions looming over the midterms: Will ICE send agents to the polls? Records ICE turned over get tantalizingly close to an answer — until that answer is ultimately redacted. Here’s what we do know: https://demdock.com/3TOpzsI

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

So we are warring with Iran And Russia is supplying weaponry to Iran. And we are paying Russia to send us diesel fuel. Because we are warring with Iran the ships with the diesel can't get to us. So we are buying it from Russia, which... Yeah, this is some three-dimensional chess right here.

The cross-messaging — that voters have nothing to worry about and that the state is war-gaming authoritarian-style threats to its election — is part of a tricky balancing act in the Trump 2.0 era. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Trump keeps trying to control California’s elections. The midterms will be another test

California officials say next month’s elections will probably be fine — and that they’re also prepared for an authoritarian assault.

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My favorite bit of recent mail. It’s Armageddon! Come bring the kids!

folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*

Two major Republican campaigns in California with the same starting point: We know you dislike Trump. Subtextual challenge: Convince voter that embracing Trump-endorsed politician and policy will have better results for CA than for the U.S.

A GOP sheriff who ran for governor just got fired from one of his jobs. Here’s why: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Newsom signs bill stripping MAGA sheriff of his coroner title

In what amounts to a laser-focused rebuke to a Republican sheriff who has dismissed concerns about deaths inside his jails, California has stripped Sheriff Chad Bianco of his duties as coroner.

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In a move reproductive health scholars have been predicting, Republican-led states are trying to set up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion in a post-Roe America. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Red states ask U.S. Supreme Court to overturn California’s abortion shield laws

Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to obliterate California’s abortion shield laws, potentially setting up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion.

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Toddler parent vent: Spidey and His Amazing Friends neuters its main characters into such shrill-aggressively-positive-youth-group-hall-monitor-caricatures that my son actually hates Spidey and identifies with Green Goblin. Way to go Disney. You’re killing me.

This is a story about a middle-class family and their suburb after 'Mommy' disappeared. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

A Bay Area nurse tried to relocate her family to Canada. ICE stopped them

A nurse treated Bay Area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump administration made her disappear.

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One family's story. They were planning to move to Canada and safety, they hoped. ICE disappeared their mom, a frontline nurse during the pandemic. More great reporting from @raheemfh.bsky.social for the San Francisco Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

A Bay Area nurse tried to relocate her family to Canada. ICE stopped them

A nurse treated Bay Area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump administration made her disappear.

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Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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‼️Sen. Murray asks if Overton agrees with false WH claim that IUDs cause abortions. Refuses to answer, implies FDA could change course "If I'm confirmed as FDA commissioner, I'll be fully briefed on all their prior decisions and make determinations according to the standards of safety and efficacy."

When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.

Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.

One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis

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This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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S’what I call a messaging deficit starting point.

Whatever the state’s high court decides, a conservative sheriff has helped ensure that California’s efforts to ensure free elections unfolds on multiple fronts. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

In purple California, lawmaker sisters take on their MAGA sheriff

Riverside County natives Clarissa Cervantes, a council member, and Sabrina Cervantes, a state senator, are using the judicial and legislative branches to restrain Sheriff Chad Bianco.

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“‘Far right’ is a propaganda term that became especially popular in recent years [due to its skyrocketing prevalence].”

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last mo.

Elon Musk embarked on a tweeting spree this week, attempting to rebrand the AfD, the far-right German party, as anything but far-right. “‘Far right’ is a propaganda term that became especially popular in recent years."

So California Republicans and even some Dems have criticized @scottwiener.bsky.social for keeping "Romeo and Juliet" exceptions in sex offense laws. Big BUT coming... calmatters.org/politics/202... www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The only appropriate place to hear Bruno Mars is in a seniors aerobics class.

Saw the “I PLAY ROCKY” trailer a week ago and am still absolutely bewildered it is a real thing that people made.

Northern California mosquitoes have leveled up in the past few years. From seasonal, morning/dusk, easy-to-smack pests to year-round, 24/7, kinetic terminators.

Intrigued that acclaimed comics writer Brian K. Vaughan (SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, EX MACHINA, Y: THE LAST MAN) is a credited co-writer of DUNE 3.

The sometimes bitter contests between exposed the fault lines in a Democratic Party that remains divided over its direction as it seeks to retake Congress in November and blunt President Donald Trump’s agenda. But it wasn’t Wahab’s most personal fight. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

She beat big money and upset some fellow Dems. Who is Swalwell successor Aisha Wahab?

State Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Hayward, faced an $8 million onslaught traced to AIPAC and fierce pushback from moderate Democrats. The progressive senator’s supporters say it fueled her.

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Since their appointments last year, assistant USAs Bill Essayli and Harmeet Dhillon have been tasked with executing Trump’s agenda in California. Their results have been mixed. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Trump’s top California prosecutor promised election fraud charges. Two months later, there are none

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli promised election fraud prosecutions after California’s June primary. So far, he’s delivered nothing and won’t say why.

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Feeling stressed by my company’s stress reduction emails. 43 in one day is too many!

SM: BND continues to linger 24 hours later. Not because I think the main plot is all that interesting, but because there’s something sticky about watching a good dude navigate the male loneliness crisis right now. Especially when that dude wears red pajamas and is a role model to so many kids.

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