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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

WATCH: “Mike Rogers was a real pain in our ass.” jon stewart rips Rogers for claiming to support the troops yet standing in the way of health care for 9/11 first responders. (H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )

Black voters are the most loyal Democratic voting bloc, but it’s time to stop taking us for granted. I’m glad to see both Senate candidates in Michigan actively courting Black voters as they should. Our votes aren’t owed to anyone. They have to be earned.

BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE…👇 Democrats introduce bill letting Americans sue ICE agents who unlawfully arrested them. The Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act strips officers of immunity and requires $500,000 in damages for citizens arrested without a warrant or probable cause. 😎🇺🇸✨

The wealthiest people in the world are trying again to buy elections in Ohio and across the country. Why? It’s an investment, meant to buy GOP majorities that will keep dismantling any guardrails that might protect the rest of us from their greed. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/19/e...

BREAKING WaPo: The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks — a delay that comes as Trump embraces Russia and slams Ukraine.

We can’t afford NOT to do it. #MedicareForAllNOW

In case facts still matter…

🗳️ NEVADA VOTERS 🇺🇸 Early voting begins today! Nevada voters, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of your state. Whether you vote early, by mail, or on Election Day, make a plan & encourage your friends & family to participate. Your vote. Your voice. Your future.💙 #Nevada #SheShed

Trump doesn’t care about the general public. His only concern is walling off public lands into private enclaves and business opportunities for himself and wealthy cronies.

Warnock: "I worry that Democrats are missing a real opportunity to invest in a serious & sustained way in the South. If we would just lean in and stay in through the election & after the election, the kind of victory you saw us achieve here in Georgia, it is achievable in a place like Mississippi."

Again: Elon (with Trump’s permission) throttling Ukraine via Starlink to help Putin kill Ukrainians. Building Starlink into essential systems is handing Elon supervillain-level powers. More: www.ft.com/content/e267...

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

Assume an American president was in Putin’s pocket. What would they do differently than Trump? @nytimes 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...

WSJ: Ken Paxton partied in Dubai on New Year's Eve 2024 with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn't his wife. Paxton is the top law enforcement official in Texas.

ICYMI — Globally Israel is now the worst-perceived country in the world, and 🇺🇸 is now 5th worst (behind even Russia and Iraq and Syria) The Trump and Netanyahu effect in number form 😕🤷🏼 146165116.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/146165...

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Election misinformation spreads fast. Accurate information should too. If you see a suspicious claim, post or ad about voting or elections in Nevada, send it to The Nevada Independent. We're partnering with the Center for Media Engagement to investigate false and misleading election information.

Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.

NEW: Maybe it's time to take a good look at all these deaths in the Epstein-Trump orbit. jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/dead-men-t...

The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸

Holy shit.

The only reason why so many men oppose women’s freedom, autonomy and opportunity, is because they directly benefited from our oppression

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

Look, the Cornell 7 allegedly did the raping but that group chat had over 50 dudes in it. 50. One phone call from one guy & this poor woman doesn't have this horror put on her life. Not all men? All those men tho You wanna say not all men? Here's what you have to do bro:

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare

Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.

Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

Trump's ban on MSNOW, CNN, and Politico is not only part of the autocratic playbook, but the timing is no coincidence. Trump is well in the autocratic backfire process, thus, entire media outlets he sees as threats must be banished. This is a moment of reckoning for America.

Nevada: "With the passage of Assembly Bill 321 during the 2021 Legislative Session, all registered voters will receive a ballot by mail." Find early voting sites and election day voting sites (both links): www.nvsos.gov/elections/el... nvsos.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...

This thread contains voting & election information for all 50 states and D.C. Links lead to the state's main elections web page and where and/or how to vote. Please take time to ensure you are registered to vote and know how and where you can vote.

The importance of the midterms cannot possibly be overstated. Find your state in the thread below & check your voter status. Make a plan to vote as early as you can and take someone with you. If we show up, we win.

No Kings Vote Early is a party at the polls. Join us at one of the 8 locations across the valley. Our goal: To have the largest number of early voters EVER in Clark County! #nokings #nokingslasvegas #nokingsvoteearly #voteearly All the details: indivisiblelasvegas.org/no-...

The swap is still unsigned. Leaving town doesn’t sign it for them — and it doesn’t kill it either. Tell your members to kill the giveaway.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over what they called the most severe cuts to protections for wildlife in the half-century since the passage of the Endangered Species Act.

JUST IN: D.C. Circuit says IRS decision to share taxpayer info with DHS tens of thousands of violates the law — and that the administration's rebuttal to that claim is "weak sauce." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Please read & share. Drumpf & pals are going to clear cut the most spectacular old growth Tongass, Alaska forest. Read up, and at the end of the article, there's a way to take action. We cannot get back what we destroy. Old growth is irreplaceable. morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/us-forest-...

Just an FYI: the judge didn’t block the USPS ballot scanning rule from going into effect, she blocked them from making it mandatory. Make sure you have a back up plan to vote.