Steve Sikora

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Republicans have been attacking Abdul El-Sayed by claiming that he wants to promote sharia law. But nobody asks his opponent, Republican Mike Rogers, why he's part of a party where leaders seem so willing to impose their faith on society. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-closes...

“These relatively long odds account, perhaps, for the wild messaging from Netanyahu during the past three days. Netanyahu’s statements have been, as George W Bush said after Donald Trump’s 'American carnage' speech, 'some weird shit.'”👇🏼 #IsraelElection #Netanyahu www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

“Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee…in a statement that the Justice Department had 'deliberately withheld evidence' and 'appears to be covering up these crimes to protect the president.'”👇🏼 #EpsteinFiles #Trump #DOJ ⁉️ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

Imagine being simultaneously this racist and yet completely wrong.

More than a thousand years ago, Al-Khwarizmi was the father of algebra. Ibn Sina/Avicenna wrote the leading medical text. Al-Biruni made original contributions to geodesy/astronomy. Nobel Prizes: Naguib Mahfouz Ahmed Zewail Moungi Bawendi Ardem Patapoutian Wolf Prize: Ahmed Zewail Omar Yaghi

Well played

“In any event, in June the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the second Dan Sullivan should be on the ballot, rejecting the argument that the risk of confusion should keep him off. And again, the way the two names appear on the ballot essentially solves the problem.”👇🏼 #DOJ ⁉️ www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

“The public’s views of ICE have grown more negative over the last year: 56% now view the agency unfavorably, up from 49% last year.”👇🏼 #InhumanCrueltyEnforcement #ICE www.pewresearch.org/fact-sheet/h...

On October 7, 2006, 20 years plus 20 days ago, Anna Politkovskaya, journalist, writer and human rights activist, was murdered in Moscow as a “birthday present” for Putin. She had warned of Putin’s intentions, but few listened. #GeorgeWBush’sPutin #DonaldTrump’sPutin charter97.org/en/news/2026...

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Rachmaninoff composed "Lilacs"—a musical setting for a poem by Ekaterina Beketova—because he needed money to pay for his wedding and honeymoon. This performance by the soprano Albina Shagimuratova was recorded in 2023. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9y...

Trump continues to insist that voters "pretend" that he's on the ballot, much to the dismay of Republicans everywhere. patreon.com/robrogers

Reuters selection of their top photos of the week, each one a news story. www.reuters.com/pictures/pho...

If this death toll was the result of a terrorist attack, the world would be up in arms And remember, this is not the new normal From the perspective of 2100, or even 2050, the summer of 2026 will be one of the coolest www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump & co said the quiet part out loud today: these BOGUS lawsuits are about subverting elections & it’s because he’s scared of YOUR vote Suing now bc your guy might lose later? Like all their election shenanigans: sow chaos & cling to power It's not going to work -TN

Ukraine says satellite access still restricted despite Trump saying otherwise
The president said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starshield, but Ukrainian soldiers said the service was still disrupted Friday. wapo.st/3UeuOlS Gift article

⚡️US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions. In a public letter, Democratic Senators and Representatives listed five questions concerning Starlink restrictions impacting Ukrainian forces, addressed to Musk.

“The law requires election officials to preserve and make available certain voting records that 'come into' their possession. But [Judge] Barlow concluded Utah’s voter database does not qualify because Henderson’s office develops, manages and maintains it.”👇🏼 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

My new one @slate.com: Baked Alaska: The DOJ Just Telegraphed Trump's Biggest Election Target: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Well now we know why DOJ filed this Alaska garbage complaint www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

“The song’s wordless gospel vocal makes it an ecstatic, even hopeful, tent pole supporting Dark Side’s brilliantly cynical songs about the banality and injustice of modern life.”

Trump ignored procedure and a court order by ripping out over 400 trees (some old growth) to renovate a D.C. golf course. He can't seem to do anything without destroying the earth and those of us who live here. patreon.com/robrogers

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff praises Putin as a “humanitarian”, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad, and Trump announces cash for tips on fraud in U.S. government programs (here’s a tip…) anntelnaes.substack.com/p/putin-rama...

“The survey found that most Americans believed the federal government had a responsibility to ensure that people had coverage, although Democrats and independents expressed… belief more strongly than Republicans.”👇🏼 “…more strongly than Republicans” want to abolish. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/b...

“Many banks are broadly not able to parse whether agent account activity is user-directed, sources said. One bank executive told Axios they struggle to differentiate between agents, as well as whether an agent has been authorized by a user or has gone rogue and gained access to a customer account.”👇🏼

“As reporters for the Los Angeles Times put it, Muñoz described seeing helicopters, at least eight cars and several agents from different agencies descending on his home, and recalled thinking, 'What movie am I in?'”👇🏼

“Lamm tells WIRED that #Warhound is in the process of #GeneEditing its first batch of dogs. The startup has already collected blood samples from specific 'top-performing' military, police, and first responder dogs in the United States, and its goal is to clone them.”👇🏼 www.wired.com/story/cool-c...

“Instead of using American economic power to pressure the country that started this war but shows no capability of winning it, Trump is offering that country economic relief while criticizing the nation that is successfully defending itself.”👇🏼 #TrumpFavorsPutin He always has — anti-democracy.

It's bleak that Serious News Outlets will tie themselves into knots writing headlines that obscure the horrors of a story while @people.com just waltzes in and calls it like it is.

The *second* best thing about a James Talarico win would be how angry this annoying, interfering dork will be at not being able to buy a Senate seat for $200,000,000.

Watch this 👀

A top donor to Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton made a stunning admission that he would be backing Democrat James Talarico in November.

The Bush family is basically coming out in support of Talarico. This makes the third endorsement this week. www.ms.now/on-the-line/...

El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

This dumb hack has no power to do that. States don't have to listen to anything he says.

“In his July confirmation hearing, Blanche drew fire for avoiding any commitment to not deploy immigration agents at the polls, instead vaguely affirming that he will 'follow the law.'… [SECDHS] Markwayne Mullin similarly left open the possibility…”👇🏼 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

“The dispute stems from House Bill 323, a GOP-backed law signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) in April that removed student IDs from the list of identification voters can use to obtain a ballot.”👇🏼 #NewHampshire #StudentVoters #Elections2026 #VotingRights #SCOTUS www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The US economy is about 12 times larger than the Russian economy and per capita output is six times larger. CA, NY and TX surpass Russian output. It's a minor economic country. But Trump only wants to match the scale of theft and dictatorial, oligarchic rule of Putin, the people be damned.

BREAKING The BBC subpoenaed Jack Smith for a deposition to defend itself against Trump's defamation lawsuit. Smith didn't object to the subpoena. Team Trump opposes. buff.ly/cf6GaG2

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I heard a wonderful live performance of this today by an undergrad pianist and wanted to dig up a version to share with you. Here is "Southern Sketches" by the composer Florence Price, on a recent album of her music performed by pianist Michael Clark. See you around.

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David Byrne’s New Book Explores the Strange Afterlife of Good Ideas: From Vermeer’s Paintings to Roman Concrete & Dark Matter

President Zelenskyy has become one of the world’s greatest heroes. That’s eating Putin and Trump alive.

“Trump’s…actions in support of Russia…so obvious that they have generated a rare moment of bipartisan disgust…Democrats and Republicans now seem to share a horror at the betrayal of Ukraine…the reckless abdication of America’s role as leader of the free world.”👇🏼 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

“The OIG found that TSA’s Credential Authentication Technology 2’s (CAT-2) vendor 'was able to access and extract sensitive passenger information, including driver’s license and passport images, during system troubleshooting and enhancements, without TSA’s knowledge.'”👇🏼 www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...