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Reuters: Israel’s election ended Tuesday with no clear winner, exit polls indicate, likely setting off weeks of jockeying before a leader is declared.

BBC: Netanyahu’s Likud projected to be the biggest party, while also projected to lose seats.

NEWS — A hacker is attempting to breach the Federal Election Commission's systems, and the agency had to "temporarily shut down" its web-facing services, per an email seen by Reuters. The FEC regulates campaign finance and plays no role in running elections or counting votes.

Emmy Award-winning voice actor Eric Bauza, best known for voicing Bugs Bunny and many other beloved "Looney Tunes" characters, has died. He was 46.

Israel’s Channel 13 exit poll projects a divided Knesset. The opposition bloc with 53 seats, Netanyahu’s coalition bloc 50 seats, and Arab parties 17 seats. No one reaches the 61 seats required for a majority in Israel’s 120-seat parliament.

We have exit polls in Israel *NETANYAHU BLOC TRAILS IN ISRAEL VOTE: CHANNEL 11 EXIT POLL *NETANYAHU BLOC TRAILS IN ISRAEL VOTE: N12 EXIT POLL

Castro had two rolexes? BFD my president has a Qatari luxury jet and his own crypto currency.

What prompted the reaction

"Journalists often use the words 'unsubstantiated' or 'uncorroberated' when referring to the allegations victims have levied against powerful men, like Trump. Instead of saying these women’s accounts are not corroborated, maybe it’s time we say they were not investigated in spite of clear patterns."

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

Alex Pretti’s parents held a press conference in Minneapolis Tuesday morning to call on federal agencies to investigate their son’s killing by Border Patrol agents — and to share more about who Alex was.

NYT: Trump is exploring lifting sanctions on the Russia’s flagship government investment fund, one of the Kremlin’s most powerful tools of international influence, as part of an effort to “improve U.S.-Russia relations and help end the war.” My take: If it says considers, it means it’s done.

Trump might be about to do Putin yet another favor. Via NYT

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

Likely confirmed by OSINT: Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery with missile www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Trump gassing up Qatari Force One for the flee. Stuffing it full of Top Secret goodies he can use to barter his way into Moscow high society. Leaves Melania behind. Does the flee with Natalie.

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Earlier today: Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina’s Senate seat, was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with police following the posting of threats.

Him personally or the Treasury? Either way I call dibs on Paxton.

America is currently on the soft side of The Baddies in Ukraine, which sucks so much and as an American, embarrasses me to my core Luckily, we have an election in like 8 days, and another one in 2 years and between the two we can turn this ship around, even if we cant undo the damage

Roughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

Judge Furman rules that Maureen Comey's firing violated separation of powers. Orders backpay. Govt's arguments violate 2 centuries of SCOTUS rulings & would "unsettle the equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday. https://cnn.it/4zcHNnm

The voice of Bugs and Daffy in Coyote v Acme, Luke Skywalker, Jimmy Pesto (replacing that insurrectionist chud I used to like), Stimpy, Bane, Commissioner Gordon, and hundreds of other voices died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease

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1. A group formed last week called “Progressive Alliance of Wisconsin” is attacking David Crowley, the state’s Democratic nominee for governor, with hundreds of thousands in attack mailers. A Popular Information investigation has linked the effort to GOP operatives.

"I should have spent less time worried about the ballroom" is what I hope he's thinking.

⚡️ Russia aims to use Ukraine peace negotiations to push NATO back to its 1997 borders, according to The Telegraph. Diplomatic sources say Moscow wants European nations at the table to demand NATO clear out troops and equipment from countries along Russia's border.

exchange between a right wing Brazilian congressman and a left wing congressman is pretty brutal for the former

Whatever he gets I hope it's livestreamed.

THEY TRIED LITERALLY EVERYTHING AND THEY STILL LOST

❗️In Belgrade, people have begun celebrating the students’ victory over Aleksandar Vučić: he has just conceded defeat in the snap parliamentary elections and stated that the “Student List” has won (according to preliminary counts — 135–140 seats versus about 105 for his list).

The good guys win resoundingly in Serbia.

Security Alert: U.S. Mission Saudi Arabia (October 25, 2026) Effective October 23, 2026, the Department of State ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and U.S. government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks.

NEW: The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical… https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2114431234646626398

Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals even as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, which they called a "military target"

❗️“There is no need to buy Russia’s loyalty by lifting sanctions,” Zelenskyy said. “Sanctions were imposed because of the aggression, not for readiness to negotiate. Their lifting is possible only within the framework of ending the war.”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Trump set to ‘shift gears on Iran,' as attack no longer appears to be 'a question of if, but of when,’ US official.-i24 News

The GOP is united in its support for the Cheesecake Factory.

Something that's not being said. The REASON why Blanche and Bill Essayli are so defiantly violating the Constitution is bc John Roberts said they can't be prosecuted so long as they're following Trump's illegal orders. Blanche's criminality arises DIRECTLY out of Trump v. US.