The Belfabulous

October 27, 2026

“A new ICE facility for unaccompanied children”

Trump's waiver of energy sanctions on Russia has an even darker, more corrupt, side that initially thought. Trump is planning to allow a Russian energy giant to control a big chunk of energy exports from Alaska. Trump and his cronies profit; America loses. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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Finding that the evidence supports Lula's claims that Mark Zuckerberg is consciously attempting to rig the Brazilian elections in favor of Bolsonaro, a Brazilian court urgently requires Meta to undo its offending logarithms and insure equal access to Lula. www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

🧊✈️ HEADS UP NEW JERSEY ‼️ ⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Newark GlobalX A319– Tail: N316NV ETA – 12:35pm 👀

🧊✈️ HOW IT ALL STARTED 👀 “I figured if they’re trying to hide [the flights], then we should definitely be looking at them closer. It’s not a classified military mission. You’re just doing a law enforcement function, supposedly.” – JJ in DC

🧊✈️ HEADS UP SAN DIEGO ‼️ ⚠️ ICE removal flight to Mexico 🇲🇽 GlobalX jet inbound to SDIA Tail: N628VA – ETA 8:05am 👀

Borrowers have a legal right to affordable student loan payments, and it took a lawsuit to get McMahon to honor that. Now she wants to shuffle federal student aid out of the Dept. of Ed? That won’t fix anything. And borrowers will pay the price. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Trump's mass deportation agenda is hitting local economies hard. Places where ICE has brought its chaos and violence have suffered job losses, shuttered businesses, and a drop in tax revenue. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

I'm so proud of the remarkable work AFT members and Dr. Norma Bowe's clinic are doing at Delaney Hall detention center. Their support for immigrant families is an inspiring display of solidarity and a true example of what it means to be on team humanity. bsky.app/profile/aft....

This thread made my day. 🧵

🧊✈️ MAURITANIA🚨⛓️ 🌍 A Talon Air G5 (tail: N50JE) prepares to depart Mesa, Arizona Tuesday afternoon, trafficking humans in chains (via Puerto Rico) to Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷 ⚠️ This is one of the last places on Earth where chattel slavery is still openly practiced 😲

In the last few weeks, Elon Musk has dumped $300,000,000 into the Midterms in a desperate attempt to buy the election for Trump. Make sure everyone knows that Musk is behind that deluge of disgusting ads they are seeing and that Musk doesn't give one whit about them. He just wants more power.

𝐈𝐂𝐄'𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲🚨 Niece of Miguel Parra-Hernandez who was run over by ICE thugs in a pursuit & severely injured speaks out & describes his ordeal.

🧊✈️ HEADS UP SAN DIEGO ‼️ ⚠️ ICE removal flight to Mexico 🇲🇽 GlobalX jet inbound to SDIA Tail: N628VA – ETA 8:25am 👀

Know much work it would be to find the actually good candidates for state boards of education even in your home state? A LOT. Charles has done that work for 15 states with these Act Blue slates. Now go give 💲to souls brave enough fight book-banning in Idaho and etc! Money direct to candidates-no cut

Tribuna | "Hace más de un siglo que España viene determinando que su “Fiesta Nacional” festeja un día con dos problemas básicos, uno moral y otro psicológico", por Martín Caparrós social.elpais.com/b7d…

Socialism #jdvance

It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.

Thankful he won. #FuckIce

Thank you Mary Corcoran, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Steve Schmidt for having me on today’s organizing call to prepare for the midterms. Learn more about how you can volunteer to defend the vote and become a Democracy Defender here. aftvotes.org/democracy-de...

A little bit of good news, Virginia. charlesgaba.substack.com/p/virginia-a...

"Virginia, marriage equality is on the ballot. I’m voting YES on Question #2 and you should too—on or before November 3rd." - @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social (D-VA11) bluevirginia.us/2026/10/vide...

#VoteYES on ballot questions 1, 2, and 3 this November: ✅ Protect your freedom to make your own decisions about reproductive healthcare. ✅ Protect every Virginian’s freedom to marry. ✅ Protect the right to vote for every eligible Virginian.

🚨 ONE MONTH TO GO! 📣 FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. --No donations through this page go to me. --Opt out of sharing your email/phone w/campaigns Donate today. #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

North Carolinians are facing a confusing stream of letters warning voters they must update missing personal information by the Oct. 9 deadline. The mailers are another barrier to voting that makes some voters question whether they should bother casting a ballot at all: https://demdock.com/4rTwVrB

This is crazytown. Why are they taking our money to run illegal ads? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Honored to have a story in this amazing Latiné horror anthology! Exclusive Excerpt Teases “Tales of Latiné Horror” in SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME dailydead.com?p=316892 @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social

#MAHA Graziers brand from Nevada. E-Coli. * Medium Cheddar * Sharp Cheddar * Jalapeño Jack * Monterey Jack

🚨 37 DAYS TO GO! 📣 Democratic GOVERNOR and LT. GOVERNOR candidates need your help! Donate today to help keep & flip STATE EXECUTIVE seats blue. #Blue26 --Opt out of sharing your email/phone w/the campaigns. --Not a dime of donations through this page go to me. secure.actblue.com/donate/govsl...

New Poll: Only 9% of Virginia Voters Have Heard “a Lot” About Proposed NextEra Purchase of Dominion Energy (After being informed, voters overwhelmingly (63%-10%) OPPOSE the deal) bluevirginia.us/2026/09/new-...

THE SDA ARRIVES ON OCT. 6! Big thanks to @ilynwelch.bsky.social for her review of this antho I'm proud to be a part of. Big thanks to Matthew David Goodwin @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @diversionbooks.bsky.social for pubbing. #supernatural #fantastic #speculative #detective

It's this, btw. 900 square foot modular detention cells.

Georgia ACA enrollees already saw their average net premiums skyrocket by 122% this year, while their avg. out of pocket expenses also went up by an estimated ~72%. acasignups.net/enrollee_cos...

Third part of my 3 amendments series. Why restoration of voting rights is important and why I’m voting YES. belfebe.substack.com/p/three-amen...

Three Amendments and Why We Should Vote Yes 3X in Virginia. A little explainer on the Reproductive Rights proposed amendment, and why say YES! belfebe.substack.com/p/three-amen...

THREE AMENDMENTS, PART 2: MARRIAGE EQUALITY Why I am voting YES on the Virginia proposed Constitutional Amendment on Marriage Equality. belfebe.substack.com/p/three-amen...

🚨 41 DAYS TO GO! 📣 If you want Dems to be active year-round they need to be funded year-round. Become a *RECURRING* supporter of all 7 battleground state parties at once today: #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/battl...

Does anyone have a non-paywalled version of this? Would be much appreciated. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

9/21/26 101 freeway in Encino A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Silencing it is fascism. PERIOD.

A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

🧊✈️ HEADS UP HOUSTON ‼️ ⚠️ ICE Air inbound to IAH Air Wisconsin CRJ-200 Tail: N465AW – ETA 7:30AM 👀

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

one of the most fascinating articles we've gotten to publish this year icymi, don't!

After the Civil War, Congress mandated that Southern states could only disenfranchise people over a handful of crimes. But these states quickly ignored those rules and manipulated the criminal legal system to prevent Black people from voting.