The US told Gulf states to brace for a short, intense Iran campaign after the Nov. 3 midterms. Trump is leaning toward a large attack. Bombs after ballots, not before. https://investinglive.com/commodities/us-warns-gulf-allies-of-possible-short-intense-iran-campaign-after-midterms-wsj/
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21 states and DC sued Trump for gutting the Corporate Transparency Act. His rule exempts 99.9% of companies from naming their owners. Secrecy for shell companies, from the law and order president. The Shell Company Club. https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:po3hljayg4ihsle7xw6ds3vs/3myvm4dmv6h2t
21 states and DC sued Trump for gutting a 2021 anti-corruption law. His rule exempts over 99.9% of companies from reporting who owns them. Shell companies stay anonymous. Launder away. https://wncy.com/2026/10/27/trump-administration-sued-over-rollback-of-corporate-ownership-reporting-rules/
Trump tried to give refugees just 10 days to fight losing legal status, down from 30. A Boston judge blocked it through Nov. 6. DHS said it could hit 186,000 refugees. https://947thebeast.com/2026/10/27/us-judge-blocks-trump-rule-cutting-the-time-refugees-have-to-contest-end-of-status/
A grand jury just rejected Trump's DOJ trying to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over her January 6 testimony. Regular Americans in a jury room keep doing the job his loyalist prosecutors refuse to do and shutting this crap down.
NEWS: A federal grand jury has REJECTED the Trump DOJ's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her January 6 testimony, a Justice Department source confirms to MeidasTouch Network.
SCOTUS let a rigged deal stand. Trump's DOJ refused to defend a Biden immigration rule, Texas sued, a judge killed it nationwide the same day. One sentence. No explanation. No dissent. https://hi99.com/2026/10/27/us-supreme-court-denies-immigration-judges-the-power-to-shelve-deportation-cases/
Minutes after a Melania Trump brokered ceasefire took effect at 3 a.m. for aid into Oleshky, ballistic missiles shook Kyiv. Russia killed 3 in Kyiv and Kharkiv Monday. Some ceasefire. https://www.wkyufm.org/news/2026-10-27/local-ceasefire-brokered-by-melania-trump-starts-in-southern-ukraine
A judge held the AG, the DHS Secretary, and ICE's Philadelphia director in civil contempt for arresting a man the court had already freed. The order said let him go. They cuffed him anyway. The Three Years Too Long Club. https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:po3hljayg4ihsle7xw6ds3vs/3myual4o5qe22
Trump's DOJ urged a judge not to believe the sitting president. Rare honesty. Reyes extended her block on DC golf course renovation, barred tree cutting, and called the tree removal inexcusable. https://q106fm.com/2026/10/26/judge-extends-block-on-trump-plans-to-renovate-washington-golf-course/
SpaceX throttled Starlink in Ukraine. Musk blamed Kyiv for offensive drone strikes Ukraine says were physically impossible. The caps still hindered drone units intercepting Russian attacks. Shameful. https://www.siliconreport.com/musk-accuses-ukraine-of-violating-starlink-terms-with-drone-strikes
Trump put a $1 million bounty on voter fraud, paying for tips that end in arrests and convictions, then or now, with no word on where the money comes from. 150 accounts watching the hunt. The Voter Fraud Bounty Club. https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:po3hljayg4ihsle7xw6ds3vs/3mysybyovve2g
Zelenskiy says Ukraine has waited nearly a month for Hegseth to sign off on Patriot and NASAMS missiles while Russia pounds civilian infrastructure. Allies already paid. Sign it. https://wdsm710.com/2026/10/26/ukraine-has-waited-nearly-a-month-for-us-to-sign-off-on-patriot-missiles-zelenskiy-says/
Trump is campaigning in Mississippi today and Vance is in Montana. If the midterms were going great for Republicans, neither guy would need to be in either state this late. Panic travel, plain and simple.
The midterms are going so well for Republicans that Trump is campaigning in Mississippi and Vance is in Montana today.
Trump is offering $1 million for voter fraud tips that lead to an arrest and conviction, a week before midterms polls say could go badly for the GOP. Years of false election claims. Now a bounty. https://wncy.com/2026/10/26/trump-offers-1-million-for-tipoffs-that-lead-to-voter-fraud-convictions/
Josh Shapiro called JD Vance a profoundly and pathetically weak human being who wants to preach morality every day, and said the only smart thing Trump did was not endorsing him. Hard to argue. Vance preaches morality for a living while propping up pure rot.
🚨 Gov. Josh Shapiro rips into JD Vance in a new interview. “The only smart thing it seems like [Trump] did was not endorsing Vance. That guy is just a profoundly and PATHETICALLY WEAK human being who wants to preach morality every day.”
House Judiciary Democrats dropped a 53-page Epstein report Monday demanding a special counsel. Raskin said five women accuse Trump of rape or sexual assault in Epstein's company or presence, and accused DOJ of a cover-up to protect Trump. Blanche decides. https://app.ekkow.com/1487503273150431986
Hegseth removed at least 45 senior officers from promotion lists, more than half women or Black officers. In seven months 8 of 201 general and admiral nominees were women, the lowest in 25 years. https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/hegseth-military-promotion-blocks-congressional-reckoning
A federal judge ruled the Trump DOJ illegally fired Maurene Comey, ordered her back with backpay, and called the DOJ defense bordering on frivolous. They fired a prosecutor illegally and could not even come up with a serious defense in court.
🚨 NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump DOJ ILLEGALLY fired prosecutor Maurene Comey, ordering retroactive reinstatement and backpay. The judge ripped the DOJ’s defense as bordering on “frivolous” and rejected its sweeping claims of executive power.
Pete Hegseth is reportedly angling for Marsha Blackburn to hand him her Senate seat if she becomes Tennessee governor, sparing him a potential impeachment trial. The Secretary of Defense is shopping for an escape hatch. Coward. https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/26/pete-hegseths-exit-option/
202 facilities got a free pass to pollute the air your kids breathe and Trump called it national security. 3.3 million neighbors in the blast zone. ctrl+alt+RESIST: The Free Pass to Pollute Club https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:po3hljayg4ihsle7xw6ds3vs/3myrxjxirll2o
Serbia just did it. Students unseated Aleksandar Vucic in a landslide, 52.7% to 39.2%, 139 seats, after two years of peaceful protests. He ruled since 2014. They outlasted him. https://wncy.com/2026/10/26/after-vucic-defeat-serbia-waits-to-see-how-student-backed-leaders-will-govern/
Bill Maher keeps trying to be Trump's friend while Trump keeps shitting all over him on a regular basis. How many times does a guy have to get humiliated before he stops begging for approval?
It is kinda funny that Bill Maher keeps trying to be Trump’s friend while Trump continues to shit all over him on a regular basis.
A judge killed Trump's visa ban on 75 countries in August. Attorneys say State is slow walking it anyway, leaving 280,000 applicants stuck abroad and families split apart. https://www.whro.org/2026-10-26/court-ruling-fails-to-end-wait-for-thousands-of-immigrants-stuck-abroad-without-visas
Trump seized 4,000 California Guard troops from Newsom and sent them into LA. The 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday it was an unlawful abuse of power. His rebellion claim failed honest judgment. https://www.military.com/trumps-national-guard-deployment-in-california-illegal-federal-appeals-court-rules
Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to concede to Lula. He wants the runoff annulled over a two hour voting extension he called entirely unacceptable. His own camp asked for that extension too. Losing counts, senator. https://policy-wire.com/flavio-bolsonaro-refuses-to-concede-brazil-vote-seeks-annulment/
Trump invoked 9/11 in Port Huron to smear Michigan-born Abdul El-Sayed, comparing voting against him to Todd Beamer fighting the Flight 93 hijackers and calling him a jihadist. https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/trump-invokes-911-urging-michigan-voters-oppose-muslim-senate-candidate-el-sayed
Lula just won a fourth term in Brazil, beating Flavio Bolsonaro 51.76% to 48.24%. Flavio's father Jair lost to Lula in 2022 and is serving prison time for a failed coup. Two Bolsonaros, two losses to Lula. https://guyanaupdates.net/2026/10/25/lula-secures-brazil-runoff-victory-flavio-bolsonaro/
Trump in Port Huron on Sunday called Norway a "shit house country" and said Norwegian immigrants are not welcome because he did not get the Nobel Prize. Pure spite as foreign policy. https://935thelloyd.com/2026/10/25/trump-adds-norway-to-vulgar-list-of-countries-citing-nobel-snub/
Trump said Machado lacked support in Venezuela. Then she handed him her Nobel Prize. She reemerged there Sunday and he purred: 'She gave me her Nobel Prize. So how can I say anything else?' https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/world-news/venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-returns/
They cut food stamps for 5 million people and called it savings. Enrollment falls from 41.6 million to 36.5 million, $187 billion carved out. 150 accounts watching the purge. The Food Stamp Purge Club. https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:po3hljayg4ihsle7xw6ds3vs/3myqiei52jv2w
Trump bragged on Fox News that US healthcare plans are the best in the world, then admitted they do not cover everybody. Best if you can get it. Tough luck, rest of you. https://headlinesociety.com/2026/10/25/donald-trump-says-u-s-has-best-healthcare-in-the-world-even-if-it-doesnt-cover-everybody/
Vivek gave Acton a blunder and she cashed it in. Texting and email solicitations turned it into the top ActBlue haul for a Dem governor candidate, first since April. Keep helping, Vivek.
The Acton campaign immediately went to work to monetize Vivek’s blunder through texting and email solicitations. Great to see that it paid off.
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
In January she called herself his 'number one fan' and flashed a Trump Gold Card. It costs $1 million. Hers was free. The White House admitted the card was a memento, not a real visa. https://theticker.org/18294/arts/arts-amp-style/nicki-minaj-given-gold-card-memento-following-a-political-switch/
She stood for inspection, then promised him 'forever and ever.' That is the arrangement, in one afternoon. Sex criminals attach themselves to a sex criminal. Everyone on that stage knows why. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
Why the performance? The theory is pardons. But a president can pardon only federal offenses. Petty's registry and Jelani's 25-to-life are New York convictions. The mercy she is begging for does not exist. https://legalclarity.org/what-does-pardon-mean-in-government-definition-and-process/
She arrived from Trinidad at age 5, undocumented. In 2018 she wrote: 'I came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old. I can't imagine the horror of having my parents stripped away from me.' She wrote that about Trump's first term. https://fox5ny.com/news/nicki-minaj-gold-card-trump
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
Petty's victim Jennifer Hough sued in 2021, alleging offers of money to recant and threats against her family. Minaj was dismissed in 2022. His case is still active. https://www.urbanmag-online.com/jennifer-houghs-lawsuit-against-nicki-minajs-husband-kenneth-petty-remains-active/
Her brother Jelani Maraj got 25 years to life for raping an 11-year-old girl. The judge said he had 'ruined a child.' Nicki wrote a letter for him calling him 'patient, kind and gentle.' https://www.nme.com/news/music/nicki-minajs-brother-jailed-for-raping-11-year-old-girl-2601991
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
The conviction carries one lifelong duty: register as a sex offender wherever he lives. In California he never did. Federal sentence: three years probation, one year of home detention, $55,000 fine. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/nicki-minaj-husband-kenneth-petty-sentenced-sex-offender
Even that did not settle him. While on probation, Petty got on Instagram Live and threatened rapper Offset. A judge ordered 120 days of house arrest. https://www.urbanmag-online.com/nicki-minajs-husband-sentenced-to-house-arrest-for-threatening-offset/
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. The judge wrote the finding matched 'the common understanding of rape.' She collected $5.6 million in July. https://myv101.iheart.com/content/2026-07-17-trump-finally-pays-e-jean-carroll-56-million-after-sexual-abuse-verdict/
Now the husband. Kenneth Petty was convicted in 1995 of attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl and served four years. He later shot a man dead, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and served seven more years. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/nicki-minaj-husband-kenneth-petty-sentenced-sex-offender
At a Michigan rally today, Trump pointed to Nicki Minaj: 'I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass. That's hard to miss. Stand up.' She stood and waved. A thread on who she is standing for. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4779278/trump-nicki-minaj-beautiful-ass/
On Air Force One, his communications director filmed a mock interview and declared: 'I think we may have found the new White House Press Secretary!' The White House account replied with an eyes emoji. https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/nicki-minaj-trump-white-house-press-secretary/
The job is empty. Katie Zacharia lasted five days: one 14-minute briefing, questions about calling herself a lawyer without passing the bar, gone. The Minaj rumor started in August as a parody account's joke. https://reel360.com/article/katie-zacharia-is-fired-after-5-days-whos-next-nicki-minaj/
Trump's team is hiding the Kennedy Center receipts. Lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty say about 180 texts between CEO Matt Floca and Howard Lutnick, Trump's go-between, were withheld as privileged. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/joyce-beatty-kennedy-center-compel-presidential-records
Katie Zachariah lasted five days as press secretary. Five. Now Trump's comms director is joking Nicki Minaj could be next, fresh off Air Force One in head-to-toe Gucci. Government by casting couch. https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/us-news/gucci-clad-nicki-minaj-joins-trump-in-michigan/
Trump got asked to name what people are concerned about and he could not name one single issue. Not one. The guy who never shuts up suddenly had nothing.
I can save you some time. He doesn't name ONE SINGLE ISSUE. When asked to name what people are concerned about, he's got NOTHING. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Milwaukee Archbishop Grob apologized for praying with Trump. Told it was private, the bishops were posted without consent. Called it manipulation of a sacred act. https://focalnews.org/milwaukee-wi/local/milwaukee-archbishop-grob-says-white-house-prayer-videos-were-shared-without-bishops-consent