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Lula Goes HARD

On 'HeadtoHead,' I asked top Democrat and CAP head @neeratanden.bsky.social why she both quote-tweeted and retweeted Laura Loomer, "one of the most vicious anti-Black, anti-Muslim bigots in this country," and whether Democrats take Islamophobia seriously. Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh49...

Ultra-wealthy donors are spending a staggering $430 million to fight state efforts to raise their taxes. If they can afford to drop millions of dollars to keep their taxes low, they can afford to pay slightly higher taxes. They’re making the case for taxing the rich better than anyone else could.

Met some friends across Michigan this past week: Port Huron: 1,300 Mt. Pleasant: 1,250 Cadillac: 800 Traverse City: 600 Hart: 500 Muskegon: 1,400 Ionia: 783 And there were hundreds of you that I met outside various events that the venues couldn't fit. Let's go win on November 3rd.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.

Russia lost data centers - MAGA lost its best and brightest.

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”

awful --- no words www.reuters.com/world/americ...

New York Beat Paris,London For Number One City In The World...💪🏻

Simply caring about victims can change everything.

NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.

Venture capitalism needs to be abolished. It has snowballed rapidly since the Republican majority in the Congress pushed the deregulation of the Glass-Stegal Act in 1999. The balance was lost and now this nation is in free fall without a parachute. The regime is a cancer that needs to be irradiated.

For all the tragedy this is, the story of Monbiot finding out he's supposedly a superspreader of Long Covid is quite amusing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How do scientists track viruses as they evolve? Join Dr. Suzane Silbert (USF Health; Tampa General Hospital) at the 2026 GVN Online Short Course in Translational Virology for "COVID Genomic Surveillance." Online Nov. 2-6. Apply by Oct. 23: https://gvn.org/activities/nurture/

When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-deports-children

WED THE LEFT HOOK SCHEDULE - ET 12pm: Pablo Torre 12:45 pm: Mehdi Hasan 1:25 pm: David Sirota 2:00 pm: Casey Michel 3:00 pm: Danielle Moodie NO PAYWALLS. thelefthook.substack.com

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This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.

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The editor-in-chief was on NPR today and was stunningly impressive. www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...

“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

Actually, I can’t find confirmation of the exact number in the group chat. But only one said anything—after the fact. The Cornell student newspaper is doing critical work breaking this story & making sure it doesn’t get buried. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.

Troy Jackson responds: “This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, & then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time & has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.”

NEW: Israel is paying for a new website to seemingly influence AI chatbots to spout out pro-Israel answers, per foreign agent documents. It's barely been a month and the site has already churned out 110+ articles.

Stunner of a thread, stunner of a story, dive in here:

As Health Director for Wayne County, we put vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips in 100 locations. We hoped to make even a small dent in offsetting the opioid epidemic that Mike Rogers made even worse by voting with the pharmaceutical industry his entire career in Congress.

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

Earlier today I found this image of Joe holding his daughter Antonia when she was a little girl (she is now in her 3rd year of college, like my daughter). I cried.

To the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Welcome to the world’s city.

Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...

17 new public bathrooms. Across all five boroughs. Because you can’t wait — and you shouldn’t have to.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

We dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

I have seen this meme a lot lately and decided to write about it. I put these on a web page so I can just provide a URL when I see them as opposed to repeatedly typing a response. Feel free to do so as well. icemsg.org/myths/myth-m...