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Do certain pundits still think US voters shouldn’t pay attention to elections overseas?

lotta replies like this today

The dullest fascists alive are slowly gaining sentience

I don't know if this is an example of the right's epistemic closure crisis or their inability to grok humor at any level but the thing that makes Obama's joke work isn't "Cheesecake Factory," it's "Saddam Hussein."

Cheesecake Factory is only there because most of us have heard of it. Obviously if you gave Trump the chance to vulgar up a restaurant's decor he'd pick a Cipriani.

for my friends in Western Washington, remember that the phone number for the Seattle chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild is 206-OK-TRY-ME

BRAZIL'S LULA: THIS IS WHAT THE BOLSONARO FAMILY IS LIKE, BRAZIL IS THEIR SECOND NATION, THE US IS THE FIRST

"The votes aren't there" is cowardice masked as savviness. There has to be accountability for their crimes. The House has a duty to make the case here and if some GOP senators want to weasel out, make them own that vote. Don't let pundits and "strategists" talk you out of doing your damn job.

Politics is the art of forcing the votes "there." You do that by ratcheting up the pressure through relentless accountability.

Today is the anniversary of being told by an FBI agent that I was about to be federally indicted. I tried to look for pictures from that day but all there is the tableau of full-body stress hives all over my back. 0/10, take better pictures future Kat

There was a time when no bills from federal grand juries were unheard of, now there’s a certain type of prosecution where it’s more likely than not. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

The US government poured all its resources into fabricating evidence that day laborer Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a criminal (all because he embarrassed the despot) even as it now rolls out the red carpet for an actual criminal who happens to be an ally of Trump

me, reading the headline: well, he’s a public figure and actual malice is a hard standard to reach me, reading the article: ohhhhhhh

No. Your attitude has to be that absolutely nothing will get done. If you’re trying to “pass common-sense legislation to help the American people”in this environment you’re a fucking traitor.

If in the foul Year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-six you imagine a midterm wave is an opportunity to buckle down and hammer out some sensible bipartisan legislation, find another hobby and cede the field to someone who understands what time it is.

You don’t get to accomplish anything good in the next two years. You need to be clear-eyed about that up front. It’s not on the table, and harboring the delusion that it is will only do harm. All you get to do until 2028 is block evil. That needs to be your singular goal.

Abandon any fantasies about an affirmative legislative agenda. None of that is happening. You get to throw a wrench in the gears of a fascist meat-grinder. That’s it. Pretending you can do anything else is just turning the crank on the grinder.

Hasan Piker filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN commentator Scott Jennings in federal court and wants more than $72 million in damages

At what point do companies realize that "new and improved with AI" is not actually a selling point but something that actively repulses their current customers?

BREAKING WaPo: A federal grand jury just REJECTED an attempt by the Trump Justice Department to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

SHOT: openai.com/index/introd... CHASER: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...

RFK Jr says Sam Altman told him it's "malpractice for a doctor to make a diagnosis or to make a prescription w/o at least checking AI.” RFK Jr says AI “can give you a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country." I asked OpenAI+Anthropic if they agree; never heard back

(OpenAI and Anthropic sponsored a MAHA event last month, which is a concerning healthcare development on its own)

Seriously, enough with all these motherfuckers

Dunno about you but I’m sick, VERY sick, of having my intelligence insulted

grand juries are holding up better than any of the three branches of government tbh

WaPo reports this no-bill was the Cassidy Hutchinson case www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

As discussed in the linked article, there are lots of factors that probably contribute to this spike, including more kids being out at night, dark costumes, masks that might limit vision or hearing. But pedestrian deaths are always tragic and preventable, and driver awareness is key.

So hard to pick a favorite part of this article. Pretending that sending unsolicited dick pics at 53 was a “youthful indiscretion” is good, but don’t sleep on the argument that his wife forgave him for subjecting other women to unwanted nude photos so everyone else should too

As the article notes, he's running for the House in TN's gerrymandered 9th District against @justinjpearson.bsky.social, who was only four points behind in the polls when this story broke. Might be too late to pull it out, but wave elections can be tricky. If you're in the area, get involved!

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

the ADL is more mad about Zohran calling a neighborhood Eastern European than Elon giving a Nazi salute Zohran derangement syndrome is real

Also, like, it’s very clear that Zohran is referring to multiple aspects of a broadly Eastern European neighborhood of Brighton Beach, some of which are not necessarily Jewish coded (like Syrniki) this is so embarrassing for ADL

this is like getting mad at someone for saying “NYC has great Eastern European food at restaurants like Veselka, Agi’s Counter, Pierozek, and Sammy’s Roumanian”

I looked up the original posts to get context, and it's because he's posting about an Eastern European Heritage Reception at Gracie Mansion, which is a tradition started by Eric Adams a few years ago. It's the most anodyne "we are all a great melting pot" posting you can possibly imagine.

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.

"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."

the washington free beacon is trying to october surprise abdul by revealing his comms chief used to post bangers

He is getting dragged over there

lmao right-wing oppo is like, "can you believe that these democrats fuck??!?!?"