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I’d give this a modicum of interest if he were showing up in the middle of the workday or something but come the fuck on

Empty seats are seen as Trump speaks in Mississippi tonight (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Even the occupied seats are empty seats.

Gotta stop playing the game where we strip white women of their agency and blame their politics on their SO. She’s there. She’s complicit.

Putin is destroying Russia, first and foremost.

GOLDMAN: “.. we are starting to see clearer signs that the AI impact is spreading beyond the technology sector. .. the share of US firms that have adopted AI in regular business functions now shows a statistically significant negative correlation with employment growth ..”

He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?

Ohio’s biggest newspaper broke its own rules to endorse Amy Acton, calling Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad disqualifying. “Using childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it crosses a line Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.” thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-...

what a night

On the same day, huge crowds are welcoming Machado back to Venezuela. Her return was blocked for months by the US-backed regime. Pressure from below finally made it impossible for Trump and Rodriguez to keep her out

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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The New York premier of this important film is November 14th. Please see it if you can. www.docnyc.net/film/traces/

Protest works. Organization is decisive. Draw your own conclusions. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

My reporting on the student movement in Serbia last summer. They kept at it, amazingly, for two years. And they won. snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Background here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

After many obstacles were placed in her way, including by the Trump administration, the leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition is back in Venezuela

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Fun fact - Barack Obama stopped Iran getting a nuclear weapon. Without war. Without doubling the price of diesel. Trump ripped the agreement up. Because racism. And here we are. Trump delusional racism spewing forth.

Trump is straight up saying during speeches that he wants white people coming to the country but not black. I don’t know what else people need to see.

Sounds like the thought process of an idiot.

If you are a Michigander, and Trump‘s tariffs and Iran War are hurting your ability to pay your bills, then voting for Roger’s makes you an idiot. Sometimes things are that simple.

I think that’s a no.

“The mix of grandiosity, authoritarianism and sleaze dribbling out of the White House is polluting government, civil society and the economy.” And the greed/corruption - Trump has personally made over $6 million a day. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/o...

Did you not see the Cracker Barrel debacle?

​“This is a park area with a working fountain. Naturally, at this time of day, it’s packed with people and children. The weather today brought everyone outside—mothers with toddlers, kids riding bikes—and the strike targeted those exact people.” ​Yurii Yurchenko, chief of the Nova Vodolaha police,

The yellow line needs to go lower…

Trump says Alaska’s ballot is illegal because people don’t know what “incumbent” means

Love to see it. This is what that man is meant to do.

They have nothing.

“Putin is trying to transform an unwon war into diplomatic concessions that the United States has no authority to give — and no ability to deliver.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/o...

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And what are Witkoff and Kushner doing? That's right, almost nothing. Except for passing along greetings from Putin’s aide to the First Lady.

But it is entirely obvious that neither Witkoff nor Kushner cares about people's fates in this war.

I have read dozens of outraged posts because the US special envoy Witkoff called Putin a "humanist." But no one is writing about the fact that the American negotiators are simply not doing their job. Let me explain.

The great Oleksandra Matviichuk is absolutely right to draw attention to the horrible humanitarian crisis in Oleshky. All Putin, Witkoff, and Kushner can do is invert and traduce the meaning of “humanitarianism,” in the best traditions of Russian propaganda.

wow -- a squirming Mike Rogers gets flustered as Kristen Welker points out that while he attacks El-Sayed over the Muslim Brotherhood, *Rogers himself* defended the Muslim Brotherhood during the same period of time that El-Sayed did!