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Former media & politics Web editor—the late Cursor, 1997 to 2008. Worked @ Utne Reader before that. I was jolted out of retirement in early 2026 when ICE invaded and occupied my state of Minnesota. And still hangin’ around, for—One Outrage After Another.
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——————- Live Updates: Opposition Parties Ahead of Netanyahu’s Coalition in Exit Polls (Free to Read) “Initial exit polls showed that a bloc of opposition parties held a narrow lead over…Netanyahu and his far-right allies…with neither side having won enough seats for a parliamentary majority.”
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————— “Anti-Fascist Economics” “Economist Isabella Weber’s new book, ‘Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy,’ warns economic insecurity can fuel the rise of authoritarian movements, and argues protecting democracy requires making life affordable for everybody.”
————————- A Politics of Denial In These Times: tinyurl.com/ye2779ee ”As France erupts with protests and the U.S. midterm elections near, a declining West is answering its crisis with denial, repression and war.” Interview with [renowned] economist Richard Wolff… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
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“This is the first time ever that we have had to engage in scenario planning to safeguard against potential federal interference in elections,” said Shenna Bellows, the secretary of state in Maine. “It seems like the federal government is now adversarial to the states.”
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Republican Senator Says Nine Words Onstage With Trump Before Fleeing “Is this not the best president of our lifetime?” Hyde-Smith told the crowd, before stepping down. Trump quickly attempted to spin her abrupt departure. I love that…Sometimes they get up and they talk for 10 minutes,” Trump said.
————————- “A grand jury would ’indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.” Sol Wachtler (Chief Judge, NY State Court of Appeals, 1985)
——————- Live Updates: Opposition Parties Ahead of Netanyahu’s Coalition in Exit Polls (Free to Read) “Initial exit polls showed that a bloc of opposition parties held a narrow lead over…Netanyahu and his far-right allies…with neither side having won enough seats for a parliamentary majority.”
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——————————— Trump claims cheating is the only way Tafoya could lose Senate race www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
Republican Senator Says Nine Words Onstage With Trump Before Fleeing “Is this not the best president of our lifetime?” Hyde-Smith told the crowd, before stepping down. Trump quickly attempted to spin her abrupt departure. I love that…Sometimes they get up and they talk for 10 minutes,” Trump said.
“This is the first time ever that we have had to engage in scenario planning to safeguard against potential federal interference in elections,” said Shenna Bellows, the secretary of state in Maine. “It seems like the federal government is now adversarial to the states.”
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——————————————- THE SCAMMING IS SINKING IN In two recent polls, corruption was the top issue. Voters in Fox News poll list government corruption as top concern, beating inflation, healthcare. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
———————————————————————— Corruption is voters’ top issue CNBC survey shows www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/c...
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— New Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump—House Democrats’ Report “Beatrice Keul, a model and former Miss Switzerland, alleged…that she was raped by Trump in a Plaza Hotel suite in Manhattan when she was 24…while attending the American Dream Pageant…“ TIME: tinyurl.com/zukz6f5w Not his type?
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—————————————————————————————- Ramaswamy's eighth-grade teacher protests at campaign event www.reddit.com/r/cincinnati...
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— Witkoff to Putin: “You are a humanitarian…sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.” Guardian: tinyurl.com/5n9ykzrw UN: Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity… Report: tinyurl.com/w7p3bsyb Article—UN: Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine
——————————— Trump claims cheating is the only way Tafoya could lose Senate race www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
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——————————————————— NEW—Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley Liliana Segura & Radley Balko theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...
Protesters take Summit Ave in front of the Minnesota Governor's Mansion demanding justice for Kohen Wiley and all lives stolen at the hands of racist police terror.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel’s assault displaces thousands in Hebron [3,100!] “…the Israeli army launched an operation dubbed ‘Roar of Judah’…Since then, Israeli forces have sealed off parts of the city, carrying out raids, searches and arrests while forcing more than 3,100 Palestinians to leave their homes.”
——————————————————— Netanyahu Gets 2nd Trump Endorsement “Asked by reporters later on Monday whether Netanyahu had requested the second endorsement, Trump said: ’I never spoke about it. I put out both endorsements. I put out both...‘ Reuters: tinyurl.com/43nt3wye 👇Netanyahu got his endorsement.👇
————————————————————- Netanyahu sought more Trump endorsements before election ”…some figures close to Trump have been repeatedly raising Netanyahu & the Israeli elections with the president. ’We have never seen Netanyahu like this before. He is showing signs of political desperation,‘ they said.“
————————————————————- Netanyahu sought more Trump endorsements before election ”…some figures close to Trump have been repeatedly raising Netanyahu & the Israeli elections with the president. ’We have never seen Netanyahu like this before. He is showing signs of political desperation,‘ they said.“
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———- “Lately, [Trump’s] performance has taken what looks on the surface to be a discordant, homoerotic turn. But it isn’t quite homoerotic, because it isn’t erotic. Instead, it falls within a long tradition of fascist aesthetics, clothed in Trump’s allergy to subtlety or subtext.” Do tell me more…
—————————————————————————————- Ramaswamy's eighth-grade teacher protests at campaign event www.reddit.com/r/cincinnati...
— Witkoff to Putin: “You are a humanitarian…sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.” Guardian: tinyurl.com/5n9ykzrw UN: Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity… Report: tinyurl.com/w7p3bsyb Article—UN: Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine
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—————————————————————————— John Oliver on extremism & bigotry among Republicans www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
——————————————- THE SCAMMING IS SINKING IN In two recent polls, corruption was the top issue. Voters in Fox News poll list government corruption as top concern, beating inflation, healthcare. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
———————————————————————— Corruption is voters’ top issue CNBC survey shows www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/c...
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Birds of a feather... Trump says, without citing evidence, that the Brazilian election was rigged. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Typical far-right sore loser: in their worldview, they can never lose fair and square; someone must have cheated. "Far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro said it was “impossible to concede the election result” and that his legal team would seek to have the election annulled."
———- “Lately, [Trump’s] performance has taken what looks on the surface to be a discordant, homoerotic turn. But it isn’t quite homoerotic, because it isn’t erotic. Instead, it falls within a long tradition of fascist aesthetics, clothed in Trump’s allergy to subtlety or subtext.” Do tell me more…
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——————-——————- Trump Relies on Falsehoods to Cast Doubt on Elections (gift article) “In his second term, President Trump has seldom let a day go by without repeating lies about election results or casting doubt on the country’s voting system.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...
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—————————-—————— Norway joins the list of countries Trump has abused in vulgar terms www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
— New Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump—House Democrats’ Report “Beatrice Keul, a model and former Miss Switzerland, alleged…that she was raped by Trump in a Plaza Hotel suite in Manhattan when she was 24…while attending the American Dream Pageant…“ TIME: tinyurl.com/zukz6f5w Not his type?
🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel’s assault displaces thousands in Hebron [3,100!] “…the Israeli army launched an operation dubbed ‘Roar of Judah’…Since then, Israeli forces have sealed off parts of the city, carrying out raids, searches and arrests while forcing more than 3,100 Palestinians to leave their homes.”
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—————————— Top issue for voters? Corruption is voters’ top issue CNBC survey shows www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/c...
Q: What are you hearing is the top issue for voters? Trump: I’m hearing we turned the whole thing around.
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———————————————————————— Corruption is voters’ top issue CNBC survey shows www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/c...
—— “…Waking Up to Trump’s Corruption” “…one could easily harness rage at the affordability crisis by contrasting the struggles of everyday voters with the orgy of self-enrichment in the White House indulged in by both the president and his plutocratic cronies.” Excellent article, and…👇the photo👍👍.
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———- Here’s Who We Think Will Win The Midterms “Eighty-seven percent of 2024 Kamala Harris voters say they are backing Democratic candidates this fall, compared with 77 percent of Trump 2024 voters supporting Republican hopefuls, according to a recent Pew survey.” NYT (gift) tinyurl.com/42meb9rb
—————————————— NPR segment further explains the IPO paperwork, w/ transcript. www.npr.org/2026/10/26/n... 👇Thanks for gift link.🎁
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the, er, frontier lab. Dario Amodei preps investors for a rough ride. My @opinion.bloomberg.com take on the Anthropic S-1. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
——————————————————— NEW—Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley Liliana Segura & Radley Balko theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...
Protesters take Summit Ave in front of the Minnesota Governor's Mansion demanding justice for Kohen Wiley and all lives stolen at the hands of racist police terror.
—————————-—————— Norway joins the list of countries Trump has abused in vulgar terms www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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———————————————- “As Trump’s Dementia Progresses he will Physically Assault someone…” deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/dr-john-ga... bsky.app/profile/beye...
😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?
—————————————————————————— John Oliver on extremism & bigotry among Republicans www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
————————————————— Non-sensical even by JD’s standards. John Oliver did an excellent program Sunday on Republicans & extremism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnsB...
JD Vance: "We're self-confident men in the Trump/Vance administration. The president has been noticing a lot about the physiques of everybody lately"
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————————— ‘Islamophobic Rant’ Trump: “If Abdul and the Democrats win, they will open the floodgates and invite hordes of jihadis to our shores, creating a nightmare of violence and terror until you cannot even have a Christmas.” New York Times: gift) tinyurl.com/3pjzajcx
———————-—————————-—————- This Boom Looks a Lot Like the Housing Bubble NYT (gift): www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/o... 👇Thanks for your gift!🎁
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the, er, frontier lab. Dario Amodei preps investors for a rough ride. My @opinion.bloomberg.com take on the Anthropic S-1. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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——————————————————————- ”AI is fast becoming the largest investment in U.S. history. As the money pours in, the companies involved are resurrecting bad old habits…There are already signs that much of this investment may go bad. If it does, the consequences could rival what happened in 2008.”
———- Here’s Who We Think Will Win The Midterms “Eighty-seven percent of 2024 Kamala Harris voters say they are backing Democratic candidates this fall, compared with 77 percent of Trump 2024 voters supporting Republican hopefuls, according to a recent Pew survey.” NYT (gift) tinyurl.com/42meb9rb
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