Peter Montgomery

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Elon Musk, the largest single political donor in modern American history, has poured nearly half a billion dollars into backing Republicans in the midterms. Mike Rogers is now calling on supporters to donate to his campaign in order to “protect Elon.”

The "we" who are getting rich from the war and high gas prices = Big Oil and the Trump family

When Trump says he doesn't "give a damn" about high gas prices because "we're making a fortune" -- he means it literally: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...

No room at the American Inn for people fleeing religious persecution, war, and chaos. But a far-right politician fleeing accountability? Come on in!

We need to talk about rampant white nationalism a lot more.

West Bank…

"Five state-funded charter schools have paid more than $30 million to private companies run by Erika Donalds, whose husband is Florida’s GOP candidate for governor." And one of her companies is set to be paid an additional $15.7 million in the upcoming year. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Brendan Carr, Trump's henchman at the FCC, demonstrates once again that he is a threat to the First Amendment -- and willing to abuse his power newrepublic.com/post/216919/...

J.D. Vance is sickeningly amoral. (Not exactly breaking news, I know) www.mediaite.com/media/news/v...

Damn. Ramaswamy is sickeningly amoral meidasnews.com/news/viveks-...

NEW EPISODE: On the first day of early voting in Texas, Trump's U.S. attorney stood next to a Bible and a framed photo of Donald Trump and warned election officials: “I will hunt you down and prosecute you.” And it's not just Texas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jbr...

"Russia has been fine in Ukraine" More repulsive by the day

A Bosnian newspaper has just revealed photos of Trump’s top political advisors sitting behind the pro-Putin president of Republika Srpska at a foreign election rally. This comes just 2 weeks before the US midterm elections.

Don’t look away from how shocking this is. Yes, unsurprising. Still shocking.

Trump returns to his core campaign strategy: stoking bigotry

Trump's voter raids have begun

"If Democrats win Congress this November, they should use their investigative powers to scrutinize Musk’s companies, question his relationships to foreign governments and ensure his compliance with federal law." We couldn't agree more, @jamellebouie.net 🔥🔥🤘🤘 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/o...

As Ohio’s voucher pgm heads to OH Supreme Court, some data: when eligibility expanded, % of white recipients jumped from 53% to 71% & the gap w/public schools keeps growing This program ends up looking like a public subsidy for a separate, whiter school system - a plot with a long American history

ICE arrested a 56-year old green card holder, i.e. a lawful permanent resident, and detained him in the Rio Grande Processing Center, where he died. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/t...

This perfectly reflects Trump's real priorities. Screwing over regular people by demolishing a free public recreation space and rare affordable golf course to build an ego-stroking playground for the kind of wealthy people who hang out at Mar-A-Lago. He is as cruel as he is corrupt.

Trump wants to destroy one of DC's best public spaces, eliminate a beloved cherry tree-lined road where people jog, bike, and picnic with families, and replace an accessible public course - all to build an elite course nobody else wants. He must be stopped. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

washington dc is not trump’s personal property and must be given statehood to prevent this kind of abuse in the future

"And these are times to pick sides in America, to tell the truth and stand up against the fascist march of Trump and his sycophantic operatives who mock our Constitution, ignore the rule of law and sidle up to our nation’s enemies." open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.

The world’s richest person is bankrolling (and buying) the nation’s most corrupt Senate candidate.

"Agents and officers act and kill with impunity because history has taught them they’ll never face consequences."

HAYES: “Trump calling Abdul a jihadist, Vance calling Talarico gay...” @ossoff.bsky.social : “Obviously it’s bigoted & offensive, but also politically weak. 40% of 🇺🇸 go without food/health care to afford gas, and they're throwing around schoolyard insults…” (From @acyn.bsky.social )

They’really trying to lie their way through it 🤥

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Christian nationalism and holy war are on the march at Hegseth's Pentagon -- and raising objections from troops www.ms.now/news/hegseth...

“'It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency'... It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too." prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...

Oh, great. Moms for Liberty has a new AI tool that will help its local warriors harass school board members www.vanityfair.com/photos/moms-...

Silly Guilfoyle, corruption is for Trumps. It was a big tell when he said she's not part of the family

Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

What Trump and his minions are doing to Ukraine is monstrous, cruel, and absolutely without basis in justification except as torment

"The job of the press secretary is not to lie for the president. It’s to tell the truth to the American public. We’re in such a horrible time that people seem to forget that." On the pod @markjacob.bsky.social is great on the real scandal behind Kate Zacharia fiasco: newrepublic.com/article/2165...

Epic corruption

Your Quick Primer on Katie Zacharia’s False Claim to Have Taken the Bar Exam in China talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/your-...

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

Joe Rogan is using his show to peddle misinformation about voter fraud and accuse Democrats of stealing elections — and his episodes that contain election misinformation have greater viewership than those that don't.

“many of his former DOGE foot soldiers have leveraged their government stints to fuel private-sector ambitions: building companies that tap government largesse or that deploy knowledge they garnered during their brief tenures in Washington.” It’s the accountability, stupid. cc: Democrats

A U.S. Air Force member jailed since August for publicly calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, according to his attorney. www.military.com/air-force-ma...

Didn't you think the racist and fascist tendencies of the world's richest man trying to buy Republicans a congressional majority would merit at least a decent fraction of the coverage devoted to an online streamer? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

JD Vance smearing Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton's faith as "not real Christianity" is sadly typical of religious-right leaders who claim to speak for Christians but are quick to demean the faith of Christians who don't share their political worldview www.alternet.org/adam-hamilto...

Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.

Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

The Tohono O’odham Nation sued to stop a wall from being built on their land. In federal court, DHS gave assurances that the government would engage with the tribe in good faith. It didn’t feel that way on the ground. www.propublica.org/article/toho... @ryandevereaux.bsky.social

Zelenskyy: Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. 10/10/26

Looks like Trump's new press secretary meets the main qualification: a willingness to pass off right-wing BS as truth www.yahoo.com/news/politic...