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A Texas court finds Governor Greg Abbott is illegally blocking the release of his emails with Elon Musk. And Don Jr. is caught hunting endangered species in Mongolia with the Russian who helped pay for his wedding.

Trump & Republicans love to bash transgenders & promote fear. But transgenders comprise far less than 1% of the population. Republicans are biased, racist, sexist bigots.

“ICE continues to terrorize people all over America, including many who have full legal rights to live & work here. What’s also less understood are the economic costs — how much you & I are paying for ICE, directly with our taxpayer $, indirectly in an economy that’s less productive than it used to⬇️

be, & in a society that’s more fearful & less just.” Robert Reich

Let’s not forget this gem, which Elon posted 7 months after the 2024 election.

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Today is National Black Cat Day.

nytimes.comBrazil Supreme Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Hand Over Passports in Money Laundering InquiryBrazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation.

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Flávio Bolsonaro Is Ordered to Hand Over His Passport in Money Laundering Inquiry. Brazil’s Supreme Court told police to seize the passport of Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation. Once again, Brazil’s Supreme Court demonstrated it’s better than the US’s

Obama told attendees in Michigan El-Sayed is “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics & put money in your pocket.” He would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act & guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American.” He called out ⬇️

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Trump’s corruption, “enriching himself & his family” & “selling favors.” HC Richardson

A shareholder of a publicly traded US crypto company sued Trump & his family’s World Liberty Financial crypto company, accusing Trump & the company of “corruptly profiting” off more than $2 billion in crypto deals, including a deal that violates the Constitution’s prohibition on accepting gifts ⬇️

from foreign countries, citing a $500 million investment made by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the current president of the UAE who manages a UAE sovereign wealth fund.

The Trump admin is trying to hide documents, emails & texts between Trump’s hand-picked Kennedy Center director Matt Floca & Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp about Trump’s sabotage of the Kennedy Center. They are also trying to shield messages between Floca & Commerce Secretary Howard ⬇️

Lutnick about the Kennedy Center when Lutnick was acting for Trump in discussions about the performance center.

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dailykos.comTrump is profiting off of your gas pump miseryHonestly, it really isn’t surprising at this point to learn that President Donald Trump is making mad money off of his dumb war with Iran, because Trump doesn’t do anything right now that doesn’t line...

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Trump is profiting off of your gas pump misery. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said Elon Musk’s ability to wield power on the battlefield “is beyond disturbing to me. It cannot & should not be the case that a tech oligarch, a private citizen, who has that much control over our national security, who is unaccountable, who is unelected, with zero ⬇️

transparency, is making life & death decisions on the battlefield in systems that our service members & our partners & allies rely upon.”

In a series of interviews with Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee, Beatrice Keul, a former beauty queen, said Trump raped her in 1993 in ‘brutal’ fashion in a hotel room at Trump’s Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City after the pair spent time with Jeffrey Epstein.

A new 53-page report was issued by the House Judiciary Committee led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). It contains new evidence never disclosed before from sex abuse survivors of Trump that Trump committed sex abuse alongside Epstein in dozens in cases. The report calls for the immediate appointment of ⬇️

a special prosecutor to go after Trump & others.

nytimes.comNetanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials SayIsrael’s military chief resisted the prime minister, who then pressed in recent days for a separate action, short of an overt strike, according to an official and a person briefed on the matter.

Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of the Israeli Election, Officials Say. Israel’s military chief resisted the prime minister, who then pressed in recent days for a separate action, short of an overt strike. Netanyahu is a felon like Trump & deserves to lose the upcoming election.

cnbc.comDOJ charges ex-FBI Director James Comey in new caseComey for years has been targeted by President Donald Trump, who fired him as FBI director in 2017.

Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged by Trump’s DOJ for the 3rd time with federal crimes in a new case, according to a court filing. He’s charged with knowingly communicating information related to national defense to a person not entitled to receive it & conspiring with others in ⬇️

sharing such information. The complaint was filed after a federal judge in NY ruled against the DOJ, saying it had unlawfully fired Comey’s daughter Maurene Comey last year when she was an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of NY. Trump is a vindictive SOB.

With Trump’s revised design for East Potomac Park, home to popular public golf courses, he wants to attract elite professional golf tournaments, but he’s eliminating a perimeter road for cyclists & runners, & a playground & picnic area, & transforming a 36-hole, 3-course facility to a single 18-⬇️

hole golf course.

Alexandra Petri reacted to Steve Witkoff calling Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian”: “My dictionary just ran outside & threw itself off a bridge. Noah Webster arose from his grave & lurched around, howling & tearing at his hair. Samuel Johnson is bellowing something awful; I can hear it across the ⬇️

Atlantic Ocean. George Orwell is sighing; he has been here before.”

nytimes.comTrump Administration Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey, Judge RulesMs. Comey, the daughter of James B. Comey, was a trial lawyer for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Combs.

Judge Rules the Trump Admin Unlawfully Fired Maurene Comey. Ms. Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was a trial lawyer for the US attorney’s office in Manhattan, handling the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein & Sean Combs. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/n...

In Serbia, longtime strongman Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after nearly 2 years of street protests by students led to an election that ousted his party from power. A former diplomat from neighboring Montenegro noted Vučić perfected a system in which “every criticism of power is treason.”

Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee issued a public apology for participating in the Trump prayer event, saying the White House publicized it “without the consent of the participants.” He insisted that praying for the president “was in no way an endorsement of him, his policies or his party. Grob ⬇️

said he went to the White House with fellow bishops to discuss “immigration enforcement, religious worker visas & human dignity.”

Although Trump embraced the Muslims from Qatar who gave him the luxury plane he now uses as Air Force One, as well as Muslim leaders from Saudi Arabia, he & his allies have attacked Muslim Democrats El-Sayed, a medical doctor like Dr. Oz, & Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as dangerous radicals.

On October 19, 2024, The Economist called the US economy under former President Joe Biden “The Envy of the World.” Trump disagreed & insisted on imposing tariffs & a war with Iran on the American people during the past 2 years. Despite his claims the economy is booming, most Americans can see he’s ⬇️

severely damaged it.

dailykos.comTrump is getting extra weird about menPresident Donald Trump’s fascination with the male form seems to have taken over a large section of his mind palace lately.

Trump’s fascination with male bodies has taken over a large part of his demented mind, starting with his rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in OH on Oct 12. Veteran Sascha Riley has claimed Trump raped him when he was a boy under Epstein’s control & said he’s willing to testify before Congress.

After the elections, Medicaid will lose $1 trillion to pay for $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires, the top 1%. Over 11 million will lose their health care because Republicans passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful bill. Medicare premiums will also rise. Vote every GOP out.

nytimes.comLula Defeats Bolsonaro for Brazil Presidency, in Blow to Latin America’s RightPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triumphed over Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of the right-wing leader he defeated four years ago.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triumphed over Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of right-wing leader & Trump supporter Jair Bolsonaro, he defeated 4 years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

“I’ve got soybean farmers. 100% of them voted for Trump. They lost their first client in USAID. Linda McMahon [Secretary of Education] canceled the farm-to-cafeteria program. Trump’s tariffs pushed China away. All of your farm machinery runs on diesel. & finally, 1/3 of the world’s fertilizer ⬇️

passes through the Strait of Hormuz. They are on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.” KY Governor Andy Beshear

nytimes.comOpinion | In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece (Gift Article)Trump’s meddling would have dark consequences for our democracy and our prosperity.

Many Americans continue to underestimate one particular threat to our economic future: Trump’s desire to interfere with & even usurp the midterm elections. Nov. 3 could be a defining test for the rule of law in this country, & both our democracy & our prosperity are on the line. Robert Rubin, ⬇️

former US Treasury Secretary, 1995-1999

ourfinancialsecurity.orgBrace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts - Americans for Financial ReformAn economic crisis from the AI bubble is not inevitable. While the ingredients for a serious crisis are in place, inaction regarding the growing risks would be a dangerous mistake, and policymakers mu...

Brace for Impact: Protecting People & the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts. ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/br...

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