Wayne Fryback

Re-upping this photo of my pumpkin from 2 years ago, in loving memory of Tim Curry this year... who will ALWAYS be Pennywise. #RIPTimCurry

another big one today - polls show neither Netanyahu's current government nor the opposition coalition with a majority

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “Obama lives rent-free in Trump’s mind— everyone knows the decor in the Cheesecake Factory is gawdy… When Trump says ‘WE’ are making so much money on oil, the ‘WE’ he’s talking about is HIM.”

If Bolsonaro had won, Brazil would be the enforcer of Trump's 'Donroe doctrine' in Latin America. It would have withdrawn from BRICS, & sold its critical minerals to the US Lula's win ensures Brazil's advocacy of a fairer, more multipolar world and more rhyming of development with decarbonization.

Ok, we're officially a week out from US election day, it's time to put my marker down. Given where everything is at, I see three decently plausible scenarios. You will notice none of them include the GOP keeping the House, as I think nothing short of a miracle would be needed for that.

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

Full judiciary report released by the Democrats here, detailing her encounter amongst others ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/thec...

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

For my last Better Win a District, I wrote about TN-09. Republicans gerrymandered Memphis, the Blackest city in Tennessee, out of a seat in the House. Or at least they tried. Then along came Justin Pearson. Now TN-09 is a real fight. www.liberalcurrents.com/better-win-a...

Netanyahu going full Trump. Must be looking bad for him.

Robert F. Kennedy Sr. spent his time in government fighting *against* racist bigots who said these exact same things, except their rants were against “Africans”

"There's six dozen Kennedys in this world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature. And they make really shitty public servants."

Polish FM Radosław Sikorski: "There is a myth that has been successfully planted in the West that Russia always wins. But things don't always go their way. They lost the Crimean War. They lost the war against Japan. They emerged from World War I with their tails between their legs.

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger has received a $3 million Make America Healthy Again federal grant. Critics say it appears to be a taxpayer gift to market the company and do more customer surveillance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/27/o...

Georgia is one of the main states to watch for Republicans to redo their WI/NC playbook of using the lame duck session to entrench power after losing elections. New reporting on what they might do if they lose: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

If they lose power, expect Republicans in several states to strip powers from incoming Democrats, pass voting restrictions, and new gerrymanders. They did it after losing governors races in NC in 2016 and 2024, MI and WI in 2018, and KY in 2019. They preemptively did it ahead of losing IA this year

Very skillful lede-burying, New York Times.

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger has received a $3 million Make America Healthy Again federal grant. Critics say it appears to be a taxpayer gift to market the company and do more customer surveillance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/27/o...

And, oh yes, there's apparently another alleged Epstein accomplice. Subpoenas will fly in January. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

It's not just California: The Trump admin just asked Washington state to set aside ballots received from more than 400 people it claims are suspected to be registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.

Reminder that like a year ago this guy ran a sticker company and could have just kept his mouth shut and kept doing that, but instead decided to do... this.

A 2d observation: Rowling has wanted to make the point lately that she doesn’t really want trans ppl to die (which ofc is hardly an allowance). From my experience in the last 48 hours, I can say that her fans do not share that view. To put it mildly they wished me ill in many vulgar, crude terms.

Just read the "update" JK Rowling posted. I'm going to write something on it for Assigned, but the bottom line is that her earlier concern trolling about trans boys' medical choices has graduated to a seething, sickening hatred of trans women.

I’ve been on X the past couple days, posting a few things about Rowling, which drew “interest” from her fans. A few quick observations:

And who needs algebra. Or astronomy to the point of the first working observatories. Or the entire foundational conception of modern medicine and hospitalization. Or brewed coffee. Coffee alone is entirely enough to justify a civilization. Nothing justifies this shitpiece in our government.

An important ruling that kicks this back to the district court which has yet to even rule. The White House will likely seek SCOTUS intervention but it’s premature and it will face an uphill climb even there.

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

Sadly, if this allegation is true, it wouldn’t be the first time Donald Trump was found to have raped a woman “the jury’s finding that Mr Trump ‘sexually abused’ Ms Carroll implicitly determined that he forcibly penetrated her digitally-in other words, that Mr Trump in fact did rape Ms Carroll”

Man, this guy... I tell ya whot..

There are credible reports of growing tension between the military and the government over Netanyahu's escalatory moves with IDF Chief prioritizing election integrity and demanding legal councel on some instructions. #CivMilSky. Netanyahu has been (illegally) filming campaign materials in bases.

Polls opened 25m ago and were headed with the kids to vote. אל תגידו יום יבוא, הביאו את היום!

Citing rate is off the charts. 44.9% have voted as of 2pm. In 2022 it was 38.9%. This is the highest mid-day reported voting rate ever. They highest on record until now was 1973 when they began reporting and that was 41.4%. We’re in high 70% (or more) territory at this pace.

A powerful story of one Brazilian activists blight to remember the death of his grandmother and great-aunt who were killed as a result of Bolsonaro's corrupt COVID vaccine scheme. paydayreport.com/a-brazilian-...

Brazilian man cries as he describes how Flavio Bolsonaro's acceptance of bribery led to a delay in rolling out vaccines in Brazil. His grandmother and great-aunt he says, died as a result of Bolsonaro paydayreport.com/a-brazilian-...

Crazy to see how a democracy with rule of law works…

By all accounts this is what most of the recent Reform media events have looked like. Bubble well and truly burst

JUST FILED: Big loss in court for Trump's attempt to intervene in California midterm elections High-level Jan 6 riot defendant seeks taxpayer-funded payout Maurene Comey's vindication.. .. & the frail new criminal case against James Comey DAY AHEAD: macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...

Turnout in Israel has been over 6% per hour so far, with 15 total hours of voting - could turnout reach 90% by the end? Oh, and in Brazil, voter turnout in the second round was 81%. In Hungary, 80%. In Serbia, 69%. Meanwhile, in the US, will turnout for the midterms even hit 45%? WTF, America?

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