WriteMinded

I value others' expertise, & largely repost, to spread insightful analysis (and occasional memes😬) I can feel a bit like Cassandra – seeing the truth but surrounded by people buying into Russian psy-ops!😱Sigh. It's a bit dispiriting, so finding this community of smart, caring, people keeps me sane😍

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for governor of Alaska, crossing party lines just one week before the midterms. She urged Republicans, independents, and Democrats to consider the Democratic ticket: “Alaska needs leaders who will put our state first.”

But 24/7 for the last 3 days straight Fox has been saying Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke was “elitist.”

STOP! STOP! I'm already voting for Democratic candidates. I don't need another really good reason.

🚨BREAKING: Nearly 2,900 voters in one Georgia county have yet to receive the absentee ballots they recently applied for and are blaming their local officials’ hiring of an out-of-town vendor for the delays, they charge in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Shows you how cheaply Ken Paxton could be bought compared to Abbott. His bribe was a kitchen remodel for his girlfriend.

If you believe Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, you're the reason "DO NOT EAT" labels are put on soap. If you believe Donald Trump is going to give you a check for $5,000 if Republicans win, you're the reason irons have "NEVER IRON CLOTHES WHILE BEING WORN" warnings.

Any town that agrees to host a Trump convention or rally that doesn't ask this notorious deadbeat for money in advance is ridiculously incompetent. Trump has stiffed MANY cities. It's a lesson he learned when he didn't pay his subcontractors during construction of buildings.

Weird propaganda ad during the World Series calling liberals the *new* racists. If true, aren’t the republicans implying that they’re the OG racists? Like “Yep, we’ve been the racists for the past 400 years. NOW it’s the liberals!”

I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.

🚨BREAKING: Democrats asked a federal judge Monday night for a restraining order and temporary injunction to halt President Donald Trump and his administration from interfering in the upcoming midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: A federal judge expedited Democrats’ effort to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) preemptive legal challenge to Alaska’s Senate election results. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Legendary musician Neil Young is suing the orange felon for $10M over copyright infringement for continuously using his song “Rockin’ In The Free World” at midterm MAGA Nazi rallies. Good, more artists need to do this.

A former Miss Switzerland contestant has accused Donald Trump of raping her at the Plaza Hotel in 1993. Now House Judiciary Committee Democrats are calling for an independent special counsel to investigate allegations involving Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

"So, in Alaska, if Peltola wins, her victory is inherently suspect and must be investigated. And in Minnesota, if Flanagan bests Tafoya, her victory is inherently suspect b/c Trump has declared that Tafoya can’t lose, period, unless Dems cheat. This is the long, stupid shadow of the 2020 election."

What we will burden the next generations with. Not great future educations, safety or secure Jobs.

So hard to pick a favorite part of this article. Pretending that sending unsolicited dick pics at 53 was a “youthful indiscretion” is good, but don’t sleep on the argument that his wife forgave him for subjecting other women to unwanted nude photos so everyone else should too

Did you know we’re below the minimum recommended amount of oil, and just barely above the *statutory minimum* in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Lowest level since 1982, and gas is still through the roof. What happens when the war in Iran kicks back off?

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

Oh, it seems record voter turnout has the corrupt war criminal worried. Good.

Lot of folks (self included) expressing despair that despite aggressive prosecuting fascists ("doing everything right") Brazil was still going to get Bolsonaro-ed and the fact this guy gtfo-ed as quickly as he did should be a big signal for the AOC DOJ to go *hard* in 2029.

Talarico: "If you've seen an attack ad on your TV, that was Elon. If you've gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon. If you've received a text message saying scary things about me with scary black and white photos. That was Elon too."

UPDATE: @justinjpearson.bsky.social on Brent Taylor’s Sexting Scandal🍆 “This is the type of predatory behavior that needs to be rooted out of our society and politics. Tennessee deserves leaders who respect women— not sexually harass, expose their genitalia to, or take advantage of them.”

NEW YORK TIMES: “A commission of United Nations human rights experts said Monday Israel was committing genocidal acts against Palestinian civilians in Gaza despite a cease-fire agreement, and carrying out crimes against humanity in the West Bank.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

lmao right-wing oppo is like, "can you believe that these democrats fuck??!?!?"

"Journalists often use the words 'unsubstantiated' or 'uncorroberated' when referring to the allegations victims have levied against powerful men, like Trump. Instead of saying these women’s accounts are not corroborated, maybe it’s time we say they were not investigated in spite of clear patterns."

Queen 👸🏾

A reminder for Corporate Democrats: New research from Yale found that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. It's no surprise why the majority of Americans — including 90% of Democratic voters — support it.

🚨 Troy Jackson FIRES BACK after Susan Collins runs an ad questioning his qualifications as a fifth-generation logger. “It's not the first time I've had someone that thought they were better than me talk down to me.” “Actually it IS about a cord of wood. People can't afford to heat their homes.”

When a former Republican governor and a former Democratic governor who once ran against each other unite behind the same Senate candidate, that’s NEWS. David Beasley and Jim Hodges are backing Dr. Annie Andrews in South Carolina. #BlueWaveIn7Days

Trump speaks to small Corpus Christi crowd, repeatedly glitches and makes strange noises during speech where he also slurred heavily while his dentures seemed to be falling out Supercut:

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

there are people serving life sentences right now on thinner evidence than we have for "donald trump was jeffrey epstein's partner in serial rape" democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Nothing says you were lying about your devotion to your country quite like leaving it at the first opportunity you get.

NEWS: A federal grand jury has REJECTED the Trump DOJ's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her January 6 testimony, a Justice Department source confirms to MeidasTouch Network.

The Republican Party is giving us cancer. The New York Times doesn't say it that directly, but its investigation proves it.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

Grok fact-checks its master 👇🏽 👀

Mrs. Miller complains that Dems want to [checks her highlighted passage] prosecute those who committed federal crimes

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

scott galloway and jessica tarlov held an event here in town yesterday where “don’t impeach or waste time on investigations because ‘28” was the consensus position of the panel. so yeah, this is something to anticipate.

"Lord, we pray that you lift up Ken Paxton, a serial adulterer who constantly bears false witness, covets material things-- like houses--and disgraces your holy name with his shameless corruption, so that we may continue not to pay taxes and hate all the same people he does. Glory!"

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.