One wish for all the states that just elected Democratic governors and legislatures: Don't just substitute Democratic gerrymandering for Republican gerrymandering; get rid of gerrymandering by passing constitutional amendments to require non-partisan redistricting. Your residents will support you.
With every passing minute, Colom's lead over Hyde-Smith in the race for Senator from Mississippi is growing. Let's hope that continues.
Introducing Trump's new Chief of Staff
Susie Wiles is a right-wing fanatic and die-hard Trump supporter, but she is not insane and does not relish chaos. Stephen Miller is insane. He is also a bigot and a fascist. He will be much worse than Wiles. His only 'saving grace' is that he is incompetent.
I always thougt it was obscene the way Trump's cult view him as some sort of Messiah, but ya gotta admit that turning Mississippi blue sort of ranks up there with turning water into wine.
A programming glitch in on country in NY means that ballots can't be scanned by machine, so the exact same Republicans who have been demanding that all ballots be counted by hand rather than machine are now claiming that counting by hand is 'election fraud.' Whichever lie works is the one they use.
Charges of voter fraud are not entirely made up. Take, for example, Kelly Heather Richardson, a MAGA conservative who was just indicted for submitting 10 falsified absentee ballot applications. No ballots were mailed because the system worked. Richardson, however, is facing multiple felonies.
Bill Burns, an Ambassador multiple times over, former Deputy Secretary of State, and former Director of the CIA (the first career person to ever hold that position), has summarized the perilous position of the USA and the world perfectly. The damage Trump has done puts us all at risk.
How did Dan Sullivan win the 2024 House election in Alaska? The GOP spent heavily to support Eric Hafner as a Democratic candidate in order to draw votes away from Peltola. Hafner was not even in Alaska; he was (and is) in NY serving a 20-year prison term. Republicans kept him on the ballot anyway
An honest headline would read: "Top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirms that he has been ordered by Trump to gin up some false charges."
"We decline the United States’s invitation to contravene the Elections Clause by undermining the Constitution’s plain text." -- Quote from the Oct 30 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denying the Trump Administration's attempt to disenfranchise 20,000 voters. Full decision in link.
While Senator Chris Murphy uses guarded language to avoid disclosing military secrets, the message is clear: After the Midterms, Trump is planning war crimes by deliberately targeting Iranian civilians and civilian infrastructure. No one should be surprised that Trump is following Putin's lead.
Reminder that in 2024, FL Republicans PAID a man named Rodriguez $50,000 to run for the House because Rodriguez had the same name as the Democratic incumbent. Rodriguez received over 6,000 votes and the Republican won the house seat by margin of just 32 votes. Where's the MAGA outrage?
Two more facts to remember as the election nears: 1) US average gas prices under Trump are now higher than under Biden. 2) Under Biden, the spike in prices was caused by actions outside the control of the US--Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Under Trump, the spike was 100% caused by Trump's actions.
The conservative Cato Institute looked at the Trump Admin's claims that illegal immigrants are costing taxpayer money by using services. They concluded that immigrants have CONTRIBUTED (not cost) $1.7 trillion. www.cato.org/blog/white-h...
It is genuinely heartwarming to receive some good news. Here's hoping that Americans also reject authoritarianism.
The second good news this afternoon! Vuvic's defeat is particularly important since one of the main catalysts for his ouster was his corrupt deal allowing the Trump family to tear down national monuments to erect tacky playgrounds for the ultra-wealthy.
The same man who recently decided to condemn hundreds of Ukrainian civilians to die from Russian attacks by disabling Ukraine's ability to counter Russian drone and missile attacks has now been given the role of regulating all satellites in orbit. No bid. No law. Just a gift from Trump and Hegseth.
Trump's waiver of energy sanctions on Russia has an even darker, more corrupt, side that initially thought. Trump is planning to allow a Russian energy giant to control a big chunk of energy exports from Alaska. Trump and his cronies profit; America loses. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
When I originally posted that Elon Musk slowed StarLink and StarShield service to Ukraine, seriously eroding Ukraine's ability to intercept Russian jet-powered drone and missile attacks on civilians, various responders tried to lecture me that "Musk cannot throttle StarShiled." He did. 1/2
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