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Excellent piece by Ezio Mauro in Italy’s La Repubblica comparing potential meeting & dynamic among Trump, Putin & Xi to Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin in 1945.
“Today, however, the leaders of America, China, & Russia are united in their dismissive judgment of liberal democracy.”
https://www.repubblica.it/commenti/2026/10/25/news/jalta_putin_trump_usa_eziomauro-425672917/
la RepubblicaUsa, Cina e Russia. Ma quel vertice non è la nuova Jalta
“Structurally, the #Senate is built to be #Republican, and the question is whether this wave can breach that levee. It is incredibly hard.”
#uspol #polling
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/politics/democrats-expectations-blue-wave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVE.9cx0.P88FMUGiDeDw&smid=bs-share
Question: How can we prevent fascism from developing in the United States?
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
This was the highlight of my day, blocking Burack Obama
Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
😅
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ezGDM1fxXE
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I'm still mad at Obama for not being anywhere on the scene while all this shit was building up ever since he left office.
Obama, with his signature style, rallying with Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown in Ohio today.
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.
How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking himself in the mirror in the morning? You know he's working his hair, 'cause that's how warriors look! These are not serious people. And the problem is, you end up having to pay the price for their lack of seriousness!”
“Chad Mizelle, an attorney representing Jared Kushner, demanded that Vanity Fair take down a recently published book excerpt alleging that President Donald Trump’s son-in-law had access to secret foreign bank accounts during his first term,” The Wrap reports.
Finished sweeping leaves off the deck and front porch in time to see Barack Obama speak at an Ohio rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on MS NOW and it is soooo kickass.
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Cartoon by Rick McKee; maybe the warnings about immigrants taking over the country actually had a smidge of merit after all.
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Dee Snider's politics are super cringe liberal shit, but lord knows I'd take 100 of him over like 1 James Hetfeld or Jeff Hannemen or any of those Pantera fucks or just any of the other examples of right-wing streaks in heavy metal (not that Twisted Sister is, ya know, particularly "heavy")
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It is almost as if John Lennon saw the FOTUS’s arrival on the scene decades ago.
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#NowhereMan
Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax.
It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025.
California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax.
The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians.
Vote YES.
"The principles and strategies that over multiple generations have made the U.S. the world’s leading nation in effect are on the ballot, and these midterms mark a potential turning point.
Let’s focus on three pillars that explain the rise, strength and resilience of our nation -
1. Education
2. Immigration
3. The norms that govern our politics, economics and society."
All have been pulverized by Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opinion/midterms-trump-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.yo9q.vM5qPEaOjOe6&smid=url-share
https://bsky.app/profile/nickkristof.bsky.social/post/3mymrg4bbos2c
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Bluesky SocialNick Kristof (@nickkristof.bsky.social)"Everything we love is on the line" in the US election. I argue that Trump has systematically undone the strategy that has made the US the world's leading country. So what's at stake isn't just affordability or data centers or the Iran war. It's America's future: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/opinion/midterms-trump-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.heAO.D3LqbL92McVq&smid=url-share
Early voting starts today in NYC. Here's a video from a typical New Yorker quietly reminding you of that fact.
I always like Pierce Brosnan who was the Bond I first knew, but ever since he openly supported RFK Jr's Presidential campaign I actively avoid anything centered around him anymore. That's just unforgivable.
Another major scoop by the NYT -
"A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. It's part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner and Putin to end the war in Ukraine. CEO of US company resigned after learning of Russian money in the project."
It's Kleptocracy all the way down.
https://bsky.app/profile/ericlipton.nytimes.com/post/3mylgluqqbc2a
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html
#UsPol #Corruption
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Bluesky SocialEric Lipton NYT (@ericlipton.nytimes.com)JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html
NY Times' 6 month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records pinpoints the locations of the 71 coal plants, 71 chemical plants, 40 sterilizers, 19 steel-related facilities and 1 copper smelter exempted from clean-air regulations.
"The exemptions represent the biggest presidential intervention in enforcement of the Clean Air Act in the half-century since President Nixon signed the bedrock environmental law."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/climate/trump-epa-chemical-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.oERv.sDOtmwuSmKWz&smid=nytcore-android-share
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"In total, since taking office again, Mr. Trump exempted 202 facilities in 39 states and Puerto Rico from clean-air regulations that were going into effect. Some were among the country’s worst industrial polluters, including chemical manufacturers, copper smelters and coal-burning power plants. About 3.3 million people live within three miles of at least one affected facility."
Making America Sick Again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/climate/trump-epa-chemical-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFE.oERv.sDOtmwuSmKWz&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Cindy Hyde-Smith hasn’t held a town hall IN SIX YEARS! WTF is she doing?!?
#CindyHydeSmith #Mississippi #GOPRacist #GOPTraitor #ChooseScottColom #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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So, in that sense, Dan J is not doing anything out of character for an AIP'er. Acting as a spoiler for the orthodox GOP has been the AIP's role as long as I've known them! I think a few Democratic governors can thank AIP candidates for their wins, but that's absolutely on the fringies, not the Ds!*
Today's articles suggest that Alaska's fairly recent adoption of ranked-choice voting** is what's changed, but they are undervaluing the other big change: MAGA.
There's no need for a right flank party in Alaska since MAGA captured the GOP. What I think is funny here is that Dan J's big sin isn't that he isn't RW enough, it's that Dan S is Trump loyal!
Help yourself to looking into some of the characters in the AIP history--ranging from colorful to terrifying.
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*please take note of this lesson on the consequences of purity tests.
**I'm not a fan.
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At their height of power, the AIP managed to capture Alaska's Governor's Mansion, but that's really overstating it. Wally Hickel was always a fairly vanilla Republican--more moderate than some, more of a jerk than many--and it always seemed to me that he had co-opted the AIP to facilitate a right-flank attack on the party and, running for re-election in 1994, he switched back to the GOP.*
I saw lots of examples of this when I was a journalist. Sour-grapes candidates who were behind in a primary switching to AIP to unfurl their RW flag. None of them talked about secession.
*I met Wally a couple of times.
(fine, I'll make a thread...)
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Dan J Sullivan was with the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) until it dissolved last year. He'd have been running anyway.
There is a lot about the AIP that "outsiders" are absolutely going to get wrong, so here's a refresher.
For me, at least, I'm still confused that the Dan Sullivan who has been Alaska's senator is NOT the same guy as the Dan Sullivan who was mayor of Anchorage. Clearly, Alaska has too many Republicans named Dan Sullivan.
(Also, this is a coup.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-admin-seeks-block-alaska-084354685.html
Yahoo NewsTrump says he asked DOJ to sue Alaska over two Dan Sullivans on ballotA DOJ lawsuit wants to block Alaska certifying the race result if votes go to Dan J. Sullivan Jr. and the incumbent loses.
Does kinda boggle one’s mind. Then again, what actions of any MAGAts don’t? 🤔
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In the ballot, one Sullivan is clearly identified as Republican and the incumbent. How is this confusing when the two are clearly delineated on the ballot itself?
This is implausible.
So, (a) no proof of injury = no standing; (b) no power to intervene by Constitution; (c) does not even clear the bar on the major questions doctrine; (d) relies entirely on an expansive interpretation of statutes.
What this DoJ is betting on, is conservative SCOTUS playing Calvinball on its prior "principles".
Elon too, is also cornered.
“Live by the sword, die by the sword”
Yeah Elon, that’s bad, which is why instead we live by a system laws. Laws you have broken. It also sounds like you’re threatening lawmakers with physical violence.
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