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Looking possible that the Democrats might sweep the board today--which means attempts to pervert the 2026 Congressional election will go into hyperdrive.

Get ready.

The people MUST choose their politicians, NOT politicians, choosing their people. #Democracy 101

Let this map of the congressional districts of Illinois be a reminder that gerrymandering is total BS and must be stopped as it makes a mockery of democratic principles. Source: www.reddit.com/user/simonge...

News story on the BBC website: State official has to explain why polls are closed in Kentucky After getting calls about polls being closed in Kentucky, Secretary of State Michael Adams just took to X to explain why. "They are closed because we do not have elections today," Adams writes. "Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."

I mean, you’ve got to laugh.

Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.

No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.

But some platforms are better than others.

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Republicans threw tens of millions of dollars at winning those votes and lost each one by over 20 points. In a state Trump won.

BIG result, folks:

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was ground zero for the conservative takeover of school boards & anti-LGBTQ policies in 2021, on the Central Bucks and Pennridge boards.

Dems flipped both boards back in 2023.

Tonight, Dems have ousted *all* Republicans from both school boards.

BBC news story on Sudanese warlord: "He made his money selling camels and gold. Now this warlord controls half of Sudan".

It feels like this headline should ideally read slightly less like 'entrepreneur success story'.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

I mean, it's not even subtle!

Salt Typhoon was a recent direct attack on telcom infrastructure, probably from China, and probably exploiting "lawful access" wiretapping interfaces. It's pure insanity to relax security mandates right now.

I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

Nice. If we don't pay, there is no upside for ransomwsre criminals. Pay for your infosec program first.

I see project distraction (from #Epstein) continues unabated. Good to see the FBI priorities are focused on hit button issues.

"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social

Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.

Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?

This remains vacuous sabre rattling. Its a sign of Russias weakness on the battlefield that it has to constantly tap its nuclear power sign.

"Just following orders" as we know from history offers little in the line of Defence even if it originates from someone with immunity from prosecution.

a white house with an american flag on top ALT: a white house with an american flag on top

Democrats should vow to tear down Trumps ballroom and restore the East Wing of the White House. In as much as tearing it down is a metaphor of the damage #Trump is doing to the institutions of govt reversing the damage equally metaphorical. Its also another distraction from the #EpsteinFiles.

a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...

deplorables

Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here

YouTube video by The Daily Show Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t #dailyshow #mikejohnson #idk

The @thedailyshow.com summed it up perfectly youtu.be/D-GbZlrOyZE?...

Good Morning from Global Britain.

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration

Have some joy in your timeline!

DOJ defends Alina Habba’s unusual appointment before skeptical Third Circuit Government attorneys tried to defend Habba’s appointment as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, which a lower court deemed unlawful in August.

New: A DOJ lawyer claimed Alina Habba's appointment was "consistent with longstanding practice."

But a Third Circuit judge asked him to name another time a U.S. attorney was seated this way.

"Well, I guess I cannot," the lawyer said.

Presumably coherently xenophobic?!