October 26, 2025 Economist Paul Krugman probably didn’t have the Erie Canal in mind today when he wrote about the rise of renewable energy, but he could have.

October 26, 2025

“We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans.” — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declares war on beards 👀

Garcia: Tomorrow is a big day for us. We’re getting Alex Acosta—the man who put together the Jeffrey Epstein sweetheart deal. Why didn’t he go after all the other men? How did someone who chose to essentially give Epstein a slap on the wrist go on to become Trump’s Labor Secretary

AG Letitia James sues U.S. Department of Justice over funds for survivors of violent crimes The lawsuit seeks to stop the Justice Dept. from requiring states to cooperate with ICE to continue to receive the funding.

The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening Victims of Crime Act funds to get states to assist with immigration enforcement.

In New York, over $212 million in funds are at stake.

I'm fighting back so New Yorkers can access the support they need.

This is full-on authoritarianism.

Free Nicole Collier. #txlege

'You sold us out': Elise Stefanik gets icy welcome at ceremony in her district One of the most recognizable names in the MAGA world received a cold welcome during a renaming ceremony in Plattsburgh on Monday, according to reports. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who was Trump's init...

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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) attended a ceremony to rename the Clinton County Government Center after the late John Zurlo, who was a county clerk for more than 50 years. Attendees booed and jeered Stefanik at the event, according to the local news station.

In a stunning moment, Elise Stefanik was booed off the stage twice at an event in her district.

www.salon.com Policy over people: U.S. to burn $9.7M in birth control - Salon.com

Policy over people: U.S. to burn $9.7M in birth control https://twp.ai/4ipkjf

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“Support” isn’t in his lane?
I believe it is in the personal, conscience category but what do I know, I’m not Moses…sigh…

Stefanik pursues a path of destruction Each flower has its own tiny fans

Will Doolittle points out this morning what you would think would be obvious: It's much easier to destroy something than to build it. #trump

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NWS started briefings on July 1 and kept up grading it till it hit emergency flash flooding on July 4.

Proof he is not briefed or advised. He is just a moron figure head fed ego stroking lies.
The evil ones are pulling all the government levers.

Stop threatening and just do it—Iranian-linked hackers claim to have 100 gigabytes of emails tied to the White House.

When your "strongest ground" turns into quicksand.

'Extremely upsetting': Republican veterans leaving GOP because of Trump policy When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, one of the major policy changes from the Biden Administration involved the Ukraine-Russia War.Biden, a scathing critic of Ru...

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In a Capital News Service article syndicated on May 24 reporter Jade Tran takes a look at veterans in Maryland who are openly expressing their disdain for Trump's Ukraine policy. Voters who still support U.S. aid to Ukraine and back the country's fight against Russia

I guarantee they will use the Sec. of Homeland Security and DOGE model on who to remove.
This is going to be down right barbaric,cruel and life threatening.

Close to 50 faculty members including a Bible professor, the former dean of the law school.They decried elements of Stefanik’s record/her close alliance with President Donald Trump/support for his false claim that he won the 2020 election/her endorsement of a conspiracy theory with antisemitic roots

Mexico will pay for the bridge..🙃

As Foreign Tourists Stay Away, U.S. Could Lose $12.5 Billion This Year, Tourism Group Says

The U.S. welcome mat is rolling up — at least that’s how some international travelers see it, according to a global organization representing the travel and tourism industry. It could cost the U.S. billions.

Autism and MMR Vaccine: A Scientific Timeline. 2021 Vaccine Journal 338 Studies - Safety of vaccines used for routine immunization in the United States: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 Annals of Internal Medicine 650,000 - MMR vaccination and autism: A nationwide cohort study. 2015 Journal of the American Medical Association 95,000 - Autism occurrence by MMR vaccine status among U.S. children with older siblings with and without autism. 2014 Vaccine Journal 1.2 million - Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. 2013 Journal of Pediatrics 1,008 - Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with risk of autism. 2010 Andrew Wakefield struck off. Guilty of serious professional misconduct & struck off medical register. 2006 Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders MMR-vaccine and regression in autism spectrum disorders: Negative results presented from Japan. 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics Journal 14,000 - Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: A prospective cohort study in the UK does not support a causal association. 2003 Journal of the American Medical Association 467,000 - Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine & autism. 2002 New England Journal of Medicine 537,000 - A population-based study of MMR vaccination and autism. 1999 The Lancet 500 children - Autism & MMR vaccine: no epidemiological evidence. 1998 The Lancet - Andrew Wakefield's retracted claim 12 children - Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children. 1971 FDA approves measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

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Millions of scientific hours have been spent studying hundreds of thousands of children in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers

All to debunk a study on 12 children by a gastroenterologist who was struck off in 2010

RFK Jr. just wants to keep a 27 year vaccine conspiracy alive

#Autism #RFKJr #RFK
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YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger What Politicians Won’t Tell You About Federal Spending

With mandatory spending like say, Medicaid, congress doesn’t appropriate it. It’s automatic. But the CUT it they have to change the law, and that’s what they want to do. The truth about spending

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Like Pritzker's approach to this more and more!

BREAKING: Dems have FLIPPED the Omaha mayoral race. John Ewing Jr has beaten the GOP incumbent!!

Judge strips NYC of full authority over Rikers Island, citing 'unprecedented' violence A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local officials failed to stem high rates of violence and long-standing dysfunction.

A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local officials failed to stem high rates of violence and long-standing dysfunction.

“Don the Con earned $3 billion since he took office (thru crypto grift and insider trading.)
As has his billionaire circle.
His “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (🤡) coin is a prime example.”

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

I am not often quoted in @nytimes.com DealBook, but I hope the business community is listening.

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