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At it's peak yesterday, wind and solar provided 135% of California's power needs. Yes, you read that right, it had enough to export it's energy to surrounding states.

But when big oil and gas donate hundreds of millions to Republican political campaigns, that doesn't matter, only the grift does.

Social media post: Sara Rose @saras76 REPORTER: ICE are making targeted arrests at courthouses. TRUMP: Criminals. They're arresting CRIMINALS. I'm HAPPY about it. I WANT them to arrest criminals! ARREST MORE

An August 2025 analysis found that 65% of people taken into ICE detention in fiscal year 2025 had no criminal convictions.

The same analysis indicated that over 93% of those booked into detention had NO conviction for a violent offense.

The criminal is HIM.

The voting machine hacking threat you probably haven’t heard about Modems help election officials report results quickly, but security experts say they’re too dangerous to trust.

🚨6 states CONFIRMED by POLITICO to use modems to transmit 2024 Election results: Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota . Wisconsin officials won't respond, ignoring your right to know!

www.politico.com/news/2022/10...

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

California is proud to congratulate FIVE California university-affiliated scholars among this year's Nobel laureates.

From quantum computing to clean energy and medical breakthroughs, these trailblazers reflect the strength, innovation, and creativity that define our state.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own. Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

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MAGA TV host delivers ominous on-air threat: 'We don’t wanna condone violence — wink-wink' MAGA TV host Eric Bolling lobbed a sarcastic threat at Antifa during a live call with one of his show's viewers on Monday.A caller asked Bolling why groups like the Proud Boys have not been sent after...

Yeah! They are trying to instigate more violence but aren't most of the proud boys already there working for ICE? www.rawstory.com/eric-bolling...

Here is an illustration for those that have forgotten why Ukraine is so important!

What Does Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Promise? Israel and Hamas have begun to implement the first steps US President Donald Trump has proposed for settling their two-year war. Under a preliminary agreement between the two sides, Hamas on Oct. 13 freed all 20 of the last surviving hostages it took from Israel and began to return the remains of hostages who are dead, who are thought to number 28. Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinians it had jailed. Earlier, a ceasefire officially went into effect in most of the Gaza Strip, and Israeli forc

President Trump has proposed a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Israel is onboard. Hamas accepted one part. Here's what you need to know

Yes, running. As gentle, angry people. There is nothing to do with fearing an 🍊

I had not heard about this. Anyone else with information, share so we can keep documentation please.

Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. Time magazine, in the March 2020 “Best of” issue, listed Paula’s HBO special, Ca...

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,
Join me for a night of laughter at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts—Fri., Oct. 31— www.worthamarts.org/events/paula... It's good for you. It's like a vitamin that doesn't stick in your throat.

Federal workers are facing an impossible situation — as Trump slashes agencies, and the Republican shutdown forces thousands of workers onto furlough.

I will continue to do everything possible to stand up for the workers who keep our country and our government running. Thank you for all you do!

FBI seeks help to identify suspects in mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta The Friday night shooting left six people dead and more than a dozen injured.

FBI agents are seeking the public’s help identifying four people seen near a mass shooting in a Mississippi Delta town that left six killed and more than a dozen injured over the weekend.
https://to.pbs.org/46PWgde

YouTube video by ABC7 News Bay Area Canadian Snowbirds air show thrills SF Fleet Week spectators, despite no Blue Angels: 'Spectacular!'

What happens when Republicans shut down the government…

They break things. Take thing away. Fire fed employees simply because they’re Dems. Refuse to pay our military.

Literal party poopers…
The blue angels didn’t make it to Fleet Week in SF—but the Canadian Snowbirds did.
🇨🇦🙌🏼 youtu.be/AFIIR_eqJ0Q

North Carolina GOP announces plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle | CNN Politics North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s US House district map, making theirs the latest state to embrace President Donald Trump’...

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride scheduled an “emergency” ride Sunday to highlight “the militarization of Portland and the ongoing harm being done to immigrant and Indigenous communities,” acco... TikTok video by The Oregonian

Nude bikers took to the streets today in Portland, blocking the ICE Detention Center. I love these protesters but y’all stop blocking traffic & allow folks to handle their business. I love living on the west coast. 🤣🤦🏽‍♀️
#KeepPortlandWeird
#SheShed #Pinks
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AHLbub/

And, if you add that to Trump's Nobel prizes, that's five.

Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Photo credit: Carl Van Vechten Collection/Library of Congress.

#ResistanceRoots

Arna Bontemps was born on this day in 1902 in Alexandria, La. A prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Bontemps was a versatile writer of poetry, novels and children’s books, and a dedicated librarian and historian who helped preserve African American culture. /1

Local governments worked hard to hedge against climate disaster. Florida leaders bigfooted them. "We want people to live here safely, and you’re tying our hands."

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Manatee County’s commissioners didn’t expect to b...

Governor Newsom just signed my bill to increase incarcerated firefighter pay 700% to the federal minimum wage.

Anyone who puts their life on the line to protect others is a hero and deserves both our gratitude and to be compensated justly.

"Support the troops, y'all!"

SpaceX set to launch Starship megarocket’s 11th test flight | CNN SpaceX is expected to launch an hour-long test flight — the last mission for the troubled V2 prototype that has failed several times this year.

SpaceX is set to launch a test flight of its Starship megarocket, a spacecraft central to NASA's moon-landing plans.

Watch and follow live updates.