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Louisiana GOP Delays Elections as It Looks Set to Wipe Out Black-Majority Districts Read more here.

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So South Carolina has a new license plate claiming we won the Revolutionary War. Interesting flex. Even though that war was in Virginia. I mean…Georgia calls itself the Peach State even though SC actually produces more peaches. So I guess if GA can claim the peaches…SC can claim winning that war🤷🏾‍♀️

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”

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The automaker says the president’s claim that "they’re gonna spend $10 billion, and they’re gonna build new car plants,” is unfounded.

Trump was either making it up or mixing it up with a deal from his first term nearly eight years ago. trib.al/zqGCiNM

JD Vance’s family was on food assistance when he was growing up, but he doesn’t think your family deserves that safety net.

Food banks aren’t a substitute for SNAP.
Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve.

“.. The republican party has claimed that one of its primary goals .. is to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. However, as is the case with many of its claimed goals, the policy it implements acts directly against those goals.”

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Climate deniers heralded Bill Gates’s comments this week.

Meanwhile, @bloomberg.com looks at how much our economy has come to depend on disaster recovery. 🤡

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🧵 Some food bank sites where can find your nearest food bank. Find food banks in the Feeding America network by entering your zip code here 👇 . When a food bank appears tap on their link and they will have additional resources there. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up.

I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies.

If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

I loved you on Have I Got News For You. 👏

Past six days: 👀

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We'll never know how much money is being spent to upgrade the bunker beneath the ballroom.

Imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama sent masked goons into deep red neighborhoods in Texas or Florida and they started grabbing people off the street and teargassing anyone who objected

Thank you for sharing.

Hunger in America makes Page One in Knoxville, Tenn, ..

.. Indianapolis, Boston, Milwaukee ..

#SNAP #Shutdown

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

2/ Here's the press release.

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It's not just the newspapers.

"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...

A new scam is targeting Maine veterans — by postcard The Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services says the scam attempts to persuade veterans to enroll in a false savings program, soliciting personal and financial information in the process.

🚨 SCAM ALERT 🚨

Someone is sending postcards to Maine veterans offering an extra $110 in monthly SS benefits—then asking for sensitive personal information once they call.

It's a SCAM!

If you or someone you know has received this mailer, call the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services at 207-287-7020.

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.

Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.

Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.

New from me:
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#AZ07

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SC Elections Oct. 21, 2015 Greenville County State Senate District 12 Primary Greenville County State House District 21 Primary Lexington County State House District 88 Primary Spartanburg County State Senate District 12 Primary

You marched! Now you vote!!! #scpol

“.. struggling to put together a $20 billion loan to Argentina without leaving themselves on the hook to the virtually bankrupt South American country ..” 🤡

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Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

NYT confirms our reporting from days ago - which the WH said was fake news - that Trump and Hegseth are pulling a stunt to fire artillery rounds over I-5 between SD and LA onto Camp Pendleton as a stunt, one of the busiest highways in America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Trump proposed cutting WIC for low-income families The Trump administration said it will use tariff revenue to cover WIC during the government shutdown. But President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes a nearly $300 million cut for WIC.

The Trump administration said it will use tariff revenue to cover WIC during the government shutdown. But President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes a nearly $300 million cut for WIC.

The U.S. military carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what is believed to be the first such case, there were survivors among the crew, a U.S. official told Reuters.

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A dark batch of headlines tonight.

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Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In a recent study, participants inside fMRI scanners played a game in which they could enrich themselves by deceiving others. The more people lied to other players, the more exaggerated their lies were likely to be the next time around.

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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