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⚡️Ukrainian troops rescued a camel left behind by retreating Russian forces after overrunning their position.

Moscow’s troops had been using pack animals to haul ammunition under drone fire.

to be clear—the TRO remains in place and the use of the national guard around Chicago is still blocked

Important reporting on what should be the top scandal (among a gigantic pyramid of scandals) of the Trump administration. With hope that #Nuremberg -style trials will bring the architects of this abdication of humanity to justice one day soon. #NoFascistUSA

I was in Nova Scotia this summer and about 3/4 of the houses were flying Canadian flags. I don’t know if that’s the way it always is, but it was impressive. Our tour guide said Trump is uniting Canadians like never before.

I feel like US media is under reporting on the generational changes in attitude towards the US in Canada. Where is Ezra Klein interviewing some Canadian dude?

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.

the leader of the most powerful think tank in america thinks nick fuentes is doing politics the right way

In Push to Finish, Dems Unify With Mamdani as Cuomo Declares ‘Civil War’ The Democratic frontrunner heads into the final weekend of early voting with three major polls showing him solidly ahead.

heading into the final weekend of voting, local Dem leaders of all stripes are celebrating unity under Mamdani — and Cuomo is decrying intra-party "civil war."

Anyone who believed this needs to have their head examined.

Part of a bigger plan to destabilize South America and loot oil and rare earth.

The peace president is about to start a war.

Bill Pulte makes serial claims for fraud that do not pan out. In this case, he used them to fire mostly Indian-American employees who have not been given access to evidence for why they were fired.

I personally think it's really fucked up that we made The Purge real

This is fucking amazing

Unitary executive for me; major questions for thee

Interesting who gets a pass and who doesn't

The 1940s Jewish right aligned with Nazi defenders like Joe McCarthy. There were only a handful of them. John's mom came from a second wave in the 60s. Not many Nazi defenders left by then. But plenty of antisemites, for sure. (Nixon!) The right has ALWAYS been bad for the Jews.

Trump Says White Refugees from South Africa Will Alleviate US’s Severe Shortage of Racists “When I was putting together my Cabinet, there were barely enough racists to fill all the positions," he said.

“We have a racist shortage in this country like you wouldn’t believe,” Trump told reporters. “When I was putting together my Cabinet, there were barely enough racists to fill all the positions.”

After Fannie Mae fired more than 100 for fraud, dozens say they are innocent Seven months later, staffers say they have no information about why they lost their jobs over an alleged charity matching scheme.

Not at all the worst part of this story, but why would any federal employee ever give to charity through the Combined Federal Campaign again after Pulte has shown donations can be weaponized against workers, seemingly as a pretext? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Electricity is the ultimate perishable good"

No longer. Batteries will change the solar harvest, in the same way silos and refrigeration changed the food harvest... but over years, not decades 🔋🍏

"Silos for Sunshine": a great new thoughtpiece💡

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

i don’t think you can maximin vote share with polls and spreadsheets, and i think it is a problem that the most prominent and influential political commentators right now are more devotees of data than experts in narrative

one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two

Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files With Andrew losing his royal title because of his Epstein friendship, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how “Trump travels the world avoiding any possible negotiation to the end of the shutdown beca...

Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor... via @MSNBC

JRR Tolkien would be smuggling refugees into the UK in the back of a van, because he remembers the pain of the Dwarves driven from Erebor.

JRR Tolkien would be shipping homemade HRT to desperate trans men because he understands their desire to have a warrior's beard and ride upon the Rhûnic steppe.

Zohran with his hand on his chest leaning into the passenger side window of a taxi, talking with the driver.

Zohran extending his hand to shake hands with a taxi driver through the window.

An airport worker showing Zohran something on his phone, both are smiling.

For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.

So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.

This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”

This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.

**Smells Like Wet Otter is the best track....**

D.C. man detained for playing "Star Wars" song at National Guard, lawsuit says The man's rights were violated when he was handcuffed and detained for 15-20 minutes, ACLU says.

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
www.axios.com/2025/10/24/t...

there were five other people indicted along with Kat Abughazaleh. Brian is one of the Broadview Six.

This is what the administration is. This is the kind of resistance it can’t tolerate.

Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders

Dutch liberals, together with the Dutch center-right, fight back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...