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Nasty, impolite, and persistent.
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TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in:
AMERICAN SAMOA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online)
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person)
OHIO
SOUTH CAROLINA — mail
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
npr.org/vote
AMERICAN SAMOA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online)
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person)
OHIO
SOUTH CAROLINA — mail
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
npr.org/vote
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
npr.org
October 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in:
AMERICAN SAMOA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online)
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person)
OHIO
SOUTH CAROLINA — mail
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
npr.org/vote
AMERICAN SAMOA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online)
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person)
OHIO
SOUTH CAROLINA — mail
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
npr.org/vote
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ICE has disclosed another detainee who died
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
austinkocher.substack.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
ICE has disclosed another detainee who died
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
reut.rs
October 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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I've banged this drum a lot, so I'll do it again:
Consider Dan's point a reminder to ask your Democratic elected to get off X. Do it this weekend. Call them/leave a voicemail.
Something I heard more than once on the Hill, was the fact that Dem offices wished platforms like Bluesky would die,
Consider Dan's point a reminder to ask your Democratic elected to get off X. Do it this weekend. Call them/leave a voicemail.
Something I heard more than once on the Hill, was the fact that Dem offices wished platforms like Bluesky would die,
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
October 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I've banged this drum a lot, so I'll do it again:
Consider Dan's point a reminder to ask your Democratic elected to get off X. Do it this weekend. Call them/leave a voicemail.
Something I heard more than once on the Hill, was the fact that Dem offices wished platforms like Bluesky would die,
Consider Dan's point a reminder to ask your Democratic elected to get off X. Do it this weekend. Call them/leave a voicemail.
Something I heard more than once on the Hill, was the fact that Dem offices wished platforms like Bluesky would die,
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AI is an employee who never says no, never talks back, and who has no emotions, so you're free to be an asshole to it without consequence. Certain men have been fantasizing about this for their whole lives. They will happily burn the world down to create it.
This is all about their inability to handle dealing with other people and their emotions. I once worked for a CEO who spent all weekend writing code to monitor an employee to avoid talking to them about a concern. AI is by and for people like this.
Percolating a Take about how emotional immaturity (men who don't think emotions are real) leads to them embracing AI and AI-created works (no person, so no emotions) and so basically adult men with low emotional intelligence led to the AI mess we're in now.
October 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
AI is an employee who never says no, never talks back, and who has no emotions, so you're free to be an asshole to it without consequence. Certain men have been fantasizing about this for their whole lives. They will happily burn the world down to create it.
Worth reading.
Vote early, if at all possible.
Vote early, if at all possible.
EXCLUSIVE: Agents across the country have been seeking counsel in recent weeks about how to respond to FBI directives related to the election, per 6 current and former FBI and DOJ supervisors + outside defense attorneys who told me they have received calls. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?
“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Worth reading.
Vote early, if at all possible.
Vote early, if at all possible.
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This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for.
CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow.
prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow.
prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
prospect.org
October 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for.
CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow.
prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow.
prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
October 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
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This is #NY17 and its immediate surroundings.
It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help.
EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵.
So I'm asking...
If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help.
EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵.
So I'm asking...
If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
October 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is #NY17 and its immediate surroundings.
It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help.
EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵.
So I'm asking...
If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
It is the ONLY toss-up seat in this area...and it needs help.
EVERY district it borders in NY, CT and NJ is Safe 🔵.
So I'm asking...
If you (or anyone you know) lives in-or-near this area (or even NYC) PLEASE come out to volunteer for Cait Conley.
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They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
This is happening in our name. End the death penalty.
Breaking news: Christa Pike is alive, in critical condition “and receiving lifesaving medical care,” her attorneys said, after Tennessee officials tried and failed to execute her by lethal injection the previous night.
Christa Pike in critical condition after botched Tennessee execution, lawyers say
A lawyer for Pike demanded that the governor commute her sentence after an attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This is happening in our name. End the death penalty.
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Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
September 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
It hurts so much to hope.
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
September 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It hurts so much to hope.
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
September 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
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Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days:
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Texas, the voter registration deadline is coming up next week.
If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to.
A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to.
A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
September 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days:
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
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And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms
September 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM
And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms
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The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
September 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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The Eric Schmitt Vice Presidential Boom (September 29, 2026-September 29, 2026)
What's hilarious is that this story was in Axios this morning in an attempt, I assume, to take advantage of all the positive buzz Schmitt was going to generate for exposing Smith as a fraud.
And now Schmitt will never be VP.
And now Schmitt will never be VP.
Sen. Eric Schmitt is drawing buzz as a possible Vance VP in 2028
Vance views the Missouri senator as trustworthy.
www.axios.com
September 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The Eric Schmitt Vice Presidential Boom (September 29, 2026-September 29, 2026)
This is being done in our name. To CHILDREN.
September 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This is being done in our name. To CHILDREN.
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Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
September 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."