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This new tsunami of Elon Musk financing for Ken Paxton and others will only make the links between corruption and campaign finance reform that much more obvious. -Houston Chronicle
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Mark Zuckerberg needs to go to prison for a long, long time. He is blatantly interfering in elections in the US, Brazil and all across the world. The only message they will hear is prison. Let him try fix elections for there.
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Look, it has become obvious to me, the people who love, support and defend democracy in the United States of America have had it. Trump, and those associated with him are going to be so overwhelmingly rejected a week from today, that Donald Trump will throw a very scary, dangerous, and futile fit, and attempt to use any means necessary to negate the results The nation, has already negated him. It doesn’t matter what he attempts. He. Will. Not. Prevail. The American citizens who believe in the rule of law, and the U.S. Constitution will prevail.
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matt farac retweeted
So a woman personally informed Congress that Donald Trump raped her, and not one major media outlet has put it in their main headlines. This country has abandoned its soul.
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A couple days ago, I posted jobs numbers from the past 6 presidents, 3 Republican (Bush I, Bush II, and Trump) and 3 Democratic (Clinton, Obama, and Biden). Over 20 years, nearly 50 million jobs were added under the 3 Democratic presidents, whereas only 2 million have been added under the aforementioned Republicans, over the course of 17 years, 8 months. A good percentage of MAGA responders said something along the lines of, "The Democrat Party only added government jobs! Look at the private sector!" Very well. First, let's look at public sector or government jobs. George H.W. Bush (R, 4 years): +1.127M Bill Clinton (D, 8 years): +1.934M George W. Bush (R, 8 years): +1.744M Barack Obama (D, 8 years): -263k Donald Trump I (R, 4 years): -575k Joe Biden (D, 4 years): +1.816M Donald Trump II (R, 1 year, 8 months): -230k Democratic Presidents (20 years): +3.487M Republican Presidents (17 years, 8 months): +2.066M Difference: Democrats +1.421M/Republicans -1.421M Not much difference. Now let's move onto the private sector. George H.W. Bush (R, 4 years): +1.502M Bill Clinton (D, 8 years): +20.979M George W. Bush (R, 8 years): -368k Barack Obama (D, 8 years): +11.812M Donald Trump I (R, 4 years): -2.19M Joe Biden (D, 4 years): +13.589M Donald Trump II (R, 1 year, 8 months): +1.006M Democratic Presidents (20 years): +46.380M Republican Presidents (17 years, 8 months): -50k Difference: Democrats +46.430M/Republicans -46.430M That's right, over the past 37 years, 8 months, Republican presidents are actually underwater, as far as private-sector jobs go, whereas Democrats are 46 million+ above it. No matter what the GOP tries to sell you on the old, tired narrative that they're better for the economy, the numbers tell a completely different story. #VoteBlue2026 #VoteBlue26 data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutpu… fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U…
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This is a national shame.👇
Susan Pretti, mother of Alex Pretti, calls on officials to investigate fatal shooting by ICE: "We want our son's killers brought to justice once and for all."
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Now would be a good time to remind everyone of these Trump facts, because apparently some people still need the refresher. Please meet the President of the United States: Flew on Epstein’s plane at least seven times. Just friends, I guess. Pleaded the Fifth more than 400 times in a single deposition. Nothing says “innocent” like refusing to answer a single question about your own business. 34 felony convictions. A record most people would call disqualifying. And 91 criminal charges. Accused of sexual misconduct or assault by at least 26 women. But sure, tell me again how he’s a great guy. 6 corporate bankruptcies. The self proclaimed greatest businessman alive somehow keeps running out of money. 5 draft deferments. Funny how the toughest guy in the room never actually showed up for duty. He said, "no thanks", when asked to serve his country. Speaking about McCain, Trump stated: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." 4 criminal indictments. Not two. Not three. Four. 2 impeachments. A club of exactly one president. 2 of his own companies convicted of criminal tax fraud. Convicted. Not accused. Convicted. During the 2016 presidential election, Trump’s campaign orchestrated a televised Iowa fundraiser meant for veterans but directed the foundation’s money to boost his political campaign. The charity was used to buy personal items, including a $10,000 portrait of Trump. The New York State Attorney General filed a lawsuit in 2018, regarding Donald J. Trump Foundation, alleging a "pattern of persistent illegality" and self-dealing. The investigation found that Trump used the charity as a personal "piggy bank." The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The Eric Trump Foundation Controversy: This investigation revealed that the charity raised money under the guise of FUNDING THE ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, but was allegedly charged over $1.2 million by the Trump Organization for using Trump-owned golf courses, shifting donor money meant for sick children back into Trump businesses. 1 fake university shut down. Trump's charities always involved cheating and grifting. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO RUN A CHARITY IN NEW YORK He and his family are no longer allowed to run a charity in New York because the Trump Organization used the funds for Trump-owned golf courses, SHIFTING DONOR MONEY MEANT FOR SICK CHILDREN INTO TRUMP BUSINESSES. He was ordered to pay 2 million dollars for looting his own so called charity. Paid 25 million dollars to settle the Trump University fraud lawsuit because scamming people who believed in you costs money eventually. Ordered to pay 5 million dollars in the first E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict, then hit with 83.3 million more in the second. A jury said it twice so nobody could pretend it was a fluke. First president in modern history to increase the deficit every single year of a full term. Fiscal responsibility, apparently, was always just a talking point. Kept the debt to GDP ratio above 100 percent for his entire first term. Presided over the largest single day point drop in Dow Jones history at the time. So much for the guy who claimed to be a genius with money. Set the record for the longest government shutdown in US history in his first term at 35 days, then couldn’t resist beating his own miserable record in his second term with a 43 day shutdown, followed by yet another shutdown just months later. THE ONLY POTUS TO HAVE 3 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS IN HIS TERMS. Added roughly 2.25 trillion dollars to the national debt in his first year back in office alone, pushing the debt past 39 trillion dollars. Somebody remind me who the party of fiscal discipline is again. Pushed through the largest defense budget increase since World War Two while the debt kept climbing anyway. Purged more than 300,000 federal employees in his first year back. Pardoned nearly 1,600 January 6 Capitol rioters on his very first day back in office, including Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy. Law and order, except when it’s inconvenient. At least 40 of those pardoned rioters have already been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for new crimes since walking free. Shocking absolutely nobody. His family’s crypto ventures, including a meme coin and World Liberty Financial, pulled in more than 1.4 billion dollars in disclosed earnings while he sat in the Oval Office. Draining the swamp was apparently code for filling his own pockets. Sent the National Guard into American cities at a cost of nearly 500 million taxpayer dollars in 2025 alone, then BRAGS about lower crime. He has no long term solution - ever. He just sends in the military. The military seems to be his answer to everything. His own tariffs are projected to cost the average American household more than 2,500 dollars this year. YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS. NOT CHINA. YOU! Got America involved in a forever war with Iran, though promised the exact opposite. Peace deal with Russia and Ukraine on Day One. He has continued to side with Putin and has never admitted that Russia invaded Ukraine - UNPROVOKED. Now sitting at one of the lowest approval ratings of his second term, stuck in the mid 30s while inflation and gas prices make everyday life harder. None of this is a conspiracy theory, a rumor, or something you saw in a group chat. It is the actual, documented record, sitting in plain sight for anyone willing to look. So the next time someone tells you to relax and give him a chance, ask them how many more indictments, judgments, and shutdown records he needs to rack up before that chance runs out. Charles Curtis Rone
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matt farac retweeted
Look, the simple truth is that on November 3rd, the Republican Party needs to be punished. The Republican Party needs to be punished BIG TIME for continuing to embrace a sociopathic madman who is a traitor to, and an enemy of, America. VOTE.
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You're telling me the President owns up to $23.1 million of Chevron AND up to $18.4 million of Exxon AND gas is up 40% in a year AND his trades show up weeks after he makes them AND the House voted to ban itself from trading stocks, but the bill doesn't cover him And we're the ones who get banned for posting it.
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🚨 NEWS: A Texas judge has ordered Gov. Greg Abbott to let his political opponent, State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, inspect more than 1,000 pages of UNREDACTED communications between Abbott and Elon Musk. Yes, the same communications Abbott's office previously sought to shield from public scrutiny, describing portions as too “intimate and embarrassing.” Of the 1,374 pages previously produced, all but roughly 200 were redacted or completely blacked out. The ruling comes amid growing scrutiny of Abbott's relationship with Musk, whose companies have received major Texas tax breaks and government incentives, including a reported $1.66 BILLION tax break shortly after Musk donated $500,000 to Abbott's reelection campaign. Now, a judge has ordered Abbott to let Hinojosa see what was hidden behind those black bars.
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🔴🔴🛰️ En bridant Starlink pour l’Ukraine, Trump et Musk voulaient montrer qui tient le bouton rouge de l’internet par satellite. Ils ont réussi mais pas comme ils l’espéraient. Partout dans le monde, des chefs d'États soudainement pris conscience de leur dépendance aux technologies de Starlink et de leur vulnérabilité. Certains accélèrent pour ne plus jamais dépendre d’un milliardaire et protéger leur souveraineté. Tour d’horizon. 👇👇👇 🇨🇦 CANADA Ottawa a signé un contrat de 2,3 milliards de dollars canadiens avec l’opérateur national @Telesat pour étendre sa constellation Lightspeed, à l’origine un concurrent commercial de Starlink, désormais doté d’un volet militaire sécurisé. 🇫🇮 FINLANDE Le finlandais @iceye_global et @nokia se sont alliés pour bâtir des communications satellitaires souveraines destinées aux gouvernements européens : une plateforme clé en main où chaque État possède et contrôle son propre réseau, chiffrement compris, sans dépendre d’un fournisseur étranger. 🇪🇺 UNION EUROPÉENNE La Commission accélère IRIS², son réseau souverain. @Airbus fabrique les 66 premiers satellites en orbite basse et @thalesgroup Alenia Space, les charges utiles sécurisées pour les usages gouvernementaux. Le programme passe à 348 satellites, avec 4 milliards d’euros supplémentaires. 🇰🇷 CORÉE DU SUD Le 6 octobre, la Corée a réussi son premier lancement orbital de l’année avec sa fusée nationale Nuri, depuis le centre de Naro. Quinze satellites embarqués, dont cinq de la constellation Neonsat, une capacité spatiale entièrement maîtrisée sur le sol national. 🇯🇵 JAPON Tokyo débloque environ 930 millions de dollars pour un réseau satellitaire national de connexion directe aux smartphones, pensé pour les zones isolées et les régions sinistrées. Le projet associe @Rakuten et @AST_SpaceMobile. 🇺🇦 UKRAINE Kyiv avance sur sa propre constellation. Le projet UASAT, porté par la société STETMAN, a engagé son processus réglementaire auprès de l’Union internationale des télécommunications. Un satellite-test, UASAT-NANO, doit ouvrir la voie à un réseau souverain ukrainien. 🇩🇪 ALLEMAGNE Le 5 septembre, la fusée Spectrum de l’allemand Isar Aerospace a atteint l’orbite lors d'un lancement opéré depuis Andøya, en Norvège. L’Europe se dote enfin d’un accès autonome à l’espace, condition de toute indépendance satellitaire. 💡 Ce que cela dit Évidemment, aucun de ces projets n’est né en une semaine. Plusieurs étaient engagés avant l’épisode Starlink mais tous disent la même chose, et l’épisode les a accélérés : plus jamais un seul homme, ni un seul pays, ne tiendra le bouton. Car Musk et Trump ont rappelé au monde une vérité simple : celui qui contrôle vos communications contrôle votre avenir, en tant de paix comme en tant de guerre. En bridant Starlink au-dessus d’un pays en guerre, ils ont fait la démonstration la plus contreproductive qui soit et ont oeuvré de manière spectaculaire contre leurs propres intérêts. Et c’est peut-être le paradoxe de cette présidence : à force de brandir la dépendance comme une arme, elle pousse ses alliés à s’émanciper.
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matt farac retweeted
Two Saudis named Muhammad used Jared Kushner to funnel money to Donald Trump, the Russians hacked his phone the Dutch flipped a Russian agent and the story broke. The American media says nothing and bashes El Sayed all day for wanting to help America.
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In the days leading up to the elections, check what you’re paying for a tank of gas, your grocery prices and utility bills. Check home prices in your area and the interest rates for purchasing/refinancing one. Check the prices of anything. That’s the economy. The Trump economy. It’s primed for billionaires to amass more wealth and power. To reside above the law and free of any consequences for their predatory actions. For working-class folks, it’s only going to get worse. You can stop Trump and the oligarchs at the ballot box. Or you can continue to fight their meaningless culture wars while they rob you blind.
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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign is falling apart, with Ohio’s biggest newspaper breaking its own rules to endorse Amy Acton and venues canceling his events. Trump claimed Brazil’s election was rigged because his guy lost. Republicans and Democrats are both moving to remove Pete Hegseth. And a new congressional report found Trump’s personal oil and gas holdings nearly doubled while Americans paid an extra $101 billion at the pump. There are 8 days until the midterms. Read it all in the Really American Substack: reallyamerican.substack.com/…
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During the January 6th attack on the nation's Capitol, Daniel Rodriguez drove a stun gun into the neck of Officer Mike Fanone. He was knocked unconscious, had a heart attack and suffered a traumatic brain injury. It ended his career. Rodriguez got over 12 years in prison for his assault on police. On day one, Donald Trump gave him a "full, complete and unconditional pardon" and sent him home. This is far and away the most corrupt White House in American history.
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It only took them 4 years and 8 months. A UN Commission of Inquiry says Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. Investigators concluded the attacks intentionally targeted civilian objects and were carried out under a state policy aimed at depriving civilians of electricity and other essential services, causing suffering. The Commission examined the cumulative impact of attacks since autumn 2022. #Ukraine
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