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Hegseth Tells Troops Reporting on Iran Is a ‘National Betrayal’

MENTAL HEALTH NEWS I see the media articles are starting to flow now in which we are told the way capitalists and politicians coerce our lives is making us all mentally unwell. This has been obvious to some of us for quite some time. There is a solution: FUCKING STOP IT! #politics #capitalism #mentalhealth

Call your reps every day! So let's check in our list today. (thanks to https://www.5calls.org/ )

• (Federal and State) Make sure Trump can't interfere in our elections.
• Impeach Trump (and pretty much anyone else)
• Oppose changes to the census
• Demand Federal Regulation of AI.
• Abolish ICE - and restrain their tactics while we do so.
• (Federal and State) Publicly investigate the figures in the Epstein files

Find your rep: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Senators: Schiff: 202-224-3841 Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)

Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841

#politics #democrats #democracy #California #santaclara #USPol #CAPol

As AI images become common, the threat to elections draws alarm: ‘How will voters know what’s true?’ Deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence have become a point of deep concern for legislators, advocates and the public A poll taken mid-June by Rad Campaign, a digital marketing agency, and Women Who Tech, an advocacy organization for female entrepreneurs, showed that about 71% of respondents worry about AI-generated deepfakes and disinformation affecting elections, while two in three respondents said they were concerned about AI being used to sexualize women. “The findings show that Americans are more concerned about AI’s use in deepfakes, election disinformation, and the sexualization of women and children than its impact on jobs or the economy,” said Allyson Kapin, founder of the Rad Campaign and cofounder of Women Who Tech. The Trump administration has a penchant for deploying AI imagery. In January, the White House’s official account on the social media platform X posted a digitally altered image of Nekima Levy Armstrong, who had been arrested in connection with a demonstration that disrupted church services in St Paul, Minnesota.

Bernie Sanders gets ready to lend cash, star power

Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media

GOP has a “Nazi” problem, Karl Rove says In a recent interview, conservative political operative Karl Rove said he’s voting for a Democrat in the upcoming midterms, breaking three decades of precedent exclusively supporting Republicans, and lamented the GOP’s embrace of far-right individuals. “My party is being infiltrated by people like Bo French,” Rove said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. Weeks earlier, Rove described French, the Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, as a “bigot,” after he posted several xenophobic social media posts taking aim at students of color celebrating a college football game. Earlier in September, the Tribune reported that Rove planned to vote for French’s rival, state Rep. Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston, in the race that will regulate the Texas oil and gas industry. …

Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

Trump’s SEC Can Now Rewrite Wall Street’s Rules With A Single Vote A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.

Gen-Z Wants Millennials to Retire. But Millennials Aren't the Real Reason They Can't Get Hired

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem files for divorce from her husband of 34 years Noem, who was tasked with leading Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from January 2025 to March 2026 and previously served as South Dakota’s governor, is seeking a divorce from Bryon Noem in their home state. The two married in May 1992 and have three children. The filing, submitted to the court in April but posted online on Monday, comes after questions arose earlier this year about the nature of Kristi Noem’s relationship with a top adviser. The complaint, filed in Hamlin County, South Dakota, notes “irreconcilable differences” as grounds for the divorce.

Schmitt on mix-up at Jack Smith hearing: ‘My job is to ask questions’ Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday reflected on his mix-up during former special counsel Jack Smith’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying his job “is to ask questions.” Your job is to ask questions like an educated, informed adult and not like a god damn idiot edgelord middle schooler.

BREAKING: Jack Smith Calls Trump's Pardons 'Inconceivable' as His Own Website Debunks His Lies

Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission. The ads appear to violate laws against using taxpayer funds for propaganda and a law that restricts political activity by federal government employees, the group said. “The most recent of these taxpayer-funded campaign ads, entitled ‘The Final Battle,’ is a copied version of an ad that the Trump campaign committee issued in the 2024 election,” Public Citizen wrote. “In dead serious black-and-white footage, Trump is seen marching down a corridor with a stern look, while the audio blares: ‘This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers from our government.’ A notice at the bottom of the screen announces: ‘Paid for by the US government.’” Trump also says in the ad, “We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country, we will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.” It uses the same video and audio from an ad Trump used in 2024, with the main difference being that the 2024 version was paid for by Trump’s campaign committee instead of the US government. The White House claims its recent ads are public service announcements.

Trump Just Humiliated His Billionaire Friends With One Glaring Mistake — and Somehow Nobody Caught It Before They All Signed

Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court. “Look, the bottom line is, one of the reasons that we want to do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices, MAGA justices, on the Supreme Court and the lower courts,” he said.

Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare

Food & Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/food-feed-omnibus-co-written-pesticide-lobby Traced: How pesticide industry demands made their way into Omnibus X https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/traced-how-pesticide-industry-demands-made-their-way-omnibus-x #Europe #environment #agriculture #farming #pesticides #politics #lobby

https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-permitting-deal-is-good-and-should At no point does this #centrist #political #pundit even bother to mention the 10s of thousands dead so far this year thanks to #climatechange. Not to mention the 10s of millions suffering in hellish ways. But #politics is all these folks can see. No sign of #empathy of any kind whatsoever.

Judge Finds Trump Admin in Contempt of Court Again for Wrongful Deportation Three Different Court Orders Violated The Trump administration was found in contempt of court Friday for wrongfully deporting a Salvadoran…