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Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

Just In: Judge Warns Trump DOJ to Stop Threatening Election Workers U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of Los Angeles just concluded a 3 1/2 hour hearing (minus recesses) in the…

Jeffrey Toobin Shreds New Comey Charges as a ‘Fiasco’ Fueled by Trump’s ‘Insane Vendetta’ Jeffrey Toobin shredded the DOJ’s latest criminal charges against James Comey as a “fiasco” and a “disgrace,” accusing Trump of waging an “insane vendetta." The post Jeffrey Toobin Shreds New Comey Charges as a ‘Fiasco’ Fueled by Trump’s ‘Insane Vendetta’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Real footage of Lula coming from behind in the race to beat Bolsonaro

Trump announces at a Georgia campaign rally that Audi will build a new auto factory in the state PERRY, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Audi will build an automobile plant in Georgia as he tries to deliver on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterm elections. Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, where he sought to boost Republican candidates, Trump said Audi — the German luxury brand owned by Volkswagen — would commit $4.2 billion in nearby Macon to begin construction on a plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year. “Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That’s incredible,” Trump said, crediting his aggressive and unpopular tariff policies for the company’s decision to build the plant. The announcement seemed timed to offer a last-minute boost to Republican candidates in the battleground state, including Rep. Mike Collins, who is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Trump has spent October campaigning in reliably Republican states as the party tries to hold onto its majorities in the House and Senate. Trump won Georgia in 2024 after losing it in 2020.

Democratic candidate for the senate, Josh Turek, releases an anti-trans campaign ad referring to trans women as "males competing in females' sports." This got removed from politics because “Video links are not allowed” apparently? Pretty weird considering that most politicians say stuff on video nowadays and not really writing articles anymore since the invention of the radio pretty much lol. Hope it’s a better fit here, this is the kind of stuff people should be aware of. cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/73859928 cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/13118934 Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.

Trump Defends Tariffs at Rally as He Says Audi to Build US Plant President Donald Trump defended his decision to wield tariffs during a campaign rally in Georgia, saying they’ve made the US richer as he announced that Volkswagen AG agreed to build a new $4.2 billion Audi plant in the state.

Berlin’s Plan to Take Back Homes Will Cost Europe’s Biggest Landlord £7bn Europe’s largest residential landlord is set to lose €8.4bn (£7bn) as a result of plans by leftwing political party Die Linke to bring more than 140,000 Berlin flats into public ownership. The real estate company Vonovia, which owns roughly 130,000 apartments in the city and 528,000 across Europe, would be the most affected by the plans, with 120,000 of its apartments set to be put into public ownership. Die Linke, which won Berlin’s state elections in September, has agreed to talks with the city’s Greens and Social Democrats as part of plans to transfer ownership of flats from companies that own more than 10,000 apartments, with the legislation scheduled to be brought forward in 2028. Excuse me, but why do we allow companies to own flats at all? Let alone a staggering 10 000 of them? What a joke. Tbh I doubt this legislation will go through. These firms havevtoo much money to not squash it in some way. Still, it’s good they are trying.

This Week in Democracy – Week 92: Trump Asks Court to Block Election Result if Democratic Candidate Wins Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.

[Video] Democrats will have a symbolic break with Israeli by pledging to "end military aid". Then move that funding to support Israeli schools, hospitals etc, so Israel can buy the weapons themselves. source

Why we’re leaving El-Sayed’s spot on the ballot blank | Opinion [from democratic party members] This is what the democratic party members Lon Johnson, a former Michigan Democratic Party chair, and David Kramer, a longtime Democratic strategist who has previously helped elect Democrats to the Senate, say after their candidate lost. Both supported Rep. Haley Stevens (per eu.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/…/92269640007/). These are the people that would rally “party unity” to ensure a republican defeat if their zionist candidate had won. Despicable.

Great sign from a Palestine demonstration

[Video] Investigation finds not one of the sixteen children under 14 on October 7 was intentionally killed by Hamas. But Israel killed at least one intentionally. Disclaimer: This is made by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim a known ex IDF unit 8200 spy who is a very shady figure. He has suddenly joined the Palestine cause after defending the genocide for quite a while and has attacked other Palestine activists in an attempt to pedestal himself already. It would not be surprising if this was made to gain credibility in the Palestine movement. Do not pedestal the maker of this video and always remain hyper vigilant of their work. They might be an ally, but this trick has been done many time. This video stands on its own. source x.com/academic_la/status/2112935971427844389

Trump's Flagrant Betrayal of Ukraine Is an Outrage The president’s outright betrayal of Ukraine shows the U.S. is in a precarious position

Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows Texas has seen at least 400,000 more votes cast compared to same point in 2022.

Top Election Expert Dave Wasserman Tells Mediaite Whether Trump’s Redistricting Push Helped the GOP at All Wasserman flagged what he calls the “doubly disenchanted” voters who explain the gap between Trump’s dismal approval rating and the Democrats’ far more modest lead on the generic Congressional ballot. The post Top Election Expert Dave Wasserman Tells Mediaite Whether Trump’s Redistricting Push Helped the GOP at All first appeared on Mediaite.

The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha

Trump Sued by Democrats Over Effort to Purge State Voter Rolls National Democrats sued President Donald Trump and the US Justice Department over what they say is a coordinated effort to erode confidence in the upcoming midterm elections, including by demanding that states like California and Nevada set aside ballots of suspected non-citizens.

[Video] Palestine Action targeted the Manhattan branch of Capital One Bank, who help bankroll Elbit Systems. alternative video upload source

Mississippi attorney general rules fatal police shooting of one-year-old as ‘justified’ In what world is shooting at a car with a child inside (or even without) justified over a shoplifting? The police drew their weapons. Wiley lifted the baby up to indicate that there was a child in the car. An officer, identified by other records as Sgt Hunter Foster, fired into the vehicle, killing Kohen Wiley and wounding Ferrell. Foster is white; both Wileys and Ferrell are Black. The Mississippi bureau of investigation, which investigated the shooting, alleged that the driver “drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one”. But the civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, released an independent autopsy that indicated Wiley was shot from the side of the car, not the front, which contradicted officers’ statements that Ferrell headed towards them. “A one-year-old was shot and killed by an officer of this department, and nearly three months later his family still has not been allowed to see the footage”