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Ground Drones Hit the Frontlines in Ukraine
The Ukrainians have introduced ground drones to the battlefield, attacking Russian positions and disrupting logistics. This is yet another innovation emerging from this war that is shaking up how…
Don't Be a Patriot at Planet Fitness in Cudahy....
Some dude got tossed out of Planet Fitness in Cudahy (WI) , for wearing a jacket saying "Protect ICE, Protect the Country." Reminder: Planet Fitness also supports tranny men in women's locker…
Just for Clicks: How a $300,000 Alleged Bribe became a $50M Sinecure
The fight to the death between Ric Grenell and Alina Habba AKA Mildon keeps revealing unprecedented levels of corruption. The post Just for Clicks: How a $300,000 Alleged Bribe became a $50M Sinecure…
A which side are you on issue…
OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is…
It was just a polling experiment, bro
In August, I wrote about the exposé of fake pollster Median Strategies. Yesterday, the team over at poll aggregator FiftyPlusOne exposed yet another fake pollster: Wedgewood Polls. Their suspicions…
The Epidemic of Billionaires
It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranational underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at an…
The Why And How Of Impeachment
If we don't impeach the Roberts Majority they'll wreck any attempt at reform. The post The Why And How Of Impeachment appeared first on emptywheel.
Everywhere we look, the various events of people’s lives have turned to the advantage of democracy……
Democracy in America Everywhere we look, the various events of people’s lives have turned to the advantage of democracy… The gradual unfurling of equality in social conditions is therefore, a…
From the AFDL to the FRN: Thirty Years After Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Is Joseph Kabila Taking Up the Mantle?
Prof HAKIZIMANA Maurice The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), announced in Goma on October 12, 2026, under the leadership of former president Joseph Kabila, is more than…
Update on Canada’s Two Secession Movements
Alberta secessionists lost a referendum by a large margin. Quebec secessionists are in better shape, but still facing an uphill struggle. Update on Canada’s Two Secession Movements
Republicans, DDT Help Elect Democrats
Despot Donald Trump (DDT) is the Democrat’s best campaigner as he crosses the country, looking stupid and demented. DDT always brags about his own polling, but now he’s denying that GOP senatorial…
Labour sells out to big oil and gas
As the Guardian has noted in an email this morning: After weeks of speculation, the secretary of state for energy and net zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Read the full article...
The Vancouver High-Rise Scam
Vancouver, British Columbia, is something of a conundrum. Why would the better part of a million people pack themselves in at 15,000 people per square mile in a province whose average population…
Le cordon sanitaire is no more
It will take a brave person to lay Marine Le Pen in next year’s election, I certainly am not that brave, everything is aligning for Le Pen. The striking thing from that poll, conducted post…
Challenging Racism in the Courtroom
“After the sight of masked men at British ports and a sacked former home secretary using social media to vilify volunteer lifeboat crews, I don’t feel any Australian could give money to Reform UK…
Why does the Chancellor say there is no money?
This was last night's YouTube short video: For reasons that are defeating me as yet, these do not seem to be embedding properly in WordPress, Read the full article...
On This Day in the Spanish Civil War: 21 October 1936, including the Siege of Oviedo
Oviedo, Asturias By mid-October 1936, the northern front of the Spanish Civil War had reached its most dramatic climax. For three months, thousands of Republican Asturian miners had kept the…
Banknote species
  The Bank of England has announced the results of a public vote on which four animal species should feature on the back of future banknotes to replace long-dead ‘famous’ people. In…
From two podcasts I just heard as I walked to the office
Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman: “In an exchange between Ansarallah [Houthis] and the Saudis, the Saudis lose, because they have so much to lose and the Ansarallah has almost nothing to lose.”…
“Can Election Law Restore Trust in American Democracy?”
This Harvard Law Bulletin story has comments from a number of election law scholars. That distrust has deepened amid rapid technological, economic, demographic, and cultural change. Elections have…
Justice Kagan – Supreme Court has damaged democracy with recent rulings
Washington Post – no paywall: “With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign…
Delivery robots have moved to the street
At some point, I’m sure that most of you have seen one of those cute little sidewalk robots roaming around your city, probably on their way to deliver someone’s smash burger and fries.…
Zero instances of gender reassignments. Fragile Republicans are manipulated so easily.
Zero instances of gender reassignments. Fragile Republicans are manipulated so easily.
Real political reporters use data journalism techniques to catch fakers at “Wedgewood Polls”
Mary Radcliffe, Elliott Morris, Cooper Burton, and Fiftyplusone report: On Tuesday, Oct. 20, FiftyPlusOne reached out to Wedgewood Polls, a self-professed polling firm, with a request for comment on…
NJIT Partners on New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative to Drive Statewide Innovation
Written by: Mindy Weisberger New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced the launch of the New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative, at an event held on Oct. 20 in New Brunswick. New Jersey Governor…
What is he really saying?
Astonishingly, the U.S. president claimed this week that his use of the word “Shylock” in a recent speech was not meant to be antisemitic. When called on it, he claimed that he had never…
"The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping"
I listened to the podcast The Making of Xi Jinping where the host interviewed Joseph Torigian, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Party’s Interests Come First: The…
When the president types, the press listens (1919)
The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus (Alameda, California), February 15, 1919 -
BBC World Service moves overnight bulletins to Australia
I’ve been sent the below internal email, which I’ve been told is from Matthew Grant who is Executive Editor, Radio & Audio Newsroom, BBC News. It suggests that the BBC World Service…
LNC Meeting of October 20, 2026
Meeting comes to order at 8PM exactly. 49 people are present. There are public comments. The arguments for and against adopting the SIC report have been heard before, many times. Martin objects to…
Even the SCMP…
An SCMP op-ed offers a dash of ‘soft resistance’ on the subject of the Tai Po fire inquiry… We also learned just how far our systems have fallen short in protecting Hongkongers’ lives and property.…
SkyTrain To Rootin Tootin Newton? It Must Be Election Time
It is the silly season folks and the NDP and Conservatives have made promises to build more SkyTrain and why not, as politcal promises are easily made but much harder to keep. The first question I…
The Telegraph’s Allister Heath* on the French riots
*I don’t think Allister Heath who is the Editor of the Sunday Telegraph has yet opined on the French riots (he will) but this meme from the New World’s Allister Heath headline generator…
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10/20/2026, 6:00:22 PM Looks like the far right in France the same way about free speech as here.
Independents Control The Board
Even if Republicans show up on Election Day Republicans bat last. It’s the warning I give to overenthusiastic rookie candidates excited by high Democratic turnout during ealy voting. G. Elliot…
A Survey on Empathy
I started following Jack Jenkins , a prolific reporter/writer for Religion News, some time in the past year or so on BlueSKy. For an atheist, that may seem a bit of a weird thing, but he keeps me on…
A debate might have been revealing. I'd like to have seen one.
A FTER THE " LAST DEBATE " LAST last night, I'm still yet to see the first. That's because we seem to have forgotten what a debate is, how it's structured, how to ensure that one party doesn't…
“If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them?”
NYT: President Trump’s unfounded claims of large-scale voter fraud have Democrats bracing for what they worry could be substantial interference by the federal government in the midterm elections. But…
Darkening Mood
New polling from PRRI: Over seven in ten Americans say the country (71%) and the economy (76%) are headed in the wrong direction, up from 62% and 65%, respectively, in 2025. Republicans have grown…
Not a huge fan, but the question is dead on right…
Why was Fr. Ripperger silenced for a year while the sodomy peddler, James Martin, SJ is free to spread grave immorality and error? https://t.co/P5YjcLMHPN — Lepanto Institute (@LepantoInst) October…
An Aaron Rupar compilation
Choice moments from the Oval Office today . It’s disinhibition on parade, and not a moment of it will show up on “the news.” You’re reading a post from Michael Leddy’s blog Orange Crate Art . Your…
Seize It
Not a surprise of course . Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied…
The Divergent Paths of Two Donalds
Americans. We're a slow-witted people but not a no-witted people. Putin's buddy continues to lose support. The good Donald (Duck)'s approval ratings continue to run at about 80%. The bad Donald…
The road to serfdom is paved with good elections
" T he long march towards democracy has been to free men from the abuses of the sovereign’s whim. Alas ... democracy contains within it two toxic seeds. ... "The second is what French economist…
“YOU ARE DOOMED” SDUHSD AREA 5: PUBLIC OFFICE BEGINS WITH PUBLIC TRUST
“YOU ARE DOOMED” SDUHSD AREA 5: PUBLIC OFFICE BEGINS WITH PUBLIC TRUST. KEEP GINNY IN TH BOTTLE. Public trust begins before a candidate takes office. It is earned through honesty, transparency, and a…
The Communist Network Burning Down France
France continues to burn, and it turns out that there are some familiar names behind the riots. Dr. Qanta Ahmed, a fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, warns of rising violence in Europe as…
Republicans secure Senate and the House to win Congress in a surprising Midterms victory? The Permanent Contrarian’s view on politics.
I admit, President Trump’s popularity has dropped significantly. I believe Paxton and Abbott’s victories in Texas victories are existential necessities for the Republican party and under the…
I Don't Care.
Since the rise of trumpism aka the descent of decency I've been quick to notice how the corruption of amerikkka and the corruption of the holding-company dominated ad industry look shockingly…
How Paris Is Hamas
Albania is Hamas