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Dr. Tom

@drtom878

"The truth shall set you free." "You lose only if you quit." #Resist #Science #VoteBlue #FBR #ProChoice #ImpeachTrump

Joined May 2010
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The American People Have Repudiated Trump nytimes.com/2026/11/03/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | Trump Has Met His Match

Opinion | Trump Has Met His Match

Americans showed that the power to choose their leaders belongs to them. Now they must remain vigilant until officials certify every race and the winners take office.

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Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/po… via @NYTimes
Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find

Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find

Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

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On Trump’s Order, Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po… via @NYTimes
On Trump’s Order, Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses

On Trump’s Order, Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses

The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.

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Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world… via @NYTimes
Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing

Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing

Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.

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A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po… via @NYTimes
A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.

A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.

Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Bloomberg gives Democrats $80 million in an 11th-hour midterm push. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/bl… via @NYTimes
Bloomberg Gives Democrats $80 Million in 11th-Hour Midterm Push

Bloomberg Gives Democrats $80 Million in 11th-Hour Midterm Push

The money from the former New York City mayor and megadonor, who is focused on ensuring a sizable Democratic House majority, will help cut into Republicans’ financial advantage.

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Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge

Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge

The president’s approval is at 33 percent, with 66 percent disapproving and just over half saying they disapprove strongly. Meanwhile, midterm support for Democrats is rising.

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New @CookPolitical: 11 more House ratings move in Dems' direction, including five GOP seats from Likely R to Lean R. Full analysis by @ercovey: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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If you're not concerned by this, GET concerned. "MAGA activists are pushing for President Trump to resort to extraordinary measures — including martial law — if they believe the midterm elections are "rigged." axios.com/2026/10/16/trumps-…
Trump's MAGA allies openly discuss martial law

Trump's MAGA allies openly discuss martial law

Some of the proposals go far beyond Trump's legal authority.

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Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/po… via @NYTimes
Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results

Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results

Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.

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Elon Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups since July, making him by far the largest known donor in the midterms as he tries to save the GOP’s Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. nyti.ms/4yeOjZe
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po… via @NYTimes
Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Kind of striking how persistent the decline in Trump's approval rating has been. There's been mean reversion around news events and economic data, but to a declining rather than steady baseline as in the 1st term.
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New @CookPolitical: 18 more House ratings move in Dems' direction, including four GOP incumbents from Toss Up to Lean D. Full analysis by @ercovey: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York Neighborhood nytimes.com/2026/10/08/nyreg… via @NYTimes
ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York Neighborhood

ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York Neighborhood

The man was in a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat when he was shot and wounded, the authorities said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration was “terrorizing our city.”

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Navi Pillay, leading human rights jurist, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay, leading human rights jurist, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The trailblazing South African human rights lawyer and International Criminal Court judge was recognized for her work “ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”

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Not Trump.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/po… via @NYTimes
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

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Trump using the military to publicly execute a US citizen.
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Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and now the US are the only countries in the world that have government sponsored public executions. Trump doing all he can to terrify & intimidate the population.
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