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the worst thing Dems could do right now, with both Houses of Congress, would be to go back to business as usual with Big Tech. Voters gave Dems a tech accountability mandate. We can't squander this
.@NBCNews Exit Poll: Voters are concerned about AI and overwhelmingly oppose data centers nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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Pretty hilarious for Democrats to have the craziest and biggest progressive night in decades only to anoint Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
I hope Democrats look around and realize they owe Hakeem and Chuck nothing for these wins. Choose bolder leadership.
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Ossoff: "In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption, and incompetence of the failed lame duck president, Donald J Trump"
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We got your back, New York!
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Several figures here aren’t federal results or NY-specific. The $472B combines US wide pledges: Micron's $250B is nationwide (NY site $100B) Anthropic's $50B covers TX and NY. The 48% murder drop is from NY's state run GIVE program (28 departments, Jan – May 2026).
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Ohio has a law (supported by Husted as SOS) that there can be only ONE early voting site per county regardless of population. Ohio has some of the most anti-voter laws in the country. This is atrocious and should be rejected entirely by the voting public. Let us f-ing vote.
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I want to thank Haley Stevens for so succinctly destroying every centrist talking point that's been rammed down our throats for the last 6 months.
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Whether by fate or by chance, the journeys of Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen have always been connected.
On Sunday, they meet once again.
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This sucks and no one wants this.
This is such a bleak story about what it's like to try to land a job right now. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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Abdul El-Sayed: “We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room. Donald Trump is an idiot. He has one genius which is getting attention. Because his dad never gave him enough, because he was a nepo baby, he craved attention and used the bullying tactics to get it. But the man is an idiot. Just a fool”
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That American citizens are significantly less likely to receive disaster relief if they live in states that didn't vote for the regime in power should be treated as a major scandal.
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In honor of the ND-USC series' renewal, the Trojans have lost an October game in the Midwest.
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US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska.
According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary.
Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine.
The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives.
The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia.
According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate.
The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing.
The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company.
Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same.
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how convenient for corporations rn that any condition out of the ordinary will raise prices and the removal of that condition never seems to mean they lower them
Airfares will not return to pre-Iran war levels, American Airlines warns ft.trib.al/Vf1NEkw
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It’s very telling that restricting the ability of eligible voters to vote is seen as a win for Republicans.
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules student IDs can’t be used to vote in New Hampshire, a win for the GOP in a Senate battleground. nbcnews.com/politics/supreme…
