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In the fastest-developing areas, like the branded “Silicon Heartland” of central Ohio, small landowners and homeowners are trying to figure out how to either profit and get out, or fight to stay in their homes. prospect.org/?p=146581
ALT Aerial view of the Amazon AWS Cosgray Data Center Complex and surrounding area in Hilliard, Ohio.
I don’t think Nithya Raman is much of a socialist. She strikes me as being more of an opportunist. prospect.org/?p=146733
ALT Nithya Raman
Both top-shelf reporting and top officials in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, have said that Musk made this decision on his own. That would be treason. prospect.org/?p=146689
ALT Ukrainian soldiers set up a Starlink satellite communications terminal.
In a classroom-sized space at the Powhatan Public Library, a dozen or so of incumbent Rep. John McGuire’s constituents let out cheers and applause when his opponent, Tom Perriello, walked into the room. buff.ly/WXtJK99
An October 20 Data for Progress poll showed toss-ups across every major race in Alaska, a state that Donald Trump won by 13 points in 2024. That includes the dead-heat race for Alaska’s at-large House seat, which covers the whole state. buff.ly/p9qYdBa
Safety-net hospitals across the country serve patients on Medicaid, and the cuts put into place by the Big Beautiful Bill will torch budgets. This is the silent issue animating much of the anti-Republican backlash in the midterms. buff.ly/o2Vklpj
Rubin’s entirely unremarkable call to defend election integrity passes for some kind of courage in the business world. prospect.org/?p=146665
ALT Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
Breaking: The Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea: An ICE agent told a judge a charter flight to Equatorial Guinea had been canceled. It just landed there. buff.ly/0Gy12Yj
MLK-LA, the last nonprofit safety-net hospital in its area, sits in a medical desert. prospect.org/?p=146601
For a growing number of Virginians, the sense of betrayal they feel is not limited to the Trump administration. It extends to the local level. prospect.org/?p=146612
Bill Hill is one of many independents running across the country. A victory would represent a dramatic repudiation of Trump 2.0 in a previously safe Republican seat. prospect.org/?p=146584
In the Trump era, centrist politicos and pundits have relied on two things to contain the surging left flank: gobs of corporate money, and “electability,” the argument that moderates are better suited than progressives to unify an anti-MAGA coalition. buff.ly/YyKyqGu
An unexpected winner has emerged from the congressional stalemate over defense spending: an obscure investment office in the Pentagon known as the Economic Defense Unit. buff.ly/iOONNw7
A morbidly fascinating sub-theme of the ugly attack ad from Vivek Ramaswamy was how it contrasts with typical conservative rhetoric about one of the most Republican demographic groups in the country: divorced men. buff.ly/58oUUBA
SpaceX Is a De Facto Government Agency. It Should Be Nationalized.
Otherwise, Elon Musk sets U.S. foreign policy. buff.ly/0hVBmBB
Ramaswamy isn’t the only Republican candidate who has sided against a father in custody dispute. Ken Paxton did so as Texas attorney general—and in a case that ended up with the father shot dead. prospect.org/?p=146546
The Trump administration’s campaign to compel hundreds of billions of dollars of new military appropriations out of Congress has been stalled in the Senate for months. prospect.org/?p=146559
Defense stocks tumbled this week, reportedly on fears that Democrats are going to win in the upcoming midterm elections, and Trump is not going to get the $500 billion increase in military spending he asked for. Will no one think of poor old Raytheon? buff.ly/UVs9Cki
