October is here. Month number ten, wearing a name that means eight. The Romans left us a calendar with some bookkeeping issues.
We’re welcoming it with an original song and a calendar keeper who has some explaining to do. Our familiar cast of gods joins the festivities. Apparently, even immortals enjoy a musical number.
And if you’ve ever wondered who put Thor in Thursday or Frigg in Friday, meet the characters behind the names in our “Who Named Our Days?” video collection.
Watch the days of the week playlist
New month. Ancient names. Same trail. Come sit a spell.
October Road
Song by
James Taylor
Well, I’m-a going back down, maybe one more time
Deep down home, October road
And I might like to see that little friend of mine
That I left behind once upon a time
Oh, promised land and me still standing
It’s a test of time, it’s a real good sign
Let the sun run down right behind the hill
I know how to stand there still
‘Til the moon rise up behind the pine, oh, Lord
October road, an October road
October road
It’s the big-time life that I can’t abide
Raise my rent, tan my hide
Sweet call of the countryside
Go down slow, open wide
I did my time, and it changed my mind, I’m satisfied, oh
(I got so) I got so low down, fed up, my God
I could hardly move (I could hardly move)
Won’t you come on, my brother (yeah), get on up
And help me find my groove
Keep me walking, October road
Keep me walking in the sunshine, yeah
A little friend of mine
October road
Help me now
October road
Oh, oh, oh, October road
October also means
closing out September with the late-night comedians
Sep 30, 2026 #DailyShow #JackSmith #AI
Jordan Klepper breaks down the headlines, including an AI summit in Washington that left us with exactly the same amount of federal AI regulation (read: none). Plus, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith appears before the Senate to answer questions about his “misconduct,” and Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt falls on his proverbial ass on live TV when his ambush of Smith backfires spectacularly. By the way, did anyone see that Atlanta Hawks game? Neither did Jack Smith.
from The Guardian South Park has AI datacentres, sentient penises and a billionaire problem – in more ways than one
Matt Parker and Trey Stone take aim at the obscenely wealthy in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they are
A little over a year ago, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone renewed their deal with Paramount after a contentious negotiation that held up production of the 2025 season.
That $1.5bn agreement raised questions about whether Paramount, newly owned by David Ellison, would really offer the creators creative freedom – or was the billionaire class solidifying its hold over a comedy series as cover to meddle in other divisions, like CBS News?
The deal also made Parker and Stone likely billionaires themselves. Between this renewal and their co-ownership of the South Park intellectual property, they each have an estimated net worth of over $1bn.
The second episode of the show’s 29th season examines life from either side of the billionaire/regular people divide. On one hand, Parker and Stone are unsparing of their corporate benefactors, depicting billionaires as tiny, sentient penises with high-pitched voices who are addicted to sharing their stupid opinions on podcasts and social media in their miniature city called Billionaire Weenietown.
On the other hand, Parker and Stone aren’t exactly taking shots from outside Weenietown. Though they were certainly famous before becoming billionaires, they were still outside that world. Being a billionaire is a very different sort of outsider status no matter how much dumber Elon Musk is than you. Keep that in mind when Parker and Stone shrug off the existence of billionaires as no big deal.
You can’t accuse them of not giving voice to anti-billionaire sentiment, though. This episode starts with Butters using a school presentation on “My Happy Place” as an opportunity to rant about the datacentre that has sprung up in his back yard, sapping electricity and interrupting his actual happy place: calmly watching Dr Pimple Popper videos online. Butters isn’t just using “my back yard” rhetoric to refer to events in South Park, er, South America. Billionaire Weenietown has literally sprung up in his back yard, and his parents aren’t remotely concerned. Instead, they blindly use billionaire-backed AI to redesign their home and fret that Butters has been made “libtarded” by the measles vaccination he was given as a child. “Nobody’s pissed off except for me!” Butters roars; relatable, honestly.
The other South Park kids are largely absent from this go-round, and even Butters flits in and out of his own episode. Many scenes are devoted to the billionaire weenies themselves – rendered with horrifying live-action puppetry and animation, a nice (well, kind of repulsive) callback to Parker and Stone’s fondness for crude (in both senses of the word) mixed media.
The problem, the weenies’ leader insists, is not the preponderance of billionaires, which supposedly have been around for ages. (Technically true, though misleading; the billionaire class is growing, and for much of the past century there were as few as a dozen, compared to thousands now.) The real problem is that the billionaires have been ignoring the time-tested strategy of laying low and keeping quiet as they amass wealth. Parker and Stone zero in on the particularly 21st-century compulsion that the rich and powerful have, aided by the internet, to think of themselves as deep thinkers and incredibly cool.
As such, the lead weenie must go over the guidelines: flying private jets everywhere, buying huge yachts for the purposes of doing drugs, and spending big on sex workers are all permissible. Going on Joe Rogan’s podcast to talk about peptides, however, is banned, as is using social media to feed Covid conspiracies or pick fights with Mark Ruffalo and Macklemore. But some billionaires just refuse to listen, no matter how many times they’re reminded of how constitutionally unequipped they are to be cool.
The episode’s philosophy eventually circles back to a treasured tenet of South Park, tellingly repeated by a billionaire weenie in this episode: “All you need to do is learn to shut up.” Isn’t that more or less Parker and Stone’s advice to everyone about everything?
Indeed, that’s more or less what Butters learns to do by episode’s end. Yes, he does strike a deal to attract the billionaire infestation by putting out a podcast mic and asking for opinions (great gag), vacuuming a bunch of them up, and shuttling them over to Nashville, hoping that they bother another city instead. But his renewed sense of calm at episode’s end, enhanced by the regained ability to watch his YouTube show, does feel kind of like another Parker/Stone lesson about how ultimately, getting worked up over anything is dumb and pointless. Why is Butters repentant about getting angry about this stuff when it helped him get results, however half-arsed?
Still, it’s hard to begrudge Parker and Stone their cynicism when they’re offering some solid running gags. Once again, adults want to wait until November because “that’s when Grand Theft Auto 6 comes out”, but are moved to act because the datacentres’ electricity usage threatens their ability to play it. They continually take swings at podcasters, who obviously annoy them way more than datacentres or AI does. Butters’ dad, for example, spends the entire episode on a tangent about how his wife refused to heed nonsensical warnings about vaccines: “You never listen to a single podcast I say!” he screams.
As for AI, well, apparently the South Park guys feel like it has its uses, resources be damned. The episode closes with an AI-generated image of Donald Trump trudging into a bathroom stall, pulling down his semi-soiled pants, and then watching as his own billionaire penis detaches from his body and flies away. It’s a wonderfully crude and spiteful postscript – so long as you remember that it’s two funnier, smarter billionaires taking shots at a guy who is, in a sense, one of their own.
Eat now. Pay later. Americans are financing groceries—and many are getting hit with extra fees. Double the number two years ago.
That’s the conversation over today’s First Cup. ☕ Watch the short, then join us for today’s podcast at 11 AM ET.
US midterms polls: Are Democrats winning or is Trump losing
Bruce Stokes
Associate Fellow, US and North America Programme
Americans go to the polls on 3 November to elect a third of the US Senate and all the House of Representatives.
The Republicans currently have majorities in both chambers of Congress. But their prospects of retaining this control look increasingly dire.
The Republicans’ chances have been dragged down by President Donald Trump’s near-record low public approval rating and voter dissatisfaction with his handling of the Iran war and the economy, among other things. Democrats appear poised to take advantage, with most pundits suggesting they will retake control of at least the House of Representatives.
But the race is not over yet. In the end, the key factor will likely be turnout, which is historically lower in midterms than presidential elections. Whichever party better mobilizes their voters to turn up on election day will ultimately determine the outcome.
Jamie, it’s what charlie cook called less a blue wave and more of a red undertow drowning republicans.
EARLY VOTE WATCH — Dems Are Fired Up
With around 700,000 votes in the bank, we can start watching one of my favorite metrics — sifting the early vote numbers. Tells us a lot about whose got more enthusiasm. Not often you see MORE votes in a midterm compared to a presidential.
Here’s what stands out: Democrats account for a BIGGER share of early ballot requests than at this point in the 2024 presidential election:
• Iowa: 67%, up from 54%
• Pennsylvania: 66%, up from 62%
• Maine: 57%, up from 53%
• North Carolina: 42%, up from 36%
An encouraging early sign of Democratic enthusiasm? Yes. A prediction of the final result? Too soon. Requests aren’t votes, and Republicans may prefer voting later or in person. But this is a trend worth watching.
At 33 days out and people already voting, COST OF LIVING is baked in as the number one issue
Sep 20, 2026 #Midterms #News #Election
From internal party polls to retirements in the House and more, CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten counts down the 8 most overlooked midterm election indicators.
but, but, BUT what if the polls are wrong… like before. here’s Harry again with the numbers just YESTERDAY
Sep 30, 2026 #News #election #politics
CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten looks at what might happen if the GOP outperforms September polling.
It will be Ossoff in ‘28.
A prediction.
Given the ongoing inspection of the dangers of AI, I thought a review of the issued from my blog might help.
Asking A Friend
checklist at link
Stursoff
Looking at the current crop up for speculation, I agree that Ossoff looks most promising. The choice of potential VP will be important. Ridiculous hope, but I would like the possibility of 16 years to undo all the Trump caused damage and a focus for the future.
What happens if the Blue Wave keeps going? Watch South Carolina. Then Florida. Then Mississippi. If those Republican seawalls start breaking, we’re not talking about a wave anymore.
Just received the Washington state voter guide. Ballots go out 18 days before election. Our right wing has been busy. There are three Very Red propositions on the ballot to keep an eye as they eliminate the millionaire tax and two parental rights bills including the requisite anti-trans. I can hardly wait for the commercials.
PatD, I need to explain my Pumpkin Time theory to Harry. That explains the late GOP drift he’s describing. Holidays bring them home. BUT I’ve never seen the American electorate so pissed at the party in power.
And Dr Andrews will trounce sister girl in SC.
Wake up. September has ended.
today’s meme…
MAINE
The race is rated a **Toss-Up**. Every public poll since July has been within 5 points.
### Latest polling
The most recent public poll reported is **co/efficient (R) on Sept 30**:
**Susan Collins (R) 48% – Troy Jackson (D) 46%**
– likely voters · ±2.77%
Just before that, the high-profile **NYTimes / Siena** poll released Sept 24:
**Susan Collins (R) 49% – Troy Jackson (D) 46%**
– Sept 15-22, 619 voters in Maine, 5% undecided – described as the first poll to show Collins ahead since Jackson entered in July.
### Condensed history of all public polls for this matchup
– **co/efficient – late September [reported Sept 30]**: Collins 48% – Jackson 46%
– ** / Siena – Sept 15-22**: Collins 49% – Jackson 46%
– **UMass Lowell / YouGov – Aug 28-Sept 14**: Jackson 48% – Collins 43% – Jackson +5
– **Rasmussen Reports – Sept 8-10**: Jackson 46% – Collins 45% – 1,033 likely voters
– **YouGov – Sept 2-8**: Jackson 48% – Collins 44% – 1,335 likely voters
– ** / SSRS – before Labor Day**: Jackson 48% – Collins 45% among registered voters
One independent note from Sept 30 had the most recent internals at **Jackson leading Collins 46 to 44 with 9% undecided**.
### Averages
– **Decision Desk HQ average:** Jackson narrowly ahead about **47%-45%**
– **RealClearPolitics average:** Jackson ahead by **1 percentage point**
– **Nate Silver average:** Jackson up by **2.7 points**
Bottom line: Since July, Jackson has led most polls by 1-5 points, but the two newest polls in late September flip to Collins +2 to +3, making it a dead heat within the margin of error.
meme #2…
Foghorn left a thumbprint on the poster. We know it’s his.
Today in the Diner…
Donald Trump AI Says Joe Biden Won the 2020 Election
Donald Trump’s AI says Joe Biden won. DIGITAL DINER digs into the America.gov answer, ICE accountability and groceries on payment plans.
Ask a simple question, get an inconvenient answer. In today’s October 1 DIGITAL DINER replay, the panel shares an America.gov AI response naming Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump’s election claims run into his own administration’s chatbot. Somebody apparently forgot to brief the machine.
The conversation turns to the Renee Good family’s lawsuits, ICE accountability in Minnesota and a reported standoff involving roofers in Oswego, New York. Then it’s campaign season: Gina Hinojosa presses for Greg Abbott’s communications with Elon Musk in Texas, while the panel weighs how Democrats can reach disillusioned Republican voters. Calling the neighbors names probably isn’t the whole campaign strategy.
We also discuss a Texas campaign ad targeting Ken Paxton, allegations at Cornell University in New York and the politics of paying for dinner in installments. Instacart, Affirm and Klarna enter the grocery conversation as the panel asks why Democrats aren’t talking more about household costs before the November 3 midterms. Eggs should come with a carton, not a payment calendar.
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00:00 Intro
01:04 Donald Trump Press Conference Talk
03:38 Tennessee Death Penalty Debate
07:35 Renee Good Lawsuits in Minnesota
12:15 Germany Wind Turbine, Trump Golf
17:20 Oswego, New York: ICE Standoff
18:18 ICE Funding and Midterm Strategy
22:22 Fox Poll and Cost of Living
27:12 Trump AI Says Joe Biden Won
30:42 Julie Andrews Birthday Break
31:53 Trump, Prisons and MAGA Outreach
35:34 Gina Hinojosa, Abbott and Musk
37:13 Susan Collins and Maine Politics
38:22 Canada Tariffs at Maine Town Hall
41:08 Ken Paxton: Texas Campaign Ad
43:18 Cornell Allegations and Consent
48:16 Latino Voters and Immigration
52:57 Instacart and Grocery Payment Plans
57:34 Ken Paxton and Trump’s Poll Impact
59:48 Trump and the Fascism Debate
— Human directed and edited. Machine drafted (Gemini Pro).
A cell for Trump ➡️ Keep the prisons. The panel likes the idea of reserving Donald Trump a room.
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All the magats currently hating on the stump are only hating on him because he’s not doing what they wanted him to do.
So they still want someone who will do the things what they want done.
Remember what all it was they cheered like fools for and what all those things were that they wanted?
They’re still there, wanting all that shit.
Who will their next fool be?
Our little podcast topped 17k subscribers while we were on today…
*Glad I’m not the only one who thought this seemed off. (see my three posts from last night)
I had to at least look that up.
Today’s live was very active. I hope some of folks will visit here and drop down from the rafters. The new blood is always appreciated for these longer discussions.
https://www.rawstory.com/cole-suppress-pipe-bombing-confession/
FBI kept alleged DC pipe bomber from judge until mental break led to confession: filing
They also argue the agents used coercive tactics on Cole, who is autistic.
The lawyers say the FBI’s own recording of the interrogation shows “the methodical dismantling of a man whose autism spectrum disorder left him unable to withstand the psychologically coercive tactics deployed against him.”
“I wake up one minute, I’m going to 7-Eleven to get myself some food, and all of a sudden I have a bunch of FBI agents just pointing, pointing guns at me,” Cole told the two agents questioning him at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, according to the motion.
Massie wants Patel to resign over interrogation of alleged DC pipe bomber
*More details, more oddities.
Sounds like skullduggery.
seems like a canard that Netanyahu is on shaky political ground and needs something like a “false flag” to stay in power
last i heard he had 75% knesset support
Interesting. With 80 votes from the Knesset, the election can be delayed.
last time an American pol had a comparable level of support might have been GWB after 9/11 when Dem pushovers were singing songs and not asking questions
Schumer just dropped $7 million on statewide television advertising in Ohio, beginning today, October 1, and running through October 12. The campaign is aimed at Husted’s connections to AI data-center developers and the effect data centers are alleged to have on Ohioans’ electricity bills.
here’s Nate Silver’s latest poll averages
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/exclusive-us-tells-france-germany-075321830.html
US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say
For the EU releasing more stocks would represent a dilemma as it needs to balance the need to bring down fuel prices at home with maintaining high stocks for a possible worsening of the fuel crisis should Trump and Iran not reach a peace deal.
The EU’s energy taskforce – made up of the European Commission and the 27 EU member countries – will hold a call on Friday morning to discuss the situation, a Commission spokesperson said.
TEXAS FLOODGATES WIDE OPEN
PAC spent $131 million in 17 days to rescue Paxton
Unprecedented GOP Spending
AXIOS — Texas: The Republican rescue operation has become historically large—and is now actual spending, not merely reserved airtime. A newly created Senate Leadership Fund affiliate reported spending $131 million in 17 days for Ken Paxton, including $61.4 million in just two days. Pro-Paxton groups are now on pace to outspend James Talarico’s campaign nearly 5 to 1. This supersedes the previously reported $125 million advertising reservation. Republicans are consuming resources that could have gone to Ohio, Alaska or Iowa simply to defend Texas—yet Paxton remains effectively tied with Talarico. The spending disparity now poses the clearest threat to Talarico’s competitiveness.
The Reflecting Pool Vandal is off the hook!
Judge says U.S. can’t prosecute ex-Olympian again in Reflecting Pool case
The case against David Hearn has been dismissed with prejudice.
By Jasmine Golden and Liam Bowman
A judge Thursday said federal prosecutors cannot refile charges against a former Olympian who had been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool only to have the case abruptly dropped weeks later.
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“The Court respects the authority of the Office of the United States Attorney to decide which cases to prosecute and which to dismiss,” D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd E. Edelman said in his court order. “However, in the exceptional circumstances posed by this case, the government has no right to retain the ability to compound the errors it has already made, or even to threaten to do so, at Mr. Hearn’s expense.”
GROCERIES ON LAYAWAY ➡️
Desperate Americans now finance food on apps just to eat. Debt collectors feast on the late fees. What an economy.
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Blue
With winter coming on they would be crazy to release reserves. Trump got into this mess and has dumped all over our allies. There is no reason for them to bail him out of the chaos he caused.
the “reflecting pool vandal” is trump
Trump may be able to get away with strongarming our allies now, but they won’t forget
And they’re not gonna care when we say “oh we didn’t vote for him”
We’re all Americans to them
The only allies we will have left will be despotic regimes hooray
this point is more about messaging than it is about nitpicking but if you or I went down to the reflecting pool as private citizens and completely destroyed it, causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage we’d be in prison for decades and bankrupt
And if our reported justification to prosecutors was that we were just trying to make it better I highly suspect it wouldn’t beget lenience
So trump the destroyer is the vandal, not the guy who took a bike ride on public property
conservatives have their messaging on lock
repeat repeat repeat
no deviation
obv libs will never adopt the custom, and behold
your generation raised mine to respect mailboxes as federal property, these fucks are literally demolishing public landmarks with heavy equipment
congressional rethugs belong in their el salvadoran prisons
or dropped off without any means of support in a foreign country where they don’t speak the language
Is College Getting Less Safe for Women?
A lawsuit about an alleged gang rape at Cornell University and a Wired story about sexual cyberharassment reveal how campus rape culture and online misogyny are colliding.
— The Atlantic (TRAIL MIX FREE LINK)
There has always been a small percentage of men hazardous toward women, but in recent decades the societal norm of decent behavior regarding consent or protection seems to have become coarser. There is a line in the musical High society where Frank Sinatra tells Grace Kelly she was extremely attractive but intoxicated and “there are rules about things like that”. The “rule book” seems to have been lost.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/us-senate-rejects-bill-targeting-ai-data-centre-electricity-costs
The Ratepayer Protection Act, a first-of-its-kind bipartisan bill, was aimed at addressing the economic concerns linked to the expansion of data centres.
It passed the House of Representatives earlier this month in a landslide vote of 417 to three.
But Democrats in the Senate argued the bill does not go far enough to protect consumers from high electricity bills. Rather than requiring states to “consider” a federal utility rate standard, some senators advocated instead for mandatory enforcement to guarantee consumer relief.
The measure failed by a vote of 57 to 43 on Wednesday. The proposal needed to pass by at least 60 votes to prevent a filibuster, a procedural hurdle in the Senate that can stymie a bill indefinitely.
Only four Democrats — Maggie Hassan, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock — joined Republicans to support the bill, which proponents argue would have eased the burden of rising energy costs on individual households.
It’s not just college; with receipts.
you’re idealizing the past, young adults get more education on consent than ever, especially at university
campus greek life enables entitled behavior, it’s all rich entitled kids, unsupervised
… underscoring Katie‘s point:
Yes — and you have the history right. Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison on January 17, 1977. It was the first execution in the U.S. after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.
Both Utah and Idaho still have the firing squad in law today, but not as a free choice for the inmate.
**Utah:**
– Lethal injection is the default method.
– The firing squad was the only method until 1980, and inmates sentenced before May 3, 2004 could still choose it.
– Legislation signed by Gov. Gary Herbert in March 2015 restores the firing squad as a legal method, requiring its use if the state is unable to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs.
– Current statute language is: Utah authorizes the use of the firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or if lethal injection is held to be unconstitutional. Also, if a prisoner was sentenced to death before May 3, 2004, he may choose firing squad.
**Idaho:**
– Idaho was later to add it. In 2023 the legislature added firing squad as a secondary method if lethal injection chemicals could not be obtained.
– Then in 2025, Idaho went further. Rep. Bruce Skaug’s HB 37 was signed into law on March 12, 2025, making firing squad the state’s primary execution method. The new law, which doesn’t take effect until July 1, 2026, passed 58 to 11 in the House and 28 to 7 in the Senate.
– Under that law, death penalty by firing squad will become the primary method beginning July 1, 2026, and lethal injection becomes the alternative only if a firing squad cannot be carried out.
Right now five states currently authorize the firing squad: Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, although five states now allow executions by firing squad, this law makes Idaho the only state to authorize it as its primary, default execution method.
Say goodbye to the Oval Office. SFB has announced ( washpoo I do not subscribe to anymore) that the “Secret Service” has told him it needs to be replaced and “they” will build a new one better. Yeah, as we have seen whenever “sir” tells him something should happen, he will destroy it.
Of interest to some is that Amazon (the Jungle Site) no longer has “free” shipping/delivery on grocery items. I was doing a repeat order of apples I had ordered the week before and noticed each bag carried a separate $9.99 shipping charge. Three bags of apples at $3.49 each, and each with another ten dollars added on. I deleted the order.
The Department of Defense changed the Federal Post Card Application, or FPCA, in August. That is the standard federal form used by active-duty military members, their families, and Americans living overseas to register and request absentee ballots. The Democratic National Committee filed suit today challenging those changes. Democrats
The most consequential change identified so far is quite specific: the previous FPCA contained a category for an American citizen living abroad who had never lived in the United States. The revised form removed that category. Citizens in that situation can nevertheless legally vote under the laws of 37 states, generally using a parent’s former U.S. residence. Voting-rights organizations contend that removing the option can leave those voters unsure how to register or request a ballot. Democracy Docket
That is important, but I would distinguish it from a wholesale attack on military ballots. Active-duty servicemembers themselves still have the basic protections of UOCAVA. States must allow qualified military and overseas voters to register and vote absentee, and ballots requested in time generally must be transmitted at least 45 days before a federal election. Voters who requested a ballot but haven’t received it can also use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot, the emergency backup ballot. U.S. Election Assistance Commission
There is also a useful bit of legal history here. An earlier Trump executive-order provision would have required documentary proof of citizenship and proof of state voting eligibility on this same military/overseas form. A federal court ruled in January 2026 that the provision exceeded presidential authority; the Justice Department and RNC appealed. Democracy Docket
So, for our election-interference watch, I would currently classify today’s event as:
Concrete federal action affecting military/overseas voting infrastructure, now under court challenge, with the clearest immediate impact on U.S. citizens born and living abroad rather than ordinary active-duty military voters.
I have not found evidence as of this afternoon that military ballots themselves are being seized, discarded, prevented from being mailed, or systematically rejected. In fact, DOJ has been enforcing the federal 45-day transmission requirement in at least some states. Department of Justice
The timing is what makes this worth watching closely. The November 3 election is only 33 days away, so even temporary confusion over the federal form can matter more now than the same bureaucratic alteration made six months earlier. The lawsuit filed today is therefore one I would put near the top of our watch list.
The enthusiasm gap metrics are rolling in
I don’t think we can overlook the impact on young men of a president convicted of adjudicated rape.
Doofus now has the Secret Service calling him “Sir” with plans to rebuild the Oval Office but he is protecting it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6123889-trump-rejects-oval-office-demolition-plan/
See:
. “Columbo Goes to College” first aired in 1990. 2 students, part of a fraternity, murder their professor after he discovers their having cheated on a big exam, and threatens to tell on them.
Rich entitled kids lash out but Columbo foils their evil scheme.
Anon
Not idealism. I was talking about changes in “public” attitudes and acceptable actions just the other day during the live broadcast. The changes really have become noticeable since the advent of birth control pill.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/headlines/hegseth_announces_autowarcom_to_oversee_autonomous_drones_and_robots
The Pentagon has announced a new four-star military command dedicated to the rapid adoption of killer robots and other autonomous weapons. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the announcement during his “State of the Force” address on Wednesday at the Quantico Marine base in Virginia.
Meanwhile, Secretary Hegseth confirmed the military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals. This comes after he consistently blocked promotions for several high-ranking Black and female officers. Hegseth declared, “We are no longer the woke department.” He also singled out reporters in the auditorium, calling them “anti-American losers in our media” and accusing them of “treason” for reporting critically on the Pentagon. And Hegseth announced a new Pentagon project on the future of warfare led by former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Trump donor and weapons entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and trillionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, which receives billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts.
Don’t forget Hegseth & Kavanaugh have SA accusations, too.
We are living in the backlash of the “Me Too” movement; a backlash against victims to protect the perps.
If their lives had been “ruined” the first time they SAed someone, we wouldn’t be living in the vilest of times.
FOX released this just as Trump got to Texas.
Trump campaigns for Paxton in Texas:
Everything’s too expensive now and people will do anything to keep their jobs like the campus administrators in the two current prominent stories
cover your ass culture
this is what you get when there are no social safety nets
I mean the same culture that had that Sinatra line had songs like “baby. It’s cold outside”.
“She was just 17 if you know what I mean”
numerous examples
Point being that just because men are still behaving badly doesn’t mean there has been no progress
and yes, acceptance of trump undermines a lot of that progress
https://www.ibtimes.sg/whats-project-meridian-elon-musk-palmer-luckey-newt-gingrich-join-pentagon-plan-shape-future-94500
What’s Project Meridian? Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich Join Pentagon Plan to Shape Future Warfare
The Pentagon has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day initiative designed to examine how warfare could evolve over the coming decades and identify the technologies and weapons the US military may need to maintain a technological advantage.
*So, SkyNet will be real? Whelp, strikes and boycotts are not gonna help now. We’re cooked.
TRUMP’S AI CONFESSES ➡️
His shiny new America.gov bot just admitted Biden won in 2020. Bet his cronies rewrite that code fast.
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Isn’t it interesting that Elon and the
technofascists just signed a new “constitution” to police themselves (waive liability for harm) at the same time Project Meridian starts up with Elon in a seat at the table to an develop autonomous weapons strategery?
here’s the poll Dexter was talking about today, just stumbled into it:
A new AP-NORC poll finds just 17% approve of Trump’s handling of living costs, while roughly two-thirds say his policies bear responsibility for high prices. The affordability problem has officially graduated from political headache to flashing dashboard light.
“Affordability… it’s a word… they made it up!”—-
Donald John Drumpf
The Greg Abbott Corruption Tax ad by Gina Hinojosa is chef’s kiss!
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