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… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – October 17, 2026
“No Kings means no kings in the White House,” he wrote, “or in Silicon Valley.”
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Heather Delaney Reese:
The Russian asset in the White House
… When he finally answered the question about the Starshield satellite network Ukraine depends on for battlefield communications and missile defense, he couldn’t keep his story straight. First, it hadn’t happened. Then, he wasn’t sure it happened. Then, it wasn’t him or Elon, but perhaps it wasn’t anybody. This was during a 20-minute appearance, after Ukrainian lives had been lost during one of the largest Russian attacks of the war. The Commander in Chief should know what happened. He should be able to explain it. Instead, we watched him try out different answers while an ally fighting for its survival was left to live with the consequences.
Over in Brussels, Zelenskyy was asked whether he was being used as a scapegoat for Trump’s own political problems. He paused, looked down, then smiled as the room laughed. “This is my answer,” he said, and ended the press conference. …
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Dean Blundell:
Elon Asked Trump to Throttle Ukraine’s Air Defence. Trump Said Yes. Then They Both Lied About It While Ukrainians Were Murdered In Their Sleep.
Alan Rappeport @ NY Times:
Trump administration is ignoring the will of Congress and waiving new Russia sanctions amid fears that high energy prices will cost Republicans in next month’s elections.
Sarah Jones:
RussiaGate Was And Is Very Real
As Republicans face predictions of a brutal midterm loss, Trump used a national-interest waiver to issue an executive order putting on hold a new Russian sanctions package.
Rayne @ emptywheel:
Trump’s Latest Attempt to Be the King
Joyce Vance:
DOJ v. California
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Mitch Jackson:
No School Is Sending Your Kids to Surgery. Trump Keeps Saying It Anyway.A school that needs a parent’s permission to hand your child a Tylenol has no power to send that child into surgery
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Johnny Sturgeon @ Inside Climate News:
Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming
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John Ross Ferrara, Jocelyn Fiset @ NewsNation:
Norte Fire explodes to 465 acres, burns several homes in Southern California
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Terrence O’Brien @ Verge:
TikTok has shut down the promotional account for Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary
ICE Detention Expansion Tracker
A field guide to claims
Last Days in Two Nations
Climate.us
formerly Climate.gov
Climate Solutions Explorer
Have I Been Flocked?
Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
resources tracking the “Andes” hantavirus outbreak
Apocalypse Early Warning System
Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
- September 18: Carlos Josue Marchena Marchena
- August 31: Pierre Damas Bel
- August 1: Edwin Lopez-Cornejo
- July 19: Jose Chajon-Raxon
- July 14: Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran
- July 13: Joan Sebastian Guerrero
- July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
- June 4: Mamuka Artmeladze
- April 16: Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt
- March 25: Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
April 1 – Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz @ AP: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide - January 24: Alex Pretti
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz
- January 9: Parady La
- January 7: Renée Good
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter
Suffering Under President Obama
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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