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Trump Goes Full-Orwell
By Richard W. Painter, Virginia R. Canter, Christopher J. Swartz, and Norman L. Eisen
In the Headlines
SCOTUS Was Right to Keep Federal Courts Out of Missouri’s Congressional District Border War
Republicans controlling the Missouri legislature had a plan to split a Democratic leaning U.S. House district in Kansas City, Missouri, and surrounding suburbs with the intent to ensure that the entire metropolitan area on the Missouri side elects Republicans to the U.S. House. Their new map would have left Democrats with a realistic shot at only 1 of M…
The Other AIs
Have you heard the prophecy? There’s a greater than ten percent chance AI will kill us all in the next decade, according to a guy employed to convince it not to (sorry, an “alignment scientist”) and his former coworker. Also, a “civilization” of “rogue agents” broke containment to complete an inter-corporate hack. The non-rogue agents are
Midterm Majority Makers
Iowa Is ‘Uniquely Hurting.’ This Senate Candidate Is Ready to Bring the Cure
Iowa may be suffering the most from the war in Iran, reciprocal Canadian tariffs, and healthcare affordability crisis. Former Paralympian — and current Senate candidate — Josh Turek believes that Iowans deserve better than this from their elected representatives.
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How much grifting & fraud is too much?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/politics/trump-ad-government-campaign.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.3uHE.KMn7WTDw0UmT&smid=url-share
Trump's illegal propaganda runs on your dime.
https://substack.com/@mitchthelawyer/note/c-347392193?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=aexlz
Trump self enrichment, emoluments violations & institutionalization of kleptocracy is endless. How much grifting & fraud is too much?
MAGA:making the world safe for corruption & American foreign policy a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/maga-foreign-policy/688352/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#VoteBlue
Trump is clearly signalling his intent to run in2028. Most likely, he is being encouraged by dear Natalie, who obviously sees herself as the next FLOTUS….