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Thursday, October 22, 2026
Russia ready for 3-way talks on Ukraine war, Kremlin says – POLITICO
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “in principle” ready for Moscow to resume talks with Washington and Kyiv, the Kremlin said Wednesday…
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ready-talks-end-ukraine-war/
Supreme Court blocks Trump admin’s limits on transgender care for prisoners - POLITICO
The justices turned down an emergency request to lift an order restoring Biden-era medical and housing policies for transgender inmates…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/transgender-care-prisons-policy-supreme-court
This Is Not a Cycle of Retribution (Atlantic)
The Republican response to Senator Elissa Slotkin is revealing…
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/slotkin-trump-investigations-corruption/689092/
The Bill for Trumpism Comes Due (Atlantic)
Budget promises made, budget promises broken
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trump-budget-deficit-debt/689085/
Trump releases heating oil to the Northeast to reduce surging prices - POLITICO
The release from the reserve comes amid a tight Maine Senate race…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/trump-heating-oil-maine-senate-01129053
Michigan residents fight potential $6.4bn datacenter bill: ‘That is insanity’
Michigan utility customers may pay $6.4bn for two new gas plants to meet datacenter demand, drawing outrage from residents…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/michigan-datacenter-bill-utility-prices
Why Republicans’ massive cash advantage is evaporating on the airwaves - POLITICO
A large part of this discrepancy comes down to the mechanics of broadcast advertising. Candidates, and now political parties thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling, are entitled to significantly lower rates. That has allowed Democratic candidates — who have posted bonkers fundraising hauls — to offset much of the GOP advantage in super PACs. Republican Senate candidates, on the other hand, struggled overall with their fundraising. And some GOP outside groups bought their ad time later, when it was even more expensive…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/senate-republicans-cash-advantage-television-01128724
Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff
Reports from Lula supporters saying their content had been removed or its reach restricted flooded social media in Brazil, while about a dozen watchdogs and research groups published reports describing what they called “indications” that Meta may have favoured the senator’s campaign.
Meta called Lula’s allegations “false and unfounded”, saying there had been “technical incidents” that affected campaigns from “different parts of the political spectrum”…
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions grew the most of any G20 country last year : NPR
U.S. emissions grew because of increased electricity demand, as well as Trump administration policies that support the burning of fossil fuels. The Trump administration has ordered coal-fired power plants in the U.S. to stay open longer than planned, rolled back fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and ended tax credits for solar and wind projects…
The El-Sayed Heckler’s Dad Got $250,000 to Campaign Against El-Sayed – Mother Jones
The guy who tried and failed to catch Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a gotcha question about his supposed loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood is reportedly the son of a Republican strategist who received $250,000 last month to campaign against El-Sayed…
‘Stop whining’: Vance dismisses Republican criticism of Ramaswamy ad - POLITICO
“I have to admit that I’m a little bit disgusted when I see Republicans across the country who are whining more about that advertisement than they are about what the congressional Democrats and other Democrats want to do to the United States of America,” Vance said at a press conference ahead of a campaign event with Ramaswamy and Ohio Sen. John Husted…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/jd-vance-ramaswamy-ohio-ad-republicans-01129287
Millions of Amazon settlement checks credit Trump ahead of the midterms - POLITICO
“I am not aware of any pre-Trump instance of the communication to the consumer receiving payment mentioning the name of a president,” Stephen Calkins, a law professor at Wayne State University and a former general counsel at the FTC from 1995 to 1997, told POLITICO. “Making such a claim is unseemly and unfortunate. I regret very much that this once-proud independent agency is now being used to promote the Trump brand.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/amazon-trump-midterms-settlement-01130666
Lindsey Graham, James Clyburn Were Under Scrutiny in FBI Bribery Probe — ProPublica
Pay for Play: A Hawaiian naval firm filled South Carolina politicians’ campaign coffers with cash and won federal contracts in the state.
Big Players: Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn, two major forces in South Carolina, helped steer federal money to Navatek.
Questionable Merit: The contracts’ effectiveness was dubious. “The whole thing is a grand lie,” said the former CEO…
https://www.propublica.org/article/navatek-lindsey-graham-jim-clyburn-fbi-anti-corruption-bribery
Meta must pay New Mexico $25 billion, its biggest fine ever, for deceiving users about Facebook privacy | PBS News
Jurors in September found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws when a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested Facebook user data to generate targeted political ads for the 2016 election.
"Facebook promised users that they (the users) controlled their data. This was false," Judge Francis J. Matthew wrote in his judgement…
Israel held then released Brad Lander and dozens of Americans, Israelis in West Bank : NPR
"We were on private Palestinian land. We were with the farmers whose land it is. There's no obligation to coordinate with the Israeli military," Lander told NPR and WBUR's Here & Now. "This was the IDF making it impossible for these poor Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees," he added, using the initials for the Israeli military…
"Let us be clear about what happened here: Rather than protecting Palestinian farmers and ensuring their right to work their own land, the Israeli military forcibly removed those who came to provide a protective presence," T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs said in a statement. "This is an outrageous abuse of power, and part of a systematic, state-backed campaign of ethnic cleansing aimed at driving Palestinians from their land," she said.
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6010460/brad-lander-detained-west-bank-israel-palestinians
'This is how you blow up a permitting deal': Sen. Whitehouse slams Trump over offshore wind - POLITICO
The Justice Department on Tuesday night asked a federal court to reopen a fourth permit for an offshore wind project…
How to Save Democracy - VOTE - Inflation - LT Gains (The Phil Ferguson Show podcast, #562)
Interview with Melissa Dalton-Bradford. Her new book is How to Save Democracy: The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook. (This interview starts at 32:00 into the show, after Phil talks about investments and taxes. Skip to 32:00 if you only want to hear the interview with Melissa on her book.)
Also...
Also...
- Inflation is going up in the US
- Why are my Long Term Gains so big
- GO VOTE
Interview:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/562-how-to-save-democracy-vote-inflation-lt-gains/id959436323?i=1000797293753
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