Pro-Trump ads paid by taxpayers aired after judge said stop : NPR

The spots continued being broadcast for several hours after a federal judge overseeing the lawsuit issued a temporary ruling Sunday night saying the government "shall cancel or cause to be cancelled any slot, placement, reservation, or arrangement for the airing or dissemination of the challenged advertisements, including those placements for the evening of October 11, 2026." 

 Pro-Trump spots aired hundreds of additional times Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/12/nx-s1-5998976/pro-trump-ads-taxpayer-funds-federal-judge

 

Not weird at all

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8UknO1nJ3cg

 

Hot inflation data adds to GOP midterm woes - POLITICO

Omair Sharif, president of Inflation Insights, pointed to signs that tariffs are still pushing up costs, such as prices for sporting goods and toys…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/14/inflation-fed-rate-hike-energy-01117791

 

New Data Centers in Texas and New Mexico Could Upend Climate Goals — ProPublica

More Emissions: Three new data centers near the Texas-New Mexico border, including two in El Paso, could significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions in the region. 

Across State Lines: Regulators have largely considered the environmental impacts of these data centers separately, partly because they are in two different states. 

Conflicting Goals: Plans for these projects are moving forward even though both places had previously adopted strategies for reducing emissions...

 https://elpasomatters.org/2026/10/14/el-paso-data-centers-meta-project-jupiter-climate-emissions/

 

DOJ demands California review voting rolls in two days, threatens legal action - POLITICO

In separate letters to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Dean Logan, the top election official for Los Angeles County, the Department of Justice on Tuesday gave California officials 48 hours to review a thumb drive it says contains the names of undocumented people who may be registered to vote in the November midterm elections, threatening litigation if the state cannot meet its Thursday deadline…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/14/department-of-justice-california-voter-rolls-demand-01118028

 

Corporate Capture | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2-zNf5ODzhk

 

SNAP funding cuts presents challenges to fight skimming schemes : NPR

n a report published last year, the GAO found that chip-enabled cards are about 10 times more expensive to produce than magnetic strip ones. The initial transition alone can cost states millions of dollars upfront. 

The USDA supports chip adoption, but it provides limited funds to help states do so. For instance, last year, the department awarded seven states a combined total of $5 million to address fraud. 

 Starting this month, states have fewer federal dollars to operate the food assistance program altogether. That's because of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cut federal funding for states' operational costs by half. At the same time, the law requires state SNAP agencies to focus on reducing their payment error rate — which is a measure of overpayments and underpayments to SNAP recipients — or they'll face harsh financial penalties…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/14/nx-s1-5985198/snap-fraud-ebt-card-skimming-chip-cards

 

US inflation rose to 3.7% in September in blow to Republicans before midterms

US price increases reached an annual rate of 3.7% in September, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. This final inflation report before the pivotal midterm elections comes amid polls showing widespread dissatisfaction with the Trump administration over the cost of living… 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/14/inflation-numbers-september

 

The EPA Is About to Hand Oil and Gas Companies a Huge Methane-Related Gift – Mother Jones

Rolling back regulations will give industry players “exactly what they’ve long wanted.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/10/epa-zeldin-methane-emissions-rules-rollback-oil-gas-super-emitter-program/

 

Voter Suppression Is Happening in the South. This Organizer Fights It. – Mother Jones

“There are people who are openly white supremacists that are consolidating power at record speed in such a way that they are stripping away all of the rights, opportunities, and access points for you and your family,” she says, referring to communities of color in the South. “If that don’t move you, it ain’t nothing that I can say that can move you.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/latosha-brown-black-voting-rights/

What should the Dept of Justice investigate? #history #historyfacts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/68swwE9tR7Q

 

Scammers Steal SNAP Benefits With Skimmers, but Congress Won’t Act — ProPublica

Lamborghinis and Food Stamps? Trump officials claim many SNAP recipients are scammers, even as statistics show they’re far more likely to be victims. 

Romanian Organized Crime: Transnational gangs, who once got rich siphoning funds from credit and debit cards, have now turned to pillaging SNAP benefits. 

The Chip Solution: Most SNAP theft could be blocked by adding microchips to outdated magnetic-stripe cards, but Congress won’t fund the move...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamp-snap-benefits-theft-skimmers-fraud

 

Evangelicals weren't always anti-abortion

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFFaJdcRsDI

 

Filmmaker Alex Gibney warns that Tesla is "overpromising" on its vehicles

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NZoALcXK3-w

 

The Numbers Republicans Don’t Want You to See 👀📉 | Chris Cillizza

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YBSjmYaiNQ

 

Trump is Trying to Interfere in the Election, Here's How You Can Stop It

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhnk6EUkpbs

 

Israel blocks construction of key Gaza base created by Trump peace board

Exclusive: Israel has not permitted US-led project to house 150 international troops to move forward…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/14/israel-trump-peace-board-gaza-base

 

Elon Musk Is the Midterms’ Biggest Disinformation Risk – Mother Jones

The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/elon-musk-is-the-midterms-biggest-disinformation-risk/ 

Soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted

Donald Trump has denied that his administration has cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Zelenskyy also indicated that the US was continuing to share intelligence with Ukraine in an interview with NPR aired on Wednesday, but confirmed that military advisers had received threats from the US that intelligence sharing could be limited… 

 SpaceX did not confirm any changes to Starlink’s functionality and it was not immediately clear why the restrictions had been put in place. Terminals travelling at more than 100mph and using a version of Starlink for the military and other national security agencies suddenly lost connectivity, said Serhiy Beskrestnov, in what appeared to be a targeted outage meant to disrupt military operations…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/14/ukraine-soldiers-combat-access-starlink-satellite-internet-restricted

 

Lawyers for man shot by ICE in New York City say agent did not identify himself

Lawyers for a man wounded by an immigration officer while driving with his young son in New York City said in a court filing Wednesday that the agent who shot him never identified himself before he ran up to the car, smashed one of its windows, then fired several shots into the vehicle…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/14/ice-shooting-new-york-city-oscar-belgal 

Christianity Is Fueling the American Illiteracy Crisis

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g42H2pF5zuM

 

Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism

Law enforcement has been trying to keep pace with the ways bad actors may be using AI for harm, concerned that the rapidly evolving technology may supercharge new and existing types of crimes. 

At the same time, as public sentiment over AI and its impacts on society and the environment has soured, agencies have sought to protect AI infrastructure. The documents show police and intelligence officers are closely monitoring online opposition to datacenters among various groups with what they describe as extremist ideologies…

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/ai-terror-plots-fbi-extremism

 

YOU HAVE RIGHTS - ICE MUST RESPECT THEM

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o6Y1r1_p-sY

 

Inflation sizzled — and Social Security benefits get boost : NPR

Average wages in September rose just 3%, so the typical worker's buying power has eroded over the last year. 

 "People are kind of saying, 'Something isn't right with that,'" Bethune said. "I'm working harder. I'm more productive. And this is not a square deal."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/14/nx-s1-6000593/inflation-consumer-prices-cpi-social-security-benefits

Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts - POLITICO

“I think they are hiding stuff that doesn’t line up with all the crowing the CEO has been doing,” Nina Olson, a former national taxpayer advocate, said of Frank Bisignano, the IRS’s day-to-day leader who has joined Republican lawmakers in touting the breaks to voters… 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/14/administration-delays-irs-data-gop-tax-cuts-01116807 

 

Is Abdul El-Sayed a doctor? Fact-checking Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race – PolitiFact

Abdul El-Sayed has a doctor of medicine degree, commonly known as MD, from Columbia University in New York and a doctorate in public health from Oxford University in England. 

He did not do a residency after medical school, which is typically the next step in becoming a practicing physician, instead focusing on a career in public health. He’s never been licensed to practice medicine or treat patients. 

Michigan law and federal law define a physician as someone licensed to practice. But major medical professional organizations don’t have that requirement...

 https://politifact.com/article/2026/oct/14/abdul-el-sayed-doctor-physician-michigan-senate/

 

Demons are transgender?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfCRUbtpiPQ

 

Michigan, 13 states sue Trump over canceled unemployment funds

 Michigan and 13 other states are suing the U.S. Department of Labor for clawing back several million dollars in funding for improvements to state unemployment insurance systems. 

The grants were created as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act, a stimulus package passed by Congress in 2021 to aid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants were meant to help modernize the technology used to administer states’ unemployment programs to better prevent fraud, pay out benefits, and promote equitable access…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-10-13/michigan-unemployment-lawsuit-trump

 

Heaven's IT Guy - Martyrdom is Complicated #comedy #itguy

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ixpDvhrvdAA

 

Colorful Signs Mean They're Paid Protesters, Donald? | Paula Poundstone

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iP2UMxaUFJY

 

Democracy Now! Video: Democracy Now! 2026-10-14 Wednesday

Headlines for October 14, 2026 

Can Democrats Flip the House and Senate? The Lever's David Sirota on Midterm Races to Watch 

"Bogus": Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed on DHS Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. Home 

"Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-10-14-wednesday/id75648468

US transport secretary’s war on ‘woke’ could make roads even deadlier, experts warn

“Remember when Biden and Boot-edge-edge used YOUR MONEY for DEI bike lanes and climate change? THAT’S OVER,” Duffy posted on X in July, saying he had diverted $1.73bn in USDOT grants “away from Biden-era DEI pet projects” and toward roads, bridges and ports… 

The department removed five suggestions from a “proven safety countermeasures” list by the Federal Highway Administration: bike lanes; road diets, which involves reducing car lanes, often to make space for a bike or bus lane; plus three speed management tools, including automated camera enforcement and variable speed limits. Webpages that provided information about pedestrian and bicyclist safety have also been deleted. Improving safety is listed in one order as a benefit USDOT “may include” in decision-making “to the extent practicable”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/sean-duffy-transportation-deadly-roads

 

Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent

Musk’s midterm donations, mostly for rightwing candidates and causes, surpass his contributions to Trump in 2024…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/elon-musk-political-donor-midterm-elections 

He’s calling his bluff

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eK_4ggiaNZc

 

Zelenskyy interview: U.S. warns Ukraine it could cut intel sharing : NPR

In an interview with NPR on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said the Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel will not bring down fuel prices. He also refuted President Trump's assertion this weekend that Ukraine was to blame for the rise in diesel fuel prices. Zelenskyy pointed out it is because of the Iran war…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/13/nx-s1-6000051/ukraine-zelenskyy-npr-interview-russia-war

Musk launches $276M 'midterm rescue mission' for Republicans

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XZK5J2KHguc

 

AI godfather calls Trump a ‘corrupt, senile felon’ who is clueless about AI

Pioneering computer scientist on why Trump is using ‘superintelligence’ wrong, whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not the only intelligent beings…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/geoffrey-hinton-trump-ai-tech 

 

A Letter of Sympathy to the President of the United States

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TQ7wGgiXfY8

 

They’ll do anything but make our lives better

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KO1Rb93bdEQ

 

Is punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play?

The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/trump-aca-healthcare-politics-midterms

 

Democracy Now! Video: Democracy Now! 2026-10-13 Tuesday

Headlines for October 13, 2026 

Yemen Plunges Back into "Full-Scale Civil War," Houthis Trade Strikes with Saudi Arabia 

"Musk": Alex Gibney on New Film, Legal Threats & Elon Musk Spending $366M to Help GOP in Midterms

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-10-13-tuesday/id75648468

 

When I see him again on the debate stage…

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XATDR5HBZiU

 

Bipartisan group of senators demands Trump kill Russian diesel deal

The senators are questioning the legality of the decision, citing Congress’ 2022 ban on Russian energy imports…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/senators-demand-trump-kill-russia-diesel-deal-01116050

 

How immigration is molding the US midterms: ‘Trump has gone too far’

From restaurants to farms to healthcare, the US president’s hardline policies have reshaped Americans’ daily lives…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/immigration-us-midterms-trump 

 

Russia hits Ukraine gas facilities after Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire’ : NPR

"We did not attack, while Russia attacked our gas stations, energy infrastructure, and other facilities," Zelenskyy said on the social media platform X. "I think it was Putin's answer to President Trump. And the message from Russia was very clear — they don't know anything about the energy ceasefire."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/12/nx-s1-5998614/trump-russia-ukraine-energy-ceasefire

 

Houthi attack on Riyadh airport forces swift rethink of Trump’s new strategy

Europeans know full well that the inflation problem helping to drive populism is caused by the Iran war and not by Zelenskyy’s tactics. The only question is who will say so. The former UK Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson did not hold back, writing: “It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/houthi-attack-riyadh-airport-donald-trump-strategy 

 

This Zohran guy just delivers

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O7FbDLRaUNE

 

State of Michigan asking people to submit their questions about infrastructure in survey

The state of Michigan wants to know what you want to know about the state's infrastructure.  

That includes roads, gas and electricity, drinking water, internet, and other essential services. 

The Michigan Infrastructure Council is collecting questions in a survey, which will be used to create a Statewide Infrastructure Guide…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/transportation-infrastructure/2026-10-11/state-of-michigan-asking-people-to-submit-their-questions-about-infrastructure-in-survey

 

How Did American Capitalism Get so Rotten?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VBh3WS6HzNE

 

Homeland Security Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Residence – Mother Jones

“Americans see this for what it is,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat who the Trump administration has also targeted, wrote on social media. “President ​Trump is abusing his power to go after political opponents weeks before an election.” 

“I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” Omar posted on social media Monday afternoon. “This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/dhs-ilhan-omar-homeland-security-raid-allegations-investigation-doj-minnesota/

Democrats are making corruption messaging a pocketbook issue - POLITICO

Running against corruption is not new. But Democrats have turned the familiar attack into a broader message tied to voters’ economic pain…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/12/democrats-are-making-corruption-messaging-a-pocketbook-issue-01115561

James talorico was in a mental health facility? According to some dude named Nick on X

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGAH8OG3VTY

 

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents…

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/12/ai-less-regulated-than-milk-microsoft-president-calls-for-tougher-rules

 

Golden, naked Trump statue on display at European Parliament

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XwCXabtpjE0

 

Bills seek to "incentivize" faster power restoration by hiking outage credits for customers

Utility bill credits for power outages would be significantly higher under legislation introduced by state Senate Democrats. .

The credits would start out at $5 an hour, in the first hour a customer loses power, and ratchet up to $25 an hour after 72 hours without electricity…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/transportation-infrastructure/2026-10-10/bills-seek-to-incentivize-faster-power-restoration-by-hiking-outage-credits-for-customers

 

Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump's tariffs

“I could still have a job, but now I don’t because of tariffs,” Vandermeer said. “It was like taking a knife to the back.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-10-11/republicans-face-midterm-backlash-from-factory-workers-squeezed-out-of-jobs-by-trumps-tariffs

 

Richard Haass: Trump’s rallies have 'a revival tent feeling’

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yqnHgF6W578

 

Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work for a day on historic D.C. golf course | PBS News

Reyes issued the order following a tense three-hour hearing in which she blistered the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-halt-work-for-a-day-on-historic-d-c-golf-course 

 

Hamilton County Schools (TN) choose Ten Commandments over students!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Id2vl_DZOqc

 

Justice Department investigates TV networks, citing possible anti-trust violations : NPR

"[S]ummoning antitrust authority, on top of the retaliatory actions the White House has already taken to bar certain outlets, is another and even more brazen attempt to try to intimidate journalists," said Bruce Brown, the president of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/11/nx-s1-5997574/the-doj-is-investigating-5-tv-networks-for-suspending-pool-coverage-of-trump

Michigan Supreme Court considers scope of civil rights law

It involves a former social work professor at Calvin University whose contract wasn’t renewed after he officiated a same-sex wedding for a colleague. His lawyers argued that amounted to sex-based discrimination by association…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-10-09/michigan-supreme-court-considers-scope-of-civil-rights-law

Trump's NEFARIOUS plan for the ELECTIONS

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qzdMDDP0D-0

 

Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’

Top House Democrats question the ‘corrupt weaponization’ of federal government against Trump’s adversaries…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/democrats-reaction-ilhan-omar-federal-raid-home-trump

 

Russia attacks multiple power plants after Trump energy ceasefire claim

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian skies filled with Russian drones after truce claim, which Moscow has yet to confirm, as six killed in strikes. What we know on day 1,692…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/12/ukraine-war-briefing-russia-attacks-multiple-power-plants-after-trump-energy-ceasefire-claim

 

Republicans want Abdul El-Sayed to be the main character of the midterms. He's happy to oblige

“If they want to make me the main character in the midterms, I’m not shying away from it,” El-Sayed said in an interview. “Run against me. See how well that works out for you.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-10-11/republicans-want-abdul-el-sayed-to-be-the-main-character-of-the-midterms-hes-happy-to-oblige

 

Trump Blames Ukraine—Not His Iran War—for Our Skyrocketing Fuel Prices – Mother Jones

Responding to Trump’s escalatory remarks, Zelenskyy on Sunday criticized Trump’s framing, telling ABC News that it is near universally understood that the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has led to higher prices—not Ukraine’s strikes against Russia. But according to Zelenskyy, it’s easier for Trump to blame Ukraine instead of acknowledging the United States’ overwhelming role in surging prices around the world…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/trump-blames-ukraine-for-our-skyrocketing-fuel-prices/

Someone HAS to Die (Apparently)

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MLhllnLsKcg

 

Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads | PBS News

"We are pleased the court acted swiftly to prevent more taxpayer dollars from being used for such blatantly unlawful political propaganda," the plaintiffs said in a statement issued by Democracy Forward, the nonprofit legal organization that represents them. "There is no legal justification — and no precedent — for the president to use the machinery of the government and funds set aside by Congress for other uses to influence electoral outcomes that further his own agenda."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-orders-the-trump-administration-to-cancel-taxpayer-funded-tv-ads

 

It's taking longer to find a new job after losing one

Of the more than 7 million unemployed people in the country, nearly 2 million have been out of work for six months or more…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/11/nx-s1-5995238/jobs-employment-economy-unemployment-benefits

 

Is there a case of Plague in California? #plague #doctor #publichealth

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WhZunSXPtRY 

 

Mamdani says ICE agents who shot man in New York looked like ‘mass shooters’

“What you can see in that video and the videos that have been released since, people, bystanders outside [are] unsure as to what they were even seeing because in that imagery – it feels like you’re looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who is reportedly representing a federal agency,” Mamdani said. 

Additionally, Mamdani contended that ICE agents “view the law as a suggestion” – alluding to how the New York police department prohibits officers from firing at someone in a vehicle in most circumstances. 

“There is a reason why law enforcement agents are supposed to wear identifiable information and uniforms,” the mayor also said…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/mamdani-ice-new-york-shooting

 

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad - POLITICO

The archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/12/archbishop-of-the-us-military-says-catholic-soldiers-should-not-serve-on-firing-squad-01116193

 

Marco Rubio is promoting troubling ideas about ‘western civilization’

In a recent visit to Greece, the secretary of state suggested that Europe must rediscover the values of conquest and expansion… 

…again and again, Rubio wandered back to a precarious theme, that history is decided by “great men” who defy adversity and conquer lesser peoples…

 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/12/marco-rubio-western-civilization

 

Who Put These Freaks In Charge?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1K_HY6HdKK4

 

Siri AI Just Made Photo Sharing Ridiculously Easy

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RRgYt9aCGw

 

More than 53,000 children fall off SNAP benefits in Michigan

…including more than 53,000 children …

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-10-12/snap-michigan

 

You Suck at Ending Wars, Donald | Paula Poundstone #shorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fRj-QfVsrMM

 

Democracy Now! Video: Democracy Now! 2026-10-12 Monday

Headlines for October 12, 2026 

Protesters Say India's Democracy Is "Rotten" as Modi Gov't Purges Voter Rolls, Arrests Thousands 

Indigenous Peoples' Day: Leonard Peltier on Resistance, New Film & Fighting for Freedom

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-10-12-monday/id75648468

FBI Election Conspiracy Factory (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

With FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey gone, agents are raising concerns about what they might be forced to do by Kash Patel on election Day.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is criminally investigating former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about her testimony to the January 6th Select Committee.

An FBI whistleblower says the White House pushed an unconstitutional probe of peaceful protesters in Los Angeles during ICE crackdowns.

It appears as though Kurt Olson, who recently left the grand conspiracy investigation, failed his polygraph test required for security clearance.

Why FBI Officials Are Worried About the Midterms - The Atlantic

Plus listener questions.
Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fbi-election-conspiracy-factory/id1317481380?i=1000795231226

 

$5,000 to Vote for You, Donald? | Paula Poundstone

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_XxTg4Bfs

 

ICE agent strikes man with vehicle during pursuit, officials say

Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and taken to a hospital after being hit by car during an ICE operation

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/11/ice-agent-strikes-man-with-car-texas

 

He REALIZES this attack just backfired...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtndIu1S5DQ

 

Humanist Celebrant and Chaplain Info Sessions!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QgKQwSW7FvI

 

Nine people, including children, dead after mass shooting in Pennsylvania

Authorities say suspect among dead in house after standoff with police in Erie and there is no ongoing threat

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/10/nine-people-mass-shooting-pennsylvania

 

Stop Wall Street's looting

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fZa1P2WJaTo

 

Anti-Abortion Leader Tells Rape Victim She Should Have Stayed Pregnant at 9

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbNwJ2LHkE

 

Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say

Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and quantity is too small to affect prices, while full deal is unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/11/trump-russia-diesel-deal-putin-little-impact-prices