It’s sad that this is necessary, but we’re glad to see action being taken to protect our elections. More than 100 Democratic Senate staffers will head to key polling locations this November to observe the election process as part of a new, first-of-its-kind Senate Election Observer Program.

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It’s heartbreaking news from Bend, Oregon. Police have confirmed that three children—ages 5, 8, and 11—and a teacher were tragically killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday. Two more victims, a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old adult, are currently hospitalized.

BREAN: “.. PPI was much more troubling than expected with the headline inflation rate rising to 6.3% in September from 5.6% .. .. If I were an FOMC member, I would strongly argue and vote for a rate hike on October 28 and I hope I am wrong in my forecast that they hold with three dissents.”

🇺🇸 “The US is no longer neutral and has switched to Russia’s side. That is why we are seeing the end of the war in Ukraine,” said Maximilian Krah, an AfD member of the German parliament.

Automatic license plate readers are only the tip of the surveillance industrial complex iceberg. Flock's cameras already track our every move, and now they're trying to put microphones on them as well. We won't be fooled. All of this dystopian tech must go.

It'll likely be the same as the others: a troubled person goes down a spiral of self-loathing, gets homicidal and suicidal fantasies reinforced by somebody (online communities) or something (chatbots) and wants infamy and has easy access to guns. It's a national sickness.

Trump’s attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar are not merely politically motivated but carried out at the behest of a foreign state.

Not to ruin the vibe, but quarterly No Kings rallies are the bare minimum. We need relentless, everyday organizing.

Wow -- Hannity is moving in for the kill: "Why not just say 'I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path'? Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?"

The Trump admin claims it found 20,000 possible noncitizens on the voting rolls in California and is seeking a court order forcing the state to segregate every ballot sent to those individuals. Remember what happened the last time they made wild claims like this? DHS has ZERO credibility here.

"While the Dem base has grown more liberal but also more highly educated, the Republican base has become more ideologically extreme but also more committed to a particular style of politics: loud, angry, encased in a deranged media bubble, and indulgent of almost any idea, no matter how ludicrous."

Much worse numbers than the CPI yesterday and much higher than expected. Diesel is making everything more expensive as Trump’s foolish war continues to hurt all American but the uber rich.

Key to Trump's strategy for Venezuela is forming a bond with a kleptocratic class which will share the country's wealth with Trump and his cohort. Thus, Trump lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez’s brother, Jorge, a long-standing member of Maduro's inner circle long linked to narcotics trafficking.