#BBCNews - Three held on suspicion of helping Russian intelligence
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

Silicon Valley company (of course!) responsible for mystery object that crashed into commercial plane, forcing emergency landing.

"WindBorne Systems, a Palo Alto startup, uses atmospheric balloons to collect weather data for AI-based forecast models"

www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

5. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, says the DOJ announcing it's sending federal election monitors to Passaic County is "highly inappropriate" and that state officials are "considering all of our options to prevent any effort to intimidate voters or interfere with our elections"

So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.

The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo exclusively obtained by Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...

Bove is a f****** moron. The issue in the case is not whether writing the date is something that is difficult to do, but whether throwing out a vote when somebody *accidentally* forgets to write the date is an appropriate remedy.

The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo exclusively obtained by Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...

Graham Platner reminds us that the consistent stumbling block for the progressive cause is not the centrist or liberal, but a lack of respect for marginalized communities to whom they feel no allegiance, yet demand their obsequi. And when those communities don't fall in line they're called stupid...

Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.