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AlterNet Black Agenda Report Common Dreams (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, October 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM EDT GOP insiders tear apart Todd Blanche for evaporating DOJ For two people who once occupied high rungs of the Republican Party's communications ladder the admission must have been difficult: Republicans have hung themselves. Former Republican communications director Doug Heye and GOP communications director Tara Setmayer could muster no strength Friday night on CNN to defend the party's capitulation to President Donald Trump in his second term. Both blamed the party for Trump's most Friday move to personally direct the Department of Justic to insert itself in Alaskan elections if Republicans lose. October 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM EDT WSJ analyst: Time to 'take away gramp's phone' Conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr is quick with advice for any world leader trying to look able-minded while rendering globe-spanning and potentially terrible decisions. "My political advice to the president: Avoid giving signs of senility, an imminent hazard given his constant need to be on stage. Nothing would more quickly resolve the growing cognitive dissonance of his base than the idea that he's no longer the same Mr. Trump," said Jenkins. "Then even a Democratic impeachment won't save him." October 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM EDT Clown Car: NYT analyst says Trump's posturing is a ridiculous sideshow In a recent episode of The Bulwark podcast, the host and guest compare supporters of President Donald Trump and his administration's leadership to a "cargo cult." Historically, cargo cults were spiritual, political, and social movements that emerged among Indigenous Melanesian communities following contact with Western colonizers and Allied military forces in the 19th and 20th centuries. October 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM EDT Family member says 'destroyed man' Donald Trump has no place in White House On Friday, a family member of President Donald Trump warned that Trump's busted sense of empathy is making "every single one of us worse off" as the nation hurdles toward chaos and cruelty. "Empathy is being attacked as something that is not necessary, that is somehow antithetical to human greatness, when of course the opposite is true," said Trump's niece Mary Trump, a psychologist with a podcast. "Our ability to be empathetic is one of the greatest things about being human, and the inability to be empathetic is an egregious failing." October 23, 2026 at 5:38 PM EDT I'm exhausted by Melania and Donald Trump's stupidity I am very tired of being asked to be stupid. I know that is not the most important thing right now. There are many more serious consequences to electing a criminal president who is burning up the economy. But despite the fact that I do this for a living, and have developed a high tolerance as a result, I am nonetheless exhausted. Endless stupidity wears a man out. It's hard to pick just one example. Luckily, the AP sent one. This morning, the White House wants me to believe First Lady Melania Trump "brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky." I am told she "initiated the discussions." I am told "helping children in conflict [has been] one of her signature issues." October 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM EDT Trump admin fights back after judge rejects $400M settlement MediaPost reports President Donald Trump is appealing a district court judge's rejection of a proposed settlement with TikTok over charges that the app violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The deal the judge is rejecting vacates a 2019 settlement between TikTok and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the charge that the company's predecessor, Musical.ly, violated the same law by collecting personal information from users younger than 13 October 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM EDT MAGA bank collapse traps Trump allies The New York Times reports Republican gubernatorial candidates Rick Jackson and Vivek Ramaswamy appear to be ensnared in a failed MAGA-leaning bank that collapsed into bankruptcy three years ago. "With plans to market credit cards made out of the same metal used for shell casings, the company had the backing of a who's who of right-wing billionaires," reports the Times. "Major investors included Peter Thiel, Ken Griffin and Jeff Sprecher, as well as two Republicans now vying to be governors, Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Rick Jackson in Georgia." October 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM EDT Trump just threatened to start another war On Friday, while speaking at a rally in Fort Myers, Florida, President Donald Trump threatened to launch a new war "on our way back from Iran." In Trump's estimation, what the voters want right now is another war -- this time with Cuba. What's more, he appeared to momentarily struggle to remember the name of the government he's currently fighting. "We have the greatest military equipment in the world. You saw that in Venezuela and you see now in...the national," Trump paused for a moment, then seemed to tell himself to "think of it," before exclaiming, "The Islamic Republic of Iran will tell you that we have the best equipment." October 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM EDT Pentagon aide's wife flees cush lobbying gig following probe Politico's Daniel Lippman says the wife of a Pentagon chief has abandoned her lavish job lobbying the Defense Department after calls from reporters. "Jill Buria, who is married to Pete Hegseth's chief of staff Ricky Buria, recently started at Checkmate Government Relations and registered as a lobbyist for federal data management contractor Cartridge Technologies, also known as CTI," reports Politico. "Jill Buria was among four other Checkmate colleagues lobbying the Defense Department on 'issues regarding navigating the Pentagon's acquisition process,' according to a Sunday filing. October 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM EDT WSJ turns on Republican who harassed poor patients --for a different reason Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) has already aroused controversy for his closeness to President Donald Trump and allegedly harassing poor patients when he was a doctor. Now a conservative newspaper is adding a new controversy to his list -- supporting a supposedly "left-wing, tax-and-spend" policy. "No politician wants to campaign on promises of difficult Social Security reforms," The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote on Thursday. "Even so, the Republican surrender on the old-age entitlement that's gathering steam is something else. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas is the latest to call for a giant tax increase even without any policy reform." October 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM EDT MAGA's war on facts forces gullible followers to fall for ridiculous pranks MAGA podcaster and self-described paleoconservative John Doyle says the colossal MAGA movement to expose "truth" to disenchanted young men has gone wrong -- terribly wrong. In addition to widespread racism, misogyny and its far-reaching use of insult, the overarching argument driving the MAGA effort is its claim to expose people to discomforting truth, no matter how much it hurts. October 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM EDT GOP mayor restrained after lunging at attendee during chaotic town hall A Republican mayor lunged at his own constituents -- and it is unclear what if anything the police will do about it. "A seemingly routine Pemberton Township council meeting Wednesday night came to a dramatic close after Mayor Matthew Bianchini charged at someone in the audience," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday. "The incident, captured on video by the township's meeting livestream, came almost exactly an hour into the monthly gathering that was attended by dozens of people." |
