“These days, elections don’t end when the votes are cast and counted. In every close race (and many not-so-close races) of consequence, the supposed losers and their supporters move immediately to screeching ‘Rigged! Stolen!’ They demand recounts. They go to court seeking to have ballot boxes seized and election officials indicted. … No matter what happens today, expect Election 2026 to drag on into the new year.” (11/03/26)
“Think of a political or social issue you care about. Now imagine your local city council is considering taking some action related to that issue. You decide to show up to the public comment period and make your voice heard. Then you learn that local police will be monitoring the meeting, looking specifically for ‘unusual questions,’ ‘verbal conflict,’ ’emotional confrontations,’ ‘social media amplification,’ and more. Such conduct will be treated as ‘suspicious behavior’ posing ‘public safety risks.’ Would you think twice about freely sharing your opinion? Unfortunately, that thought experiment isn’t hypothetical.” (11/03/26)
“On October 21, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion for violating its Unfair Practices Act. That penalty is massive. But the bigger problem is how the judgment treats the gap between a platform’s moderation promises and its imperfect enforcement as deception, penalizing platforms for moderating protected speech and sidestepping Section 230 and the First Amendment. If nothing is done to stop these attacks on free expression, we will all lose access to online platforms, big and small, as we know them.” (11/03/26)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Notwithstanding the manifest failure of America’s welfare-warfare state and managed-society way of life, with its massive spending, taxation, inflation, and debt, Americans unfortunately remain wedded to this dysfunctional system. The midterm elections are simply a battle over who will exercise the power and dispense the largess that comes with the evil and immoral systems that have destroyed our liberty, privacy, and well-being. To get our nation back on the right track, Americans must move beyond trying to elect the ‘right’ people to public office through a political game of musical chairs.” (11/03/26)
“The Trump-era Republican record of debt and war makes Republicans, with few exceptions, unworthy of support. However, many Democrats offer an unacceptable alternative.” (11/03/26)
“The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) want to overhaul America’s system of government. Its current political program calls for abolishing the Senate and Electoral College and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions controlled by Congress. These changes would dismantle much of the system of checks and balances established by America’s Founders — a system that has worked well for over 250 years. Here’s what the DSA platform wants to change: 1.) Abolish the U.S. Senate. … 2.) The DSA platform wants to abolish the Electoral College. … 3.) DSA’s proposal would weaken separation of powers, by putting the country’s leader under the authority of the same lawmakers who write our laws. The president can veto legislation passed by Congress. … 4.) The DSA platform wants to replace the Supreme Court with a new system in which Congress chooses the judges and has authority over the courts.” (11/03/26)
“When will we know the outcome of the midterm elections? If your answer is ‘when all the ballots are counted,’ think again. Republicans are trying to institutionalize two later stages at which they could overturn the results.” (11/03/26)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“The propagandists of the American press have been uncritically describing recent US airstrikes on Iran as ‘defensive’ despite the US being the clear aggressor in this ongoing conflict, and despite the United States existing on the other side of the planet from Iran. CBS News was the most egregious offender with its headline, ‘U.S. launches defensive strikes at Iranian targets near Strait of Hormuz’. The title frames it as an objective fact that the attack was defensive in nature, without quotation marks around the word ‘defensive’ and without even bothering to uncritically cite US officials as the source of this claim. As a reminder, CBS News was recently acquired by David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison, who is one of the wealthiest people on the planet with a net worth of some $160 billion and who is also the largest single donor to the Israeli military.” (11/04/26)
