Source: Politics Politics Politics
“The Inside Story Behind that Amy Acton Ad. The Hottest Data Center Party in DC (with Abby Turner and Ed Tarnowski).” (10/22/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/the-inside-story-behind-that-amy
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“Barack Obama is like a firefighter parachuted in by the Democratic Party at times of crisis to put out fires. So when he weighed in on Sunday on the federal investigation of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar over potential allegations of immigration fraud and financial offenses, you just knew that the party is seriously worried about the national implications if she were to be indicted and potentially denaturalized and deported. Railing against the ‘appalling’ investigation, Obama claimed Omar was ‘a law-abiding elected official’ targeted because she ‘has dared to criticize the president’, and we should all be ‘outraged’ about the weaponization of the Justice Department. ‘It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.’ That’s quite some chutzpah from the former president who launched the Russia-hoax persecutions of Trump.” (10/22/26)
Source: Politico
“Roadblocks by truckers in southern Italy are exposing the limits of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hardline approach toward protests, as she concedes she will have to take a carrot-and-stick approach to demonstrators struggling with soaring fuel costs. The demonstrations across the south are fast spiraling into a full-blown economic crisis. Truck drivers and farmers protesting soaring diesel bills have blocked highways, ports and distribution centers this week, leaving supermarket shelves empty and petrol pumps dry. Airports in the south are also suffering from fuel shortages. After a cabinet meeting on Thursday, the right-wing Meloni vowed to use a security decree to clear the roadblocks, but also pledged to give financial relief to farmers and fishermen crippled by the price of diesel.” (10/22/260
Source: Axios
“Calley Means, the health entrepreneur who became the Trump administration’s most vocal advocate of the MAHA agenda, resigned from his senior adviser post on Thursday. Means’ departure two weeks before the midterm elections underscores the MAHA base’s discontent with the pace of change on food policy and the administration’s stances on issues like pesticide use. Means cited ‘entrenched, dark forces in DC’ in a statement on X but said he had ‘tremendous respect’ for the way President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid out a vision for change.” (10/22/26)
Source: The Fifth Column
“Donald Trump is Gay.” (10/22/26)
https://www.wethefifth.com/p/donald-trump-is-gay-episode-580
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin
“Censorship isn’t a ‘one weird trick,’ a Band-Aid, or a miracle cure.” (10/22/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/blogs/free-speech-dispatch/silencing-social-media-wont-stop-unrest-france
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Ray Youssef (cryptocurrency pioneer) on activism, peer-to-peer crypto solutions for the Global South; Entrepreneur, Developer, Humanitarian, and CEO of the Resistance.” (10/22/26)
Source: The Hill
by Jonathan Sweet & Mark Toth
“Yes, President Trump wants an end to the war, but not for the sake of Ukraine or the defense of NATO; rather, to secure ‘economic opportunities’ with Russia. Putin has had Kirill Dmitriev travel to Miami, Moscow, New York and Washington to entice Team Trump to win something that his military cannot deliver — Ukraine. Trump has not been able to deliver Ukraine either. Mr. Art of the Deal cannot close the deal, and he continues using tactics unbecoming of any president before him to pressure Zelensky into making a bad deal.” (10/22/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/6163050-trump-pressures-zelensky-ukraine-war/
Source: Underthrow
“The Adjacent Possible Will Decide Our Future.” (10/22/26)
Source: The Next Move
by Jay Nordlinger
“What can the public do about the poison, the indecency, in our politics? The answer: Not reward it. Not vote for it. If you reward something, you get more of it. If you penalize it, you get less. Something else: Decent people ought to stop backing indecent candidates, party politics be damned. The current governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, is a famously decent pol. He and his wife, Fran, are known for their many charitable works. A Republican, he has endorsed Ramaswamy to succeed him. Why? And can’t he rescind his endorsement? After 50 years in public life, he is retiring at the age of 79. What does he have to lose?” (10/22/26)