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Noam Chomsky

• The GOP know they face a sweeping defeat in two weeks. But their latest pseudo-scandal may have 2022 in mind
  One of the many nerve-wracking questions Americans facing with the 2020 presidential election is whether all the bizarre conspiracy theories that have sprung up in the last few years will outlast the Trump administration. Are we in for a prolonged period of this level of lunacy in our politics?Maybe. There are a bunch of QAnon-curious […]
  Heather Digby Parton
• 'Growing' extremist QAnon movement is being ‘weaponized’ to ‘boost’ Trump’s re-election: report
  Whenever President Donald Trump is asked about QAnon, he will say a few nice things about the far-right conspiracy theorists while insisting that he doesn't know much about them. It isn't hard to understand why Trump is taking that approach: he wants the votes of QAnon supporters, while keeping some distance from them. In an […]
  Alex Henderson
• Trump hopes Nevada will bail him out. Here's what the numbers say
  Once upon a time, back in April 2019, the Trump campaign was all full of endless bluster. "Obviously, we have to go back and win Michigan again, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin," [former Trump campaign manager and existing wife-beater Brad] Parscale said, referring to three states that Trump won by a combined 78,000 votes. "We plan on also […]
  Kos
• 'Vote for Trump or else': Florida voters receive threatening emails linked to overseas servers
  Dozens of Florida voters and others residing in heavily-Democratic counties across several states have received threatening emails warning them to vote for President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election or suffer consequences.Ahead of early voting, Democratic voters in Alachua County, Fla., began receiving the disturbing emails. Voters in Alaska and Arizona also reported receiving […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Former CIA official reveals the 'weird' reason intel officers are 'terrified' to brief Trump on Russia
  U.S. intelligence officers responsible for briefing President Donald Trump on the country's potential threats are reportedly "terrified" to brief him on anything Russian-related due to concerns about his possibly explosive reaction.During an interview with GQ magazine, former CIA official Marc Polymeropoulos weighed in on Trump's perplexing affinity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to like him. […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• GOP 'hero' who helped stop terror attack faces questions over his own 'affiliations' with extremists
  An Oregon congressional candidate who drew worldwide acclaim for helping to stop a terror attack faces questions about his "affiliations" to extremists ahead of Election Day.Former Oregon National Guardsman Alex Skarlatos, better known as the "Paris train hero" after he and four others subdued a gunman while traveling in Europe in 2015, is running in […]
  Igor Derysh
• Florida poised to deliver election night death blow to Trump presidency
  It's Civiqs' first look at Florida, and it's finding what most other pollsters have found: a slight Joe Biden lead. Civiqs conducted the poll October 17-20, sampling 863 likely voters, and an MoE of 3.5%PRESIDENT10/2020DONALD TRUMP (R-INC)47JOE BIDEN (D)51The Economist's poll aggregator (which strips out undecideds), has the Florida race at 51.9 to 48.1 Biden, […]
  Kos
• ‘The clock is ticking’: Republicans fret as Biden widens massive money gap over Trump
  Joe Biden has opened a yawning fundraising gap over President Donald Trump, and Republicans are getting nervous.The Biden campaign raised $200 million more than Trump's campaign last month and started October with $177 million in the bank, which is nearly three times more than the incumbent president's $63 million — and GOP strategists say that […]
  Travis Gettys
• Progressives unite for last-ditch effort to delay Amy Coney Barrett vote — by impeaching Bill Barr
  Progressive activists are urging House Democrats to essentially kill two birds with one stone by impeaching Attorney General Bill Barr — which would delay the confirmation vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett."Attorney General Barr has acted to subvert the laws that he, as our nation's chief federal law enforcement official, is duty-bound to uphold," more […]
  Raw Story
• Billionaire wealth has surged by nearly $1 trillion during 7 months of pandemic and economic collapse
  Over just the past seven months—as millions lost their jobs and health insurance, tens of thousands of small businesses shuttered permanently, and more than 200,000 Americans were killed by the coronavirus—U.S. billionaires saw their combined net worth surge by more than $930 billion, bringing the collective wealth of just 644 people to a staggering $3.88 […]
  Common Dreams