Contrarian Calls to Action: Ways to make a difference for democracy this week from voting early to celebrating Hispanic heritage

On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest.

Plus: Trump world’s pro-Russia side hustle.

What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.

Horrifying new allegations put the spotlight on the media stars and Trump insiders who championed him.

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.

October 7, 2026

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.

Russian activist Leonid Melekhin sought refuge in America. His reward was a one-way trip to a penal colony.

10/8 | The seven stories worth your time. Minus the noise.

🚨 26 Days to the Midterms 🚨

On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...

Thom Tillis is selling a book about standing up to Donald Trump. His voting record tells a very different story.

At 1:01 this afternoon, the cameras inside the Oval Office turned on just in time to see Donald Trump slouched in his seat behind the Resolute Desk, staring off into the distance, already checked out,...

One fact became clear at our press conference with Epstein Survivors: this election is about more than just Donald Trump.

Ten Essays for Right Now

Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.

But he shouldn’t.

The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

At 6:22 tonight, at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, the room filled with red hats and shirts suddenly went quiet. A minute later, the President of the United States of America...

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

Who's on the ballot in Mecklenburg County in the November 2026 election

The Trump/Nixon comparison is inescapable. Even if the GOP is trying to rewrite history to obscure the present.

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

October 4, 2026

Democrats have found an opening in one of America’s reddest states. Now comes the Republican money.

Publisher’s Roundup 87

At 7:45 tonight, Donald Trump experienced what appeared to be a serious mental health crisis while on stage campaigning for Republicans in Ohio. He had just arrived at the High School Activity Center ...

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

Publisher’s Roundup 87

At 3:54 pm Donald Trump emerged from the White House with freshly colored hair and makeup, as Marine One's engine roared in the background. He walked directly over to the waiting press, threw his hand...

An ad promoting the Iran War only serves to remind voters just how much of a disaster the war is, a baffling strategy just a month out from midterms.

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

Two recent polls show him in the lead

And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.

🚨32 Days to the Midterms🚨

October 2, 2026

Earlier today, barely 33 days before the midterm elections, Donald Trump admitted that there might not be any line he isn’t willing to cross to make sure that he and his party win the elections in Nov...

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.

Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.