Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas from the MeidasTouch Network, here with my Sunday post.

About ICE and Immigration

By nearly every measure, he has made things worse.

October 11, 1979, in labor history!

This week, we saw many top-tier Senate candidates take to the debate stage.

Inside A Dying Russian Data Center

Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events.

Independent accountability journalism. Click to read Popular Information, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

‘you learn to live again.’

Who acts like this?

Part one of the story of Frederick Hoffman, the Prudential statistician nobody remembers, from The Hidden History of American Healthcare...

After 321 days at sea, the sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln are finally holding their families.

And the Dark Age that Followed

“Let them eat cake.”

Two Reasons To Smile

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and c...

Friends,

TBR Sunday Read

Apparently, Trump’s DOJ thinks so.

So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

YouTube video by Legal AF

In a new Meidas Defense, military defense attorney Cody Harnish exposes troubling details in the prosecution of an Air Force major who called for Trump’s impeachment.

Feds issue recall for Baby Sleep Tea, which contains a suspicious amount of alcohol for a drink for babies.

Important updates. Paywall-free.

This week saw Trump and his administration blow past Bond villainy into downright evil territory.

Abolish ICE and salt the earth where it stood.

Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

I’ve heard the bit about living above us in Canada.

How we are fighting the Trump & Cronies Top 10 corruption scandals: Publisher’s Roundup 88

Jesse swoons, Donny croons, and so much more...

The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion

Can we trust the polls? Will there be a blue wave? And what bubbles underneath the surface that could reshape the midterm elections? Pollster Cornell Belcher joins John Harwood to break it all down.

With Heather Lofthouse, Vishal Shankar, and yours truly, Robert Reich

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

The first time I met Hannah Pingree was at a local parade in Freeport, Maine.

Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.

The cusp of a Texas first?, Fox News and Trump, The Pod, the Movement, the cutest adoptable mutt!,and more

YouTube video by Legal AF

YouTube video by I've Had It

Trump eases sanctions on Russian diesel as energy analysts question the deal and Zelenskyy accuses him of betraying Ukraine.

Friends,

Top Stories for October 9, 2026.

‘The Social Network’ revealed a man's hollowness. ‘The Social Reckoning’ shows how he filled that hole: with ragebait.

MAGA Crowd Cheers as Trump Suggests California Cities Could Get Nuked by Iran

As Trump’s hold on power slips, he has cranked up the heat. And that could set off a dangerous spiral.

Important updates. Paywall-free.

And the company you keep

Plus: The Triad Mailbag of your nightmares.