Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships  —  Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service members across multiple ships and even multiple branches.

Top Trump official asked for more resources to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch  —  Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more aircraft to contain a 7-acre blaze last month, officials said.  —  Summary  —  Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources …

DeSantis says he doesn't support Republican Rep. Cory Mills in Tuesday's primary  —  The congressman is running for a third term under a cloud of controversy.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday he does not support Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida), who faces three GOP challengers in a primary Tuesday.

Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity  —  A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.  —  If corporations become more powerful than national governments, we are all in trouble.  The reason for this is straightforward: Corporations are not real objects.  They do not exist in nature.

Massachusetts mayor accused of using a pandemic loan to fund election campaign and pay his taxes  —  A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages …

Mark Kelly on aircraft carrier catapult order: ‘Donald Trump knows nothing about this stuff’  —  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy to revert to older catapult systems on its aircraft carriers, arguing the change would be costly …

How Trump's Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart  —  It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota's U.S. attorney's office, received an urgent email from Washington.  —  The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases …

Goodbye, You Poisonous Fucking Fraud  —  Karoline Leavitt, that evil lying bitch, is leaving the White House.  —  Good.  —  The most repulsively mendacious, soul-insolvent Trump-era skank ever to plant herself behind that podium, open the festering sewage aperture of her foul mouth …

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members in defamation suit  —  The BBC is seeking to subpoena President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner in connection with a $10 billion defamation lawsuit the president is pressing against the U.K. broadcaster.

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized  —  Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’  —  A woman was arrested on Friday morning in connection with the vandalization of the second world war memorial …

Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties  —  Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties that called it a farce.

A Green Light for Crooks  —  The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.  —  Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration has taken a sledgehammer to anti-corruption efforts, destroying policy after policy dedicated to preventing bribery and money laundering in the country.

Consumer sentiment dips, especially among Republicans  —  Public opinion about the economy appears to be souring further this month, per the preliminary release of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. … - The index fell to 51, from 55.2 in July.

The unexpected issue dividing parties and midterms candidates … Across the United States, political candidates are grappling with an issue that has never before featured widely in American political life: artificial intelligence.  —  You can see it in candidates of both major parties trying …

Rudy Giuliani: Young people struggling economically are “privileged little shits” who need “somebody like my father to kick the shit out of them”  —  Giuliani: “Well who cares if they're squeezing?  Their grandparents felt the Depression and were pro-American.  They don't have anything like the Depression.

Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’  —  Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’  —  The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the UK …

‘Smoking gun’ email shows White House summoned agencies to Colorado-focused meeting amid Tina Peters furor  —  In the days after December meeting, several agencies in attendance announced cuts or adverse actions against the state  —  In mid-December, an assistant to President Donald Trump summoned officials …

Attorney General Blanche appears to endorse GOP candidate in latest politicization of DOJ  —  Less than a week after Senate Republicans confirmed him as U.S. attorney general, Todd Blanche spoke at a political rally and appeared to endorse a Republican candidate for New York governor …

The solar super PAC's next target  —  EXCLUSIVE: A clean energy group made waves by spending big to help oust Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) in last week's primary.  Now they've settled on their next line of attack.  —  The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC, backed by solar executives and investors …

Trump-appointed regulator OKs banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm  —  The Trump administration has granted preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture backed by President Donald Trump's family to operate a federally chartered trust bank, over the objection of Democrats …

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola Pushes Back Against Endorsement From Kamala Harris  —  The campaign of Mary Peltola said it was focused on issues important to Alaska and did not approve a message of support from Ms. Harris.  —  For former Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat …

Little Thefts, Big Charges: Trump's Justice Dept. Targets Lesser Fraud  —  As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California.

Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory  —  President Trump claimed during remarks on Long Island, N.Y., on Friday that he will make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, despite the fact that Oman and Iran share jurisdiction of the waterway.

Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”  —  from the judicial-citation-laundering dept  —  You may have seen news of the recent Fifth Circuit decision, with an opinion written by Judge Andrew Oldham …

Drunk Trump Aide Busted Playing With Sex Toy in Bizarre Video  —  NOT SAFE FOR WORK  —  The longtime Trump aide was caught having a little too much fun.  —  A deputy assistant to President Donald Trump was caught on camera drunkenly playing around with a sex toy hours after attending a children's hospital benefit gala at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump's attack on a think tank is an affront to the First Amendment  —  Think tanks help make America exceptional.  —  Republicans would be rightly irate if a Democratic president threatened to sue a conservative think tank and punish its corporate donors over research the White House didn't like …

Trump's war on juries  —  Jurors are being told that their careful work doesn't matter.  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  It's no secret that President Donald Trump doesn't really believe in the justice system.  For him, it serves only two purposes: protecting himself and hurting others.

Senior White House National Security Aide Andy Baker to Exit  —  White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker plans to leave his post in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter, depriving the Trump administration of one of its foreign policy decision makers.

Trump stops short of endorsing Bibi as his campaign falters  —  When Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump met in the Oval Office two weeks ago, the president asked the Israeli prime minister how he was doing in the polls ahead of an Oct. 27 election.  — Netanyahu paused.

Exclusive / Democrats eye Republican-held Florida district  —  Democrats are hoping a potential blue wave will make a reddish Florida district competitive.  —  New polling from GQR shared first with Semafor shows retired Army Brigadier Gen. Leela Gray polling at 44% and incumbent Republican …