Trump Disappears Himself from Campaign Trail – The Friday AM Quickie 10/30/26
Trekkies everywhere are grieving at the loss of Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) and Walter Koenig (Ensign Chekov) in the same week. I think I will honor the departed with a cup of Earl Gray tea. That's it from me this week, Whitney's back Monday. - Corey
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THE BIG NEWS
Elections Roundup: 'I Feel Perfect,' Sweat-Drenched Trump Claims
- Donald Trump and JD Vance Cancel Events in Last Days Before Voting Deadline Instead of holding rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend, Trump plans to make "more than 20" conference calls with supporters in which he speaks for "5 to 10 minutes before hanging up." via the New York Times, NBC News, and CBS News.
- Fears of GOP Election Fuckery Center Around Regime Campaign Against Phantom 'Noncitizen Voting' "Whether ICE agents actually show up or criminal prosecutors make their presence felt, the [Trump regime] has achieved their goal of making things murky and scary." via the Associated Press, HuffPost, and Wired.
- 'Intimidation': Regime's Justice Department Meddles with California Vote, Subpoenaing Election Workers “These efforts must be called what they are: a blatant attempt by a politicized and weaponized Justice Department to serve a desperate president's political agenda,” says David Becker, a former DOJ attorney and director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. via the New York Times, the AP, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
- DOJ Hits Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate Camapign with Dozens of Subpoenas Peltola says she "knew nothing" about the recruitment of a second candidate with the same name as her opponent, Dan Sullivan, calling the GOP "ballot stacking" investigation "just another distraction as they avoid answering for the skyrocketing cost of living we’re facing because of their tariffs and forever wars." via NBC News, the AP, and the New York Times.
- Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy Pulls Disgusting Attack Ad Targeting Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Amy Acton Off the Air "Someday my brother and I will unpack some of the things that we're yet learning," Acton says of the GOP ad featuring her estranged mother, who is "not well" and has been living in a car with her cats. "I think this was exploitive to do that to someone in her condition." via the AP, the Washington Post, and NBC News.
- Senate Democrats' PAC Drops Cash on South Carolina's Annie Andrews as Darlene Graham's Campaign Sinks and Sinks Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says "Republicans resent Graham's candidacy" because "they don't like the idea of a puppet, somebody who will do as told by the president." via the Washington Post, Politico, and Drop Site News.
- Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to Welcome Former Primary Rival Haley Stevens Back Into the Fold "The two will be joined by South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of the country's most prominent Black politicians, at a get-out-the-vote event at a Detroit church." via the AP, Al Jazeera, and The American Prospect.
- The End of the Trump Era Is in Sight Where 2018 brought "the Squad," a new cohort of democratic socialists and progressives set to be sworn into Congress next year "is being referred to by some as 'the Bloc,'" and it includes "Chris Rabb from Pennsylvania, Melat Kiros from Colorado, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier from New York, Adam Hamawy from New Jersey and Donavan McKinney from Michigan." via the AP, The Nation,In These Times, and Politico.
MORE STORIES TO WATCH
Tech Stock Rout Reveals Growing Doubts About AI Hype
With noisy, polluting, energy- and water-sucking data centers mushrooming across the country, many are wondering when the so-called artificial intelligence tech investment bubble will finally burst. The word from Wall Street is: soon. The New York Times and the Financial Times report that investors are increasingly anxious about when and how this year's $720 billion data spending building spree by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta will actually pay off with "trillions" of dollars in promised revenue and godlike powers from AI advances.
Intel's shares dropped 20 percent yesterday. Google's parent company, Alphabet, saw its worst trading day ever, with a 13 percent loss. Amazon's share price declined as well. And the grassroots backlash to data center development is putting pressure on Republican and Democratic politicians alike to rein in the tech overlords. Imagine: a world without slop.
Dockworkers Strike Against War and Genocide
Today, dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries from as far apart as Spain and India go on strike against wars and the global arms trade. Reuters reports that the protest "is expected to target major shipping hubs across Europe and beyond, including Hamburg, Valencia, Le Havre, Algeciras, Piraeus and Genoa, as well as Morocco's Tangier Med and India's Nhava Sheva." More than $2 billion in freight will sit frozen. "No national US-based unions have signed on to the strike," Mother Jones reports, "but groups of dockworkers in Oakland and San Francisco plan to participate."
Solidarity with Palestine is a key element of the strike; indeed, the workers' first demand is "an immediate end to the genocide." The Global Sumud Flotilla, which has tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza with ships carrying humanitarian aid, says it will carry out "coordinated, strategic actions on the water" to support the strike. You love to see it.
QUICKEST QUICKIES
- 'She's Gonna Have Big Problems': Trump Misgenders Top General Fired Over Press Leaks on Iran War Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy warns, following a briefing on the Trump's regime's plan for post-midterms strikes on Iran, that "their plan is insane." via the Washington Post, Common Dreams, and Reuters.
- Enraged Trump Demands a Cut of Lawyer Alina Habba's $50 Million Pardon Bribe "Trump has told aides and allies that she should donate a portion of that money to his future presidential library or another Trump-related entity." via the New York Times.
- Greenpeace Tracks Seven Oil Tankers Carrying Russian Diesel Bound for US Meanwhile, Ukraine paused its strikes on Russian oil refineries due to pressure from the Trump regime. via the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, and the AP.
- Clinton-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Trump Regime Plot to Force Many Chronically Ill People on Medicaid to Work But the ruling by US District Judge Richard Stearns "blocks only the 'medical frailty' portion of the law and leaves the rest of the Medicaid work requirements, which will be enforced nationally beginning in January, in place." via Politico and the AP.
SOME NUMBER
$6.3 billion
That's how much was stolen from the Trump-linked cryptocurrency exchange Binance in what experts are calling the "largest bank heist in human history." The company claims it will "cover all losses" from the hack and says "user funds are safe," though yesterday it suspended all deposits and withdrawals.
ON THE SHOW TODAY
10/30: Sam and Emma will be in studio. Their guests will be David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the Organized Money podcast, and Alex Gibney, documentary filmmaker, discussing his new film, Musk, about Elon Musk.
DON'T MISS MR CLIPS
CNN Host Shocked When Cory Booker Refuses to Endorse Dem Candidate El-Sayed
He can't even bring himself to say the man's name.
Voters Are Revolting Against Tech Oligarchs
Sam and Emma interview Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about their new book, "End Times Fascism."
PARTING WORDS
"I asked, 'If I didn't have the money, would you have just let me die?’' And they said, sorry, that is their policy."
-- Stephanie Rowell, an uninsured Virginia woman, recounting to the Washington Post her trip to an urgent care clinic after a potentially fatal bee sting. The clinic, TruHealthNow, demanded $400 of her $605 bill up front before the nurse would treat her anaphylaxis.
Meanwhile, the Post reports that Affordable Care Act premiums are expected to jump 15 percent next year, "the second straight year of double-digit premium increases, as many Americans are already miserable about the rising cost of food, gas, entertainment and other living expenses."
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