Jesus Christ: Japanese horse girls have to cancel their two-day concert in Los Angeles because the Trump administration repeatedly refused to issue visas for performers to enter the U.S. I personally would not piss off the anime demographic two weeks before Election Day: umamusume.com/news/100113/

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Excellent piece about the collapse of mainstream political parties in Europe amid deep working class frustrations, leading to the rise of far right and far left parties—with lessons for US liberals about the need to cultivate working class voters, not patronize them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/w...

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NEW: An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.

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Another excellent but worrisome piece by Andrew Freedman. The loss of satellite capabilities and the detrimental impacts on the future of weather forecasting. Particularly concerning when the need is greater than ever given extremes that are only going to get worse. 🧪🌀 www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/w...

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The proto-Americans in Canada’s Alberta look like they’ve been crushed in their independence campaign, according to very early results. Counting is ongoing but Prime Minister Mark Carney is confident enough to issue a victory statement.

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