New podcast episode 🎧: “No matter which party gets control of either or both houses of Congress, there will be a lot of people elected next week who got there on the backs of Big Tech and special interests,” @maiahibbett.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/10/30/a...

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NEW from @afeefness.bsky.social and me: our Pulitzer Center reporting on HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ health in South Africa drops tomorrow in @theintercept.com

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Polymarket got the Brazilian election completely wrong. The glorified gambling platform had Flavio Bolsonaro's odds at over 80% all the way up to the day voting took place. Lula ended up with 51.8% of the vote. futurism.com/future-socie...

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The FTC and 20 states are suing Dollar General, accusing the giant chain of overcharging customers in their more than 20,000 stores. The suit alleges Dollar General has a pattern of deceptively and illegally overcharging customers. Millions of purchases may have been affected.

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BREAKING: House Democrats have preemptively introduced a resolution to stop the federal government from bailing out AI companies in the event of the industry collapsing. The bill says these companies should be subjected to the ordinary bankruptcy process.

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