Friday, October 30, 2026
Today, a federal judge has denied the Justice Department’s bid to sequester 20,000 ballots in California, the people behind the fake transgender mailers and text messages in Texas have been revealed, Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s chief planner as action against Iran looms, the Republican governor of Alaska has ordered a criminal investigation into the Mary Peltola campaign, Russian disinformation videos are targeting Democrats in key battleground races, a federal appeals court is skeptical of the pre-election ICE surge, Binance and Polymarket were hacked Thursday and billions were drained from accounts, and Donald Trump cancels his Kansas rally to hold virtual events.
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Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/nvidia-china-jensen-huang-trump.html
Judge blocks Trump admin from forcing California to set aside ballots - POLITICO
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/29/politics/pentagon-top-planner-sylvia-ousted-hegseth-hnk-ml
‘Why do you need this?’: Appeals court skeptical of pre-election ICE enforcement surge - POLITICO
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/trump-peltola-sullivan-alaska-senate.html
https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-gop-group-behind-mysterious-trans-student-messages/
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I’m glad they denied the Trump by not allowing him to get the votes in California.
I hope you have a great day
I’m glad the judge denied the 20 thousand ballots. Otherwise we would be truly in an authoritarian dictatorship.