Friday, October 16, 2026
Today, a backlog of 600K voter registration applications has Texas election workers scrambling to process them, according to sources, the investigation into Ilhan Omar aims to strip her of her citizenship and deport her, secret documents reveal the donors behind $330M for Trump’s ballroom, there was a shooting at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend Oregon, the Justice Department’s demand for California voter information threatens warrant-based ballot seizure, Ukraine has run out of Patriot Interceptor missiles, Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar, the White House is investigating claims of missing Kennedy Center donations, a group cheered as a woman was sexually assaulted at a frat house at the University of Chicago, Matt Gaetz is accused of rape and sex trafficking in a new lawsuit, Ukrainian president Zelenskiyy resumes bombing Russian oil refineries in defiance of Donald Trump, the White House has canceled the livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, and Senate Democrats will send 100 election observers to nine states in a first-of-its-kind election protection program.
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Good morning, and thank you, Allison. That’s a lot of news, most of it bad. But great news about Gaetz. What a shitshow. GOTV
Thanks so much for the headlines, Allison.
Trump is already meddling in the midterms. I'm sick about that school shooting. We need gun control.
Have a nice day.