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A New York Times/Siena poll published Monday shows Republicans leading democracy by 49% to 45% on the generic congressional ballot question. Voters interviewed by the Times provided a snapshot of the Republicans’ appeal to those becoming turned off by representative democracy. “It’s all about cost,” said 51-year-old Democratic retiree Gerard Lamoureux in Newtown, Connecticut, who plans to vote Republican next month. “The price of gas and groceries are through the roof. And I want to eat healthy, but it’s cheaper for me to go to McDonald’s and get a little meal than it is to cook dinner,” Lamoureux added without explaining how electing Republicans is going to make healthy food cheaper. “I’m shifting more towards Republican because I feel like they’re more geared towards business,” said Robin Ackerman, a 37-year-old Delaware Dem, who said she “1,000% disagrees” with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

While the congressional ballot finding – and another one showing a 1-point lead for fat former President Trump over President Joe Biden in a 2024 rematch – may sound bleak for democracy lovers, New York City man Nate Cohn raised some issues with its reporting. “Characterizing this poll as a four-point Republican lead doesn’t merely offer a false sense of precision – it’s just false. That’s not something I can gloss over,” Cohn wrote in a technical jargon-filled analysis.

Of the $24 million it suckered out of MAGA idiots last quarter, disgraced former President Trump’s “Save America PAC” slush fund spent $22 million of it sending text messages and emails to raise more cash, according to FEC financial statements reviewed by Bloomberg. At least $131,000 of the expenses went to buying copies of Jared Kushner’s book to get it on the NYT bestseller list.

Federal prosecutors on Monday filed a memo asking a DC federal judge to send alcoholic degenerate Steve Bannon to prison for six months, NBC’s Ryan J Reilly reports. “For his sustained, bad-faith contempt of Congress, the Defendant should be sentenced to six months’ imprisonment – the top end of the Sentencing Guidelines’ range – and fined $200,000,” the prosecutors wrote. Bannon faces sentencing on Friday following his conviction on contempt charges in July.

Confronted with a copy of a check and a receipt from an abortion clinic in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday, unhinged moron Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker admitted the check was from him but tried to deny that it was specifically for an abortion.

“Yes, that’s my check,” said Walker, while pretending he had no knowledge of what the money might have been for. The admission came in an interview in which Walker also continued to double down on his fake sheriff’s badge bullshit, on the same day Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and the libertarian candidate mocked the empty podium on the stage of the debate Walker skipped.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he thinks 2022 midterms turnout in the state will be somewhere between the nearly 4 million ballots cast in the state in 2018 and the more than 5 million in 2020, both of which were records in absolute numbers.

Early voting begins Monday in Georgia. “The earlier you can vote during early voting, the better, because we are expecting really strong turnout,” Raffensperger said. “If you’re driving around the neighborhood and find out there’s an early voting location and no one is there, just take the 10 minutes and go ahead and vote. You’ll be glad you did.”

Shitty Twitter clone Parler announced Monday rapper Kanye West is furthering his descent into malevolence and madness, and buying the MAGA social media platform for an undisclosed sum.

“Parlement Technologies is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in principle for Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire the Parler platform. The acquisition ensures Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome,” said the official Parler post announcing the deal. “This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech. Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again,” said CEO George Farmer, a British right winger married to psychopath MAGA influencer Candace Owens.

ChiCom goons, enraged over a pro-Hong Kong democracy protestor holding a sign outside of the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England on Sunday, grabbing the man and dragging him inside the gates of the mission for some discipline before cops and other protestors were able to pull him back out, Sky News reports. British MP and chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said the consul general had “full sight, and quite possibly was involved, in the assaults”.

“After I was pulled in, I was punched and kicked. I had scars on my face, bleeding, and swelling. Hair was pulled from my head, swollen and bruised. I had bruises on my neck and back, and my waist was a little sore,” the unidentified man of apparent East Asian descent said. The protest came on the first full day of the ChiCom party congress on which dictator Xi Jingping is seeking a third term, so naturally the commies are a little edgy and ultra-nationalistic with that going on.

In very much related news, Bloomberg reported Monday the ChiCom government delayed the expected Tuesday release of the country’s quarterly GDP report along with data on monthly industrial output, energy production, fixed asset investment, property investment and sales, retail sales and home prices. No reason was given, a clear indication that the numbers are complete shit and would be an unwelcome distraction during their dear leader’s re-coronation.

As I understand it, the dogs he shot were wounding and killing livestock in our neighborhood including several of our family's goats. Again, I had nothing to do with this and I believe there is a police report that verifies the neighbor's account of why he shot the dogs.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) October 17, 2022

A Facebook post from a neighbor of Boebert’s claiming the scumbag MAGA/QAnon Congresswoman had shot the neighbor’s husky circulated on Sunday, leading to the denial.

“Dear Lauren Boebert, It took me a while to find the courage to want to publicly talk about the emotional [trauma] you caused me along with many others. I was scared of the power you hold as a US representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district. I was scared of the way you are praised around this valley. I was scared of the arrogance that your head is filled with while you carry a gun. I was scared as your next door neighbor. However, I am writing this now to let you know I am no longer scared of you. On August 17th, 2022 you took my best friend away with the ‘power’ of your gun. My two year old husky omega was taken away from my family and I in the course of a couple hours,” the neighbor wrote, leading BoBo to deny she did it but say the dog deserved it.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday ordered his culture ministry to launch an investigation into the Unification Church, aka the Moonies, for their ties to his ruling conservative party revealed following former PM Shizo Abe’s assassination back in July, Reuters reports.

The man who shot and killed Abe during a speech in the city of Nara told cops he believed Abe was linked to the Moonies’ Japanese branch. Nicknamed for their founder, the late Sun Myung Moon, who thought he was Jesus and that Korean people were the master race (a belief that the church’s non-Korean membership willingly agrees with), the Moonies are a serious financial suck on their adherents, and the shooter, 41 year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, believed his mother was bankrupted by her devotion to the Unification Church and took it out on Abe.

The Moonies have deep links to the American Conservatives, roping in Vice Former Guy Mike Pence to speak at their global forum in Seoul earlier this year (with disgraced ex-President Trump also addressing them via video), and owning the Washington Times, among other newspapers. Abe himself had spoken at Moonies events, most recently addressing them via video in September 2021, so Yamagami wasn’t entirely wrong to believe Abe was “linked” to the evil cult.

Following the assassination, the Moonies put out a statement saying “guns have no place in our religious beliefs or practices,” which might be technically correct about their mainline branch. However it’s a flat out lie when you consider the Pennsylvania sub-sect called the “Church of the Iron Rod,” founded by one of Moon’s sons, and whose religious beliefs and practices often feature a golden, jewel-encrusted AK-47. Republican Pennsylvania governor candidate Doug Mastriano considers himself a friend of the Iron Rod crew, as does alcoholic degenerate Steve Bannon.

Also, what the hell is that “My husband has the proof” shit about? Even if he did have it (he doesn’t) why would he give it to her when he just filed for divorce a few weeks ago?

Although he has the endorsement of Utah Democrats, Independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin says he will not caucus with either Party if he should win the election and unseat incumbent Republican and guy who’s just asking for some help from his friends Mike Lee, Politico reports.

The move has some inherent advantages and disadvantages should he win the seat.  While he would like get few, if any, committee assignments from the majority Party, something that the two current Senate Independents, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, get because they caucus with Democrats.

On the other hand, if the majority’s margin in the Senate is just one or two votes, being a truly independent means a Party might be able to coax McMullin’s vote in their favor on controversial legislation, much in the way Democratic Arizona sell-out Kyrsten Sinema votes with Republicans to get attention.  Of course, that only works if there’s a slim majority in the Senate; if one Party gets 53 or more Senators, McMullin’s status is irrelevant.

A Russian T-80BV tank, its left track detached and dragging behind and its crew either dead or disabled inside due to Ukrainian fire, acts as its own NASCAR driver, making an innumerable series of left turns until it runs out of fuel, as captured by a Ukrainian drone.

The Ukrainian government is scraping together the tens of millions of dollars needed to keep the vital Starlink satellite communications systems operating in the war-ravaged country after unstable uber-billionaire Elon Musk said his SpaceX venture couldn’t afford to pay for the service indefinitely, the Associated Press reports.

While the Ukrainian government states that its relationship with SpaceX continues to be productive and the system is providing internet access around the country, Musk tweeted a whiny concession that he’ll pay for the service, not much of a sacrifice for a man worth more than $200 billion.  “The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free,“ Musk tweeted.

The Ukrainians have been using the system for communications, but its military application of it allows for the use of equipment to locate and target the Russian invasion forces, giving the defenders a great advantage thanks to the deployment of high-tech weapons systems supplied by Western governments.

Democrats lead Republicans 44% to 41% among registered voter respondents on the generic ballot question of the latest Fox News polls national survey. However the caveat is that among those “certain to vote” Republicans hold the slightest of edges over Dems, 47% to 46%.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump
No President has done more for Israel than I have. Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S. Those living in Israel, though, are a different story – Highest approval rating in the World, could easily be P.M.! U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel – Before it is too late!

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The post came just prior to Donald endorsing MAGA Congressman Lee Zeldin for governor of New York. To our knowledge Zeldin is one of only two Jewish Republicans running for statewide office – the other being Leora Levy challenging Connecticut Dem Richard Blumenthal (also Jewish). Both Zeldin and Levy are longshots. Zeldin also happens to be one of only two Jewish Republicans currently serving in either chamber, the other being Tennessee Congressman David Kustoff, who is running for reelection. Meanwhile there are at least 10 Jewish Dems in the Senate and 25 in the House (There may be more Jewish GOP rookies running, but that would take a while to nail down).

It’s almost as if Trump got sidetracked from endorsing a Jewish Republican – perhaps the only one he’s backed so far this year – and issued a thinly veiled warning to the Tribe over their “disloyalty” that so infuriated him in the past before remembering he was supposed to encourage people in New York to vote for one of the few who actually has been a reliable supporter.

Bello Mohammed, governor of the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara and member of the center-left All Progressive Congress party, completely stuck it to the biased right wingers in the media on Sunday, shutting down five outlets after they covered a rally held by the opposition conservative People’s Democratic Party in violation of a ban on all political activity in the region ahead of elections in February 2023, Reuters reports. “Zamfara State Commissioner of Police has been directed to enforce full compliance and arrest of any staff of these media organizations… performing any duties in violation of the shut down,” said the state security council in a statement.

The Zamfara government named Pride FM Radio Gusau, NTA Gusau, Amji TV Gusau, Gamji TV Gusau, and Alumma TV Gusau as the outlets shut down in the statement. It’s not clear if they will be permitted to open up for business again before or after the elections. The ban on political activity is a response to an ongoing surge in violence and kidnappings by armed gangs in the region, though it’s not clear if the crimes have any ethnic, religious, or ideological motivation behind them.

Chinese dictator Xi Jingping’s apocalyptic speech at the ChiCom party congress on Sunday was well received by an audience which had no choice but to applaud his thinly veiled threats against Taiwan and the west as he seeks the party’s compliance in giving him a third term, CNN reports.

Xi claimed China would “strive for peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, but “we will never promise to renounce the use of force and we reserve the option of taking all measures necessary. The wheels of history are rolling on towards China’s reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Complete reunification of our country must be realized.” Xi then started shit-talking the west, warning of “rapid changes in the international situation” and that he’s “taken a clear-cut stance against hegemonism and power politics” and “never wavered” against “bullying” by the US.

California officials announced the arrest of a man suspected in five killings this year and who may be connected to at least two killings last year, saying the suspect was “out hunting” when police apprehended him, CNN reports.

Forty-three year old Wesley Brownlee was dressed in dark clothing and skulking around a park in Stockton, California when a police surveillance team watching him determined he was “out hunting” and “on a mission to kill,” Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said in a news conference, so they decided to arrest him.  Police found a gun on Brownlee; all the victims of the suspected serial killer were shot.

Brownlee is suspected of the killings of five men, four Hispanic and one white, all between 21 to 54 years old that happened in Stockton between July 8th and September 27th.  Police also believe the killer could be connected to two shootings in April 2021.

The administration of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is notorious for trying to hide information or provide misleading data, and that’s been true relating to his human trafficking scheme that shipped nearly 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.  But late Friday, the DeSantis administration was forced by a court order to make public documents relating to the taxpayer-funded political stunt, and there’s good reason DeSantis was hiding the information.

According to Politico, the documents show DeSantis’s hand-picked public safety czar, Larry Keefe, traveled to Texas to oversee the program, from recruiting the migrants to watching the flight take off.  Keefe was also in contact with DeSantis chief of staff, James Uthmeier, who texted that Keefe had his full support.

The text exchange between Keefe and Uthmeier might also prove troublesome for Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott:  texts between the two Florida men seem to confirm the Florida government had notified the Texas government of the action.  Texas officials had previously said they had no information that DeSantis and his cabal planned to kidnap by misrepresentation asylum seekers in the state, but Uthmeier texted Keefe on September 5th–about 10 days before the flight–“TX is aware of Dash, FYI. No worries here.”

At least eleven people were killed at a military training and staging facility in Belgorod region of Russia, a base being used to supply and support Putin’s failing invasion of Ukraine, the Washington Post reports.