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Friday, October 09, 2026

A House committee alleges newly reviewed Epstein files raise questions about the former Bard College president's interactions with a young woman Epstein trafficked. Botstein resigned all Bard-affiliated positions in response. read more


Navi Pillay was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize this morning, unbeknownst to her.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee had been unable to reach Pillay who was eventually called away from her desk to be told she'd won the prestigious award. Pillay said she thought it "must be a joke".

After being assured it must be true as "it's on the BBC", by someone stood off camera, Pillay went on to make an impromptu speech in front of her friends and colleagues.

In a more formal news conference later, Pillay dedicated her win to "all the survivors of international crime".


Thursday, October 08, 2026

Trump Blocks International Board From Conducting Oversight of Midterm Elections This is the first time in over two decades that the US has rejected OSCE participation in a federal election. read more


Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back. read more


Four weeks before the November 3 US midterm elections, Republicans trail Democrats by 9.6 points on the generic ballot in analyst Nate Silver's midterm forecast model. read more


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"Trump plan to send 1,000 DOJ monitors to the polls could jeopardize the election,' NAACP lawsuit warns

DOJ is planning to deploy 1,000 federal agents to observe the polls on Election Day, drawing fears of voter intimidation

Joe Biden's former civil rights chief is leading a lawsuit against plans for Donald Trump's administration to deploy hundreds of federal agents to polling places during the midterm elections.

Kristen Clarke, who oversaw the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice under Biden, is leading the NAACP's case against her successor Harmeet Dhillon, who is planning what she calls the "biggest DOJ election observer effort in history."

The NAACP is seeking a judge's urgent intervention to force the Trump administration to share plans for the unprecedented deployment, a plan that Clarke says could "jeopardize the election and interfere with the right of voters to participate in the election free from intimidation."

Following the organization's request for records about the , the Justice Department has continued to "take steps to bring about its menacing threats of an unprecedented federal intrusion into elections this Election Day," including "aggressively recruiting a record number of poll monitors," according to the NAACP.

On Sunday, Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News that the Civil Rights Division plans to send "a thousand or more" Justice Department personnel to "every state" on November 3. He accused critics of "fearmongering."

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