This week Democrats flipped enough legislatures and governorships to kill the electoral college and move to a national popular vote for presidential elections. / The New Republic Voter turnout for the midterms shows the young male voters who fueled Trump’s ascent didn’t transfer across generations. / Garbage Day In flipping
Democrats win the House and the Senate in the United States in a stunning rebuke to President Trump and White House policies. / NPR Now that Trump has lost control of Congress, should we expect to see “a personality collapse and rage meltdown on the scale of the final sequence of
Here’s when the polls close tonight in the United States’ midterm elections, as well as when you should expect to hear races called, based on prior years’ times. / NPR, The New York Times [$] Studies of past elections show this whole thing really is bad for your heart health. / STAT
France experiences a third weekend of large protests. Some of Germany’s Gen Z protests turn violent after dark. / Le Monde, DW Amid all the different groups protesting, there’s “a sense of ‘my crisis is more important than your crisis.’” / BBC News What is the difference between a “blue
The United States’s national debt reaches 100% of gross domestic product for the first time since 1946. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Per-person fuel costs have risen more in the US than in any other country since the start of President Trump’s war on Iran. / Canary Media Meanwhile,
In the past eight months, ICE has doubled the number of police officers it’s deputized, to the point where cops now outnumber agents. / NPR With access to data J. Edgar Hoover only dreamed of, ICE is now running one of the largest anti-left surveillance operations in United States
Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, the second major rail accident in the country in less than a year. / Reuters The United States’s biggest active infrastructure endeavor, a high-speed train connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles, lacks any finished track. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Across the US,
United States House Democrats publish a report detailing President Trump’s criminal connections to Jeffrey Epstein and accuse the Dept. of Justice of a cover-up. / House Committee on the Judiciary, MS NOW On Saturday, 60,000 people went to the Washington Monument for a Turnstile show benefitting Palestine, Lebanon,
First Serbia and Brazil, next Israel and the United States: We have embarked on 10 days of elections that may shape the future of democracy. / The Guardian With Serbia finally toppling Vučić and Brazil reelecting Lula, Netanyahu has lost two key allies ahead of tomorrow’s election. / Ynet Global Two
A study finds 50,000 people were killed by high heat in Europe this summer, with nearly two-thirds of the deaths caused by the climate crisis. / NPR As ice caps melt, pressure on the poles is reducing and Earth is getting rounder. / Live Science During this warming period, rock
The Dept. of Justice has started notifying US counties of locations it wants to monitor on Election Day, in a list that appears to be growing in real time. / NPR Los Angeles election officials say the DoJ’s list of 20,000 suspected noncitizen LA voters contains a “high percentage”
Elon Musk ordered the Starlink connectivity slowdown in Ukraine, claiming President Trump knew about it beforehand, as the White House denies any foreknowledge. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Trump’s fixation on the attractiveness of male politicians and soldiers has people on the internet diagnosing him with “gay dementia.” / The Atlantic
After returning to office, President Trump gutted an FBI team taking on public corruption, killing a massive cash-for-contracts investigation into Lindsey Graham and Jim Clyburn. / ProPublica As the White House ramps up allegations of noncitizen voting, an interactive explanation of how claims of widespread fraud in 2024 fell
France’s prime minister calls for “local and partial” curfews after some 2,000 people are arrested during nationwide protests. / The Guardian Thomas Piketty: “In the view of Macronists, national prosperity depends on an ultra-minority of brilliant innovators and leaders. The rest are expected to patiently wait for wealth
Oil industry reps reportedly find it amusing that President Trump thinks importing Russian diesel will bring down gas prices. / Politico Olga Lautman: “None of us should be surprised, of course—we have watched Trump worship Putin and defend Russia for more than a decade.” / Unmasking Russia The Russian Orthodox Church
More than one in four Americans say they haven’t been able to afford basic needs in the past year. / Pew Research Center Visualizing wealth inequality in America: “Since 2012, even the rich between the top five and twenty percent are worse off. Only the top five percent are better
Despite White House airstrikes, the cocaine industry is booming, with samples found to be both cheaper and more pure. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Ukraine attacks Russian data centers, including “Russia’s Google.” / The Moscow Times Google and Amazon partner with energy groups around the country to upgrade their nuclear plants
People living near conflict zones are finding their webcams have been commandeered by enemy combatants. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Paris loses its oldest covered market, le Marché des Enfants-Rouges, to fire. / Le Monde In an attack on hundreds of French supermarkets, hackers force refrigerators up to 50 degrees Celsius
European intelligence agencies say Russia is starting to target civilian employees of defense firms to weaken support for Ukraine. / Foreign Exchanges After human rights lawyer Navanethem Pillay wins this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, some thoughts on why Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms also deserved it. / Interruptrr, Global Dispatches Anne
Newly released records show New York City officials allowed residents to return to homes caked in toxic dust after Sept. 11, offering little guidance on its dangers. / The New York Times [$] The ICE officer who shot a man in a car with a five-year-old has previously faced multiple
