Trump reportedly asks Musk to lift Ukraine Starlink restrictions

Trump reportedly asks Musk to lift Ukraine Starlink restrictions

President Donald Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of Starlink, the Wall Street Journal reported today,...

Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine.

"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap remains in effect.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Rubio, Hegseth point finger at Musk in Starlink slowdown
• Fox News host: Russians ‘must be laughing their heads off’ over Witkoff ‘humanitarian’ remark
• Iran says 7 oil tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as fears grow of a return to war
• Donald Trump Appears Behind Prison Bars in Iran’s Striking Staged Display
• Netanyahu Describes Pushing Trump to Join Iran Attack a Year Before Epic Fury
• Netanyahu says U.S. and Israel must topple Iranian regime
• UN says 8,513 casualties in Yemen conflict since August
• Group requests ICE resistance resolution from Coeur d’Alene
• Man detained by ICE agents taken to hospital after crash in northwest Houston
• 'Where Is Our Humanity?': Anger After ICE Tried to Arrest Father Who Held Crying Toddlers
• Deputies responding to crash involving ICE agent on Old Foltin Road in NW Harris County, officials say
• ‘I will let you keep ice hockey’: President Trump makes bizarre promise to Canada

A famous humanitarian launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv today. - Saint Javelin

Musk Is Playing Defense

SpaceX founder Elon Musk warned Democrats over a possible congressional probe on Wednesday, writing, “live by the sword, die by the sword.”

“Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets,” Musk wrote on the social platform X, which he owns, in response to a Politico report about his controversial work as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the potential shutdown of Starlink access in Ukraine. 

Another report in The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter, accused Musk of ordering the slowdown of Starshield, the military version of Starlink internet. The technology is a vital tool Ukraine uses to defend itself from Russian missile and drone attacks. 

I never saw anyone fight so hard for his country as  Zelenskyy, and I never saw anyone betray his country so openly as trump. - Mimi

I miss the time when the bermuda triangle was my biggest worry.. - Yumna Habib

Musk tweeted: “There is something deeply wrong with  Talarico.”

James Talarico in a reply: “There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator.”

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘A*sman-in-Chief’: Cooper Airs Montage of Trump Marveling at Men’s Bodies
• Scott Jennings Suggests Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Is ‘Gonna Blow Up in Their Face’ 
• Trump Praises Controversial Ohio Ad Featuring Democrat’s Estranged Mother
• Hegseth’s Staff Reportedly Fumbles His Bid to Snag Eisenhower’s Globe
• Trump Commends Rally-Goer for Punching Heckler: ‘He Got Whacked!’
• Trump Reportedly Yanks Journalist From Upcoming Assignment After Snapping at Him
• Jesse Watters Says He Hates WNBA — Announces ‘Boycott’ of On-Air Segment
• Critics Stunned as They Learn Billionaire Pardoned After Habba' $50M Payday
• Drudge Rpt Roasts Trump Fawning Over GOP Senator’s Derriere With Wild Homepage
• Influencers on Both Sides Trash ‘Overhyped’ Lindsey Graham Revelations

If gay marriage is an “abomination” but a child predator in the White House is “God's will,” you and I are following two completely different gods!!! - Michael Branda

Oooo, Lookie, Another Judge's Order Trump Will Ignore

A federal judge is ordering President Trump to be deposed as part of his lawsuit against the BBC over a documentary he says defamed with how it was edited.

Trump must be deposed by BBC lawyers before Dec. 11, U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett ruled, according to the Associated Press, or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit.

Trump siding with Vivek Ramaswamy won't just hurt Republican chances in Ohio.  It will hurt them everywhere. - Tea Pain

Vivek Ramaswamy, JD Vance, Jim Jordan, Max Miller... WTF is wrong with Ohio? - Alex Cole

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Rock The Voter News

• Young voters are turning to Democrats after they clinched 2024 for Trump
• Democrats Host Events to Counter Trump Rally in Sioux City
• Dolly Parton's Sister Claims Voting Machine Flipped Her Ballot to GOP Candidate
• NY Dem Detained by Cops After Explosive Bathroom Clash With Opponent’s Mom

JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy are now attacking a woman for having survived being raped when she was 12.

That is how awful these people and their voters truly are. - Coco

Rep. Ilhan Omar Is Trump's Latest Punching Bag. Disgraceful.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she will have to move out of her apartment in Washington, D.C., because of threats she received after federal agents executed a search warrant at her residence last week as part of an immigration fraud probe. 

"Obviously, I can't continue to live there … because our address has been public and with the death threats that I deal with, it's no longer going to be feasible to be in that house and have my kids visiting off and on, having people track them," she told MS NOW's Chris Hayes in a Wednesday interview. 

We got a Russian president before we got a female president. - Chicano Post

AIPAC is now spending as much as $9 million against Abdul El-Sayed.

AIPAC is why we’re at war in Iran.

AIPAC is why the U.S. has supported genocide in Gaza.

We must say NO to AIPAC.

YES to electing Abdul as Michigan’s next U.S. Senator. - Bernie Sanders

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Business/Tech News

• Donald Trump’s Name Appears on Millions of Amazon Checks Before Midterms
• Workers hit hard by rising employer health insurance costs
• Trump says he called Google’s CEO to rename the Atlantic Ocean
• Lawsuit says Trump profited from a foreign government via crypto

I don't believe that Musk turned off Starlink to Ukraine at his own sole initiative. I believe Trump is implicated up to his painted eyebrows. But if it should be true that Musk did it - then Starlink and Space X must be nationalized by the US government immediately. - David Frum

Yeah, This Is Because Many Americans Now Have TWO Jobs
 The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to near 57-year lows last week amid low layoffs, suggesting a modest pickup in job growth in October after September's underwhelming performance.

Musk now has a simple choice, be the fall guy, or the star witness in Trump’s impeachment. - Shaun Pinner

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Odd News

• NASA to change how it selects science missions
• 'Behemoth' El Niño could be 'off the charts'
• 75-million-year-old dinosaur delivered to NC Museum of Natural Sciences for research
• Twice a year, a golden sunbeam illuminates a 3,000-year-old Egyptian temple
• 'Physical hell': Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament

Time To Deflate Photo

Sometimes it is the thought that counts.

Peace.

New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accuses them of hiding sex trafficking operation

New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accuses them of hiding sex trafficking operation

New Mexico's attorney general sued Jeffrey Epstein's attorney and accountant on Wednesday, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking...

Man, those wockaflockas went from "Release the Epstein files" to beatin' up whoever says "Release the Epstein files" reeeeeal fast. - George Wallace

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Zelensky Says He Would ‘Accept’ a ‘Freeze’ Along Current Frontlines to End War
• Putin agrees to resume 3-way peace talks with Ukraine and US
• Donald Trump Never Saw This One Coming: Even His Own Son Is Against the Iran War
• Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran again before US midterms, but Trump said no: Report
• Trump Pledges to Help Ill Camp Lejeune Vets — If Republicans Win the Midterms
• Trump ‘too busy with Iran war’ to show up for BBC defamation case
• Iran brutally mocks Trump with masked actor locked inside a mock prison cell in Tehran
• Former proposed ICE detention center site in Salt Lake now up for sale
• ICE releases Ugandan priest after one year detention
• FBI probes possible incendiary device thrown at ICE field office in Atlanta

Just wait, next they’ll be demanding that Trump and Putin share the Nobel Peace Prize - Illia Ponomarenko

Being  Ukrainian and hearing US envoy Witkoff actually calling Putin ‘humanitarian’ (?!) while he bombs my people is disturbing on a new level of disturbing I didn’t know it could reach  - Margo Gontar

Musk Needs  To Be Muzzled
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) called for an investigation into Elon Musk on Tuesday, warning that the billionaire may have broken the law by reportedly ordering a slowdown of a critical satellite service used by Ukraine’s military in its war against Russia.

Today, Brad Lander, rabbis, and other New Yorkers accompanied Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. For that, they were detained by the Israeli government. 

Harvesting olives is not illegal. The occupation is.

I am thankful that Brad has been released. But other New Yorkers remain detained, and they must be released immediately.

The same Israeli government detaining them has committed a horrific genocide against Palestinians, killing more than 74,000 people over the last few years alone. 

The detention of these New Yorkers must end. The occupation must end. The genocide must end.- 

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani. NYC mayor

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Explains Sizing Up ‘Ass’ of Republican Senator: ‘I’m Studying His Body’
• WH Officials Reportedly Preparing for Trump ‘Rampage’ If GOP Loses Midterms
• Critics Stunned as They Learn Billionaire Pardoned After Habba’ $50M Payday
• Cruz Claims Muslim Senate Candidate Will Share Classified Info With ‘Terrorists’
• DOJ watchdog declines investigation in Reflecting Pool case
• Heckler Goes Ballistic on Ramaswamy Over Ad Featuring Opponent’s Estranged Mom
• George W. Bush's brother Neil Bush says he voted for James Talarico in Texas
• Rubio: NFL game in Paris will be ‘fine’ despite riots

JD Vance’s Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program has been flooded with reports of blatant fraud committed by Republicans in the Trump Administration & Congress. Over 97% of reports over the past 24 hours have been against corrupt MAGA politicians. - John Burscheid

Vote To Protect Your Wallet

Soaring gas and diesel prices, the cost of groceries, increasing inflation — all have the economy at the top of voters minds with the midterm elections just 13 days away, but there’s another economic threat on the horizon: election interference.

So warned ex-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in a sobering op-ed in The New York Times Wednesday, in which the now-88-year-old former Clinton administration official broke down what could happen to the economy if President Donald Trump tries to upend the Nov. 3 contests

This year has been the longest decade in a century. - John Collins

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Rock The Voter News

• Obama to campaign in Georgia with Ossoff, Bottoms
• Polls suggest a sweeping Democrat victory. History suggests caution
• Democrats sue Trump, DOJ over effort to remove voters from state rolls
• Governor Newsom slams Trump’s disaster retreat as California prepares for dangerous El Niño storms
• Cooper holds 13-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll

So 28 alleged “fraudulent” voters is supposed to be a big deal, but 28 women accusing Trump of assault isn’t? MAGA has some twisted priorities. - Gramps

You Know They're Gonna Mess This Up

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) said Tuesday that it has corrected millions of records associated with nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers (SSN), which it said was part of an effort to prevent fraud. 

The agency called it the "most comprehensive SSN record clean-up" in its 91-year history, and said it had added 17 million missing dates of death to its records and updated citizenship information for about 25 million records. 

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Business/Tech News

• Trump launches $25M whistleblower incentive program
• Anthropic to publicly file for IPO as early as Friday, sources say
• Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case
• Musk: SpaceX, Tesla merger a 'good idea'

Russian assets Elon Musk and Trump crippled Starlink for Ukrainian defenders, sending a clear signal to the world: Don't buy American. - Michael McKay

Will The Technofeudalist Do The Right Thing?

A bipartisan group of nearly two-dozen House members is urging President Trump to ask Elon Musk to give Ukraine access to Starlink systems inside Russia to hit missile launchers, according to a letter sent Wednesday and obtained exclusively by The Hill. 

The signatories included seven House Republicans alongside 16 Democrats, widening the GOP coalition looking to bring Trump back to the side of Ukraine as he has swung hard in favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Pope Leo’s doctors say that the final tests indicate that no further treatment is needed for the pope’s lung cancer.

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Odd News

• The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight
• SpaceX just launched its secret Starfall saucer again
• Physicists Trapped a Particle of Antimatter And Kept It Caged For Months
• Record-breaking freight train hauls 696 cars in South Africa
• Presumed 'space object' lands in Minnesota cornfield
• ‘I Blessed Them Back’: Florida Woman Arrested After Flashing Christians at Texas Roadhouse Says Judge Found Her Not Guilty

Time To Deflate Photo

Lake Sompunt, Alta Badia, Italy. I need to grab my canoe, a bottle of chianti, mozzarella and focaccia. 

Peace.