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NEW from @nytimes: "More than 220 videos identified by the Wesleyan Media Project...used A.I.-generated fakery in ways large and small this midterm season."
“What we’re seeing with A.I. has surprised even us,” WMP co-director @efranklinfowler told NYT.
nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…
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White House not expected to hire a new press secretary ahead of midterm election. Source familiar tells me: “I wouldn’t expect anything new pre-midterms.”
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Quoting Trump's social media post of today, Judge Reyes orders govt to explain by 8pm whether it still takes the positions it took 2 days ago. Also orders Associate AG Stan Woodward to attend hearing tomorrow.
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NEW: Megadonors have now poured *2.3 billion* into the midterm elections.
Leading the pack is Elon Musk, the world's richest man, who is now the biggest individual political donor in American history.
Six donors have given $100M+. Read here:
washingtonpost.com/elections…
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The best
Laura had no business being as kind as she was while doing the job that she had. She is so very missed. rollcall.com/2026/10/15/jour…
The trouble with the White House Historical Association is they knew months in advance about the plan to demolish the East Wing yet never said anything about it. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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This is VERY different from how Hannity handled the Zacharia matter on Tuesday.
Sean Hannity to New Press Secretary Katie Zacharia: You Crashed And Burned In First Briefing--"What Happened?"
realclearpolitics.com/video/…
"Am I hearing that you think the staff should have prepped you better?"
"Can I give you some unsolicited advice? That will never be a friendly room to you."
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At least three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source. cnn.it/4B1dCRg
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It looked like the Paramount-WBD antitrust case was closed. Then a new filing landed in court — from a kid named Alex. He’s from Scranton, he’s pro-merger and he’s sure the companies will “try to get along so very well and proceed on keeping Hollywood alive forever.”
🤖 Made with AI
WH official on judge's ruling on Trump ban: "The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President’s Oval Office. The lies they smear are a disservice to the American public and tear at the very fabric of our Democracy."
Following the media outlets victory in challenging Trump's WH ban, CNN debuted a new spot today that says, "Freedom of the press is not optional." It also quotes Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
Follow The Facts youtu.be/H1jCM0I_tHw?si=4DEB… via @YouTube
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Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night.
Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
The judge ruled that the White House likely violated the due process and First Amendment rights of CNN, MS NOW and Politico. He rejected the government’s national security justification, finding many holes in it.
Judge Rules White House Can't Proceed With Trump's Ban On CNN, MS NOW & Politico deadline.com/2026/10/trump-w…
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Judge Rules White House Can't Proceed With Trump's Ban On CNN, MS NOW & Politico deadline.com/2026/10/trump-w…
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Trump calls @BrendanCarrFCC: “The most feared man in government”
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"This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently."
"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars and Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it," @ajgramegna reports military.com/pentagon-names-…
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#WAPol: "I'm Ken Jennings, host of Jeopardy, here with a pop quiz. Did you know Initiative 645 would give millionaires and billionaires a $13B tax break ... It doesn't take a quiz show host to know 645 is wrong for Washington."
Ken Jennings stars in this new ad by No on 645.
