The courts found the brakes, ICE found the surveillance catalog, and MAGA found several exciting new ways to make fascism look expensive and stupid.
Well, well, well, kittens. The Trump administration spent another day crashing into judges, evidence, copyright law, environmental protections, and the stubborn democratic principle that votes belong to voters. GURL, the government is running like a getaway car with four flat tires and Kash Patel screaming directions from the trunk.
Daily Shit Show Highlights
- The federal ruling and Politico’s reporting confirm that a judge found Maurene Comey’s firing unlawful and ordered retroactive reinstatement and back pay. Trump tried to turn federal employment into a family revenge dungeon, but the judge brought bolt cutters.
- A federal court order blocks additional tree removal at East Potomac Golf Course while Trump’s redevelopment plan faces a lawsuit. He wanted a luxury playground, murdered hundreds of trees, and accidentally summoned the judicial Lorax.
- The New Republic explains why the DOJ lawsuit attacking Alaska’s election is legally flimsy, practically impossible, and based on results that do not exist yet. They are suing an imaginary election outcome because reality refuses to commit voter fraud on schedule.
- Nightfire examines what a fifteen dollar lunch says about wages, rising prices, and disappearing everyday comfort. Apparently grabbing lunch now requires a reservation, a payment plan, and a small inheritance.
- Resistance Directory shows how one call, meeting, public comment, or volunteer hour can become meaningful civic action. You do not need a megaphone, kittens. You need one clear demand and the persistence of a cat outside a closed bathroom door.
- Variety reports that Neil Young filed a $10 million lawsuit accusing Trump’s political committee of using his music without permission. Trump heard “Rockin’ in the Free World” and assumed the word free applied to licensing.
- HuffPost reports that Beatrice Keul told House Judiciary Committee staff Trump raped her in 1993 after she met him and Jeffrey Epstein. The White House denies the unadjudicated allegation, but Keul’s account deserves serious investigation and survivor centered reporting, not another campaign circus.
- The Butterfly Bureau gathers today’s Epstein developments while separating documents, allegations, and unresolved questions. Powerful people keep begging everyone to move along while the files keep climbing out of the grave with additional paperwork.
- Decision Desk HQ identifies the early House races that could reveal whether Democrats are winning a majority, building a wave, or unleashing a blue tsunami. Election night may begin with a ripple and end with MAGA furniture floating down the street.
- Raw Story reveals emails showing White House officials helped prepare the DOJ and FBI memorandum declaring the Epstein matter closed. Nothing says independent investigation like letting the political suspects edit the closing announcement.
- Heather Ashley documents an attack campaign against Democratic socialists still appearing on the official White House website before the midterms. Congratulations, taxpayers. You bought Trump campaign propaganda and did not even receive a tote bag.
- Reporters Online maintains a running archive of Trump’s decisions and their consequences. The scandal machine moves quickly because remembering yesterday is apparently now an act of resistance.
- Project Salt Box reports that the White House cleared ICE to spend about $7 billion on detention, deportations, hiring, and police partnerships. Another $36.6 billion remains available because cruelty gets unlimited refills while libraries hold bake sales.
- Weaponized reports that coordinated accounts amplified Elon Musk’s Starlink narrative alongside Kremlin aligned messaging. The evidence does not prove Russia directed the campaign, but Putin’s propaganda choir certainly knew the chorus.
- Win Without War demands that Congress end Trump’s Iran war and block further escalation in Yemen or anywhere else. Bombing people until peace appears remains the geopolitical equivalent of setting the kitchen on fire to warm the soup.
- PunchUp reports that an FBI whistleblower accused Kash Patel of imposing a rushed Epstein review deadline that risked mistakes and scapegoating staff. Nothing protects survivors like speed reading evidence while threatening everyone holding the highlighters.
- PunchUp also reports that Anthony Constantino’s campaign paid nearly $56,000 to a fighting promotion while he was discussing buying part of it. The campaign finance plan appears to be punch the disclosure form until it stops asking questions.
- Law Dork reports that the Ninth Circuit rejected the DOJ’s attempt to rush its California voting case because the court lacked jurisdiction. The government manufactured an emergency, demanded instant obedience, and received the judicial equivalent of “Ma’am, this is a courthouse.”
- Newsgirls reports that the administration authorized testing of a military heat ray weapon for possible border use. When immigration policy requires a science fiction pain beam, the cruelty has officially escaped the subtext.
- Migrant Insider reveals that ICE wants roughly 142 intelligence analysts for an operation capable of mapping people, organizations, locations, events, and relationships. Your church, coworker, cousin, landlord, and ride home could become dots on a deportation wall chart.
- Greg Palast warns that mass voter challenges, rejected mail ballots, and litigation could be used to attack unfavorable midterm results. MAGA does not need to persuade every voter if it can throw enough ballots into a procedural wood chipper.
The pattern is not subtle, kittens. They are testing whether power can outrun courts, evidence, public memory, and the vote itself. The judges are scratching back, the investigators are following the receipts, and Election Day is coming with claws fully extended.
GO VOTE!!!!
Featured Resisters and Resources
- Election Hub is an online election-results dashboard built by Progress Report, Jordan Zakarin’s politics and government publication. It is designed to help readers follow selected U.S. races and ballot measures in the November 3, 2026 elections.
- All of Trump’s Decisions – and Their Impact is Kirsten Verdel’s ongoing series on Reporters Online. Its dated “Trump Day” entries summarize actions, statements and policy developments associated with the Trump administration, alongside reported consequences.
What We Are Watching Today
There are 0 committee meetings scheduled for the week of 10/26/2026 through 11/01/2026.
- 7:00 AM EDT
i24 News Coverage of 2026 Israeli Elections Live - 9:30 AM EDT
U.S. House Candidate Will Lawrence (D-MI) Press Conference Live - 10:00 AM EDT
U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Cooper (D-NC) Campaigns in Charlotte, NC - 12:00 PM EDT
Michigan GOP Candidates Speak at Midterm Rally in Howell, Michigan - 2:00 PM EDT
President Trump Remarks in Corpus Christi, Texas - 2:00 PM EDT
Vice President Vance Attends Campaign Rally for Michigan GOP Candidates - 2:15 PM EDT
Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) Campaigns with CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz - 5:30 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) Campaigns with Ohio GOP Candidates - 5:30 PM EDT
U.S. Senate Candidate Annie Andrews (D-SC) Holds Campaign Rally - 7:00 PM EDT
Governor Candidate Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) Rally in Fort Worth - 7:00 PM EDT
President Trump Remarks in Lubbock, Texas
Today’s Call to Action
1. Read Today’s Resistance Survival Guides
2. Sign these Petitions and Send These Pre Written Letters
- Why are we footing the bill for billionaire tax breaks?
- Demand a Full Investigation Into Trump’s Epstein Ties
- A Flesh-Eating Parasite Has Reached U.S. Wildlife. Act Now.
- Shut Down ICE’s Deadly Folkston Detention Center
- Tell DHS: Stop door-to-door voter intimidation
- Sign the petition: Keep ICE and military troops away from the polls NOW!
- Tell the DOJ: Don’t Discard Eligible Voters’ Ballots
- Sign if you agree: Stephen Miller needs to resign or be fired, not promoted.
- Sign the petition: It is long past time for Congress to take back tariff power from Donald Trump and put an end to his destructive trade war.
- Sign the petition denouncing the Trump administration’s cancellation of hundreds of clean energy research grants solely because they were going to blue states. The Trump administration has admitted to doing this in court.
- Add your name to the petition denouncing Republicans in Congress for passing Donald Trump’s cruel cuts to Medicaid and food stamps into law.
- Sign if you agree: Formally investigate Trump family finances and self-dealing on government contracts.
- Sign the petition to tell Mike Johnson: Hands off Social Security.
- Sign the petition: Congress must bring down energy costs by putting an end to Donald Trump’s war against affordable, renewable electricity generation.
- Add your name to the petition to Congress: Reject Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s massive, proposed increase to defense spending.
3. Verify your voter registration status and help at least one other person check theirs
4. Save contact information for local legal aid and voting support organizations
5. Attend an Event
- Tue, Oct 27, 12 PM: Final 2026 Midterm Election Briefing with Election Law Experts
- Tue, Oct 27, 12 PM: Votebeat: How to Prepare for the Midterms
- Tue, Oct 27, 6 PM: NAACP: The Importance of Voting Down the Ballot
- Tue, Oct 27, 8 PM: Tennessee Governor Candidates Forum Livestream
- Wed, Oct 28, 2 PM: ACLU Utah: Voting Rights and Election Protection Training
- Wed, Oct 28, 6 PM: National Bar Association: Am I Ready to Vote?
- Wed, Oct 28, 6 PM: Indivisible and Gaslit Nation Halloween Political Phone Bank
- Wed, Oct 28, 7 PM: Black Business and Ballot Initiative Virtual Town Hall
- Thu, Oct 29, 12 PM: ACLU Pennsylvania: Election Protection and Safeguarding Plans
- Thu, Oct 29, 1 PM: University of Illinois: Voting Rights in 2026
- Thu, Oct 29, 1 PM: Protect the Vote: Election Protection and Voter ID Resources
- Thu, Oct 29, 3 PM: California Voter Foundation: Pre Election Briefing
- Thu, Oct 29, 3 PM: Indivisible: What’s the Plan with Leah and Ezra
- Thu, Oct 29, 7 PM: Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District Debate: Bresnahan vs. Cognetti
- Thu, Oct 29, 8 PM: ACLU and No Kings: Know Your Federal Voting Rights
- Fri, Oct 30, 6 PM: MoveOn: General Election Virtual Phone Banks
- Sat, Oct 31, 2 PM: MoveOn: Weekend Voter Outreach Phone Bank
- Sun, Nov 1, 2 PM: MoveOn: Final Weekend Election Phone Bank
6. Contact Your Lawmakers Directly
- Protect Voting Rights and Stop Election Intimidation — “Hi, I’m a constituent calling to demand protections against voter intimidation, election interference, and threats to election workers. Please support the SHIELD Our Elections Act and defend every American’s right to vote safely.”
- Demand Epstein Files Transparency and Survivor Justice — “Hi, I’m a constituent calling to demand full disclosure of the Epstein files, protection of survivor identities, and accountability for those involved. Please support the Epstein Files Transparency Act II and enforce transparency without protecting powerful individuals.”
- Protect Affordable Health Care and Restore ACA Subsidies — “Hi, I’m a constituent calling to demand affordable health care. Please restore enhanced ACA premium tax credits, protect Medicaid, and stop families from losing coverage because they cannot afford rising premiums.”
7. Who Are We Boycotting This Week?
- Boycott Amazon and Whole Foods — Skip Amazon orders and Whole Foods purchases. Demand that Amazon stop financing election deniers and supporting voter data systems that advocates say threaten voting rights.
- Boycott Target — Take your shopping elsewhere. Demand that Target publicly defend voting access, election workers, and the counting of every lawful ballot.
- Boycott JPMorgan Chase — Withhold new discretionary banking business. Demand a public commitment to protecting free elections, voting rights, and certified election results.
