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Top Stories for October 4:
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Dr. Oz’s campaign suffers crushing blow with bombshell news
As a researcher at Columbia, the snake-oil salesman conducted a series of experiments that led to the brutal murder of over a thousand animals, including the sadistically cruel treatment of an entire litter of puppies that were given intracardiac injections with syringes of expired drugs inserted directly into their hearts without any sedation.
Take Action: Investigate Dr. Oz for peddling sham medical treatments!
Herschel Walker’s campaign rocked by abortion allegations and accusations of domestic violence by his son
Herschel Walker’s embattled senatorial campaign took another major hit yesterday, as news broke that the former football player and serial liar urged — and paid for — his then ex-girlfriend to have an abortion after he impregnated her in 2009. After this story broke, Walker’s son Christian took to Twitter in fury and publicly accused his father of making a mockery of the family. “You’re not a ‘family man’ when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us, and had us move over 6 times in 6 months running from your violence,” wrote the young Walker.
Take Action: Tell “Dank Brandon” to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level!
Civil war erupts between Trump and Republicans
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Things just got bad within the GOP.
Planned Parenthood launches mobile clinic to take abortion to red-state borders
The reproductive healthcare nonprofit has devised a novel way of getting around the strict anti-abortion laws passed in red states: simply set up a mobile clinic and park it right over red-state lines to distribute abortion pills to those who need them.
Take Action: Demand Congress cap the price of insulin!
Alabama GOP chairman made the photo ID he used to vote
From the family that brought you “we are unable to vote because photographs are literally the devil” we can now also add “voted illegally with product of after-school social studies project!”
Take Action: Tell Congress to pass the No Tax Breaks for Union Busters Act!
Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages
With no defense for his flagrant crimes, the disgraced ex-president has decided to go on the offensive, filing a lawsuit against CNN for calling him “racist,” “Russian lackey,” “insurrectionist,” and ultimately “Hitler.” The lawsuit will almost certainly be dismissed like so many other nonsensical suits from the racist, Russian lackey insurrectionist Hitler.
Interior Department to require body cams for law enforcement
The US Interior Department launched a set of new policies requiring thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensuring the release of footage in some critical incidents, and restricting the use of so-called no-knock warrants.
Halloween may be coming, but the only thing you should be scared of is a Republican Senate majority
OD Action Partner: McConnell and his cronies are chomping at the bit to take back the gavel and unleash their extremist agenda of cruelty and greed upon an unwilling nation. Will you make a donation to United Rural Democrats to make sure this nightmare never becomes a reality?
Elon Musk told to f*ck off by Ukrainian ambassador after defending Russian land grab on Twitter
The buffoonish tech bozo called for a Ukraine war peace plan that would include fresh referendums in the four Ukrainian provinces claimed by Russia, earning a spicy retort from Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Andrij Melnyk.
Hurricane Ian death toll rises to 100
Search-and-rescue teams in Florida doubled back to examine tens of thousands of Gulf Coast homes and businesses ravaged by Hurricane Ian, as the death toll from one of America’s fiercest storms on record sadly topped 100.
United Nations calls on Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates, warns of global recession
“Not only is there a real danger that the policy remedy could prove worse than the economic disease, in terms of declining wages, employment, and government revenues, but the road taken would reverse the pandemic pledges to build a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive world,” writes the UN Conference on Trade and Development in a blistering report.
US Soccer investigation finds “systemic” abuse in women’s league
It’s the same old story that we’re all so tired of hearing. A damning new report from US Soccer found rampant sexual misconduct and verbal and emotional abuse across multiple NWSL teams. The report details numerous instances of abuse across the league, vicious coaching tactics — “manipulation that was about power, not improving performance” — and a repeated failure by team executives and the league to respond to reports of abuse.
For the union makes us strong!
DEEP DIVE: Brazil’s presidential runoff
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Today’s Action: Get out the vote for Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes!
Republican Ron Johnson is just barely beating progressive Mandela Barnes in the polls, and we need every Democrat working to secure Barnes’ victory. Phone banking Wisconsin voters is one of the best ways that you can help get the vote out this November — luckily, plenty of organizations are hosting virtual options so you can do your part. Barnes was beating Johnson in polls as recently as August, and it’s more than possible to close the gap again.
The margin of error for keeping the House and Senate in Democratic hands is far too thin for comfort — but there are plenty of ways we can take action to ensure we keep power. Barnes’ potential seat is an incredibly important one, so even if you aren’t in his district, text and phone banking is crucial. You don’t have to be a seasoned professional, just be ready to do good work!
Our Revolution is hosting phone banks for Mandela Barnes’ seat EVERY THURSDAY from 6-10 PM EDT until early November. If you can make it out to just one, the voters you reach could mean the difference between a red and blue seat. It doesn’t have to stop at Barnes. There are progressives all across the country that need your help getting out the vote, and you can filter through virtual phone and text banking events through Mobilize. So many things are on the line this election — reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, gun safety initiatives, everything we’ve worked so long and so hard for! It’s never been more important to get out the vote and fight for our rights, so don’t waste a minute!
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