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Democrat Spanberger Wins Governor Race As Virginians Reproach Trump (Jim Saksa/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrat-spanberger-wins-governor-race-as-virginians-reproach-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p155#a251104p155

Substack-based investigative outlet Democracy for Sale says it now has nearly 50,000 subscribers and 1,500 paying readers; its stories had 3M views in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters

How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack
Peter Geoghegan's investigative news outlet Democracy for Sale has "more than tripled" in terms of both revenue and subscribers in a year.

Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages
Following Explosive Truth Social Rant
A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted
after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit
against Donald Trump,
alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages
following a public dispute tied to comments made during the Grammy Awards

Trevor Noah Files $100m Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for damages, Alleging the President Issued Dangerous and Intimidating Private Messages After Explosive Truth Social Rant where The President Denied Epstein Island Allegation Following Grammy Awards Backlash
Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages Following Explosive Truth Social Rant A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages following a public dispute tied to comments […]

Optimism about US democracy, with sports metaphors and statics nerdery: https://open.substack.com/pub/natesilver/p/dont-discount-american-democracys?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Don't discount American democracy's resilience
The U.S. has a highly popular democratic tradition, even as it battles an authoritarian element.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Dinosaur Jr.:
🎵 Just Like Heaven
#DinosaurJr
https://dinosaurjr.bandcamp.com/track/just-like-heaven-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/69u4YVuqKoVp3nZmpyxC8I

📢 Demokrat Mamdani gewinnt Bürgermeisterwahl in New York
In New York hat der Demokrat Mamdani die Bürgermeisterwahl gegen den von US-Präsident Trump unterstützten Kandidaten Cuomo gewonnen.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/

Demokrat Mamdani gewinnt Bürgermeisterwahl in New York
In New York hat der Demokrat Mamdani die Bürgermeisterwahl gegen den von US-Präsident Trump unterstützten Kandidaten Cuomo gewonnen.

Inside the 'most dangerous gym in America,' where Eagles' WR A.J. Brown trained https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/47762086/most-dangerous-gym-america-maplewood-nj-diamond-gym-nfl-aj-brown

Democrats Begin to Call for Trump's Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/democrats/democrats-trump-impeachment-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-maxine-waters-dan-goldman
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p44#a260104p44

Ex-Tory MP Ben Howlett says he paid £100 for a 50% stake in influential X account PoliticsUK, which he used for posts that aligned with his clients' interests (Democracy for Sale)
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-our-fake-chinese-ai-investor<…

BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”

Texas Democrats taste victory,
then turn on each other
Texas Democrats rejoiced Saturday after they flipped a state Senate seat
in a district that Donald Trump carried in 2024 by 17 percentage points,
hailing it as a burst of momentum for the midterms in the historically red state.

But they received a stark reminder of their own divides days later
when former Democratic congressman #Colin