Michael Thompson

Professional consultant to county government. Former public educator and administrator, college professor, Indiana high school head basketball coach.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Netanyahu’s main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, fires back:

“Netanyahu, you’re hysterical. As in every election campaign, it’s the same method of lies and scare tactics. This time, threatening Israeli citizens with mass destruction. And this is after you failed to achieve the objectives of the war in Iran…

You’ve failed. And in two days, the people of Israel will show you that at the ballot box.“

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Donald Trump’s “favorite rhetorical theme lately is an unexpected one: the official presidential dreamboat rankings,” @helenlewis writes. At the link, she explores what’s behind his musings about the relative hotness of male politicians, soldiers, and even protesters. https://t.co/XFMHnPkcRh

📸: Alex Wong / Getty

[Brett Erickson @BrettErickson28]

NOW: The Iranians have responded to Trump’s comments on Fox News this morning where he stated “we get everything and Iran gets nothing” by effectively stating that this is one of the KEY reasons why there is no hope for a deal at this point.

President Trump’s demands are simply entirely incompatible with obviously observable realities of how this conflict has played out.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president.

That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power.

Vote.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Plaintiffs suing to halt Trump closure & renaming of Kennedy Center submit court filing arguing Team Trump is shielding 100s of records showing "Trump’s ongoing, direct management of the Kennedy Center", including Kennedy Ctr staff messages to Natalie Harp & Howard Lutnick

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning.

BLANCHE: That's not what it says

BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal government have telling a state not to certify?

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Like France, we are now spending more on debt service than on defense. The chaos in France is a cautionary tale for Trump's economic illiteracy, not for immigration.
https://t.co/b18gxmcJcc

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Putin's army is stuck. Now he is trying to win through propaganda and a terrorist campaign

[Face The Nation @FaceTheNation]

When asked why the Justice Department filed the Alaska election lawsuit 11 days before the midterms, Attorney General Todd Blanche says “we want a procedure in place that if there is litigation, there may not be, but if there is litigation brought by others after the election because of possible voter confusion, that the ballots are kept in a way that the Alaska state election system can determine who the accurate winner is, not the federal government.”

“Not President Trump, not me, but the Alaska system as the law is required — as the law is set out for it to do,” he says.

[Kelly ツ🌊 Kellwoohoo @kellwoohoo]

Trump has lost 27 times in court when trying to obtain state's voter rolls.
However, we don't talk enough about how Greg Abbott happily turned over the Texas voter rolls without a fight.
That's right. He gave up your private information without your permission!
Vote #GinaHinojosa

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

This US attorney is way outside his lane. The Constitution gives states the power to control elections. If he has evidence that a state is violating federal law, he can challenge it in court. Ethics laws forbid this kind of extra-judicial smear about a party in pending litigation.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The GOP's gerrymandering backfired because they underestimated just how many communities would turn on Trump.

Watch Rick Wilson on MSNOW:

[Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns]

The national spotlight continues to shine on Curt Cignetti and Indiana. College GameDay is returning to Bloomington. #iufb

https://t.co/2niBgXskJC

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Dying laughing at NBC News asking Mike Rogers if a vote for him is a vote for Trump, and HE FAKED HIS MIC CUTTING OUT TO PRETEND HE COULDN’T HEAR THE QUESTION 🤣

These people are pathetic.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Scott Colom, a Black district attorney in Mississippi, is running for U.S. Senate, and some think he could make history.

The formula to win is deceptively simple: He needs a huge turnout from Black voters and about a quarter of the White vote. https://t.co/Oc6NlM8Uo1

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Imagine being a CEO of an US energy company and thinking that you work with close associates of the Trump family, only to find out that behind them is a sanctioned Russian company, really pulling the strings.

This happened in Alaska. Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, stepped down after finding out that the Russian "Novatek" company, which is under US sanctions, has been involved in a $25 billion energy project in Alaska. The CEO thought that he was working with Gentry Beach, a close friend of Donald Trump Junior.

Reportedly, that project was also discussed between Witkoff and Jared Kushner when they were with Putin. The White House admitted that the project was talked about "briefly".

We are witnessing the greatest corruption scandal the USA has ever witnessed. It all leads to Trump, his family and the Russians, and apparently they were even ready to sell riches of Alaska to the Russians.

The people in Alaska just need to look over to Russia, where the richest regions in terms of minerals and hydrocarbon resources have been stripped-mined, transferring all the wealth to Moscow and Saint Petersburg and leaving a scarred landscape in extreme poverty. That is the result of rampant corruption.

We are starting to see more details why Trump and his friends are trying so strongly to bully Ukraine into surrender. This is most certainly only the tip of the iceberg.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The next 10 days will test our democracy. Trump hasn’t been able to suppress votes systemically like he wanted to & now there's a lot going on, especially in courts. Get caught up on what you need to know now, like recent developments in California and Alaska. https://t.co/Ta4CT2UH4V

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

More of the pay for play! 🤬

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Anthony Davis: “Who exactly are this 31% of Americans who think this lazy tyrant, this dollar-store dictator, this narcoleptic nincompoop is doing a good job?”

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

If only someone had told us…