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NYT: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Dumps $80M to Help Democrats Snag House

Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hefted $80 million in a final push to help Democrats score big in the 2026 midterm elections.

Bloomberg’s massive cash dump is specifically aimed at helping Democrats regain majority control of the House of  Representatives, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing Bloomberg’s team. Democrats taking control of the House would massively kneecap President Donald Trump’s agenda for the rest of his second term and likely involve a third impeachment effort.

Bloomberg is “of the view that resources matter in campaigns,” said Howard Wolfson, his political adviser. Wolfson added that the billionaire “expects a result.”

Bloomberg is now among the top five largest individual Democrat donors, CNBC reported, citing FEC filings. His funding push comes as many Democrat candidates berate the power and influence of billionaires in the United States.

Before the $80 million cash swell, Bloomberg had donated at least $23 million to Democrats and affiliated causes this election season, according to the report.

“As of the beginning of October, Bloomberg had put $11 million behind a super PAC supporting Micah Lasher in New York’s 12th Congressional District and $2.5 million toward Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection, according to campaign-finance records,” CNBC reported.

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Declassified Docs Show State Dept.’s Testimony During 2019 Trump Impeachment Was Radically Different from Reality

Newly declassified State Department documents appear to show that congressional Democrats’ top witness in their first impeachment trial in 2019 against President Donald Trump fibbed to Congress.

Trump was impeached for allegedly pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into announcing investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, over their business relationship with the Ukrainian firm Burisma.

The problem was that when former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified on Oct. 11, 2019, about Burisma, she acted as if the firm’s documented illicit activities were, and had always been, no “big issue.”

According to Just The News, which has reviewed the newly declassified documents, she downplayed the importance of all of it.

“Once you arrived in country did the embassy staff brief you on issues relating to Burisma?” a congressional investigator asked her during the hearing — one of several that occurred before Trump was formally impeached by the U.S. House.

“No, it was — it was not,” she replied. “I don’t recall that I was briefed on that. All I can tell you is it was a long time ago, and it just wasn’t a big issue.”

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“Big Tent” Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending “Civil War”

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) is getting a taste of what happens when her “big tent” party fails to curb far-left extremism within its own ranks and is consumed by Marxist revolutionaries from the Democratic Socialists of America.

Here’s what Scholten claims:

Today, I received a threatening letter at my Grand Rapids, Michigan office that contained unidentified white powder. The letter, which claimed to be from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), made a direct and specific reference to an impending “civil war” beginning after the election.

The letter sent to my office is similar to those received at other congressional offices across the country. The DSA has not yet addressed the attacks, either to condemn them or to take or deny responsibility. The Grand Rapids Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responded immediately.

Threats and extremism are not signs of strength—they are signs of a weak mind and weak character. Political intimidation has no place in our democracy, and leaders must condemn it, not excuse it. I’ll keep standing up to bullies on the right and the left.

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“I Don’t Give a F*ck Who You Are!” El-Sayed Staffer Tries to Assault James O’Keefe and Has to be Restrained in Wild Confrontation

James O’Keefe was almost physically assaulted when he confronted the Abdul El-Sayed campaign staffer who revealed El-Sayed is taking illegal foreign donations.

The O’Keefe Media Group on Monday released an undercover video of a campaign official for Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed admitting that El-Sayed knowingly receives illegal donations from overseas.

Foreign nationals are prohibited from making campaign contributions.

“You know, he [Abdul El Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him,” Abdul Beckwith, Regional Field Organizer for Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, said.

When asked whether overseas donations were prohibited, Beckwith responded, “No, it is not allowed,” before describing a hypothetical arrangement in which overseas money passes through a family member.

Beckwith said, “And then people overseas give money to him. And then he gives money to you. It’s that type of thing.”

He then added, “Everybody does it!”

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The Billionaire Couple Quietly Spending Millions To “Reinvent” The Democrat Party

A billionaire hedge fund couple is dumping millions into a high-stakes effort to push the Democratic Party away from its increasingly radical left flank and challenge its entrenched leadership.

Steve and Sue Mandel, wealthy Democrat donors from Greenwich, Connecticut, have committed at least $20 million to a network of political groups aimed at elevating more moderate candidates, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.

Their operation includes at least three organizations designed to confront the party’s existing power structure and potentially reshape Democratic politics ahead of the 2028 presidential election. At the center is Majority Democrats, which is working to boost candidates who can appeal beyond the party’s progressive base.

Another group, The Bench, focuses on identifying and backing rising political talent, while the Searchlight Institute is crafting more centrist policy ideas in hopes of making Democrats competitive again nationally.

The couple is taking an unusually hands-on role, closely tracking campaigns and working with Seth London, a seasoned Democrat consulanted who served a stint in the Obama White House as Legislative Assistant and Associate Director. The billionaire couple’s effort has already drawn additional funding from political and media power players, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and James Murdoch, according to the Journal.

The effort underscores growing frustration among some deep-pocketed Democratic donors who argue the party has lost touch with ordinary voters and desperately needs an overhaul. Rather than demanding ideological purity, the Mandel-backed groups are prioritizing candidates with strong personal stories and proven ability to win elections.

However, as the Journal points out, the Mandels’ political investments have not always paid off:

During this year’s Senate race in Michigan, it threw its support behind Mallory McMorrow, a telegenic state senator and self-described “pragmatist” who had been a client of Smith’s.

McMorrow dropped out less than a month before the primary, and Abdul El-Sayed, from the party’s left, won. Democrats who didn’t support El-Sayed traded blame. Proponents of The Bench criticized Washington groups for helping the other moderate candidate, Haley Stevens.

A former Stevens adviser had the opposite takeaway: The Bench had made the race more costly and complicated.

Addtionally, critics on the far left were quick to dismiss the effort.

“The Mandels’ approach represents the same Democratic establishment with some new seasoning on top,” said Usamah Andrabi, spokesman for the far-left Justice Democrats, told the Journal. “That’s simply not what the party’s voters are looking for right now.”

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WTH? Door Knocker for Democrat AZ Governor Katie Hobbs Caught on Camera Stealing Package From Voter’s Front Porch

A volunteer canvasser for a leftwing group backing Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’ reelection campaign was caught on a doorbell camera, appearing to snatch a package while leaving flyers for Democratic candidates.

They’re not just stealing votes anymore.

The apparent porch pirate is seen on doorbell camera footage approaching the home and leaving a flyer at the door before closely examining a package for a moment.

She then takes the package and walks away.

As also seen in the clip, the woman left a flyer that read “paid for by Victory PAC (www.luchaaz.org/lucha-blue),” which links to the progressive group Living United for Change in Arizona’s 2026 voter guide.

The page urges voters to reelect Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes. “Governor Katie Hobbs is delivering for Arizona families. Fighting to lower everyday costs, protecting our freedoms, keeping communities safe, safeguarding our water, and holding powerful interests accountable. She puts Arizona first and is focused on getting results that make a real difference in people’s lives,” the page reads.

The person who discovered their package was missing got a firsthand look at the governor’s socialist policies.

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DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION SCANDAL: Husband of Rhode Island Democrat Party Chair Indicted in Alleged $20 MILLION Fraud Scheme That Helped Destroy Community College

Michael Perik, a Jamestown, Rhode Island businessman and the husband of Rhode Island Democratic Party Chair Liz Beretta-Perik, faces a dozen felony charges in a sweeping Ohio indictment accusing him and two others of orchestrating a coordinated scheme that diverted roughly $20 million in federal financial aid, Pell Grants, and state subsidies from Eastern Gateway Community College before the institution collapsed.

Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber announced the indictments on October 8, 2026, following a multi-year investigation by his Special Investigations Unit.

A Jefferson County grand jury returned a 24-count indictment charging Perik and co-defendant Nicole Rowe Colclasure with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activities (racketeering), aggravated theft of $1.5 million or more, theft in office, telecommunications fraud, bribery, having an unlawful interest in a public contract, receiving stolen property, and money laundering.

Former Eastern Gateway president and chief financial officer Michael Geoghegan faces nine related felony counts. Court appearances were scheduled for October 19.

According to the Ohio Auditor’s office, Perik allegedly used four for-profit entities he controlled, including the Student Resource Center, to improperly divert funds through fraudulent reimbursements and illegal incentive compensation.

Federal law bars incentive payments tied to enrollment and financial aid activities unless handled by a truly independent third party.

Investigators allege the companies did not operate independently; instead, they exercised significant control over enrollment, attendance verification, financial aid access, and other core functions.

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Georgia Democratic Governor Nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms Called Anti-Riot Laws ‘Silly’ and ‘Asinine’

Democrat Georgia gubernatorial candidate and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called anti-riot laws “silly” and “asinine” in 2022.

Bottoms — who oversaw a massive murder and crime spike during her time as Atlanta mayor, at the height of nationwide social justice protests —  criticized anti-riot laws during an interview with The Atlantic shortly after she ended her time in office. Bottoms announced in the summer of 2021 that she had decided not to run for reelection.

When asked, “What do you make of these proposals to stiffen penalties for public protest that become unruly or violent?” Bottoms called the laws “really silly.”

“And it really takes away from the real conversation and the need to have some real dialogue, some meaningful dialogue, on why people are in our streets protesting. Let’s have a conversation about the open carry law in Georgia and how protesters can walk with AK-47s down the street, and there’s no penalty for that. That scares me more than 100 college students protesting peacefully in the street,” Bottoms replied.

“I think when we peel back and we look at why were people in the streets in the summer of 2020, it was because we were witnessing something that we had never witnessed as a country as whole in my lifetime, and it was a need for a conversation and for real reform,” she continued.

“I hope that when you see policies and laws like that introduced wherever you are, it is this reminder of why elections matter. It’s not enough that we show up and we vote for the president,” she said. “We gotta show up each and every time when that state senator, when that local representative is on the ballot. Because if not, we have people speaking for us and setting laws for us that are completely asinine and not at all in touch with where we are and where we need to be as a country.”

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‘One hell of an October surprise’: Watch Amy Acton’s mother urge people not to vote for her ‘liar’ daughter in Ohio governor race against Vivek Ramaswamy

In what is being called a bombshell in the Ohio race for governor, the mother of Democrat candidate Amy Acton is urging citizens not to vote for her own daughter, whom she says has “a serious problem” and has “lied her entire life.”

Acton is running against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate and adviser to President Donald Trump.

In a video posted on X by investigative journalist Walter Curt, Acton’s mother says: “My name is Donna Arthur and I’m Amy Acton’s mother. I worked at Children and Family Service Association, building one of the first two sexual abuse programs in America.

“I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent – and it’s not easy for a mother to say this – but Amy has a serious problem.

“She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life.

“My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn’t doing that.

“Don’t vote for people who lie. Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself. It will only get worse.”

Curt noted of the video, “That’s one hell of an October surprise.”

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RIGHT ON CUE: Elissa Slotkin Tries to PLAY THE VICTIM After Threatening Young People Thinking of Working for Trump

A few days ago, Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan detailed how she wants to go after Trump’s inner circle in an effort to intimidate young people who may be thinking of going to work for the Trump administration.

Trump responded today, calling out Slotkin and her entire party for this.

Slotkin then ran straight to CNN to paint herself as the victim in all of this, and of course, Jake Tapper was happy to oblige her.

Transcript via Curtis Houck:

“I mean, first of all, it’s not — it’s not a veiled threat, right? I mean, threatening the Second Amendment is threatening for someone to get shot. And I think there’s been plenty of people, Democrat, and Republican, independents, who would say, like, can we just not threaten violence against each other for our words? He’s certainly precipitated a whole wave of threats against myself. But my staff, including doxing my staff, and this is part of a sort of strategy of intimidation that these people use.

And, you know, this is someone who Donald Trump thought of as a potential attorney general and then luckily thought better of it. But I just think that this is kind of part and parcel of this toxic culture of threatening violence because you disagree with someone. The President threatened to have me, you know — investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition, and followed through with the investigation, and near-arrest part.

And this guy’s just threatening violence. And it is — again, I imagine what kids think about when they’re just scrolling Twitter — my nieces and nephews — and they see someone threaten violence because of words. It’s just — it shows you how toxic these people have become online.”

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