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Thursday, October 8, 2026 'It Was All Quid Pro Quo': GOP Donor Goes on the Record to Accuse Kimberly Guilfoyle of Corruption "She was so desperate for me to send that $100,000, she said, 'If you do this for me... I will be your ride or die in Trump World." Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends.   'What They Say When They're Scared': Vance Offers 'Brain-Dead' Definition of Socialism "JD is the most irritating of Trump’s acolytes because he spouts absurd MAGA bullshit, knowing full well how stupid it is," said one critic.   Raskin Bill Would Compel Smithsonian to Preserve Trump's 'Governmental Propaganda' in Permanent Exhibit “To avoid repeating this descent into authoritarianism," he said, "we must study this corrupt president’s actions and allow the public to learn about the numerous tools he deployed."   Big Payback: Corporations That Enjoyed Enforcement Rollback Plowed $200 Million Into Pro-Trump Super PAC "Allowing corporations to make political payments in order to make enforcement go away is hardly a model for governing that supposedly prioritizes 'law and order,'" said one researcher.   'There Must Be Room to Mourn Every Single Life,' Mamdani Says of Oct. 7 Attack and Genocide That Followed "That to me is a part of what it means to believe in a sense of humanity, that we need not choose between which death we will mourn and which we will ignore."   Unlike Bush or Cheney, US Charges Abducted Nicolás Maduro With Torture The indictment claims he and others "presided over a system of repression that relied on violence against political opposition, arbitrary detention, and the torture of detainees, including United States citizens."

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