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  Support independent journalism Without readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. DONATE Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Democratic US Senator Calls Establishment-Controlled Democratic Party 'A Failed Enterprise' "It's so hard... to imagine a worse failure than losing two national elections to Donald Trump." Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends.   An Army Study Showed Shock Gloves Caused 'Intense Pain' and Terrified Victims—Then ICE Ordered 6,000 Pairs of Them “Everyone should be alarmed that ICE is preparing to deploy a tool designed to inflict, at best, intense pain," said one watchdog.   Intimidation Feared as Trump DOJ Boosts Its Own Election Monitors While Rejecting International Observers The president also met with election denier and former county clerk Tina Peters and discussed "plans" for the election on Monday.   'Savagery': Horrific In...

  MY PERSONAL REQUEST: STOP ELECTING STUPID PEOPLE! Trump defies court order as sycophants on Kennedy Center board vote to put his name back on the building Donald Trump's lap dogs on the Kennedy Center board voted 20-3 to put the wannabe dictator's name back on the Kennedy Center facade in direct defiance of a federal court of appeals ruling that only Congress can change the once-venerable institution's name. Trump himself called into the meeting, so you can imagine how THAT conversation went. One of the few dissenting board members, Rep. Joyce Beatty, said, "This latest development is a transparent effort to circumvent the Court’s ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed. I will continue to fight for this treasured national monument." While this may seem like a petty effort to indulge Trump's insatiable ego, it's actually a very, very serious dip-of-the-toes into the black, fetid water of judicial defiance. This is how it starts...