“Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a police spokesman told AFP.”

This story is horrific. Ukrainian kids being taken often against their will to Russia and then placed with new Russian families and then used as tools of propaganda on Russian tv Completely sick nytimes.com/2022/10/22/wor…

This is a vintage 2021 photo but one of my favorites with some of me favorite ladies from this day last year #spiritday

12 years ago, we were homeless. My mom joked that when I made it as a writer, I must gift her a nice bag. She always had faith I'd make it. I said of course. This week, I was invited to give a talk in Singapore. They paid me well. I saw a fancy bag she always talked about 1/

A woman in Texas was forced to wait until she became sick with sepsis and on the brink of death before doctors could intervene on a miscarriage of a pregnancy she very much wanted.

Pregnancy loss is loss enough without forcing women and families to suffer people.com/health/texas-w…

No idea if they will win but Ds have truly outstanding challengers in Ryan, Demings, Beasley. We really can have super-smart, articulate people in office if we choose well. Ds chose very well in Ohio, Fla and NC. Compare to Walker Vance, Oz. There IS no comparison.

Trouble in paradise? the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Comm Rep McCaul responded that there was still “broad bipartisan support” for aiding Ukraine…and explained McCarthy just didn’t want a blank check

In the bathroom when he got the call…love this

I don't read this as @potus realizing he should have come out earlier, the absolute outrage about Dobbs was at a peak all summer. He is trying to re-insert women's rights back into debate on campaign trail given energy around it has waned because of concerns about the economy

'What's developing here is a crisis of credibility and I fear that the senior most leaders at FBI and even at other intel agencies as we continue to learn... every day, who knew what, when, and that it was a lot more than we thought...' - Frank Figliuzzi w/ Nicolle Wallace

Holy moly siena/NYT poll “more than a third of independent voters and a smaller but noteworthy contingent of Democrats said they were open to supporting candidates who reject the legitimacy of the 2020 election…” as they focus on economic issues

This is a huge deal for so, so, so, so many Americans.

Per NIH... nidcd.nih.gov/health/statist…

...nearly 30 million Americans could benefit from hearing aids. And they're *so* expensive!

Making them available over-the-counter will be a game-changing thing for so many families.

<THREAD>I think these concerns--that anything less than a complete Ukrainian victory will lead to proliferation--are overstated (though there's clearly some risk here). Three reasons. (1/n)

Really interesting (data heavy in a good way!) thread by Lara Putnam on voter registration trends in PA. Bad news for Ds is that Rs have a huge head start, good news for Ds things looking better over last 6 mths (thread is much more informative than my summary)

If you are arguing in court to throw out ballots that don't have a date on them (PA GOP we see you) it doesn't come across as a vote of confidence in your slate of candidates inquirer.com/politics/elect…

One of the best things about reading a real, paper newspaper is discovering that excellent story hiding out on the jump page of the other story you’re reading — a story you never would’ve searched for, and no algorithm would’ve ever sent your way.

I lived in Atisaz towers, across from Evin prison. I spoke now to a friend there and could hear-as reflected in this video-cries of 'death to Khamenei' and gunshots. Evin is full of political prisoners, including US citizens. Their families are terrified.

If you are in DC tonight come on by Politics and Prose to take part in my convo with my old friend (and most importantly NYT bestseller) Cody Keenan about his new book Grace 7pm And if you can’t come but you want to ask a q Send it over

COVID Update: It’s time for one as we look ahead to the winter.

The real question is whether we will have another 2021 with a lot of disruption— on a more modest wave— or nothing at all.

There is early data to help answer this question. 1/