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When Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens announced her ++stunning flip++ to endorse Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, she did so with ++two registered agents++ of the Israeli government standing behind her, according to a ++report++ from Drop Site News.

The person who opened the press conference outside a Detroit church was Abigail Ronson, a spokesperson for the Rogers campaign, whom Drop Site found had ++registered++ as an agent working on behalf of the Israeli government under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) on May 18, 2026.

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Some of the richest people in the US have spent unprecedented sums of money to influence the outcome of the 2026 ++midterm elections++, and a Sunday report in The ++New York Times++ ++estimated++that the top 20 biggest donors alone have spent a combined $2 billion in federal races this cycle.

The single largest funder of the 2026 midterms, by a wide margin, is far-right billionaire ++Elon Musk++, who has shoveled nearly $450 million to help ++GOP++candidates.

Two staffers on Republican Mike Rogers’s Senate campaign are registered foreign agents for the state of Israel—including the campaign spokesperson who facilitated his Sunday press conference with Democratic Representative Haley Stevens.

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Ex-Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard (D) — a longtime friend of Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) — revealed that her stunning endorsement of U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers (R) occurred less than 48 hours after she told him over dinner that she planned to reiterate her support for Rogers’ opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.

In the lead-up to Sunday, the congresswoman — who is backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — and her fiancé, Jason Turkish, ramped up their criticisms toward El-Sayed’s views on Israel, pressuring the progressive to denounce ads backing his bid that they called “hateful” and antisemitic.

Turkish — who is Jewish and has donated to AIPAC — had endorsed Rogers days before attending the dinner with Stevens on Friday.

Blanchard, speaking on Turkish’s behavior at the dinner, told Gongwer, “He was working her over.”

“The way he was saying it was, ‘Everyone is disappointed in you, they did everything they could to help you and then immediately after you lose the primary, you endorsed him,’” Blanchard said.

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This sort of question comes around every once in a while; "what's your must-buy under $100", "what goods would you recommend for people just moving out on their own", and so on. I love reading these because, despite my simply vast experience[^1], I sometimes pick up new tricks.

This question is about second-level stuff; maybe not "must haves" that you'd recommend as a first purchase, but the stuff that makes life easier, that you might acquire after you've gotten settled. Things that you may have only discovered that you'd buy again if the house burned down.

For example, my wife bought a couple of these microwave tools years ago, and at the time I thought they were going to be gimmicky stuff we never used. Turns out, we use them all the time; whoever came up with the idea was brilliant.

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I like them because, unlike a hot mitt, if they get food on them you just wash them. They're way easier to use than mitts, and can be used more securely one-handed. I wouldn't trust them on stuff from the oven because of their size, but for plates and bowls from a microwave, they're surprisingly handy. It took me a dozen times using them before I realized the ring in the back actually works to clamp them to the bowl and turn them into a handle, rather than just using them as grabbers.

The thing I used today which prompted my post, and something I'd encourage people to buy if they don't have one, is a battery-powered rotary tool. My current one is a Dremel 8250, but many companies make them. They're handy and make short work of a lot of odd jobs, and IME if you have one you constantly find places to use them.

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A kit like this one runs about $150, and I think it's worth the price. I think it's worth getting an accessories kit, but the bits that came with the kit are the ones I use most often and can take you a long way.

So, what are your tools, devices, or products that you've discovered which may not be a common, basic first-level "must have" household item, but which you'd not want to do without? Things which might be a little off-the-beaten-path but indispensable? Stuff you may have stumbled upon which turned out to be surprisingly useful?

[^1]: a.k.a. advanced age
[^2]: Image grabbed randomly from a web search
[^3]: Image from product page

Florence will commemorate the 56th anniversary of one of Oregon’s most unusual historic moments with a weekend of film screenings, live music and community gatherings Nov. 14-15.

The celebration honors Nov. 12, 1970, the day when the Oregon Highway Division (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) attempted to remove a beached whale from Florence’s shores using explosives. The event became legendary after news coverage documented the dramatic results.

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Some polling places in Miami-Dade County are temporarily changing for Election Day on Tuesday. The Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections office said the 19 precinct locations are being moved because of site availability.

Here are the affected precincts and where you will need to vote on Election Day:

Precinct 002: Vote at Gateway Park, 151 Sunny Isles Blvd.

Precincts 127, 183, and 184: Vote at the Hazel Crawford Neighborhood Resource, 1528 NE 152nd Ter.

Precinct 227: Vote at Dr. Lester B. Brown Park, 19405 NW 32nd Ave.

Precinct 300: Vote at Norman and Jean Reach Park, 7895 NW 176th St.

Precincts 305 and 372: Vote at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 Ludlam Rd.

Precincts 404 and 424: Vote at West Miami Middle School, 7525 SW 24th St.

Precinct 523: Vote at St. Paul Institutional AME Church, 1892 NW 51st Ter.

Precincts 548 and 670: Vote at Miami Senior High School, at 2450 SW First St.

Precinct 705: Vote at the Reception Palace Ballrooms, 14375 SW 42nd St.

Precincts 801 and 805: Vote at Glendale Baptist Church, located at 14580 SW 117th Ave.

Precincts 825 and 836: Vote at the South Dade Government Center, 10710 SW 211th St.

Precinct 857: Vote at the Country Walk Park Recreation Center, 14601 Country Walk Dr.

Note: I tried to go to their voting page and couldn't find the link to the new sites for voting. Feel free to update in the comments if you can find on the official voting site a link to the new sites. https://www.votemiamidade.gov/elections/index.page

Ok, so here is my idle thought for the day.

Restrict the power of people at the average age of death in their country. Be a jerk about it, no political positions, no company directorships, trust boards or any other position of power can be held once you pass that age.

In NZ that is 83 for women and 79 for men.

That is old; really old, to be making decisions about the future.

If billionaires want to retain power beyond that, better fund those works that make things better for everybody to bring up that average. Men, you will need to up your game as women out live you by 4 years or 5%...

Perverse incentives, maybe keeping people alive using machines etc, longer than in medically advisable....but that doesn't work on the scale of millions of people.

Edit: for clarity, I am not calling for disenfranchising the old, they would still have the right to vote.

Radio dominated the first half of the 20th century but the advent of affordable TV sets in the 1950s seemed to spell doom for the format. Yet, radio endured. Radio was able to create a distinct image for itself, separate from TV. I have own theories as to why (cars, transistor radios and the music industry) but nothing conclusive.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/12244080

The Russian military suffered record casualties in Ukraine last month while also ceding some territory to Kyiv’s forces.

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More than 54,000 Russian troops were killed and heavily wounded in October, the most since the full-scale invasion began almost five years ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. Ukraine uses drone footage to document casualty numbers, which have now exceeded Russia’s monthly recruitment rate.

European government assessments shared with Bloomberg show similar figures, with the proportion of troops killed also at a record.

For the second month running, Kyiv’s forces have also managed to regain more territory than Russia was able to seize, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Moscow’s troops are even losing territory in the key eastern Donbas region, which Vladimir Putin wants to control in full.

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Hello, I'm eyeing No Man's Sky for past 10 years and haven't decided it's a game for me yet. On paper it's my childhood dream come true - deep space, commanding ships, discovering planets, seeing alien life forms, basically everything I dreamt about as a kid reading Clarke and Asimov...

I'm not a kid anymore, but the itch is still there to some degree. Nowadays I do enjoy slower paced RPGs, interesting story and distinctive art and music style. Thinking games like old KOTORs, Morrowind, Gothic, or Pillars of Eternity, Disco Elysium or Pentiment from newer ones. I did enjoy some hours in Valheim too, but more like exploring and not so much building and micro managing the base. And I play slow. Really slow. I tend to discover all the corners of the map before moving on, just to "check" if there's something of interest (old Gothic was amazing for this).

Is No Man's Sky worth its asking price for me? Or will it crush me with never ending space, billions of quests and tedious base building? Does it have "main story line" or something like that?