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What does a happy elephant sound like? Turn up the volume and find out. Elephants put the ‘happy’ in reunion. Wild herds erupt into joyous trumpets and trunk hugs when a long-absent loved one returns, and our orphans do the same. When Keeper Joseph came back from leave, Kaikai and Bungalu were beyond elated, greeting him with rumbles and trunk hugs. Both calves lost their mothers, and little Bungalu even survived a lion attack. Raised by Keepers like Joseph, they will one day reclaim their place in the wild. Discover their rescue stories and support their journeys by adopting: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o…

🚨MAGA SELF-OWN: Unhinged Republican Congressman Andy Harris was polled to win his race handily until he screamed at a woman journalist for filming him at a press gaggle. Now the race is WIDE OPEN. His Democratic opponent Dan Schwartz just demolished him. Worth a watch 👇

A lot of Democrats have been suspiciously quiet about the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home, which is why I’m so glad President Obama is speaking out. You can feel however you want about Omar, but this attack on her is incredibly dangerous, and the same thing will come for anybody who stands up to Trump and these fascists. We cannot ignore this stuff.

Pulled my wheelchair up steps and knocked doors today with Senator Tom Harkin in Ottumwa. I won my first race by 6 votes. I did it by knocking doors rain or shine, talking to voters, and listening. That’s how we’ll win this one too. Join us: Turek4Iowa.com

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OSSOFF: At a rally, the president egged on supporters who assaulted a woman demanding the release of the Epstein files. Because if you can count on one thing about this White House, it's their tireless commitments to war, inflation, and covering up sex trafficking.

A farmer, tired of rats destroying his crops and stealing his grain, came up with a clever but cruel plan. He threw a dead pig into a deep, abandoned well. Attracted by the smell, nearly 80 rats rushed into the well to feast on the carcass. At first, everything seemed wonderful. There was more than enough food for everyone, and the rats ate until they were satisfied. But when the food was gone, they discovered something terrifying. The walls of the well were too steep to climb. They were trapped. Days passed, and hunger turned into desperation. Desperation turned into aggression. The rats that had once eaten peacefully beside one another began fighting for survival. Eventually, they began killing and eating each other. One by one, their numbers dwindled until only a single rat remained. Its eyes were bloodshot, and it had survived by consuming its own kind. Then the farmer returned, lowered a rope into the well, and rescued the last surviving rat. But he didn't save it out of kindness or compassion. The farmer knew the rat had learned to survive by hunting other rats. When he released it into his fields, it would continue killing its own kind instead of eating his grain. The farmer had turned his enemy into his greatest weapon. And that is the lesson of divide and conquer. Those who control the trap don't need to fight the battles themselves. They simply create the conditions in which others turn against one another. The rats believed their enemies were the other rats. They never realized that the true enemy was the farmer who had put them there. The greatest danger isn't always the enemy standing in front of you. Sometimes it's the one who created the conflict and stands quietly watching you destroy each other. Before you turn against your neighbor because of their political beliefs, ask yourself who benefits from keeping Americans divided. While we fight each other over Republican and Democrat, we may be overlooking those who profit from the conflict. Perhaps the real question isn't which side you're on, but who built the well—and why they want us fighting at the bottom of it.

A rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll who has zero qualifications to be running national TV network is in fact running a national TV network and trying to get it to behave like a rightwing, pro-Israel, anti-Muslim troll.

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Tottenham star Richarlison has accused Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro of STEALING his PRIVATE ISLAND! Richarlison claims he refused to sell the island to Bolsonaro, but the politician and another man took possession of it through legal proceedings WITHOUT PAYING HIM ANYTHING. The Brazilian striker says he invested around R$10 MILLION in the island and has received NOTHING in return. He is now calling for a police investigation.

My article: "It is Time for a State to Take Congress to Court" with David Walker, former Comptroller General of the US, in @FortuneMagazine: "Only a fiscal responsibility constitutional amendment can force Congress to restore and sustain fiscal sanity. To light the fuse, it is time for a state attorney general to stand up and assert the rights of the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and hold Congress accountable for its failure."

Senator Bernie Sanders and I stand with the nurses and healthcare workers who put Prop 40 on the ballot. Governor Gavin Newsom stands with Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin and Elon Musk, Trump backers who all oppose it. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

If the regime truly believed California had an illegal voting problem — no such problem exists — they would have taken this action a long time ago, not as Californians are literally casting votes. This is all a political stunt to trick people into voting for Prop 39 (which will make it harder for citizens to vote) and to lay groundwork for a coup on January 3 by refusing to seat House Democrats based on bogus “voter fraud” claims.

We have reached the point where a former President of the United States has to remind the current president that criticizing him isn't grounds for deportation.

Wow — hey y’all remember how @RepMarkGreen mysteriously resigned? Per @jkbjournalist he’s now getting $600,000 to use his influence to run guns to Haiti 🤔… totally normal stuff! 😬 Oh and $7 MILLION of the 🇭🇹 people’s money went missing in the deal: miamiherald.com/news/nation-…

Unearthed audio: Mike Rogers brushing off concerns about cutting Social Security "Anytime you get the screwdriver in there and adjust it a little bit, the other team goes, 'Oh my God, you're trying to kill seniors. You don't care about people.'"

FLASHBACK: Ten years ago tonight, Hillary Clinton said that Donald Trump would operate as a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Hillary was right about everything.

“We’ve known Abdul since ninth grade.“

MAGA Republicans keep saying Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani want to force their religion on us. Meanwhile, they’re trying to shove their Christian nationalist bullshit into every school, doctor’s office, and bedroom. Hypocritical fucks.

Moments ago, Israeli occupation forces carried out a blast targeting Al-Qantara, in southern Lebanon.

EXCLUSIVE: Texas has been considering selling Boca Chica State Park to Elon Musk texasmonthly.com/news-politi…