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A new investigation from journalist @davidenrich.bsky.social reveals how JPMorgan Chase, the country's largest bank, enabled and profited from Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation.

Unlike what some of his obituaries claim, Charlie Kirk was "not a champion of free speech," says @jeffsharlet.bsky.social, who details Kirk's support for McCarthyist censorship.

An advocate working with survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein says the renewed push for accountability is encouraging more women to come forward, including some not yet publicly identified. "Courage is contagious."

We speak with the Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire and how he has amassed unprecedented power in business, technology and politics.

Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, have repeatedly attacked the Saudi capital of Riyadh in recent days, "but there is now, actively, a real ground war going on within Yemen, and that is a far more relevant and important issue for the Yemenis,” says Middle East scholar Helen Lackner.

TONIGHT: Watch the documentary "Steal This Story, Please!" at home, followed by a Q&A with Amy Goodman and directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (moderated by journalist Maria Hinojosa). https://www.democracynow.org/events/2026/10/virtual__amy_goodman_live_steal_this_story_please_screeningqa__1689

Alex Gibney (@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social), director of the new documentary “Musk,” says the “kids” Elon Musk hired to work at DOGE “were very savvy about how to access IT and data at these federal agencies" and that they could have easily transferred sensitive information to SpaceX.

Middle East researcher Helen Lackner explains the difference between Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally-recognized government and Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. “The Houthis are and were still the stronger military element throughout Yemen,” says Lackner.

ICE agents in Houston struck and injured a man with their vehicle on Saturday after he ran from them on foot.

ICE agents in Houston struck and injured a man with their vehicle on Saturday after he ran from them on foot.

Russia bombed a power plant in the city of Kharkiv on Sunday, setting it on fire. The attack came after President Trump wrote on his Truth Social account, “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine."

The Defense Casualty Analysis System website now lists 21 service members killed, up from 18.

Christa Pike was discharged from a hospital on Saturday and sent back to death row at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville.