spooky news Halloween 2018

On curbing this executrump's power:

You cannot do it at the border; you cannot do it with an order; you cannot do it here or there; you cannot do it anywhere. https://t.co/z5LjS4wKyb

— Prof. Garrett Epps (@Profepps) October 30, 2018

Republicans up and down the ballot are charging that Democrats' support for expanding Medicare would threaten the viability of the program for seniors who depend on it.

Fact-checkers have repeatedly challenged these claims. https://t.co/jfrgyVu8Is

— NPR (@NPR) October 30, 2018

It is the same thing all over again. Power will not hear opposing views, or even views they supposedly believe...

A religious leader just interrupted Jeff Sessions and recited Matthew 25:42—43:

"I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was a stranger and you did not welcome me."

He was removed by police.

Another religious leader defended him.

He was also removed.pic.twitter.com/2dRJtpe7AL

— 👻low voter turnout💀 (@JordanUhl) October 29, 2018

Amazing story made even more compelling in the lead up to next week's vote.

The Rev. William Barber has emerged as perhaps the most important figure in progressive U.S. Christianity while serving his small local congregation in Goldsboro, N.C. https://t.co/nsPLn4iJeG pic.twitter.com/IOyvOjfniC

— NPR (@NPR) November 1, 2018

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Scary stuff. How yellow fever in New Orleans changed the city.

In New Orleans, yellow fever created an entire social structure based on who survived, who was likely to survive and who was not long for this world in the 1800s.

And that structure had everything to do with immigration and slavery, historians say. https://t.co/83X88eEh3b

— NPR (@NPR) October 31, 2018

When people ask who will pay for it, go ahead, ask them,

Dudley Dillard (1948) asks/answers the age-old question: Why is the government paying interest on risk-free government bonds? pic.twitter.com/QAvk6gBXFs

— Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) October 30, 2018

The actual answer is surprising.
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Book movers in Southampton, England, 2018.

When you're moving your bookstore down the street, how can you relocate all your inventory? One option: a human conveyor belt. https://t.co/kGs7rNhggE

— NPR (@NPR) October 31, 2018

Unsealed documents from 44 years ago showing how compelling a district court's findings can be. Spooky!

Read this post from the trio for more explanation of why they pressed for this — https://t.co/Ho7NUjUlnh — and I'm sure more will be forthcoming from them.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 31, 2018