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Friday, October 23, 2026
“I say that she's fair game.” That’s President Donald Trump doubling down on the widely panned and controversial and disgusting campaign ad put out by Vivek Ramaswamy that effectively shames his opponent, Amy Acton, who is an alleged rape victim by her stepfather. This despite bipartisan blowback that might just suggest that Trump’s “best defense is a good offense” might not be the smartest play here. Later on the same day, during an Iowa rally, Trump baselessly labeled Abdul El-Sayed a “jihadist,” which in any other time frame would elicit understandable outrage at the nakedly politicized Islamophobia. Speaking of which, America Next unveiled the latest race-baiting ad featuring a self-described white woman, who says she ‘can’t even show my face because my skin is white. This came after viewers saw angry racialized comments from three powerful women of color, AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Sunny Hostin. Plans to celebrate an early harmonic convergence have temporarily been delayed.
