🇪🇹⚡- BREAKING: TPLF's TDF have captured its first major city, Sekota, along the Tigray-Amhara regional border, in the renewed civil war in northern Ethiopia.

🇺🇸⚡️- Admin note: The vibe is similar to right before Hurricane Sandy 14 years ago. If this storm causes any significant damage the response (or lack thereof) from the Trump Admin is bound to put the GOP in an even deeper hole for the midterms.

🇺🇸⚡️- There are academic studies showing that Hurricane Sandy boosted Obama's approvals in 2012 dramatically and likely cost Mitt Romney the win in Virginia directly. There was not a single storm response in Trump's first term that boosted his approvals despite any action he took.

🇺🇸⚡️- DHS will stop ICE worksite raids in Kansas and possibly other states in response to business leaders and local Republican politicians demanding an end to worksite operations targeting business's who use illegal labor.

🇺🇸⚡️- Legendary Star Wars actor Mark Hamill turned 75 today. Hamill continues to work to this day in live action shows and as a voice actor.

His voice acting career has spanned decades ranging from his time counter to Kevin Conroy's Batman playing the Joker in various Batman projects, playing Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Skips in Regular Show, and dozens of other roles.