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Senate approves income-based payment plans for utility bills
The Puerto Rico Senate has approved legislation that would establish income-based payment plans for residential customers struggling to pay overdue water and electricity bills, allowing eligible households to repay debt through monthly installments capped at no more than 5% of family income. The measure, House Bill 133, known as the Essential Services Continuity Payment Plans Act, is part of a broader package of legislation approved by the upper chamber addressing utility services, digital safety, agriculture, government spending and tax matters.
https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/senate-approves-income-based-payment-plans-for-utility-bills

Hacktivist group says it obtained personal data on thousands of DHS employees
A hacktivist group working to “limit further harm by the DHS” says it obtained data on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including staffers’ phone numbers and email addresses. POLITICO could not independently verify the dataset’s authenticity. Reuters and TechCrunch matched information from the leak to third-party records and known names of DHS employees.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/28/dhs-data-leak-hacktivist-01140028
https://archive.ph/Exy9t

Biden-era officials who quit over Gaza urge 2028 candidates to denounce policy architects
Twelve former US officials who quit the Biden administration between late 2023 and mid-2024 over US support for Israeli attacks on Gaza signed a joint statement "We call on candidates for the 2028 Presidential Nomination to commit to not hire any administration official directly responsible for enabling Israel's military actions in Gaza," they said in the statement released on Wednesday.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/biden-era-officials-who-quit-over-gaza-urge-2028-candidates-denounce-policy

Feds agree to environmental study for proposed Bridgeport Amtrak maintenance facility
The dispute is over a 60-acre freight yard along Canal Street between 33rd and 35th streets, which Amtrak, backed by multi-million dollar federal grant, wants to turn into a massive 24-hour passenger coach and maintenance hub. The project was originally granted a categorical exclusion, meaning it could bypass rigorous environmental checks, but now the Federal Railroad Administration reversed that and is now requiring a formal environmental assessment.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-railroad-administration-agrees-environmental-study-proposed-bridgeport-amtrak-maintenance-facility-rate-field/19984392/

Trump calls for prosecution of Democratic Alaska Senate candidate over spoiler candidate controversy
The race is among a handful of Senate contests this year expected to determine control of the chamber. Trump had previously directed his Department of Justice to sue to block certification of the Senate race should Democrat Mary Peltola defeat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-peltola-senate-dan-sullivan-democrats-743677c9fb0d6696af7901504df2be3e

LAPD officer arrested, accused of trying to meet up with minor for lewd purposes
A Los Angeles Police Department officer was arrested in Monrovia after being confronted by a vigilante group while allegedly attempting to meet with a minor for lewd purposes. The Oct. 22 incident occurred just before 10 p.m. in the 300 block of West Olive Avenue, according to the Monrovia Police Department.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lapd-officer-vigilante-predator-group-arrest/

Karen Bass, Nithya Raman tied in Los Angeles mayor's race, new poll shows
A Berkeley IGS/L.A. Times poll released Wednesday shows Bass and Raman each have 40% support. The poll also finds that 19% of voters are still undecided in the race.Back in September, Raman had an 11-point lead. But according to the new poll, Bass has erased that advantage. The Times attributes that change to inroads Bass has made by winning over voters who backed Spencer Pratt in the June primary.
https://abc7.com/post/karen-bass-nithya-raman-tied-los-angeles-mayors-race-new-poll-shows/19989563/

DoorDash in talks to buy Instacart in roughly $17 billion deal, source says
The Wall Street Journal first reported the developments on Monday. The ​food delivery industry has been grappling with rising labor costs, tighter regulation of delivery workers ​and growing competition after the pandemic-driven boom in online ordering faded.
https://www.reuters.com/business/doordash-talks-buy-instacart-wsj-reports-2026-10-26/

13 European Communist Youth organizations hail student protests, back dockworkers' strike
“The Communist Youth organizations signing this statement salute the tremendous mobilizations of school students, university students and young workers that have taken place in France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Albania and other European countries in recent weeks, fighting for education, work and a life that meets the possibilities offered by the 21st century. The great waves of young people surging through the streets of Europe are creating images of optimism and hope. They demonstrate that the organized people, through their struggle, can leave their mark on developments. We denounce the repression unleashed by the bourgeois states, resulting in injuries to demonstrators, including school students, thousands of arrests, and attempts to slander these struggles. It is once again confirmed that anti-people policies are necessarily accompanied by repression, alongside efforts to manipulate the people. We, the young communists, stand on the front line of this struggle, highlighting that the causes driving young people into the streets are common. They lie in the EU of monopolies and war preparations, which allocates billions to military armaments and to boosting the profits of business groups in their competition with rival centers, while treating the needs of the people and youth as ‘wasteful’ and a ‘cost’. They lie in the system of exploitation and class barriers, which sacrifices the needs of workers, young people and working-class families every day in the interests of a handful of capitalists."
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/10/13-european-communist-youth-organizations-hail-student-protests-back-international-dockworkers-strike.html

DSA Is Eyeing a 2028 AOC Presidential Run
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is entering a new phase. After decades on the political margins, DSA has helped elect a socialist mayor of New York City, won a string of congressional primaries, and grown to over 130,000 members. Now, as chapters across the country call for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028, the organization faces a crucial test of how to turn its growing popularity into national political power. There are encouraging signs that DSA is rising to the occasion. From Los Angeles and Chicago to smaller communities like Ithaca and Wichita, chapters have passed resolutions urging AOC to run. Last weekend, Bread and Roses — a caucus I am a member of and that within DSA’s national leadership often holds the balance of power between the organization’s different political wings — voted overwhelmingly to join the effort to draft her. DSA’s national leadership has also approved a process that could allow an endorsement early in 2027, rather than waiting until its summer convention. None of this means the organization is united, or that its remaining disagreements are trivial. But the trend is clear: more socialists are coming around to the possibility of a national campaign capable of reaching millions of working people.
https://jacobin.com/2026/10/dsa-ocasio-cortez-2028-presidential-campaign

Flávio Bolsonaro Is Defeated, but the Fight Against Brazil’s Far Right Continues
All signs pointed to a Lula defeat: no first-round winner had ever lost the runoff, and most of the parties that ran in the first round but not the second were right-wing and likely to give more votes to Flávio. This victory goes far beyond Lula and his electoral and governing coalition known as the Broad Front. In fact, it came despite this “anyone but Bolsonaro” big-tent coalition. The Broad Front preserved many of the anti-worker policies of previous administrations, including those implemented by Jair Bolsonaro. And the coalition maintained a policy of class conciliation towards the Far Right and big business, which helped strengthen the social base of Bolsonarism and contain working-class mobilizations. Lula’s victory on Sunday was instead the result of the massive, youth-led mobilizations that swept the country in the lead-up to the election. With millions standing up to Bolsonarism in the streets and on social media, these were the largest protests since June 2013. These massive mobilizations also forced an important labor reform, known as the end of the six-day work week — the so-called “6×1” schedule. Brazil’s Congress approved the constitutional amendment in mid-October, with the new rules set to take effect in mid-December. Flávio’s defeat comes despite imperialist interference in the elections, particularly from his ally, Donald Trump. The U.S. president used tariffs and threats against embassies and consulates to sway the vote for Flávio. For Trump, a far-right victory in Brazil would have served as a key foothold for his “Donroe Doctrine”: his policy of imperialist subjugation of Latin America as part of the strategic competition with China. Meta also helped tip the scales toward Bolsonaro by restricting the reach of Lula’s campaign. Interference also came from Bolsonarist sectors. On the day of the election, cities with mayors linked to Bolsonaro restricted public transit, forcing the Supreme Court to extend voting by an hour. Even so, many polling places closed early, with military police stationed at voting sites.
https://www.leftvoice.org/flavio-bolsonaro-is-defeated-but-the-fight-against-brazils-far-right-continues/

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>After landing on a private jet with his family in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday morning, the far-right senator published the claim in a letter – even though his own party has recognised the legitimate victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as have all of Brazil’s institutions, and international observers who monitored and endorsed the vote.
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