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The NY Times published an editorial citing Susan Collin as "a moderate Republican." Collins is a reliable vote for Trump's agenda, has voted against democracy at every turn and supported extremist judges. This is why people are abandoning legacy media--even while enjoying games, puzzles & recipes.

Reporter: Why don't you just enable Ukraine to finish this war tomorrow? Trump: Well, if you knew anything about what you were talking about... Reporter: I do! Trump: You do? I don't think you do, really. It's a little more complicated than that.

Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison. Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. wapo.st/4qk3Hkn

Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.

“The service felt like it was the Four Seasons,” said Jacqui Moore, a media executive who became a NeueHousemember initially in New York and then Hollywood while she was working on a six month project for the BBC. www.latimes.com/entertainme...

Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

"He hates Americans....Trump hates America." Trump's AI video embodies his "hatred of actual living Americans." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

Trump demolishes part of the White House after posting a video defecating on America. “MAGA Mike” lashes out at Americans over No Kings, legal news out of Oregon, Trump’s disastrous Zelenskyy meeting & more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.

I treat the Bolton prosecution the same as indictments of Comey and James because they are all the product of Donald Trump's vindictive abuse of the DOJ. Also, I don't trust a single word in any of the indictments. They were drafted by prosecutors who ultimately report to Bondi and Trump.

Local activists and organizers were the beating heart of No Kings Day — and they will keep leading the fight on the ground in your community. Use our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local Indivisibles: indivisible.org/groups

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market. Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army. Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Don’t lump Bolton charges in with flimsy cases against Comey and James <--- EXACTLY open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

As long as you never criticize anyone on the right for even smaller-stake scandals, you don’t have to do the same when the consequences are much greater and involve someone like Trump himself.

Donald Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a $250M ballroom for his rich friends

Taint www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/20/t...

A new nazi texting scandal has hit the Republican party. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump says Jack Ciattarelli is calling him “constantly.” Ciattarelli will be Trump’s vassal.

Almost as many immigrants have died in ICE custody this year as in all four years of the Biden administration. -Politico

In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.

A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana's Redistricting Supreme Court Case... fascinating and frightful. fully exposes utter hypocrisy and intellectual corruption of S Ct open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

What can I do better to help the cause? 🤔 💭

With NOT GUILTY Finding, Jury Delivers A Verdict On The Overreach By Trump's DOJ! youtu.be/YH2gZWBb058?...

For a certain type of literary man, Peter Matthiessen was nothing less than awe-inspiring. He was an artist who had stared death in the face and lived to write reasonably well about it. For the people close to him, however, he was a more complicated figure.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries today he opposes a Senate Republican bill to extend pay to troops and some federal workers during the government shutdown.

Stay tuned for Kanew’s in-person interview with Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social , candidate for U.S. Senate down in Texas They talked No Kings rallies, democracy, theocracy, Trump literally pooping on Americans and demolishing part of the White House, and more

Boston Scientific has been a driving force behind Minnesota’s leadership in medical technology, spurring innovation and employing more than 10,000 Minnesotans.   Today, we cut the ribbon on their new campus that will add hundreds of jobs and keep that innovation in Maple Grove.

Wishing you a joyous Diwali!

Someone firebombed a queer friendly ice cream shop in Minneapolis.

Join @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @annabower.bsky.social at 8 pm ET for a live discussion of Bower’s article about her Signal exchange with EDVA U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan. youtube.com/live/SZZyccE...

“Friends, I received more than 400 submissions for the Oct. 18th “No Kings” Protest Sign Contest, and I have rarely agonized this much when considering the creativity of others.”

it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money

In Azerbaijan, critics of the tyrannical government dressed up in donkey suits to mock them -- and were imprisoned: substack.com/home/post/p-...

"An alternative is to shift more of the burden for medical expenses onto individuals, and let the markets do their work." Yes, it works, because people get less care. www.thebulwark.com/p/actual-hum...

My latest: Trump is slowly but surely desensitizing the public to a brand of authoritarianism aimed at subverting the will of the electorate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Former FBI Director James Comey's lawyers asked a federal judge today to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing that President Trump has "personal animus" toward him.

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

Lindsey Halligan's Grand Jury Violation, with Love to Aileen Cannon www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/20/l...

This shows in so many ways Halligan is unsuited to be United States Dogcatcher, let alone United States Attorney. She writes a reporter whining about reporting but not offering any actionable specific things the reporter got wrong. There's NO WAY that helps anything. /1

In case you haven’t recently heard the magnificent Eva Cassidy singing ‘Over Th Rainbow’ here it is Tragically she died not long afterward youtu.be/2rd8VktT8xY

In case you have heard the magnificent Eva Cassidy singing ‘Over Th Rainbow’ here it is Tragically she died not long afterward youtu.be/2rd8VktT8xY

Planetary Rings xkcd.com/3156/

If you’re waiting on the better angels of tech CEOs, don’t hold your breath.

Donald Trump is far too selfish a person to go to the trouble of building an enormous ballroom that won't be finished until his last, legal term is up if he weren't planning to use it in his next, illegal term.

That didn't take long. Nachmanoff denies government's motion to expedite privilege review in connection with possible effort to recuse Fitzgerald as Comey's lawyer (which, news flash, isn't going anywhere.)

If a company can break the entire internet, they are too big. Period. It's time to break up Big Tech.

Lindsey Halligan is a fucking moron.

Shockingly substandard stuff from @nytimes.com

If a company can break the entire internet, they are too big. Period. It's time to break up Big Tech.

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

A secret FBI anti-ransomware task force gets exposed, a division of ICE has access to AI-powered license plate cameras, and North Koreans busted hiding malware in the Ethereum blockchain, in this week’s security news roundup. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:

1. A federal judge has just ruled in favor of 16 states and schools that refuse to comply with Trumps trans ban demand. The administration is threatening to pull tens of millions in federal sex ed funding. Now, they will be blocked. Subscribe to support my journalism.

"It’s easy to picture Platner’s life taking a path very different from the one he’s on currently....Maybe that’s just the nature of politics today—to reach disaffected and alienated young men, you nominate someone who once was one."

Did a bunch of man-on-the-street interviews of No Kings protesters. What I found surprised me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/no-kings-i...

It’s such an odd coincidence that so many people in and around the Trump admin have insanely racist things surface.

OMG @annabower.bsky.social

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

the view from my front yard, 6:14pm

he view from my front yard, 6:14pm

Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31. Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.

Erez Reuveni spent 15 years as an immigration lawyer for the DOJ. The Trump administration fired him when he refused to defend their lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“When it was rolling, it was phenomenal,” said Daniel Bee, NeueHouse’s former publicist. “It was the height of cool. The Hollywood building was, in essence, really an elevated event space of culture.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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What is life without humor?! We have to learn to be okay with finding humor in darkness and that is what Kathy Griffin: My Life On The PTSD-List is all about. Watch it for FREE on my YouTube! youtu.be/UF2REkRgUZA?...

How to Join ICE theonion.com/how-to-join-...

They were already living in one of Chicago's worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.

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Motherfucker is shitting on people and tearing the White House down hoping we’ll forget about the Epstein files. Bitch, we didn’t forget. Tick tock.

"Today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy America, and I urge you to quit, too." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 232. Trump begins destruction of the WH, MAGA reacts to No Kings, Trump betrays Ukraine, gearing up for war with Venezuela, & everything else that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

MAGA likes to brag that Trump collected more than $2 billion in tariffs. Dude, that's YOUR money he took. And he just gave $40 billion to bail out Argentina!

Everything this motherfucker touches dies. Look at what he’s done to the White House 😞

If you're seeking an excuse to sit in total darkness, we invite you to a free screening of BUGONIA, a Yorgos Lanthimos film, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. RSVP here: theonion.com/bugonia/. (In partnership with @focusfeatures.bsky.social)

He said it wouldn’t impact the existing structure at all. So now we’re talking about something other than the Epstein files: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I started Wear Them Out for one reason, simple messages defending freedom at home and abroad. Take a look at all the options, including our popular “Three Branches, No Kings!” Wearthemoutproducts.com

Can a French speaking person help me with a translation of the handwritten part of this? This is from the vet records of a Québécois kitten now living in the U.S., regarding an enucleation surgery he had.

Literally

Democrats are fighting to help American families hang onto their health insurance because no one should go bankrupt because they got sick and needed to see a doctor.

The Majority Marches Against Kings, While MAGA Supports a Guardian of Pedophiles The GOP now stands for the Guardians of Pedophiles as the GOP continue support Trump & his unlawful attacks on peaceful Americans, the rule of law, and Venezuelan fishermen. thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-majori...

The conditions in Gaza are dire and perilous and the displaced civilians rely on our donations. We’re their only voice and means of survival. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and raise funds to escape. And find and help others if you can. ❤️ 🙏 tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

The 9th Cir opinion and the Chicago case in the Sup Ct are HUGE--if through principles of deference they green-light Trump, he's off to the autocratic races. Catch my special youtube www.youtube.com/@TalkingFeds & harrylitman.substack.com/Substack live w/ @klasfeldreports.com that lay out the stakes

"[Palestinians] had no role to play in this 20-point plan at all. The Israelis got it, edited it, made it closer to what they wanted. The Palestinians never saw it at all." Listen on Apple: interc.pt/3WfLqXO Spotify: interc.pt/43tMHhI Everywhere else: interc.pt/3WamFMH

🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail. Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)

A Black man got arrested for the crime of sitting, and Leslie Jones is asking America why this keeps happening

Including this review www.thebulwark.com/p/just-readi...

I’ll be attending this

White House staff have wanted event space for many, many decades. The issue is not additional space being built; it’s the concern for architectural and historical integrity, and who is donating to this project and what they are getting in exchange for it.

Next time someone tells you democrats are responsible for the shutdown, say the following in a calm, collected tone: - Democrats are fighting for millions of Americans to not lose their healthcare - Republicans are threatening to hurt more Americans if Democrats don’t cave Enunciate the big words

I called Trump a fascist years ago

This butt sniffing parasite is now capitalizing random words like his host. Are you kidding me?

Now onto unlawful appointment. I haven't read the other challenges, but happy to see Bill Essayli gets a shoutout here. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I went to the No Kings protest. After talking to dozens of people, I noticed an interesting shift: Democrats no longer trust the national security state www.kenklippenstein.com/p/no-kings-i...

Both Democracy Docket and the Washington Post published guest opinion pieces today. Subscribing to one or the other is a way of showing what you value. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Donald has been doing what he does best, lie, and exploit anger and division for personal gain. Read more: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trump-expl...

“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.

Trump's AI video, showing himself as a pilot dumping shit on Americans, fits right in to a long authoritarian tradition www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"Does anybody believe these corporate donors are ponying up money for another Trumpian vanity project out of the rugged America First patriotism that demands gold-gilded ballrooms? I think not." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-balls-...

They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.

as with adams, if sliwa drops out i think a non trivial portion of his support goes to mamdani