Looks like Trump is moving to grant clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, just as I predicted, rather than a pardon, which would strip the serial child rapist and Jeffrey Epstein procurer of her 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination. So it goes with our pro-criminal felon in the White House.

Good news, via The WashPost, from SCOTUS:

A rare workers compensation benefits victory in Missouri for an injured worker who was treated abominably (for starters her boss refused to leave and watched doctors strip her clothes off) reminds of this Page 1 NYTimes story I wrote, gifted below. Boils your blood? www.nytimes.com/1997/05/05/n...

How Donald Trump is actively damaging world opinion about America illuminated by what happened to a north of the Arctic Circle Norwegian journalist in his column at @DCReport. www.dcreport.org/2025/11/07/n...

Yo, a shout out to the people Donald Trump says he loves, "the poorly educated." Trump is fighting in court to NOT provide food to the poorest people in America, including pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. Donald doesn't love you, he despises you.

When the Pentagon’s narrative becomes part of a war on truth, where does accountability go? Another reality check by @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social! 📄 “Trump, the Pentagon and the War on Truth” 🔗 www.dcreport.org/2025/11/06/d...

Trump’s new disability rule changes could tighten eligibility for older blue-collar workers—especially in states that helped elect him. Up to 1.5 million could lose benefits over time. www.dcreport.org/2025/11/02/r... Article originally posted on @propublica.org

Smart insights below on Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's biggest Big Lie, denying ICE arrests American citizens, denies them access to medications and lawyers: schiffnotes.substack.com/p/kristi-noe...

“Murder. That’s the word.” Investigative @davidcayjohnston.bsky.socialexposes chilling new claims: Trump has allegedly ordered the military to blow up boats in international waters—bypassing all due process and killing people without trial. www.dcreport.org/2025/10/31/d...

My review of an important new book about how our federal tax system creates and reinforces our growing inequality was published today by The Washington Monthly magazine: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/s...

Former FBI Director Comey’s indictment may not be justice—it might be revenge. @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social digs into the “vindictive prosecution” argument. www.dcreport.org/2025/10/23/c...

Donald Trump's demand that red states redistrict to favor his party will backfire provided people who love liberty and believe in our Constitution follow the advice in my latest, and brief, DCReport Reality Check video: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/31/d...

It's not often that a headline writer gets to mix irony and bigotry, as with this from @nydailynews.com:

From the excellent nonprofit @sfpublicpress.bsky.social, polling shows California Latinos are souring on Trumponomics and favor the ballot measure to redraw congressional districts. Expect more of this from various demographic groups.

An excellent question posed by Prem Thakker, a son of North Dakota, who is politics correspondent for Medhi Hasan's ZETEO news and commentary service:

An optimistic song about love and saving America in these dark days from Joseph Aronesty in Manhattan Beach: on.soundcloud.com/KfuymELKptKu...

Scoop by @ddayen.bsky.social on an issue crucial to economy timely jobs data. ADP, the big payroll processor, ended Federal Reserve access to its granular jobs data. This eliminates a private sector alternative to the BLS.gov data Trump compromised and then stopped. prospect.org/2025/10/21/f...

Why we should hope the judge doesn't grant former FBI Director James Comey's request to dismiss his indictment as vindictive prosecution explained in 98 seconds in my new RealityCheck for DCReport. www.dcreport.org/2025/10/23/c...

Donald just started an anti-communist club, his latest scheme to siphon money from the underpaid and poorly educated. So, how many Commies in America today? Almost 0.000006% of Americans. Great focus on the big issues, Donald.

With the right approach you can get killers to confess, cheaters to detail how much their mistress(es) costs, and much more. How? Sign up for my Master Class on the Art of Interviewing. Nov. 13 at 6PM at Writers & Books in Rochester. wab.org/event/master...

Trumponomics isn't just hurting farmers and universities: From Reuters: Bankruptcies of automotive-related companies First Brands and Tricolor, along with potential losses at banks and investment funds, are raising new concerns about hidden risks in parts of the credit market...

So much for Donald's claim - less than a week ago - that he had brokered a whole new golden era of peace in the Middle East:

Donald, proclaiming himself "King Trump," shows in a bizarre and tasteless video what he thinks of American democracy and those who support Constitutional limits on his power: www.facebook.com/reel/1137639...

An assembly of peaceful patriots in Santa Cruz, my hometown:

At Saturday's No Kings protest in Brighton, a Rochester suburb, I said to a wealthy business owner "glad to see the capitalists are here protesting." His reply: "There is no capitalism without freedom." Exactly correct! Spread his insight, please.

Frank Rich, New York Magazine, Oct. 17, 2025: “Netanyahu [has] managed to transform America’s universal support of Israel into widespread antipathy... [losing] a whole generation of young American supporters and many of their elders as well... 1 of 2

If you encounter agents provocateur at the No Kings protests on Oct. 18 don't take the bait. Point them out to the cops. If there are fellow demonstrators trained in nonviolent resistance seek their help. Encircling troublemakers, to separate them from everyone else, CAN be affective.

Unkown creator, but smart political art:

The Trump administration has now fired most of the federal employees who investigate racial, disability, and other discrimination by landlords. The first time Donald got a lot of negative coverage was in 1973 when the same agency nailed him for being a racist landlord.

Exactly - and it's not bigger in the news because it's not news that JD Vance won't criticize American Nazis.

Brace yourselves: the economy is entering choppy waters. Growth is cooling, wage pressure persists, and external risks are surfacing. This isn’t a crash prediction—it’s a reality check by @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social 👉 www.dcreport.org/2025/10/14/r...

The Republican nominee for Virginia governor wants to ban abortions without exceptions for rape and incest. Given all the unnecessary deaths of women suffering spontaneous abortions in Florida, Texas, and Idaho how can any decent human being support this anti-life candidate?

If you had any doubts that prominent GOP leaders are openly disparaging of minorities, watch this video in which a journalist asks a Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey how important Black and Hispanic voters would be to winning: www.facebook.com/stories/2560...

👉 @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social makes it clear that what’s at stake is: access to essential services, freedom of organizational policy, and the relationship between federal power and state/local autonomy. Full article: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/11/t...

Two faces of Trump: abroad, a peacemaker; at home, an autocrat. 🤔 Ceasefires & hostage deals are being hailed, but domestic crackdowns, political control & suppressing dissent tell another story. Read more: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/12/r... Article by: Terry H. Schwadron

The Trump administration has found a devious way to force local governments to submit to ICE and end DEI. This is a story that YOU can do something about. Please read my column below, watch the very brief video and then help us as a Citizen Journalist: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/11/t...

Silicon Valley CEOs fear Trump, and with good reason. And you should be scared, too. See my latest for DCReport, both text and the first in a new feature -- short videos: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/10/s...

Great question from comedian Matt Goldich: How close were Trump and Epstein on a scale of 12 to 17.

What does ICE stand for? Ignoring Constitutional Ethics? Inhumane Conduct Everyday? Intimidate Children Especially? Incarcerate Confuse Expel? h/t Greg Johnstone/Facebook

🛑 How Safe Are We? — FBI under Patel is firing, reassigning agents seen as disloyal; DOJ is purging dissenting prosecutors. Power is centralizing. Read more: dcreport.org/2025/10/07/h... Article by Terry H. Schwadron

Trump’s executive onslaught is driven by the unitary executive theory — giving the president tight control over the entire executive branch. The Court may soon tip the balance. Read more: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/08/t... Article originally posted on @us.theconversation.com by Graham G. Dodds

Another example of bad numbers in journalism: The Epoch Times, in an alarmist cover story today, says Chinese interests are buying up American farmland. Turns out these foreign investors own one in every 2,800 acres of American agricultural land. In other words, bupkis. #badjournalism

A very sad loss this week.

The Supreme Court is increasingly ruling in the dark. 🌑The shadow docket lets it bypass normal procedure, no full hearings, no detailed opinions, and make sweeping decisions. Justice Jackson says it’s “gratuitous and harmful.” Read more: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/06/s... Article by: Henry R. Kaufman

Trump's this is what you voted for - zip-tying toddlers in the middle of the night in Chicago.

File under do, as I say, not as I do, Trump division: