Weeks hell, Hillary Clinton used a mildly derogatory term to refer to a subset of Trump supporters in a speech at a private gathering whose theme was that Democrats should try to appeal to the rest of Trump's supporters who were good people, and we still hear about it all the time

This wasn’t that long ago… A reporter asking white folks in 1964 what they thought about the Civil Rights Act. And the answers are just 🤦🏽‍♂️

Some reporter needs to stop Mike Johnson, whip out the largest iPad they can find, & say “President Trump posted this video of himself wearing a crown & flying a fighter jet & dropping excrement on Americans. Now that you’ve seen it, do you approve or disapprove of this post?”

Can you imagine the absolute DEFCON 1 response in every single major news outlet if Biden had posted an AI video of himself dumping shit on protesting Americans?

This should be automatic 25th amendment while impeachment and removal are pending because if it weren’t the people outside would breach the ramparts territory.

He's definitely not mad that 7 million Americans came out to protest him yesterday.... uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...

Obama sharing a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a King Obama jet that dumped shit all over Americans would have been the only thing the news networks talked about for weeks. Meanwhile, Trump doing that very thing couldn't even warrant a discussion on the Sunday shows today.

The votes in Orange County are behind. WE NEED YOU TO MAKE CALLS AND CLOSE THAT GAP!!!

If you harmed people, we will hold you accountable—no matter who you are. Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems are standing up for Epstein’s survivors and fighting for the justice they deserve.

The so-called Homeland Security Secretary is a corrupt and malignant fraud. This video she sanctioned is fake. Manipulated by cowards who hide behind masks while violating the law.

Lead front-page story in today's NYT Time-travel dept: -I don't remember front-page NYT stories "It's 1993, and GOP Is Still Running Against Clinton." That's what they did, for huge mid-term win. -Nor "It's 2009, and GOP Is Still Running Against Obama." Which they did, for huge win. Weird.

If you don't know what an IRB does, and have never had to submit anything before an IRB, let me just say, it is necessary to protect YOU so that those of us who have done research, don't harm folks. It's critical that they exist. Again, the media are failing folks by not informing them adequately

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A YouGov poll of Ohio's upcoming Senate race: Sherrod Brown, the former Democratic senator: 49% Jon Husted, the appointed GOP senator: 48%. scholarworks.bgsu.edu/depo/14/

We wouldn’t even be voting on Prop 50 if it weren’t for Trump. Here’s how Texas politics set off a chain reaction that brought this fight to California. 🗳️ Vote YES on Prop 50 — to keep power in the people’s hands, not in politicians’ backrooms. #YesOnProp50

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Zelenskyy: "I instructed our diplomats - and have already spoken about this with many leaders - to prepare a meeting of the coalition of the willing in the near future. We need strong joint positions in Europe. And this will happen. Thank you to everyone who is with us."

The president of the United States posted a video of himself as a king in a fighter jet dropping poop bombs on his own country and still people are like “Hmm, not sure if I can vote for a Democrat unless they’re someone I agree with 100% on everything.”

Democrats have overperformed in races across the map this year. We’ve got the wind at our back—and only two weeks left to continue that momentum for Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger, and so many more elections up and down the ballot.

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

I'm beginning to believe that Johnson has been told that if the discharge petition passes Trump will withdraw support for him as Speaker. What he's doing here is so far out of bounds, so incredibly destructive, illiberal and a betrayal of the House itself, that it has to be something like this.

He could. He won’t.

There’s not really a score to keep, but if there was because of the proposed narrative by Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP officials: October 18, 2025: peaceful protest June 14, 2025: peaceful protest January 6, 2021: not peaceful protest

Mike Johnson sounds like Strom Thurmond

“We don’t want kings!” “Here is a video of me wearing a crown, shitting myself.”

I think one of the most annoying things about their authoritarianism is their gaslighting. As Molly Ivins said, don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

Vance is opposed to diversity for the simple reason that any process that chooses the best candidate from a diverse pool is never going to choose a submediocre person like Vance.

Donald Trump keeps posting images of him as a king and the legacy media ignores it as if it is normal. It is not. It is dangerous. Support pro-democracy media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

@npr.org chose to air a clip of VPOTUS Vance saying that Republicans were ending Democrats' attempt to push partisan policies in our military versus the clip of him telling the troops that Democrats don't want our soldiers and their families to be paid what they are owed.

Republicans are trying to assert that it is anti-American to be anti-fascist. The GOP has become a fascist political party and everyone needs to acknowledge that fact.

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better." (The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

Evanston (pop 65K) is between Chicago & Wilmette (pop 30K). There are hundreds of thousands of people in Chicago, certainly including many people from Evanston, Wilmette, & nearby communities, yet these two protests were still, for the local populations, very big. And they’re only 3 miles apart

We ♥️ America

After cutting SNAP for 340,000 Illinoisans in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” the Trump USDA says they will completely stop SNAP on November 1st due to their government shutdown. This White House has money for a new ballroom, but not for regular people struggling to afford groceries.

When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, it will be a hub for change — a place for people from all over the world to come together, get inspired, and take what they learn back to their own communities. obama.org/presidential-center

Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal. There is no rational justification for such a deployment. It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.

Here is a gift link to the article about what Graham Platner said about Military Sexual Assault survivors, and the documentary about MST called The Invisible War. Full disclosure: I was in that film. wapo.st/3L086sy

Some people are honored to help children learn, or help the sick heal, or help the dispossessed fight for justice. Others are honored to have played a small role in giving lying criminals a chance to prey on society again, so long as they are Republicans.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.

“In Maine, a family of four making $130,000 would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year. “In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700.” Gift link ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

This is a Trump-Republican shutdown. Their Speaker doesn’t even know what he’s doing.

NEW: The Supreme Court will run out of funding Saturday, Oct. 18, but will continue holding oral arguments and releasing orders and opinions throughout the government shutdown, per a #SCOTUS spokesperson. The court's building, however, will be closed to the public.

Rep. Adam Smith to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "All they’ve said is, these people are part of a drug-running gang and we killed them ... I’ve never been in a situation like this where there has been less information provided to Congress on the details." Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Even Republicans know there’s not a war in cities.

Leader Jeffries: There are couples who currently pay $2,000 per year for their health insurance because they benefit from ACA tax credits. When those credits go away, that same couple will pay more than $20,000 a year. Spending bills should be helping the American people, not hurting them.

WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued. The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody. apnews.com/article/vene...

Kind of insane that the generic House ballot is still hovering around D+3 right now considering that the Republicans have essentially disbanded the House.

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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