China signaled that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.

More than 4,000 government employees were laid off on Friday in what has been dubbed a “massacre.”

Jost likened giving Trump a Peace Prize to giving it to a Batman villain.

“This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do,” South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace wrote.

“Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us” is the talk of living rooms across India. The new book reassures rich folk that their worst sin is merely to have good intentions

WATCH — @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social : “Here’s a partial list of things Trump is choosing to no longer study — food insecurity, gun violence, toxic exposures etc… Just because you don't measure it doesn't mean the problem went away. Censoring science & data collection is scary in a democracy.”

🇺🇸🧑‍🌾Soybean Association President: “Unfortunately there’s not enough market competition due to (Trump’s) Trade War - the aid package is putting a band-aid on an open wound.” @rustygrills @GovBillLee @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn @RepChrisTodd @RepFaison are you listening?

A Donald Trump aide recently hinted at the president's plan to obtain "limitless power," according to a former prosecutor this weekend.

Sixty-nine percent of respondents said Trump is attempting to wield unprecedented authority, with many describing this in negative terms.

Trump DARK PAST Under INVESTIGATION by TOP Congressman

A helicopter that was coasting above a popular Southern California beach Saturday suddenly lost control and began spiraling in midair, eventually losing altitude and slamming into a row of palms as stunned sunbathers and beachgoers looked on.

Secretive and unregulated practices by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have led to calls for more oversight.

Tariff threat sparks crypto deleveraging. #econsky

Warner Bros spurns Paramount's advances. #econsky

The #internet, #intention, and #AI and the state of our current world. This answers a lot of my concerns. What about you? #Econsky youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...

Long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

Betting on shutdown is now 31.6 days...usual survey period for CES and CPS is *this week*; Admin calls back some BLS employees for CPI, but not for employment release... #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202...

Earnings must earn that 32% #econsky

Without tech, GDP nearly flatlines. #econsky

U.S.-Canada wine trade goes red. #econsky

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions "It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

Echoes of a very dark past. From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims. If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

Imagine that

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million. Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals. Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

People are SHOWING OUT for today’s Protect Rogers Park ICE protest at Clark and Lunt! There are a lot of great resources here: - sign making - school watch group chats - ICE Watch newsletters - KYR posters - and more! Drop by before 3!!

Cartoon by John Deering.

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Don't forget the $50 million for Greenland's polar bears.

Read "The jaw-dropping irony behind Trump’s worry about a ‘communist’ threat in America" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6n5y7G0M/I... THEY ARE THE ENEMY WITHIN. They are destroying our country. Right wing did Jan. 6th. Keep reminding them. We are nonviolent.

The mortgage fraud case against Letitia James is ‘bupkis’, experts say

From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US

The criminal mob boss accepted the gift of a Golden Airplane aka Trojan Horse, nothing is free, it's time to pay back to the Arab Emperors. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...