Wait, there might be *more* swastikas-embedded-in-American-flags floating around GOP offices? www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

“.. internal documents and communications .. show that Salesforce has pitched Immigration and Customs Enforcement on using the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities to help ICE staff up as Mr. Trump expands immigration raids and deportations ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

what did he think trump was gonna do, exactly. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire apnews.com/article/aca-...

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

“Kids”

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

🚨The new escalation of “normal” violence includes breaking into homes, ransacking/destroying property and THEN disappearing families. 🚨🚨We. Are. Occupied. 🚨🚨 1/2

They’ve canceled visas and deported people for much less. But when it’s their own, we’re all supposed to sweep it under the rug and move on.

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right? Kolvet: We can talk about it Mockler: Do you condemn it? Kolvet: I want to talk about it Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025." "I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well." - She was 16

SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South

😡😡😡😡

I wonder how many people don't know that Alaska had a Typhoon because it affected Indigenous people at a disproportionate rate.

Colorado is scrambling to process 900+ unemployment claims from federal workers during the government shutdown and the food pantry at Buckley Space Force Base has seen demand double

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Governor Newsom has issued a response on social media:

Sources tell MeidasTouch the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice President JD Vance’s Marine Corps spectacle during No Kings Protests, triggering chaos, gridlock, and outrage as troops go unpaid during the shutdown.

Governor Newsom has issued a response on social media:

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: Governor Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed to MeidasTouch he is working with local partners to minimize what would be “a massive disruption, and reckless disregard for California’s infrastructure and communities.”

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything. It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in. Long thread.

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina. Elon Musk does too. Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come. There is zero oversight. Congress not involved. One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond. Pay attention and act!

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

Yesterday it was the ‘I LOVE HITLER!’ in Young Republican chats. Today it’s SWATIKAS in Republican Congressional offices. These are NOT coincidences. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page. The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores. The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ. Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

NBC News has laid off 150 employees, eliminating teams dedicated to Black, Asian American, Latino and LGBTQ+ issues - The Wrap

Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Whoa‼️ Dems could lose 19 seats due to GOP gerrymandering. CA, UT & MD can’t fight fire with fire alone. Other blue states must step up, and every Democrat needs to vote. Don’t sit out any election. Push your governors and legislators to act. Tell friends and family to vote. Help them. #YesOnProp50

How far we have fallen.

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

Q: A judge in Florida issued a restraining order against Cory Mills for threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend. Do you think this is an ethical violation? MIKE JOHNSON: I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I've been a little busy.

What the fuck are we doing?

SCOTUS looks ready to erase another key piece of the Voting Rights Act, this time by striking down Louisiana’s Black-majority district for “relying too much on race.” Let me translate…they’re opening the door for states to erase Black and Latino districts that usually vote blue.

Millions of Americans are using Klarna and GoFundMe to buy groceries, and Trump is sending another $20 billion to bail out Argentina. Who’s going to bail out working people? Who’s going to bail out farmers or small business owners? So much for America First.

This is real. Chicago today.

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

This deserves more attention. North Carolina wiped out $6.5 Billion in medical debt for 2.5 million residents. Less than 1/3 of what we paid to bail out Argentina. www.carolinajournal.com/nc-program-w...

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

Nothing totally racist to see here from your neighborhood DHS . . . Go on and Google remigration, kids 👀

Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after we published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges.

How fascism messages www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?