Trump is accomplishing what Al Qaeda failed to do.

This was a fantastic lede from Michelle

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing? Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

I long ago vowed not to give Seattle sports a chance to break my heart. My country, church, university, family: Everything else breaks my heart daily. Why invite more punishment? 999 of 1,000 times, Seattle dares you to hope, then crushes you. Last night = CHINATOWN: "Forget it, Jake. It's Seattle."

This is a matter for The Hague

"All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labours with vast power and perpetual success – in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. So it is in general, and so it is in our own lives." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Letters'

Oh.

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related. He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs “The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle. And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.

i mean he is risen

George Wallace on the 1963 civil rights March on Washington: It’s all a bunch of communists trying to destroy America. Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America. The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was

I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.

I'm not at the NO KINGS march. I've got a deadline tomorrow for a book that is my own NO KINGS protest sign. I've been working on it for 11 years. That's how I'm marching. I gotta admit, though — I'm jealous. Anne is out with protestors, texting me about diverse crowds of beautiful Americans.

reposting with alt-text Zero arrests by NYPD is actually astounding to me

On this day full of courage, as we unite — in the true American spirit — against kings, against fascism, against tyranny, I exhort you to give Heather Cox Richardson a few minutes of your time. We must be ready for the violence that Trump and his bootlickers seem poised to commit against Americans.

Chicago - no kings

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

God of justice, protect, shield, defend people who protest racial inequality & oppression, police brutality, state terror, white supremacy/supremacists, and a neo-fascist regime— reclaim hearts & consciences of people in power; end complicity. Amen.

A powerful visual.

This seems about right

They don't think they're public servants. They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms

Same energy

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

ICYMI: Yesterday, I praised @jmayward.bsky.social's amazing new book about Christopher Nolan movies. Mayward argues that Nolan films are works of theology. And I praised his cover art. I also want to praise artist Carlos Esparza, who designed the eye-catching cover of my new book. Check it out here:

WONDERTIFA ROOLZ!

I raise my glass to Dr. Joel Mayward (@jmayward.bsky.social). I am holding a copy of his new book—which, I believe, even he hasn't seen yet! It's a doozy, readers. And you'll probably recognize right away who he was lucky enough to get for the cover art. (Hint: She's at @briannaduggan.bsky.social.)

OMG Speaker Johnson, wait til you hear about January 6th!

the pronoun correction at the end

This is one of the kindest reviews I’ve ever received from a guest. Loved having Jeffrey on. Check out this post and subscribe to his writing below.

You can also preorder recent guest Jeffrey Overstreet’s new book below! @overstreet.bsky.social www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

EPISCOPALIANS! MY PEOPLE!

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious: - Super Bowl halftime entertainer - getting a Nobel Prize for Trump - terrifying naked bike riders Topics he thinks are not serious: - Epstein Files - domestic violence - being able to keep the govt open - the neutering of Congress

Thanks for this! What a great way to honor such an unforgettable actor. I cheered when he showed up in the film. Casting genius.

The DoD’s weekly payroll is roughly $3.7 billion.

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Rest in peace, Drew Struzan. His movie posters are much more than marketing. They're some of the finest pop art you'll ever see. Look at this masterpiece:

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years: "You obviously used them very well." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...