Two recent polls show tight races in battleground Arizona and Wisconsin congressional districts.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social @kim.senate.gov American Conversations www.youtube.com/live/TKr5hGe...

“In a very meaningful way, Donald Trump is erasing the work and the space that has been painstakingly carved out for women both at the White House, and throughout this country.” (continued in Substack 👇) open.substack.com/pub/mamasiss...

The big tech founder who has a 256-foot $75 million superyacht to "shadow" his 417-foot $500 million superyacht, because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad, is very worried about his newspaper's financials

Breaking: Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to denounce Trump and his agenda. It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

There's a nursery rhyme called The Farmer in the Dell. The last line is "the cheese stands alone." At the rate this administration is losing supporters, the cheese will be alone.

Big news out of Indiana today as Republican legislators surprise everyone by saying no to Donald Trump. Each crack in Trump’s facade of inevitability will lead to more. Let’s keep it up!

Proud to support Senator Jeff Merkley on the floor today as he sounds the alarm on Trump's creeping authoritarianism. My family fled Nazi Germany. We know a thing or two about what happens next.

Ethics experts point out that Trump now appears in a position to command his subordinates to hand him $230 million in taxpayer money. As the Times delicately put it, Trump expects this to happen. But it gets even worse. trib.al/CFnWNmc

Environmentalists sparred with the federal government in court on Wednesday in a bid to stop a logging project in the Garnet Mountain Range east of Missoula, Montana. www.courthousenews.com/grizzlies-ly...

Thank you, Senator Jeff Merkley, for your incredible 22-hour and 37-minute marathon speech on the Senate floor!

We are now in Blue Tsunami territory. Democrats lead generic congressional ballot 50% to 41%.

NYT - To build his White House ballroom, President Trump will demolish the entire East Wing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/...

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The district court in Oregon just scheduled a hearing on Friday on the government’s motion to dissolve our second TRO, which currently prevents any Guard deployments in Oregon.

If you’ve noticed your electricity bill is higher than normal recently, you’re not alone. Power is getting more expensive everywhere, outpacing inflation. One major culprit? The flurry of new data centers being built to meet demand from the AI sector.

New on MSNBC: The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished "within days." Trump said in July his project "won't interfere with the current building."

The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight. n.pr/4qeQhWS

JUST IN: Once again, Lindsey Halligan has to turn to out-of-state prosecutors, this time for the Letitia James case. Roger Keller is a Missouri-based prosecutor. Two NC-based prosecutors are handling the Comey case for her as well. No one from EDVA in either case.

What an energizing time yesterday in Virginia - surrounded by people hard at work talking to neighbors and coming together to make sure real change comes through the upcoming election.

White House changes course and will now be demolishing the entire East Wing.

President Trump’s unilateral “drug boat” strikes have expanded from the Caribbean to the Pacific. trib.al/YLPLNh7 Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo were two northern Trinidadian fishermen murdered this month for being “narcoterrorists.” There is no proof these boats were carrying drugs.

If you’ve heard the term “en banc” recently and wondered what it means – we’ve got you!

Don't sleep on the way that Trump/Vought have systematically eliminated US defenses against cyberattacks, including -- here -- on critical infrastructure.

JUST IN: Judge Cameron Currie, a Clinton appointee, will decide whether Lindsey Halligan is disqualified as interim U.S. attorney, following a motion brought by James Comey. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s move to “terminate” the Gateway Project is classic “mob boss” politics – using federal funds to punish his political enemies, and hurt you in the process. Watch my full conversation with @kim.senate.gov and @katiephang.bsky.social about what this means for commuters, jobs, and safety.

I've added Trump's $230M reward he's demanding to this thread.

Update on our tariffs case: we just filed our brief for the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll be at the Supreme Court in DC on November 5 — and we’ll continue share updates as we have them.

we are at nearly at peak inflation level numbers on people seeing the economy as "getting worse"

As part of Trump’s planned Reduction in Force (RIF) during the government shutdown, the Interior Department said it plans to lay off about 2,050 employees, including 272 from the National Park Service (NPS), 335 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium on.ft.com/3WleNYK

One of the best parts of the “Trump wants a $230 million payoff from the DOJ” story: The DOJ said the matter will be steered by officials who will “follow the guidance of career ethics officials.” Left unsaid: Pam Bondi fired the DOJ’s top ethics official in July. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The press will not be permitted to cover today's Diwali Celebration at the White House A group of Indian-American business leaders and administration officials are set to attend, including FBI Director Kash Patel, ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard and White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai.

A Jan. 6 defendant who Trump pardoned has been arrested for making a "credible death threat" against Leader Jeffries, according to the congressman. Christopher Moynihan has been charged with a felony count of making a terroristic threat, according to the NYS Police.

A long-overdue reckoning on Democrats and Israel is finally happening. Even centrists see which way the wind is blowing. trib.al/Bj7riZ3

Bondi put 1000+ personnel on finding and tagging Trump’s name in the Epstein files. There were training videos showing them how. I’ve filed a FOIA for those videos and have sued the government to get them.

If one of your Senators is one of the four (Thune, Scott, Lankford, and Johnson) who has come out v Ingrassia for his Nazi views, you might call and ask when they're going to call out Stephen Miller, who is also a white nationalist, but who also serves as a gatekeeper to what Trump thinks is true.

When Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, he let a whole lot of criminals back out onto American streets. Quite a few of them got arrested again — including one who threatened to assassinate Hakeem Jeffries. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over accusations that the space technology company damaged land the card company owns in Texas.

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” Trump is authorizing punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like. bit.ly/4330Su2

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing. Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

The talks between the Trump administration and firms including Apollo and Cerberus mark an unprecedented effort to enlist some of Wall Street’s biggest investors directly in US national security on.ft.com/47juZ1S

Women in national parliaments. AFP Infographic chart showing proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments since 1997

We will urge the *full* Ninth Circuit to vacate today’s decision by a three-judge panel, before illegal Guard deployments can occur. A Ninth Circuit judge has already called for a vote on whether the case should be heard by the full court. Our team will file a brief encouraging the court to do so.

Snapshot of recent polls show Rs struggling to defend seats they hold: - VA Spanberger 51%-41% Earle-Sears - ME Mills 42%-37% Collins - NC Cooper 46%-42% Whatley - OH Brown 49%-48% Husted - TX Cornyn 48%-46% Allred, 48%-45% Talarico More 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-have-15...

Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James. Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.

Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds

Trump pick for whistleblower office texted he has 'Nazi streak,' Politico reports reut.rs/3WM7ido