A 3rd tanker is being boarded by the US off Venezuela, per Bloomberg. 22/

2/A similar thing is happening with the trade deals -- Japan and Korea pledge billions in investments that are then directed by Lutnick. This is not arms-length bureaucracy making decisions but small groups of clique insiders. www.wsj.com/tech/trump-s...

Recommended reading about the much criticized 2025 NSS graciously shared by Harry Farrell. bsky.app/profile/nils...

I wrote long today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/so-how-is-...

Amazing and instructive thread on today’s UK pipeline to prime minister. Worth your time. bsky.app/profile/robe...

Yea for the kitty cats! #CatSky #CatsAreSmart

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Nice reporting from the Sun-Times on the Girl Scout aspect of my experience yesterday tinyurl.com/4azkbhjy

Good Morning. Per foreign press Marco Rubio has instructed all US embassies to reject residential visa applications from anyone who is obese as well as diabetics who do not have the cash for a lifetime supply of insulin

Sharks and Shark Cages

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Just to put a smile on your face, let's remember when Senator Mark Kelly sent his twin Scott a gorilla suit on an ISS resupply (which blew up in 2015), then sent him a SECOND gorilla suit, which Scott used to scare the hell out of British astronaut Tim Peake. I admire the determination to a gag.

A little reminder of our #Hoosier duty, from Abraham Lincoln.

lol. lmao.

ok who did this? ☹️

Per BBC News program this morning, both Trump and Vance vacationed in Scotland in summer 2025 and have stiffed the UK government for the related expenses.

💯💯💯

From Colombia’s President regarding one of the illegal U.S. strikes in the Caribbean.

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

1/In honor of no kings! Imagine an international order organized not around nation-states but hyper elites pledged to absolute rulers. Welcome to neo-royalism. New w/Stacie Goddard in International Organization. We use the approach to rethink US policy in Trump era. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...

The local Publix is emptying the frozen shelf of its remaining Ben&Jerry’s ice cream. I noticed one of these days flavors was The Tonight Dough with a picture of Jimmy Kimmel 🤔

A common criticism of global warming is: “It’s only a few degrees”. It may not sound like much but consider this… Compare Earth’s escalating warmth to your body’s fever. Now all of a sudden a few degrees is the difference between life and death! Follow along for more… 1/

In case anyone wondered, Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Dan Caine and Donald Trump are in the Middle East.

Big Gaza conference in Sharm al Sheik on Monday, bringing together the USA (Trump in person), France, Germany, the UK, Spain , Greece, the EU, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia yet I have not seen mention in the US press.

Solidarity with Chicagoans Carillon bells ring at Rockefeller Chapel, Hyde Park

Florida sends armed FL Dept of Financial Svcs investigators to the home of a retired couple in Largo because they sent a postcard to the FL CFO, Blaise Ingoglia, saying he lacks values. The same Ingoglia introduced a bill to outlaw the Democratic Party in 2023. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Nobel laureate John Clarke (Physics) says Trump is paralyzing science in the US bsky.app/profile/lemo...

Israel. bsky.app/profile/pale...

Not cool.

Insanely stupid decision, and Robinson has plenty of ties to literal neo-Nazis.

No. There Are No Even Half-Competent Chaos Monkeys in the Trump Administration. Any Questions? Bessent needs to go. And quickly. Dan Drezner said last week that one good thing that could be said about Scott Bessent was that he was 10% less crazy than the… braddelong.substack.com/p/no-there-a...

Will be answering questions about the shutdown at 10 a.m.

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

New post, I finally wrote my thoughts on the Stephen Miran Federal Reserve speech. I think it shows yet another reason for central bank independence. Without it, you can't tell what's a genuine outsider take and what's just carrying water for the Executive. mikekonczal.substack.com/p/mirans-cas...

War-ravaged Portland bsky.app/profile/timb...

LMAO my God

Shady, shady stuff in #NJGov race. Someone at Trump's National Archives illegally gave unredacted military records about Mikie Sherrill - including her Social Security Number - to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

1. This piece by Roge Karma is absolutely worth reading - www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch... . If the Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Lisa Cook, the consequences are likely to be disastrous. key points:

There was an incident... (SOUND UP) #DonaldTrump #RoyalFamily If you'd like to make AI videos like this, click the link in my bio. #yapper

Trump’s in the UK and Melania has the brim of her hat pulled down to her waist.

Northwards up to Maryborough for lunch. Did you know Maryborough is the birth place of P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins? I had no idea, such a juxtaposition in worlds! Her house is now a museum and there's loads of broader historical information all around town and faded grandeur buildings.

Largest NPM supply chain attack in history. Attackers compromised 18 core JavaScript packages with 2+ billion weekly downloads after phishing a maintainer. Malware targets crypto wallets & steals credentials. Millions of developers affected worldwide www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-deb...

Four fighter jets just flew low over Farragut Square. They were loud and nobody’s f*cking impressed.

1/DC occupation/Trump policies causing a sudden stop to regional economy. These policies are not creating a sense of safety but far reaching harm to families, workers, and the nation. www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...

1800 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago

🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:

Who did this?

The best description of Trump’s second Presidency I’ve seen is that it’s a bank heist disguised as the Cultural Revolution