I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport. Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably? But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

Soooo...he lied. The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

Graham Platner's cover-up tattoo, via WGME (CBS 13 Maine) x.com/MENewsPhotog...

BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte. (Not a joke!)

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

Trump is doing what Osama bin Laden couldn't because actual patriots made sure Flight 93 landed in a field instead of the White House.

Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent. (Not a typo, source in thread)

It could actually make for an interesting candidate. One who is like, I know who those vile evil men are who run this country are because I used to be one and I have done the massive amounts of work required to change and grow and I know how to fight them now But instead he was like “Nazi whoopsie”

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."

Trump keeps admitting in public that he's directly running all DOJ operations—which would include deciding to keep the Epstein Files hidden to protect himself—and media keeps pretending not to hear him. Here, he states unambiguously that he *personally decides* on all DOJ payouts to alleged victims:

As masked federal agents target street vendors on Canal Street, THE CITY watched one street vendor being detained. As the operation carried on, agents were confronted with a spontaneous crowd of protesters. MORE HERE: www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

I am once again telling you that taking money from Musk makes you complicit in his instrumentalization of cultural heritage to support his beliefs. Taking funding from amoral entities is, in my opinion, not ethical and it is in fact harmful. www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/elon...

I know everyone’s following the Louvre heist but I would like to point your attention to the California LEGO LOOTER www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA" * article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.

Today is Primidi the 1st of Brumaire in the year 234. Brumaire is the month of mist. Today we celebrate apples.#JacobinDay More information on apples

Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.

They didn't even bother taking the windows out. All of that stuff, all of it, is protected under law as museum objects under NPS authority but a notorious grifter like Trump couldn't even figure out a way to sell authentic windows from the White House?

didn't post about this when it happened friday but..... heroes!

taking an actual wrecking ball to the White House is a little on the nose as far as metaphors go

Not sure why this image is so shocking, given everything he’s done but: it’s shocking! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Do not under any circumstances cross the King of Yacht Rock. "This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately" variety.com/2025/music/n...

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

They knew the diarrhea plane was coming

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

No Kings 10/18/2025 Favorite signs

No Kings 10/18/2025 Favorite signs

No Kings 10/18/2025 Favorite signs

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Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack. This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

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:

“So it looks like you’re flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown, but it turns out it’s really a bomber and the bombs are poops. You’re up there pooping on all the cities in America because you’re the king of America, and so of course you shit on it when it doesn’t behave. It’s high concept, sir.”

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

Seeing you drive by honking & smiling balances out, let's say... 4 cars flipping us off & shouting at us. That's a really good return on your investment! We had a lot of people very obviously too elderly to be out today driven by to see us, just beaming & waving. It filled my heart right up.

#nokings Portland frog brigade

My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!

Brb just writing a screenplay about a struggling inflatable costume factory in a wholesome but dying American small town that unexpectedly helps save democracy, and democracy saves it right back.

Sir David Attenborough, the British documentarian and naturalist, became the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy on Friday at age 99. He beat the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...

My favorite exchange from my hometown #NOkings rally today: A lady driving by yelled JESUS IS COMING YA'LL! at us I shouted back TELL HIM TO HURRY UP And the lovely hair done Fully made up southern lady in front of me yelled HONEY, DON'T YOU DEPORT HIM! It was beautiful.

Just Minnesota things

When you are geolocating at the protest based on inflatable animals

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.