“Mexico’s Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who she said was “drunk” & harassed her on Tues, calling the incident “an assault on all women.” “The man was arrested overnight, according to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, & is in custody at the Sex Crimes Investigation Unit.”

SCOTUS allowed Donald “to end for now a policy under which people can self-identify their gender on passports, the latest in a string of rulings by [SCOTUS] rolling back gay & transgender rights.” The majority decided tho the Gov suffers no harm continuing Biden’s policy til there’s a final decision

The Heritage Foundation is revolting against its president Kevin Roberts, erupting w/ internal & external anger over his defense of Tucker Carlson’s interviewing antisemite Nick Fuentes. At least 5 members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force have resigned in protest & Chris DeMuth left the org.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ordered “the White House to immediately begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation at its press briefings when President Trump or press secretary Karoline Leavitt are speaking.” www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

The Republican chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees (Chuck Grassley & Jim Jordon) appealed to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to look into whether federal judges who responded to a New York Times questionnaire w/ criticism of the Supreme Court violated their ethics obligations.

"’A few GOP house members say they’ve heard from FBI/DOJ contacts that the Epstein files (with copies in different agencies) are worse than Michael Wolff’s description of Epstein photos showing Trump with half naked teenage girls,’ [David] Shuster wrote.” www.alternet.org/doj-republic...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi Will Not Seek Re-election. She will leave Congress at the end of her term at the endof 2026. She is the only woman to have served as Speaker of the House. She had a Great Run!

Anti-Zionism Is Not Antisemitism youtu.be/7NmGPStXWl0?...

Lawrence does it again. Thank you @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @lastword.msnbc.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIMK...

“US employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs so far this year — the largest reading since the pandemic recession and on par with 2008 and 2009 job cuts during the Great Recession…. The data includes a recent spate of layoffs at major companies such as UPS, Amazon & Target….”

Wonderful to see MAGA put things together. If SCOTUS reverses tariffs, “watch the stock market absolutely explode," Shapiro said. “…the S&P 500 [will] jump like nobody's business, & [Donald’s]…then…in the awkward position of explain[ing] why the markets…[rose on] the rejection of his key policy."

Ken Martin: when you organize everywhere, then you can win anywhere. Amen. Interview on The Weeknight on MSNBC.

Many of the bomb threats made against polling sites across several New Jersey counties appeared to “originate from Russian email domains,” the FBI said Wednesday. Affected locations were in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean & Passaic counties, some staying open late as a result.

DC US AG Jeanine Pirro intervened to reverse the firings of at least 4 FBI agents who’d worked on Arctic Freeze (alternate elector scheme). & axed in the latest Trump FBI purge While their jobs were briefly restored, the FBI leadership prevailed & fired them again. www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Donald’s “notifications to federal staff suggest[] only those…working during the gov shutdown will be paid when it ends, despite a 2019 law that guarantees pay to furloughed employees…" “Once an appropriation or continuing resolution is enacted, excepted employees are entitled to receive payment”

AMAZING! 🤩🤩🤩

Looks like John Oliver’s Limited Run Wine SOLD OUT in One Day I guess that will happen when someone sells their wine at a loss. And is famous. Congratulations @lastweektonight.com I believe the limited wine run is being done in conjunction with a $50,000 donation to a food bank in California.

@senecaproject.us Thanks for the memories though bittersweet. I appreciate the chilling use of Donald’s callous words played over the scenes of destruction. It’s difficult but of the utmost importance to encapsulate the feelings of loss, of memory, of anger, of incomprehension. We must STOP him.

Perhaps the most critical election in the country is the Pennsylvania judicial retention election for 3 State Supreme Court justices As the NYT stated (Sept. 16): “What’s at stake is nothing less than control of the highest court in the most important swing state in the country.” PA voters: VOTE

Hopefully Donald’s continued obsession with finding fraud in the 2020 election distracts/prevents his administration from successfully organizing a coup in future elections. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“Moscow has said that if the US resume nuclear weapons testing it will do so too, sparking fears of a renewed arms race. “The remarks by a Kremlin official on Thursday came after Donald…said he had ordered the US military to resume testing ‘immediately.’” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

“The US cancelled…[Donald’s] planned Budapest summit with Vladimir Putin after a Russian memo to Washington holding firm to hardline demands on Ukraine was swiftly followed by a tense call between the two countries’ top diplomats, said people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/d665...

The DOE limited the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which forgives student debt for gov & nonprofit workers after 10 years of qualifying payments” shrinking “public service" to align w/ Donald’s pol views, effective into 7/1/2026 Some student-loan borrowers might lose access to debt relief

“Six House Republicans—who…previously voiced opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives—are now revolting after a prominent DEI program was gutted by the Trump administration” for “a grant program for colleges and universities where at least 25% of the student body is Hispanic”

“Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a diplomatic rebuke to President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting in South Korea, dismantling Trump's claims about resolving the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.” www.rawstory.com/trump-267425...

The 7th Circuit ended an order by US District Judge Sara Ellis (NDIL) that ICE Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino appear in court each day at 5:45 p.m. to give a daily in-person report on ICE’s "use of force activities". The government is now demanding that Judge Ellis be shamed by the 7th Circuit.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

“The US economy will lose between $7 billion & $14 billion due to the federal government shutdown….” “Federal workers missing paychecks & the interruption of [SNAP] benefits…are expected to temporarily lower [GDP] by 1 to 2 % points in the 4th quarter of 2025” the CBO reported.”

John Morales is a national treasure. Here he breaks down what’s historic about Hurricane Melissa. Prayers to Jamaica & Cuba & to those in its wake. youtu.be/2fi8yZJGk7E?...

2 fed prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia & Samuel White, were locked out of their gov devices & put on leave after filing a sentencing memo w/ 2 sentences describing the 1/6/21 attack on the Capitol as part of a sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto (former 1/6 felon) picked up near Obama’s home w/ weapons.

The WH “fired all 6 members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that would have reviewed…Donald’s…ballroom construction project…. “The…WH is ‘preparing to appoint a new slate of members to the commission that are more aligned w/…Trump’s America First Policies’”

Donald “abruptly ended federal support for [SOAR,] a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize their lives.” www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...

“Maryland Sen. Pres. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said…in a letter to Senate Democrats that his chamber will not move forward w/ redrawing the boundaries in a special session, despite…the ‘all-out attack on the Democratic Party & the core of democracy’ that…Donald…redistricting push has caused.”

“With the nation’s primary anti-hunger program on the verge of running out of money, a group of 23 Democratic attorneys general sued the Agriculture Department…to force it to make billions of dollars in contingency funds available to help feed the most vulnerable individuals and families.”

“A former prosecutor…collected a tear gas canister from his…lawn in a residential Chicago neighborhood & submitted it to a…firm…preparing a lawsuit over [ICE’s] persistent use of tear gas against residents…including…where parents & children…read[ied] for a Halloween parade when agents” attacked.

“Large firms represented plaintiffs in 15% of cases challenging Trump EOs between the start of his term in Jan and mid-Sept, compared with roughly 75% of cases during a comparable period in Trump’s first term….” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“In 2025, Washington D.C. joins a growing list of states, including NY, OH, MO, NM, WI, & others, experiencing a successive decline in US tourism for 9 consecutive months. From Jan to Aug, the city saw a 2.85% decline in tourists compared to the previous year, w/ the steepest drop occurring in Aug.”

BREAKING NEWS Christopher Moynihan, the man charged with planning to assisinate Hakeem Jeffries is no longer in jail—apparently released on bail (per MSNBC, Deadline White House)

Donald had argued that Jerome Powell should be fired because of cost overruns for renovating the Fed. Donald’s ballroom has jumped in price overruns from $200 million to $250 million to now $300 million and just a matter of weeks. $100 M in just weeks. How is that not a basis for firing Donald?

Donald Just Terminated All Trade Agreements with Canada because Canada was airing a commercial using footage of Reagan criticizing tariffs

“Paul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections, has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Donald “is demanding that the…[DOJ] pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar w/ the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who” had literally been his defense attorneys.

Jimmy Kimmel Live has been going strong since the show returned w/ new episodes following a brief suspension. That may be changing. “ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live will not be airing any new episodes the week of October 20, 2025, w/ the show taking at least one week off with reruns.”

Colbert Nails it w/ this Charming & Humorous short video. youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

“The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing after images of construction equipment dismantling the facade of the building went viral online.” The Treasury is headquartered next door to the East Wing.

Christopher Moynihan, a pardoned Capitol rioter, on Sunday for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when he spoke at an event in NYC on Monday. Jeffries spoke at the Economic Club of NY on Mon.

A 9th Circuit 3-Person panel w/ 2 Trump Appointees Ruled Troops May Be Sent to Portland in a 2-1 Decision Please take heart Other judges on the circuit aren’t sitting idly. One called for an en banc hearing on the issue next week—asking that all the judges on the circuit rule on this issue

I saw this car with the Donald Decal in the window. I’ve never seen these before. What do you think is the point?

US District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered ICE field director Russell Hott to appear in court Monday to answer questions re: the use of tear gas in residential areas despite her order limiting the use of tear gas. But he returned to DC that same day on a "planned return." I’m hoping for sanctions.