“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..” @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Here's what you need to know about Trump's war on science & medicine, from two incredible experts, @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

Corrupt AF

If CE uses excessive force in apprehending or detaining a person, the agent can be sued under California tort law for battery & potentially criminally prosecuted under state law. The new law that Gov. Newsom signed, SB 627, which prohibits the wearing of masks by most LEOs, is constitutional.

Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.

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He has really added 278.5 years worth to the sovereign debt.

My conversation with Jen Psaki on Jack Smith congressional testimony www.msnbc.com/the-briefing...

Let's be clear.

Let people see Jack Smith for who he is and not the characters depicted by Trump and others.

If Republicans in Congress are too terrified to let Jack Smith testify, then Gavin Newsom should get the California legislature to do it He’s already made public statements and issued a public report, so it shouldn’t be a problem You can just imagine Trump’s social media explosion if this happens

Former special counsel Jack Smith is asking to testify in an open hearing. Let the truth come out, the American people deserve transparency — and we have a right to know if Trump incited or led an insurrection against our own country.

Jamie Raskin Outsmarts Jim Jordan And Sets Up A Big Jack Smith Headache For Trump www.politicususa.com/p/jamie-rask...

If you haven't seen Jack Smith's interview with NYU law professor Andrew Weissmann, I highly recommend it. A must-see, actually. It's exceptionally insightful and infuriating. @weissmann.substack.com

🚨 oh look! Jack Smith is calling Marsha Blackburn’s bluff. Surely she should want him to testify publicly if she isn’t entirely full of 💩, right? Right?? www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

BREAKING: Jack Smith brilliantly calls Donald Trump's bluff and urges Congress and the Justice Department to let him testify publicly "in open hearings" to set the record straight. This is the last thing that MAGA wants the former special counsel to do...

We are not intimidated. All Americans should be asking: What is the Trump-Vance admin hiding? Why do they want Jack Smith to be interrogated in private rather than hold a public hearing? Why is a US Attorney who has not been confirmed by the Senate allowed to bring charges against AG James?

Our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social to discuss the unlawful targeting of Letitia James, Jack Smith, and other perceived political enemies of the President.

📌Jack Smith signaling he is ready to publicly go on the record with his findings into Trump's violent attack Jan. 6; Virginia being heard from on gerrymandering; Obama speaking on the urgency of standing up for our Democracy ... 📌The battle for America has been joined in earnest the past 24 hours.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

“We are in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War.”

If (imagine the "if" being very large) this turns into a concrete and useful thing that Lightfoot stands up in collaboration with people who know the immigration enforcement space well, I will have some respect for it. Throwing her weight around, taking a risk that others can't take as safely.

Yesss!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva four weeks after her victory is one more reminder that Republicans don't accept elections when they lose. To them, participation in democracy is only a means to destroy democracy.

Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing. Arizona's attorney general explains how Johnson is using the newly elected Democrat as a pawn in his shutdown fight, and keeping the Epstein files secret. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Call Mike Johnson's office and demand he swear in Adelita Grijalva. 202-225-4000

Gorgeous morning

The Illinois secretary of state’s office is reminding everyone — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — to refrain from swapping or altering state license plates amid concerns of plate tampering.

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

Here's the filed lawsuit That our Attorney General Kris Mayes filed against the U.S House of Representatives And speaker Johnson SWEAR IN ADELITA GRIJALVA NOW ENOUGH

The Trump Admin's decision to RIF almost the entire staff for special education programs for our schools is a disgrace to our children, teachers, and school administrators.

This is what a Republican cover-up looks like. Mike Johnson has been keeping the House in recess for weeks now so lawmakers can't vote on releasing the Epstein files. Instead of assurances from known liars, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

It's so good! Friends please do yourself a favor and please check out the great @joycewhitevance.bsky.social's new book *A Manual for Keeping a Democracy* Available at your favorite online or neighborhood bookstore or here 👉 www.amazon.com/Giving-Up-Un...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is asked about the threat case targeting House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Here's the response ====>

Q: A pardoned January 6 rioter was charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries MIKE JOHNSON: Terrible. That's the first I've heard of that. I don't know anything about it.

"An upstate New York man pardoned by Trump after taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City..." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

#NoKings October 18th Sonoma, CA Photo: Chris Wall

Literally

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

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BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House? This is the current view of the East Wing. A demolition. (📸 Washington Post)

The former Marion, Kansas police chief who ordered a raid on the newspaper that was investigating him is set to stand trial for telling a witness to delete text message evidence (via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social)

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

It’s quite interesting spending the morning hearing about the importance of open information, open data, open infrastructure, open software - at the same time as the AWS outage perfectly highlights the risks of digital enclosure and the consolidation of infrastructure!