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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥

“The internet is fake,” says Keith Presley, GUDEA’s founder and CEO, only half-jokingly. He notes that some 50 percent of the web is now made up of bots. “This is something that we’ve seen escalate on our corporate side — this type of espionage, or working to damage someone’s reputation.”

Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.

Not president. Not Donald. Just Trump. 🤣

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THIS JUST IN: Socialism won

To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome: - Examine who gets credit & why - Value collaborative achievements - Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

“Considering that Trump has done nothing for Latinos, but done plenty to Latinos, don’t be surprised if Latino embrace of Trump proves short-lived, and the gerrymandered Texas map becomes a humiliating own goal.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/07/l...

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative. (Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

@whipkclark.bsky.social has made supporting American families a cornerstone of her congressional career—from championing policies like universal childcare to supporting paid family leave to providing affordable healthcare. Here’s what she’s saying about the shutdown.

Something to take into account. Abigail Spanberger got her start in politics via Moms Demand. We talk a lot about the Trump effect and Dobbs radicalizing suburban women with degrees. But I think we miss just how school shootings served as a sparkplug for the suburban shift for educated women.

At a recent presentation at Cambridge, (prince) Andrew biographer Andrew Lownie claims Epstein and Melania Trump were in a relationship before he introduced her to Trump. When his biography on Andrew was released, Trump forced the publisher to redact those portions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62j0...

Via @shannonrwatts.bsky.social: "Good-versus-evil thinking increases cruelty because it gives people a reason to stomach violence." How to stop cult-like thinking with Jane Borden open.substack.com/pub/shannonw...

We live in an episode of Veep

How has he been “very open about it”? He deleted his “indefensible” posts and didn’t acknowledge them until they were unearthed as oppo. He allegedly knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol but didn’t cover it up until people “pointed it out” to him. He’s asked his staff to sign NDAs.

Well, here we go. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/cour...

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

SEVEN MILLION PATRIOTS!

Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.

I'm not an expert on California politics but this strikes me as big news. State Senator Scott Wiener is going to run for Pelosi's seat regardless of what she does. Again, primaries are good. And from everything I've heard he's a serious legislator. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

So the Trump administration is punishing government workers and their families for the millions of civilians expressing their free speech rights?

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

this entire opinion is really remarkable, and Judge Young calls it exactly like it is when it comes to ICE hiding behind masks. We must not tolerate such an insidious assault on who we aspire to be as a nation.

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Captive audience at Quantico. Clearly doing one of his famous WEAVE speeches. 🫩😵‍💫😣😔

Most interesting part of the speech—a familiar MAGA tirade—was the audience reaction. Didn’t hear a single person applaud. Generals and admirals sat silently during this political lecture from a former National Guard captain. The right reaction.

Period. Full stop.

BREAKING: Oregon & Portland just sued President Trump to block his order sending federal troops into the city. The plaintiffs call the deployment “patently unlawful” and say it violates the U.S. Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act.

So we've had two white male Marine veterans commit mass shootings this weekend in Michigan and North Carolina leaving at least 4 dead and a church burned down. I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.

Had the absolute pleasure of a lifetime talking to NYT Bestselling author and gun safety activist @shannonrwatts.bsky.social a week or so ago. Our conversation really filled me up! Tune into the playback of our live conversation about #TheDoubleTax and grab your copy of the book:

I’m supposed to be at a dinner right now w/Shannon discussing this wonderful (highly recommend!) book but forgot I had school this evening, had to miss 😭 -cant be absent from this 1x week web conference for this very crucial class. Buy/read this lovely, empowering book! #FiredUpBook

SCHUMER: “I hope and pray Trump will sit down with us.” BASH: “And if he doesn’t Dems will vote no?” @schumer.senate.gov : *suddenly seems to lose his hearing* He “hopes and prays”, y’all. 🤔 Hard to watch.

Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes. That’s what this is.

Everything wrong with the Democratic Party in a nutshell. 95 House Democrats (including Jeffries!) just voted to honor the life & legacy of Charlie Kirk. Only 58 voted no. 38 voted present. clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...

this ad is running on Black radio in VA and uh… youtu.be/TPxBcTiw-uc?...

Describe a single historical precedent for defeating authoritarians by being nicer to them.

It is very funny that people think their neighborhood Catholic priest has had their brain melted by online bullshit as much as they have.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

👀 this thread…

We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.