Dyslexia…it’s a challenge, but not a roadblock. Grateful to share my experience www.today.com/health/disea...

ok who did this? ☹️

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

Donald Trump's demolition of the East Wing is perfect symbolism: This is a wrecking ball presidency.

Exactly. What is with the silence?

NYT Confirms: Trump will DEMOLISH the ENTIRE East Wing of the White House. The Times says the East Wing is expected to be fully torn down by the weekend to make room for Trump's ballroom for billionaires — despite the fact that Trump pledged the White House would not be touched.

Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.

Corporations are lining up to fund Trump’s supersized ballroom. They’re not donating out of patriotism, they’re buying access. And everyone should see the problem with that. Pay-to-play in plain sight.

I have been reporting here for over an hour. My understanding is that HSI detained 4 protesters on Canal Street earlier today. NYPD separately arrested people in a violent response to subsequent protest in Foley Square. I reached out to both agencies to ask how many people were detained and why.

Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

The man should be in prison. But sure, let's pay him a quarter of a billion for being a criminal.

for context this is paoletta, the fixer who helped arrange and then defend Clarence Thomas's various sweetheart deals, gifts and billionaire vacas

Sadly this was all too predictable.

Just a reminder Presidents Obama amd Biden deported nearly 8 million people without any of this.

FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social

This is well-worth listening.

Washingtonians can now see how much their health care costs have increased on Washington Healthplanfinder. More than 288,000 people across the state rely on the Affordable Care Act for coverage —

There are some indications a right wing influencer with Charlie Kirk's TPUSA helped inspire the ICE raid on Canal Street talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

Here's an update on the case of Byron Rovidio Marin, whose leg ICE broke back in August and whom they kept under 24/7 guard while he was in the hospital. It sounds like he's still AT the hospital. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

GOOD MORNING, Senator Jeff Merkley is 13 hours into holding the Senate floor. Open the live stream on every device and support this 68yo man as he makes a stand for his state and our democracy. These stunts MATTER. Especially as they build in numbers and chip away at the false pretence of normalcy.

"Did Donald Trump Nearly Get Hakeem Jeffries Killed?" In Zeteo's morning email, 'First Draft,' Peter Rothpletz on the planned assassination of the top House Democrat, Graham Platner's latest crisis, and JD Vance's 'quiet part out loud' remark in Israel.

Who's Paying to Wreck the White House? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

I had been suspecting this--that Pam Bondi is only choosing to pursue threats where they serve her partisan narrative. The Benny Johnson case -- about which she held a press conference -- IS pretty flimsy. Meanwhile Swalwell is a frequent target of Trumpsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

"Project 2025 is not a plan—it is already being executed." "And the media is missing the most important part: Trump is not acting alone. The real power is now in the hands of two men you are not seeing on camera: Russell Vaught and Stephen Miller."

@gabelezra.bsky.social shares 15 ways you can fight for democracy right now.

Bloomberg News has sleuthed out a federal grand jury in Florida that could be another thread of President Trump’s wide-ranging investigate the investigators retribution scheme. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

When even @anneapplebaum.bsky.social - an expert on authoritarianism - thinks Trump’s corruption and greed is breaking new ground

Looks good to me..........

Pretty alarming when masked federal agents are taking an unknown number of demonstrators off the streets and even members of Congress can't find out what happened. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

The ghostwriter behind the late Virginia Giuffre’s memoir says she's carefully hidden recordings of her conversations with one of Epstein's most prominent victims.

If it’s pre approved it’s not journalism. Full on dictatorship now…

Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans? “Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.

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.

Yes!! That’s what makes it so great!

“.. the architects of First Lady meme coin $MELANIA were accused of fraud, allegedly organizing the launch knowing the coin would plummet, court filings released Tuesday show, according to AFP.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/bit...

Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

It's wrong to call this "the Justice Department." He wants $230 million from the US taxpayer. Federal dollars. DOJ isn't some private company or NGO.

> @newyorker.com

Exclusive: Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

Hholy gods. This woman needs to be disbarred https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here

Wow. Everyone needs to ask @SpeakerJohnson and every GOP candidate about this. As if he isn’t corrupt enough… Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Since Mike Johnson has some free time now, maybe he can catch up on all of the things he never knows about 🙄

The President of the Nebraska Farm Bureau isn’t happy about Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina.

Trump usually doesn’t take disrespect so well. What does Putin have on him? www.ft.com/content/7af3...