The Guardian just published an excerpt from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumously published book to be released Oct. 21st, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. She wrote about Prince Andrew aka “Andy”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally

This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.

literally no need for this the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems. I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.

The U.S. military has carried out a steady and significant buildup of forces in the Caribbean, as the Trump administration increases pressure on Venezuela. It is the largest deployment of U.S. forces in the region in decades. nyti.ms/4nuPMpj

In 2025, we are losing our measles-free status, just 25 years after we eliminated measles from the US because of vaccines. It’s not because our sanitation systems have been eliminated. It’s because people aren’t getting vaccinated. 1/

When Pam Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while legacy news outlets like the Washington Post wanted to seem "fair" and gave her a thumbs up. Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

The RIFs — reductions in force — are mass firings that can, if properly implemented, be carried out by the federal government. Illston’s TRO blocks them during the shutdown as being likely illegal — “the epitome of hasty, arbitrary and capricious decisionmaking” — as to the union plaintiffs.

In tonight’s hearing, Illston reiterated a question that raised eyebrows earlier in the week. “Are you still unwilling to discuss the merits today?” Illston asked the DOJ lawyer. “I’m not prepared to discuss the merits,” the lawyer, Elizabeth Hedges, replied.

Military service members aren't political props. President Trump's domestic military deployments put our fundamental rights at risk of being violated and put our troops in legal and ethical jeopardy.

BOOM! After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe, UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH! ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾 M.I.T. ☑️ BROWN ☑️ PENN ☑️ USC☑️ UVA ☑️ This is People Power in Action. #DefendHigherEd

Full show: Substack: www.thebulwark.com/watch?utm_so... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafe... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0BDNfTF...

"F*cking have a drink and have some fun instead of being a stick in the mud. These people are such losers." @peterhamby.bsky.social talks the right-wing outrage over Bad Bunny with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

The day that Americans are too afraid to speak out is the day that it is game over. No Kings!

amazing how you can write about culture professionally and still have no idea what’s going on in the world

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

Compare and contrast the 7th Circuit's approach to whether there is a "rebellion" in Chicago bsky.app/profile/rick...

Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene in support of his efforts to extinguish protests with military force, urging the justices to lift a lower court order barring the deployment of National Guard troops to the Chicago area. www.courthousenews.com/calling-prot...

"Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year...." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton. I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

"In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...

almost every single one of the gov accounts that got created today have kicked off with some message blaming dems for shutdown, they’re trying to turn back the tide of public opinion blaming them, just block them

this is just "the one well-meaning american teenager who didn't know Scots but took it upon themself to translate English wikipedia pages into Scots Wikipedia anyways & poorly wrote ~half the entire wiki", except at scale and depressing instead of sorta heartwarming www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/c...

Those Epstein files must be bad. #KY04

Here's the transcript of my interview with Stephen Richer. He is in my book Corporatocracy. So I appreciate him taking the time to talk from the Harvard Ash Center. open.substack.com/pub/ciarator... #booksky

Daily Watergate scandal but public is busy watching reality TV

Truly amazing. A huge part of this guy’s political identity is “no foreign wars”

Second, the Trump admin argued the original TRO allowed the RIFing of people whose positions the Trump admin has tried to block from being unionized (EO14251). Illston sided with the plaintiffs, though, and will be covering bargaining units removed under the EO that are subject to legal dispute.

BREAKING: Judge Illston says she is expanding her TRO blocking shutdown RIFs as to any AFSCME and AFL-CIO members or bargaining units to include NFFE, SEIU, and NAGE union members or bargaining units AND any members/units removed under EO 14251 whose removal is subject to legal dispute.

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.

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More on ICE/Border Patrol court action today: Now waiting for the arraignment of Juan Espinoza Martinez to begin. DHS accuses him of placing a murder hit on Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. DHS claims Espinoza Martinez is a Latin Kings member, a claim his indictment didn't mention.

"Incredibly, Trump’s recent announcements have made the situation even worse. By declaring that U.S. economic support will only continue if Milei wins at the polls, he has galvanized the Argentine opposition to Milei, thus leading to more capital flight and skyrocketing interest rates."

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. Stay safe out there.

ISS RECOMMENDS TESLA INVESTORS REJECT MUSK PAY PACKAGE ISS RECOMMENDS TESLA INVESTORS AGAINST PROPOSAL TO INVEST IN XAI

Important: Sen Chris Murphy just sent pointed questions to Kristi Noem about DHS's account of shooting of US citizen by Trump's paramilitary forces in Chicago. The official line is imploding. Murphy wants Noem to explain why DHS misled. More like this, Ds. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2019...

The federal judiciary hit the limit of reserve funding to keep up full operations and avoid furloughs during the shutdown -- but it'll be up to each judicial district to decide who to send home (if anyone) and what to wind down (if anything); judges will continue to be paid buff.ly/BMWV1nX

WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued. The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody. apnews.com/article/vene...

“To the best of my knowledge, we’ve never had a President that solved one war.” —Donald J. Trump, historian

Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Trump closer to Ukraine on.ft.com/3KWaUab

Fox News did an entire segment last night of feigned indignation that Kamala Harris said "fuck." last night!

The ISS Recommends Tesla investors against proposal to invest in XAI - WSJ $TSLA

I love a rats 🐀 in a bag melee between and among with these heinous chodes. www.thedailybeast.com//trump-selfi...

"Crime is coming down" -- Kash Patel Welp, so much for deploying the troops everywhere!

She’s either… ….disgracefully uninformed about the president’s policies in her area of responsibility. Or… …lying. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

COLLINS: How do you determine whether something is a conflict of interest? ERIC TRUMP: We have external ethics advisers. We take that very seriously. But yeah, I have a huge problem when Nancy Pelosi front runs every trade. C: So you don't ever talk about crypto with your dad? E: I really don't

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."