"One of Tina Peters’ lawyers, Peter Ticktin, suggested on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s podcast this week that the military be used to free Peters from prison." And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."

Wishing the injured National Guard a full recovery. No one signs up to be used as political pawns. Nov 20 - a judge ruled Trump’s deployment was illegal. The court blocked him from sending troops into the District, with a 21 day pause for appeal. Bottom line: the Guard shouldn’t have been in DC.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Most Americans who voted for Trump did not understand he would do this.

The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier. But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

This is the way.

My husband @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity. The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.

From axing West Point’s Black history program to gutting women’s support groups, Brigadier Gen. Ty Seidule (Ret.) says the environment for young officers is “extraordinarily hard.” He argues that those serving now are doing so in the toughest conditions in years.

Et tu, Tyson? 🐓

this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011

made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

So they are just going to keep announcing fake trade deals with China every few months

"We live in an environment where people just make stuff up all the time... and people go down rabbit holes and do terrible things to themselves, imprison themselves with falsehoods, and sometimes terrible things to other people based on this snowballing effect that takes place with disinformation."

No Kings? How about no rapists. No pathological liars. No sick son of a bitches whose wealth insulated them from all consequences of their crimes.

A real president does this. Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸

Casual

They don't want outside eyes to see what is going on inside the detention facilities

Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

Good night, everyone. Great work today. Sleep well, for tomorrow the 2026 election begins. Every Democratic candidate tonight, and every one running in 2026 has a secret weapon on their side:

Complete disaster for VAGOP

Exit polls say Abigail Spanberger won young men 56–42 today. Talk about a narrative buster.

If you're one of those people who believe Trump and the Republicans will adhere to a deal they make with Dems, may I interest you in this must-have item for the season

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

This was $8.99 last year.

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS.

Sen. Kelly: Let me tell you a story about a woman in Arizona. She pays $250/month on the ACA on the exchange for her health care but she gets around $9,000 in those premium tax credits. If we do not act on this, that is gonna go away, and she says she will not be able to afford health care anymore

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500. Insane

The assumption appears to be that ordinary voters will be cowed, obsequious, and unwilling to challenge autocracy, just like the billionaires, business leaders, media executives, and other leading institutions of civil society, which have decided that fighting back is “not worth the hassle.”

"The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Americans owe roughly $220 billion in medical debt. In Republican-controlled states like South Dakota, Mississippi, West Virginia and Georgia, roughly one in six Americans have outstanding medical debt, according to the KFF." apnews.com/article/medi...

In October, 'Washington Post' editorials fail to disclose Bezos interests My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

In case facts still matter

I have a very bad feeling about this...

We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina. This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor. And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Ballroom will ensure greatness, says editorial board of newspaper entirely owned by major donor to the ballroom project... (without mentioning that detail...):

"What is the most Texas thing about you?" "I’m an eighth-generation Texan. My family’s been there since it was Mexico." ICYMI @lauren-egan.bsky.social interviews @jamestalarico.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/james-tala...

Looking at photos I have taken of buffalo always makes my soul feel a little bit lighter. The mighty buffalo survived near extinction because of psychotic white men. We will survive too. 🦬💙🦬💙🦬💙🦬💙🦬

This is what France gets to hear about No Kings: how Grok just made shit up about it.