JUST IN: John Bolton’s arrest warrant just hit the docket

“What is to stop Trump from making comparably inflated claims about the situations on the ground in other American cities as a pretextual basis for deploying troops? And what’s to stop him from making those claims not tomorrow, but next November—on the eve of the midterms?” Me, via “One First”:

If we are to avert "grossly tyrannical conduct," Illinois v Trump is a "make-or-break" moment for SCOTUS, per @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.stevevladeck.com/p/184-the-ma...

JUST IN: SCOTUS will decide in United States v. Hemani whether the statute that bars addicts from possessing firearms violated the 2nd amendment. This is the same charge Hunter Biden faced.

"The coming clash of civilizations—not between cultures or religions, but between visions of how humans should organize ourselves. Citizens or subjects. Democracy or hierarchy. Self-governance or rule by those claiming superior qualification." —Mike Brock @brockm.bsky.social

'When they treat “maybe democracy and freedom are incompatible” as just another perspective to debate in good faith, they’re legitimizing the question itself. When they respond to explicit calls for monarchy with “let’s find common ground,” they’re treating regime change as negotiable preference.'

My feelings, exactly.

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org. Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

Californians, this is it. In honor of the No Kings protests and to protect democracy, get that Prop 50 ballot in and vote YES. Remind your friends, your family, and everyone you know—democracy only works if we do.

They had told Newsom to keep I-5 open during this stunt.

President Trump’s travel restrictions are devastating Cuban American families in Florida by cutting off the already slow visa pipeline that allows relatives to reunite after years apart.

The Trump WH spent all weekend ripping Gavin Newsom for being concerned that this stunt by Hegseth and Vance could endanger people driving on one of the busiest highways in America. These idiots are going to get people killed.

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?

BREAKING: Live munitions from a Trump-Vance “military demo” flew over I-5 and struck a CHP vehicle. The White House wanted the highway open—but Gov. Newsom shut it down for safety. That decision likely prevented injuries or worse. We have obtained these photos:

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore. By Anne Applebaum

Very interesting that the LA Times and Washington Post, both owned by Trump-friendly billionaires who have been tilting their outlets in his favor, made No Kings the top story, while The NY Times did not on the grounds that the size doesn't matter and the argument isn't novel to editors personally.

This is what I’m against: a President who shows nothing but the most vile contempt for anyone who doesn’t worship him.

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages. They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely. They get pardoned when they commit crimes. They ignore the laws. There is zero congressional oversight.

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.

Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained. These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

Amazing that “No kings and no Nazis” is suddenly a controversial slogan and up for debate in 2025. These are the two most basic creeds of American history.

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

Inflatable costumes out in force at No Kings--Urbana, IL

we've accounted for about 400k people in reported events so far. we lack good counts in the big cities and waiting for official accounts in lots of smaller protests docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting. Now the official line is crumbling. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/2019...

I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

We stayed classy. #NoKings

My mom texted me with a picture of her at one of the No Kings protests. Her first protest ever. The normies have awakened.

reposting with alt-text Zero arrests by NYPD is actually astounding to me

No Kings is reporting that 7,000,000 Americans turned out to rally against Trump today. That's over THREE TIMES the number of votes Donald Trump claims to have gotten over Kamala Harris.

#NoKings was so much fun!! Can we do it again tomorrow? 😃

I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.

Don’t be a Dick-Tator