A revealingly creepy formulation by Speaker Johnson. What does he mean by “they” are going to “descend” on “our” capital? WE are going to assemble in OUR communities exercising OUR constitutional rights in defense of OUR nation.

Trump and his cronies have spread desperate lies about No Kings Day — calling peaceful participants "terrorists" and "criminals." You know why? Because they want us to shut up and go away. That's how kings and dictators win. But we won't let them. See you tomorrow. NO KINGS.

Jimmy Kimmel: The American Revolution was a No Kings rally.

"And so, when millions of Americans gather tomorrow under the banner of “No Kings,” they will do so in the spirit of Jefferson and Madison, and in loyalty to the Declaration and the Constitution." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ver...

Why so many news organizations have serious problems with the new Pentagon rules: www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

"It's very much in our generation's muscle memory." Bill McKibben points out the roots of activism for many older Americans and why they play such a strong role in anti-Trump activism.

Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.

“In America, the law is king.” -Thomas Paine

A Vermont lawmaker stepped down following revelations regarding his involvement in a racist, pro-Hitler chat associated with the Young Republicans. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers. It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror

“When he is out of custody, Mr. Santos will have served fewer than three months of an 87-month sentence.”

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Mark my words.

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

No member of Congress should vote for any appropriations if the whole exercise is a non-binding farce.

🔥 TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Cornyn & Paxton don’t stand for freedom, family, and faith… they stand for control, cruelty, and corruption.”

Why would they do this now—when the news that Bessent is giving $40 billion to Argentina to ostensibly help bail out a pal—and DT is sharing details of his opulent ballroom? You can’t help but get the impression they aren’t worried about winning over voters ever again.

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.

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, fuck me. But 10 times??? Where do the MAGATS draw the line?? What happened to drain the swamp? Between all these fucking pardons and EPSTEIN, it’s clear that Trump is the swamp king aka Shrek!!

BREAKING Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe

I know you all know what deranged, vile, propaganda nonsense this is. But for the record: Leaders of the regime are declaring the opposition party and all forms of political dissent as illegitimate - and large swaths of the population to be dangerous terrorists. This is incredibly dangerous.

Those Epstein files must be bad. #KY04

I’m still waiting for Elise Stefanik to weigh in on the Santos commutation since he scammed all her friends and big donors after she vouched for him.

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin. Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed. Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

$40 billion could provide more than a year of affordable health care for millions of Americans. Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his “favorite president” in Argentina.

lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"

NEWS: After the Trump Administration shutters websites for Inspectors General, Judiciary Democrats launch a new resources page to empower whistleblowers to continue reporting on government corruption.

Trump campaigned on “releasing the Epstein files.” Then the FBI found his name and picture all over the files, photos and videos—now they’re keeping it under lock and key.   What else is in there? Who else are they protecting?

Working families are reaching their boiling point. Republicans need to cut their vacation short, come back to DC, and extend ACA tax credits before premiums skyrocket.

Trump’s Department of Education actively collaborates w/ Moms for Liberty. Asked “what % of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward,” Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice told ProPublica: “‘I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.’” 1/ www.propublica.org/article/educ...

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

A journalist should ask why he seems so uninformed about what's going on in the country as he is supposed to be the leader of the House.

… turned down requests from actual Supreme Court reporters?

Treasury's Bessent confirms American taxpayer funds being used to buy troubled Argentine pesos, as administration bails out ideological ally during government shutdown: "Treasury has not disclosed how much it has spent purchasing pesos or whether it will do it on a schedule." Via Reuters

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country. Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community. THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

“It’s unmoored to reality,” he said. “I expected there were documents like this, but seeing it in print is nevertheless shocking. Our government is being driven by nonsensical dreck from dark corners of social media.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Republicans in charge of Congress have abdicated all responsibility for governing the nation to Trump. There are no checks. There are no balances. No Kings.

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...

I called my constituents to hear directly how the Trump and Republican health care crisis and government shutdown are hurting our community. They have a few thoughts for Speaker Johnson.

Choosing Hungary as the place to meet Putin is one of the most outrageous and illiberal acts of this new Trump era. It’s another extraordinarily gift to Putin, an insult to our allies and Zelenskyy, and should be forcefully denounced by leaders in both parties here in America.

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...

1/ MSNBC is reporting that the US Atty for Maryland, Kelly Hayes -- who just indicted John Bolton at Trump's behest -- is herself "bracing for being fired" by Trump when she refuses to bring a bullshit, Lindsey Halligan-style indictment of Adam Schiff. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

and another thing: im not mad. please don't put in the newspaper that i got mad

“At some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom...” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...