Before last year’s election, my wife and I took our grandsons on a tour of the nation’s capital, realizing it might become quite different if Trump won. I kept thinking the symbols of democracy might turn into symbols of tyranny. We toured the White House’s East Wing. It’s being demolished now.

ok who did this? ☹️

I miss him. I miss his candor, clarity, humility, intelligence, humor - all of it. I also miss the WH victory garden Michelle grew. I’m tired of the GOP grift, destruction, division, parasitic hatred, the disinterest by GOP of life’s cost now. We all need to wake up. Protest is patriotism.

White House changes course and will now be demolishing the entire East Wing.

Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was on Elon Musk’s electric-car maker missing earnings expectations on.ft.com/43mQ0Y8

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

Watching this again, for no particular reason. Gosh I miss having a leader who wasn’t a punitive, chaotic, deeply unwell man. Watch and share. Remember who we were, and still could be. m.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mz...

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November. It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

Now at Climate Central, the work that NOAA used to do measuring impacts of natural disaster. What we don’t measure, we cannot improve. So glad that someone has picked up the baton that the administration decided was not worth carrying anymore. www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

Oh look, Trump's $40 billion bailout just got a lot more expensive to finance. Argentina's peso has fallen to an all-time low against the US dollar. It has now collapsed 99.8% since 2009. Only someone with 6 bankruptcies would look at that and say, “I’ll take 40 billion dollars worth!”

'As of Monday, roughly 8 per cent of US warships deployed globally were in the Caribbean, according to a fleet tracker. Until destroyers arrived to start the build-up in August, the only US ship spotted in the region by the tracker this year was a hospital ship.' www.ft.com/content/dc10...

Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different. It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.

Weird. Of course, during our USD40billion currency swap, the pesos he gave us have depreciated! Shocked Pikachu face!

😬 Chemical weapons? Guided missile heads? I’m sure these faceless, nameless, shameless ICE thugs will be paragons of peace with such power…

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing. Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

This story is insane. Well worth the read.

Some photos of the East Wing of the White House.

Someone just liked my tweet from 2024, and hence, I saw it now, too. Just imagine..

Hmmm. www.wlrn.org/government-p...

Russia, Russia, Russia, as they say

Spectacular robbery of the French crown jewels at the Louvre today: three masked men climbed a ladder, broke a window, lifted nine priceless pieces from the Apollo gallery, got away on motorbikes. No one hurt. Reportedly the most famous piece in the room, the 140 carat Regent diamond, was not taken.

🧵Posted these pics earlier of this MAGA influencer embedded with ICE, posing as a "journalist" I did some digging since many said the images were too unclear to identify him. Turns out he is Nick Shirley, a YouTube MAGA agitator. Here's all the info on him & what Trump is paying him to do.

Wow. Seems like shit’s going to go down. What’s the o/u on Argentina being their newly purchased safe haven?

Anyone else think the $40Bil for Argentina is to feather a nest for the trumps once the Epstein files are released? Argentina has a proud history of selling non-extradition to odious criminals.

Friends, I know so many of you are planning to attend a "No Kings" protest this Saturday, and you'll be bringing with you amazing protest signs. Why not recognize the creativity on display? I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes. (thread)

Truthful facts 💯🎯

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Start NOW doing PSA’s of local cops, and why they became policemen. They’re the heroes of the community - make them that again.

Fascinating, important interview. Well worth your time!

Money already approved for projects that Trump is using the shutdown to defund comes from less than 3% of Republican districts, compared with Democratic districts.

I also spoke to one of the inflatable protesters, a very intimidating pachyderm

Senate is back in session today. 1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown. You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

This is such a fun thread! Go Portland!!

Nyambeni has discovered that partitions are merely suggestions, not boundaries! Our budding mini-matriarch scales the low fence with determination, desperate to reach the other side where her precious charges await. No barrier is too tall when there are babies to protect and comfort.

You know, I’ve lived in Vermont for almost 20 years (still “from away,” but still grateful). The skies when I arrived were just stars, the ISS, and sometimes a satellite. Now, every time I look up I see stars, yes, but multiple satellites. I saw the trails of starlink sats employ four? Years ago 1/2

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million. Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals. Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

Imagine that

When a rhino-breeding dream collapsed, it set off a continent-spanning rescue plan. Now a multimillion-dollar mission is trying to move 2,000 white rhinos to safety across Africa.

Two GOP governors — Vermont’s Phil Scott and Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt — just slammed Trump’s troop deployment as unconstitutional. Even Republican governors are finally calling him out for using the National Guard to take over American cities. newrepublic.com/post/201610/...

Letitia James. Another distraction. For the Epsteinth time.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Classic!

CNN falling now.

I used to be one of a nationwide chain of shelter dog rescue drivers. I just learned Best Western Hotels donated rooms along the way for a pair of rescued dogs, and their drivers (in the clip). Kudos! I’ll definitely make them my go-to hotel from now on.

Interesting: Just reviewed all the federal charges from Chicago in the last week. Just a single one was at the ICE location at Broadview. A bunch were charges by Kendzie. They have not yet docketed the alleged Latin Kings charge pertaining to Greg Bovino.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.