A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:

🧵For those who missed it, another familiar name appears in the latest tranche of Epstein files. Nicholas Tartaglione--the former NY cop sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of 4 men. The same dirty ex-cop who was put in Epstein's cell with him at the Metropolitan Correctional Center

A year-end special from me: The 25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin, in ranking order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

My favorite Dean Martin songs? Gotta be "That is Love" and "Kiss Me Many Times."

This message should never come from the government. This message is both un-American and unconstitutional. The Department of Homeland Security should be sued. Immediately.

The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms. It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.

Today's news bulletin builds up to a brutal finale. Catch up on all the day's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

"You don't want to be on the other side of Donald Trump" because he's a mob boss who uses violent rhetoric to turn people into targets for terrorists. With the support of fascist politicians like Jim Banks.

I don’t give a fuck who the architect is. When a Democrat becomes president in January, 2029, that fucking ballroom is going to be torn down. And again, I won’t support any candidate for president who does not pledge to demolish Trump’s ballroom. www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...

After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk. It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.

We stand with @womensmarch.com in calling for nationwide walkouts Jan. 20, 2026. Mark your calendars and tell a friend. More coming soon. #FreeAmericaWalkOut 🤝

“It’s a mockery of due process. It’s a mockery of our constitutional rights.”

Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.

Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list

the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing

West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."

LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals. RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.

Josh really doesn't get enough credit as a digital journalism pioneer — and as an entrepreneur who built something meaningful and lasting.

It's the little things

Ok these all sound like gay porn titles.

When even evil incarnate thinks you’re the worst person…

It's like the Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by a terrorist regime en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas...

After 7 l-o-n-g weeks, wishing Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva, who is the 158th & final vote to release the EPSTEIN Files, a wonderful Swearing-In Day, although not everyone is all that happy about it. #AccountabilityIsComing

Trump's legal letter to the BBC reads like an attempt at a shakedown.

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

The GOP was already freaking out about the impending Trump effect on the midterms. Now they’re fucking terrified.

PROJECTION Please help to spread the word about the HUGE PROTEST at 11am on Wed 11/5 in Washington DC at the Washington Monument! 🙏🏼 refusefascism.org/events/nov5/

This big guy put on a great show tip toeing along the cliffs, in a very convenient spot. ;-)

The Epstein files stay hidden, but the Epstein Ballroom will be a prominent display.

@stephaniemiller.bsky.social Mama, Can you help get this some eyes on it. 🙂

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Home Depot and Target really enabled our family to get through Covid lockdown without relying on Amazon. Our family spending on Target and Amazon at this point is asympotic to $0; and now, buh-bye to Home Depot.

With new tariffs on everything and his VC buddies buying up housing inventory, prices are headed even higher soon.

WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime

I talked this week with Chris Hayes and Anand Giradahadras, highlight was Chris mentioning No Kings protests on October 18th. Free speech is action not spectacle. Please join in. www.nokings.org

Stop disappearing people with no criminal record, stop threatening their children to lure them into being captured, stop encouraging citizens to rat each other out, stop censoring comedians and academics, stop weaponizing the law, stop whipping up hate at the most vulnerable. Then maybe.

#Antifa runs in our blood.

“Your enemy isn’t across; your enemy is up.” We’ve been divided for too long. The rich and elite continue to drive wedges between us so they can gain even more power and wealth. We cannot do this anymore. We the people must unite, in peace and solidarity with one another, for the sake of America.

Truth bomb‼️ This man should be the one speaking on college campuses… “They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.” Watch

I don’t need to be told not to celebrate violence or speak ill of the dead but all this hagiography of Kirk is just absurd. He was a vicious, bigoted troll who devoted his life to making things as shitty as possible for anyone who wasn’t like him. He made the discourse worse in every possible way.

The Post and Matt Viser are suggesting that 22 yrs ago someone impersonated Donald Trump in response to a request from Ghislaine Maxwell to Trump and created a fake card to embarrass him 22 yrs later when he would be President. I'm not going to dignify this nonsense with anything but laughter

DC today

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

Today, Piazza San Marco, Venice courtesy The Guardian