Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

From Bullwinkle the scholar to Hogan’s Schultz in seconds flat.

⁨Congress has not authorized military force against Venezuela. But the Trump administration has made it clear they may not stop at boat strikes in the Caribbean. We must stop the U.S. from being dragged–intentionally or accidentally–into full-fledged war in South America.

This will be an interesting case www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

Happening now: DOJ has charged John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became one of his fiercest critics, for his mishandling classified material. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Indictment: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Eric Trump admits that Indonesian President Subianto was caught on a hot mic talking with his dad about Trump family business deals in Indonesia (so much for the supposed firewall between Trump's business and the federal government ... )

Group of former Justice Dept officials (including Jack Smith) release video warning about the impact of the purge of longtime career Justice Dept officials by the Trump Administration @Justice_CXN produced this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...

An honor to receive the endorsement of of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter. I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

No Kings October 18th A few people in my community have posted about this on Facebook. And, wow, the comments are disturbing. I'm really concerned more than just agitators are going to show up. Keep an eye out for each other 🤗

if anybody is good at lip reading or can isolate the audio, I'd be very curious to learn more about what these two were talking about here. it certainly didn't sound on the level.

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

No Kings We have to be prepared for agitators and infiltrators who seek to ignite the violence they desperately need.

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

“Anna is a nobody” — Roger Stone

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

ICE official testifies that DHS “prematurely” sent Abrego Garcia a notice that he would be removed to Ghana. Just this morning, Ghana’s foreign minister wrote on X that the country had “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities” that Abrego cannot be deported there.

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

They said they captured the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa. Did they raid a convalescent home or a graveyard?

It's October. When will the mosquitoes return to hell?

I know this isn’t the point but is it normal for DHS officials to stay at a Ritz-Carlton on work trips?

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

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.

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today. If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Can’t decide which is the wilder use of “BREAKING” by a government official: 1. “BREAKING: I’m launching undercover operations” — Texas Attorney General Or 2. “BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory” — FBI Director

The son "took his father's visa paperwork and Social Security card to the ICE Richmond Field Office off Arboretum Parkway. However, he was told it 'didn't matter.'"

😬 awkward

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

NEW: The militarization of American cities isn’t happening with a parade of tanks. It’s a slow drip of troop deployments that are probing courts’ willingness to give unlimited deference to the commander in chief — and testing workarounds when they don’t. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Sometimes I wish the media would just boycott airing anything anyone in this administration wants to say. Just report on what they're doing. We really don't need to hear all the lies and hate.

ICE agents are reportedly creeping around high schools in Chicago. And because they are wearing masks, often not wearing uniforms and using unmarked vehicles this means that ANYONE could show up dressed like this and disappear kids off the streets. This is especially dangerous

No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.

ICYMI: Judge Karin Immergut issued a second order blocking the Trump administration from sending federalized national guard troops to Portland, Oregon. The ruling followed an unusual weekend hearing held late on Sunday evening. Our play-by-play live coverage: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...

I still can't believe there are people who did not vote for Kamala Harris because "I don't like how she laughs" How you feeling now?

Judge Immergut has issued her written TRO prohibiting the Trump administration from relocating or deploying federalized national guard troops to Oregon. Here it is:

Reminder: Judge Immergut was appointed to the bench by Donald J. Trump.

🚨 Trump used Al to scan US generals' faces for loyalty and to root out whistleblowers. "This is how authoritarian power consolidates itself — by quietly monitoring every reaction, every hesitation, every private doubt, and turning it into a scorecard of allegiance." www.rawstory.com/trump-ai-sto...

This child molester was not a drag queen, immigrant, leftist, or transgender person — he was a self-described Republican “MAGA pastor” and Trump’s “spiritual advisors.”

Judge Immergut (my new favorite judge) issued her 31-page opinion, barring federalization of 200 National Guard troops in Portland, <48 hrs after entering the case. It’s a model of restrained but powerful prose & reasoning. Read it yourself ... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1/3

Not too long ago, LGBTQ were considered sex perverts. www.archives.gov/publications... Now, an adjudicated rapist hellbent on covering up a notorious case of pedophilia is taking us back to that era of the "Lavendar Scare" where federal employees can be fired just for being LGBTQ

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

It's clear that rightwing agitators are flocking to Portland to distort what's happening, pick fights, and create incidents so the Trump Administration can escalate their punitive plans. As this piece by the Star Tribune lays bare, those plans include turning the US military against Americans.