Anand Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "First of all, governor, it's 'Mamdani.' This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right."

Q: Why are my electricity bills going up? A: You are likely (a) in a region impacted by Trump tariffs and retaliatory price hikes in electricity from Canada, or (b) in a region subsidizing billionaire-owned data farms for AI or crypto mining. It’s not because of immigrants or drag queens.

1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information. Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels

One more reason why Democrats need to take back Congress. We need hearings, subpoenas, and daylight on every back-channel to Moscow. We have no ‘friends’ at the Kremlin‼️

ICE brutally arresting 170 citizens for being brown, tariffs raising prices, millions set to lose healthcare, democracy hanging by a thread, and the wealthy getting all the breaks, is what happens when Trump has Putin instructing in one ear and Miller in the other. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Always keep your cameras rolling. Federal officials are scheduled to appear in court today, where they’ll face questions over whether the government breached a prior order by deploying tear gas during immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.

So employees overseeing the nuclear stockpile will be furloughed, but construction workers for his ballroom are essential….

🚨 2 private jets for Noem — Fraudulent abuse of taxpayer funds 1/2

Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.” www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...

Congress and judges will not save you. The GOP has rolled over every time, despite the unpopularity of Trump and most of his key policies. The Supreme Court has already demonstrated enough loyalty to Trump to give him unprecedented powers. This process accelerates unless stopped.

Those actively working for Trump's takeover are the clear and present danger, but complacency is also a threat. "He hasn't done x yet, so he won't" is a fallacy. Don't confuse an autocrat's attempts with his successes. "What would he do if not stopped?" is the right question.

Ukrainian Navy Command has confirmed that the carnage inflicted on the Karachevsk Electrodetal plant in Bryansk last night was the result of R-360 Neptune subsonic long range cruise missiles.

Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.

One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this: "The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."

TY, Garry ..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Crimea is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Donetsk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Luhansk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Mariupol is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Bakhmut is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Toretsk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Pokrovsk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Chasiv Yar is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kherson is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kharkiv is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Is that clear enough?

Donetsk is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine. Kherson is Ukraine. Crimea is Ukraine.

“Putin won’t be stopped by talk—only by pressure,” Zelensky stated, stressing that Ukraine won’t reward terrorism and expects partners to stand firm. He noted that Ukraine accepted ceasefires and offered peace proposals, but Russia stalls, manipulates, and escalates attacks.

A Russian missile strike this week on a Ukrainian training ground — the latest in a series of deadly strikes on training centers across the country — has heightened scrutiny and sparked criticism of the Ukrainian military command’s ability to protect recruits.

“Trump is gonna give Ukraine tomahawks!” Nope. Just another TACOOOOO

Do you think pro-Ukraine Republicans like John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker and many others will finally admit that Trump never had any intention of helping Ukraine and is Putin’s useful idiot? Probably not, because they are cowards.

Ukrainian soldier filmed the ground in Ukraine completely covered with spent casings/shells.

European leaders near deal to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

This appears to be the case.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Europe, the UK, Canada, Japan and Ukraine need to cut out Trump from any further negotiations about Ukraine, because Trump represents Putin & not the West.

We all knew Trump was going to sell out Ukraine to Putin. All his false promises - to end the war in 24 hours, to sanction Russia, provide Tomahawks, on and on. All bs. Pro-Ukraine GOP Sens & Reps suddenly silent. The US abandons allies under Trump. Putin owns Trump like a dog.

Here's my take for @the-independent.com on the AWS outage today and what it tells us about the future of relying on a handful of names www.independent.co.uk/voices/inter...

Today's AWS outage, which affected a range of websites and applications—from Signal to Fortnite to key UK government services—reveals the dangers of relying on a handful of Big Tech firms, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le. These are not glitches; they are democratic failures, they say.

NEWS: Trump mocks No Kings Day as "small" and "ineffective," massive internet outage as AWS goes down, DHS spends $172 million on private jets for Noem, and Marines launch investigation into artillery shell, and more. All the news you missed. Subscribe to support: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Something I'm not enjoying is the president constantly looking into the camera and saying "I am breaking the law" only for the Supreme Court to go "We conclude the president isn't breaking the law"

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.

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

Unlike 47, VP, & Hegseth, Governor Newsom voiced concerns for public safety about the Marines shooting artillery over I-5. Fortunately, he had I-5 closed for public safety. The Marines/Dept. Of War did NOT request I-5 to be closed. One governs to protect the people. The other doesn’t give a shit.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a real heist story that hasn’t involved the Trump regime.

The robbery took place shortly after the famous Paris museum opened on Sunday.

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

Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."

Folks, Pretty soon the White House will be known as "The little Kremlin" 👇🏼

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

Friendly reminder that Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir drops Tuesday and contains the truth she wanted the world to hear about those who abused her and the cost of silence. Buy it. Read it. Give the woman some justice.

Trump is now planning to occupy San Francisco. He must be upset about the messages they’ve been making on Ocean Beach.

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.” Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“Many think that the Russians are forced to fight. In fact, the Kremlin is afraid of mobilizing its people,” Kateryna Stepanenko, Russia research fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, told the Kyiv Independent.

Seeking to curb Moscow's influence, Latvia and Estonia are phasing out the Russian language in education, tightening immigration rules, and targeting Russian-linked organizations.

⚡️Russian mass attack traps nearly 200 miners underground, evacuation underway. Russia launched a large-scale attack against a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. 19, trapping 192 employees underground, the Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported.