This goes farther back than 2020. This goes back to 2016 and Pizzagate. To Republicans, it was never about stopping sex traffickers. They thought this problem benefited them politically. @nicollewallace.bsky.social

One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.

IMHO, some of these Epstein emails seem to indicate that even people were incredulous that Trump became president. They seem to imply, at least the way I read them, that Trump pulled one over of his MAGA supporters.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

AF1 should be grounded and all non-essential presidential scheduling events canceled during a government shut-down.

1. ACA rates skyrocket. 2. GOP floods the zone with messaging that the problem is the ACA itself so it must be repealed. 3. The GOP messaging succeeds because the same milquetoast, mealy-mouthed Democrats who cut this deal are the same ones who SUCK AT PREEMPTIVE AND COUNTER MESSAGING.

Who is going to primary Fetterman?

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

Resign.

The Dem ‘deal’ to end the shutdown reminds me of this quote from “The American President”. ”Congratulations, Mr. President. It’s only taken you 3 years to put together crime prevention legislation that has no hope of preventing crime.” @nicollewallace.bsky.social

OMG. @jheil.bsky.social just articulated what I think makes Mamdani stand out. He is ALWAYS smiling, in a time when there is so much anger and hatred.

JD Vance once claimed Haitian immigrants were eating dogs as part of their voodoo rituals. Now he's urging out-of-work Americans to eat dogs when their SNAP benefits end.

Such an interesting coincidence that the New Meritocracy™️ happens to be composed solely of white men

St. LOUIS!! Sugar Creek Gardens, 1101 N. Woodlawn, Kirkwood, is holding a food drive between now and Nov 2nd. They’re open 9-4.

In 2016, before Trump was even in office implementing tariffs on a whim, China bought 26.1 million metric tons of US soybeans. What exactly was the point of these tariffs aka tax on US consumers?

Jonathan Karl tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social that there are good people working in the Trump administration and they’re there to protect the Constitution. In the meantime, Trump takes a daily dump on the Constitution.

In the US, school children are distributing whistles and information on how to resist the Trump regime’s ICE ethnic cleansing operations.

The increasing trend was already there but has anyone calculated how much COVID and declining vaccination rates have contributed to the increase in insurance premiums?

Ballroom Grift! Thx @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

What happened to the art, furniture and historical artifacts in the East Wing prior to demolition? In Trump’s first term in office, he and his family tried to abscond with items belonging to the US government. Why should we expect anything different this time?

It is baffling that Democrats didn't hold a press conference within sight of this destruction. It's a perfect visual metaphor.

Once he rigs the House maps, Trump no longer has to worry about polling or appealing to anyone other than himself. He doesn’t even have to worry about future prosecution. It’ll be an all id presidency - nothing to constrain his impulses.

I never thought Republicans would tolerate: - increased taxes - federal interference at state/local level - imprisoning US citizens w/out due process - destruction of the US farmer - cutting research $$ (if only from an economic standpoint) - US armed forces on our streets - bulldozing the WH

this is the telling thing about all the billionaire hysteria they would literally rather set more money on fire propping up the most uncharismatic sex pest who ever lived than they’d pay in additional taxes these are not serious people

If donations to Trump’s ballroom are not quid pro quos or bribes, these corporations should have no problem giving equal amounts of new donations to food banks and homeless shelters. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

And they all would rather personally give him 90% of their money than pay 1% more in taxes.

IMO, it’s the symbolism. There’s nothing Trump can do that will elicit pushback from Republicans. Not jailing US citizens without due process, not gutting cancer research, not taking bribes, not even bulldozing the WH. Now, they’re rigging the maps so not even the people will be able to say stop.

I‘m increasingly seeing the GOP frame the rising cost of health insurance and the need for ACA subsidies as proof the ACA is a failure. What I’m not seeing is a full-scale push back on that idea from Democrats. The best I’ve seen so far was on PBS NewsHr www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Bullshit. Congress can stop this any time it wants, but it’s controlled by cowards whose slogan is YES KING. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As best I can tell, previous state dinners included between 200-400 people and cost anywhere from $500K-$800K. A ballroom that holds 2-4x as many people will be 2-4x more expensive.

Number of State Dinners by President: Biden = 6 in 4 yrs Trump = 2 in 4 yrs Obama = 13 in 8 yrs Bush = 13 in 8 yrs Clinton = 29 in 8 yrs Why does our government need a huge ballroom that will get used on average 1-2 times/year?

The ballroom will be more of the same. Political, partisan and campaign events held in the ballroom and on the taxpayers’ dime.

We joked about Trump rebranding the Rose Garden as The Rose Garden CLUB but that’s what it is - a club. He has only hosted Republicans, his cabinet and his cronies with the US taxpayers footing the bill.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Same vibes as the callous destruction of Bonwit Teller building and the Taliban blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas back in the day.

A bigger ballroom = more people = more expense for the taxpayers. They want to cut food benefits for poor people while also wanting the ability to host larger, more frequent fancy dinners at the White House.

Missouri won’t have enough money to distribute SNAP benefits in Nov. We lost 1.6 million tons of food because of Trump cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. But Hawley and Schmitt get a free lunch today on the taxpayers’ dime.

Because Barr and Acosta have no relevant connections to Epstein whatsoever? They really think the people demanding the files be released aren't steeped in enough of the details to know what an absurd statement this is?

(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements

The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.

For the past 6 months, a clinic at the local VA has not had adequate lighting in exam rooms because the VA under current management cannot get their shit together after suddenly and without warning moving the clinic. Maybe spend less time trolling social media and more time on mission.

Just started Season 3 of “The Diplomat”. Is there anyway we could arrange a video call between Trump and Rufus Sewell? I mean, it’s worth a shot.

Why we need this and more #NoKings days 👇🏽 (gift horse) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

The marketing of AI-driven surveillance solutions to schools is outpacing administrators’ capacity to establish reasonable and clear policies to ensure that new technology is used safely, write a team of researchers who looked at data related to vape detection technologies installed in US schools.

This should be bipartisan.

Where we stand, in long arc of history: -Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people. -Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites. I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Kavanaugh looking to find the "end point" when the Court no longer has to worry about the intentional use of race to create black districts. I'd say "WHEN WHITE FOLKS STOP INTENTIONALLY USING RACE TO DECREASE BLACK VOTING POWER" but he thinks white people doing that is cool.

Shocked that a man who thinks racial profiling is just a minor inconvenience would question whether we need to protect against racial gerrymandering.

Israel killed 5 Palestinians today. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...