Looking forward to Ed’s response.

In response to a protester telling Bovino that he’d beat his ass if he saw Bovino alone, Bovino did grab his body worn camera and face it towards the protester, asking “who said that?”

“Sánchez’s youngest son, a third grader, could not accept for days that his father was gone. He kept asking adults if his father could have survived the explosion, noting he might still be at sea.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Contrary to the administration’s contentions, “there was neither ‘a rebellion or danger of a rebellion’” in Oregon, the judge ruled. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

If it doesn't split, you must acquit.

The mayor is now addressing the sex toy business allegation, and says it’s a consulting business.

it’s actually hilarious that Trump already tried to repeal congestion pricing, failed miserably, and has no other moves other than asking Duffy to “look into it” again

Equifax is jacking up prices on states and bragging about making bank off Trump’s regressive Medicaid work requirements. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...

"The leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"

Fox commentators repeatedly, robotically, dimly noting the Dodgers won the longest game in World Series history in 2018, without noting the Sox won the series. Bet Mookie remembers.

Cases like the NBA betting scandal are undermined by Kash Patel showing up at the presser to try to look like real, serious serious FBI director. Not real clear why Jessica Tisch was there either. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

BREAKING: Judge Ellis, overseeing the protest/journalist case in Illinois, orders DOJ to bring top Trump admin Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, accused of personally violating the TRO in the case, to court for a hearing at 10a CT Tuesday.

This sad report indicates that someone has power of attorney over Del. Norton; her office didn't dispute that. Do those powers include stopping her from seeking reelection? (Probably not but seems conceivable?)

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

Trump's record does not inspire confidence in his claim he'd give the $230M he's trying to make the government pay him to charity. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: With the great Nina Martin, I wrote about bombshell allegations about a Planned Parenthood chapter in the South that has been taken over by new leaders with conservative connections. One new leader has even described herself as "pro-life." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One new press corps member, the Washington Reporter, says its coverage will remain "as tough and objective as ever" and also that Hegseth's "tenure has been nothing short of transformative," with "perfect execution," "flawless coordination" and a "steady hand" washingtonreporter.news/p/editorial-...

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

The use of the exonerative voice here is almost artistic. Gunfire somehow erupted when an ICE guy’s gun somehow fired? JUST SAY WHAT HAPPENED. I mean, sincere questions for journalists—is there a valid reason for why cops never actually fire their guns, but just hold gun that shoot themselves?

Here is my fuller dispatch from this afternoon in @hellgatenyc.com

Senators failed to understand how much he is not a Nazi.

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

NEW: A Jan. 6 rioter who breached the Senate floor — and was subsequently pardoned by Trump — was arrested Sunday for threatening to assassinate Leader Hakeem Jeffries. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

So a few months ago, we detailed how immigration agents were breaking car windows to grab the people inside. Well, it turns out one agent just did that *with his gun* and mistakenly shot the person inside and a U.S. marshal. www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/u...

Asked if it is still "ridiculous that anyone...would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit," the White House referred us to his personal lawyers and DOJ. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“I think it’s frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.” -Karoline Leavitt, 5/9/25. newrepublic.com/post/195088/...

An ethics professor said: “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Halligan asserts the novel concept that it's "obvious" that messages sent on Signal with the disappearing message function are off record. But her funnest claim is that because she feels Anna Bower is not a journalist, Anna cannot publish the messages in the publication she writes for.

Responding to texts in which Paul Ingrassia says he has "a Nazi streak,” Ingrassia's lawyer says that: "Mr. Ingrassia has incredible support from the Jewish community because Jews know that Mr. Ingrassia is the furthest thing from a Nazi.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

If George Soros paid for millions of people to protest Trump, you'd think Ernst and co. would have found more evidence than the international Jewish conspiracy vibe she's positing.

"We believe that the president is not a monarch...We believe he has no more business dispatching troops to Portland or Chicago or Los Angeles than King George had dispatching troops to Lexington. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The reasons don’t seem that unknown.”For reasons that are unknown, Mr. Black wired hundreds of thousands of dollars to at least three women who were associated with Mr. Epstein.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

Eric Trump: “I am a good boy”

Portland ICE facility now.

Big Brother DJT banner looking on as Bernie opposes monarchy.

The Park Police have Bearcat on the Mall for No Kings policing. Does it seem like they need that vehicle here?

partly this is just entering middle-age and parenthood but i just keep thinking we need to get morality back into politics. it's soul-rot everywhere you look.

In a just world, which we lack, no one would talk about what Bolton may have done without noting allegations that Trump hid super secret stolen documents in an unsecured bathroom at his spy-ridden club. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Stupid, yes. Kids, no. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A lot of these guys are in their 30s. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

DHS is awarding a lot questionable contracts awards to support deportation efforts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sounds like Candace Owens but it's the Treasury Secretary. “We don’t know how much of the support is coming in from overseas, how much is being supported by U.S. nonprofits” and 501(c)3s that give money to 501(c)4s, he said. “This is mission-critical for us.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid. Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...