The New York Times likes to say Trump "has stretched the limits of his powers” and “tests the boundaries of the presidency.” But this is not a test or a stretching exercise. He’s a lawless politician building a dictatorship. Say it. 🧵 1/3

Trump, Hegseth, and senior military commanders murdered 3 more people last night and the homicides near 100 people, and they expect you to take their word for it that they were transporting drugs and accept it. They murder whoever they want whenever they want.

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

Trump is pushing private equity and crypto into YOUR 401(k) – putting your retirement savings at risk. These shadowy markets lack strong guardrails to keep your money safe. We can’t let Wall Street gamble with Americans’ hard-earned savings.

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

The West must prepare to "go cap in hand" to Putin so that Russia does not use the nuclear-powered Poseidon torpedo,Russian State Duma chairman Volodin said According to him,the creation of the Burevestnik cruise missile made it possible to test Poseidon,a weapon to which there is "no equal at all"

Yup. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇

My area of St Louis needs donations to keep families and children fed during the shutdown. This is an urgent situation. You can donate here: ucityeducationfoundation.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/uc...

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020 NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

🚨🚨🚨 Welp. WEST VIRGINIA carriers have published their final, approved avg. 2026 *gross* #ACA rate hikes: 12.2%. This puts WV's *average* full-price premium at over $1,300 per month per enrollee...the highest in the country. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

This administration has now carried out more than 50 extrajudicial executions abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...

(sigh) It wasn't a lot of fun to put together this year, but here it is: My official 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period Tip Guide. Twelve important tips to keep in mind before you #GetCovered (some of which are even more important this year) acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...

Trump’s “mental faculties are crumbling like blue cheese, and major media need to write prominent stories about this alarming problem – not just stick a sentence into the 14th paragraph of a news story.” My free Stop the Presses newsletter.

The moral bankruptcy of an entire administration, in one specific case.

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up. I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies. If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action.

Millions of Americans are on the brink of losing their health coverage after Congress gutted Medicaid to give ICE billions of dollars to terrorize our communities. These cuts will fall hardest on people with disabilities, rural residents, and working families.

So the government can spend $40,000,000,000 to bail out Argentina and $200,000,000 for Kristi Noem’s private jets. But when it comes to federal food assistance, "the well has run dry." This administration doesn't care about working people.

Global sea surface temperatures are now the coolest since May '23 as we transition into the flipside of El Nino (La Nina). It's the steady, long-term warming we should be focused on. It will continue until we bring carbon emissions to zero.

Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.

So….folks are believing the $130 million donation for the military? Do we have any independent confirmation that this happened? I thought that we were all on the same page that this is just a Trump tall tale which he told in the moment to derail uncomfortable questions. No? It’s all checked out?

Enough with the passive constructions. When authorities shoot people, say so. This New York Times headline could have easily said, “Coast Guard Police Shoot 2 People at Protest Site Outside Base in California.”

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get. Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment. The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult. It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history. Until then, they're all to blame.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

Chairman John F. W. Rogers (unable to find a current email but formerly of Goldman Sachs [email protected]) Vice Chairman Teresa Carlson www.linkedin.com/in/teresacar...

White House Historical Association (202) 737-8292 [email protected] Nominally non-partisan, but actions have been coordinated, including shutting down actual White House tours. They also claim to have recently scanned the East Wing and removed historical artificts “for preservation”

The leader, Will Scharf is STILL on staff at the WH and is Trump’s personal lawyer. He claims that the commission has “no authority over demolition”. National Planning Commission Head of Commission Will Scharf Twitter @willscharf Email [email protected] www.thedailybeast.com/how-trump-us...

Now onto the Public Entities that should have put a stop to this. National Planning Commission. Nominally the group that would have approved this, but Trump took it over by installing his personal cronies in July.

The Construction Firm. They’re going to build the monstrosity on top the rubble of the house that Eleanor Roosevelt built. Clark Construction Group (301) 272-7412 Melissa Snyder [email protected] Jay Grauberger [email protected]

Engineering Firm. They provided assurances that the demolition and ballroom were safe. Nominally they are responsible for code enforcement (of which there was none). CEO Troy Rudd [email protected] aecom.com/about-us/our... President Lara Poloni [email protected] aecom.com/about-us/our...

McCrery is on faculty at Catholic University of America architecture.catholic.edu/about-us/fac...

Next, the Architect. He designed this monstrosity. It was him on the roof of the White House back in July McCrery Architects (202) 737-5444 [email protected] James C. McCrery II [email protected] [email protected]

First, the Demolition Firm. Most culpable. Tore down the East Wing with no permits in the fastest most destructive way possible (make sure to ask about lead abatement) Aceco World LLC (301) 588-0707 Chairman: Michael Citren [email protected] President: Stephen D. Smith [email protected]

I missed this dispatch earlier. Details on the companies that should live in shame for their role in rushed destruction of White House East Wing. Remember them, and their "leaders." Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.

Good evening to all who remember Michelle Obama getting criticized for planting a vegetable garden at the White House.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)

SCOOP: I obtained internal documents showing Amazon has been selling cloud computing and AI services to the state-owned Israeli weapons manufacturers whose bombs and missiles have ravaged Gaza. theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Good thing the press corps has decided to suffer all the indignities and outrages so they can keep their important physical access, that unique inside ability to report on what's really going on in the White House, like if they're planning to imminently tear down a large chunk of it.

Priorities.

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

Republicans are introducing numerous bills in many states to further undermine public health. It’s important that we focus on national elections, but it is equally critical from a public health perspective that we work hard to take or keep state legislatures. Public health starts locally.

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

24 million Americans are about to see their health insurance premiums double. 40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire. But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.