Of course the Budapest summit won't be happening. Poland's Foreign Minister said it might force down Putin's plane. Hungary is landlocked and there is no clear flight path to Budapest w/o flying over a NATO country. The most direct route is over Ukraine which Putin is welcome to try.

Today in history: On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered with his troops to George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the Revolutionary War and guaranteeing the colonialists freedom from the crown. We got rid of rule by a mad king then; we'll do it again.

Memo to Zohran Mamdani: I must complain that both Broadway and 7th Avenue were so congested with people that it took us more than an hour to walk the 3 blocks from the subway to the jumping off point for the march. As mayor, you must promise to make the next free No Kings March move faster.

King Donald isn't wearing his face mask properly in the video. The result would be reduced oxygen to the brain. That could result in confusion and poor judgment (hence sh*t bombing Americans) and eventually unconsciousness or death. youtu.be/Qy-MhokjJhc?...

Mamdani was asked in the debate about Israel being a Jewish state. Israel is a Jewish-majority state. About 20 percent of the population are Arabs who are represented by their own political parties with seats in the Knesset. Netanyahu’s ultra-right government has increasingly denied rights to them.

Probably Daddy Vladdy suggested the Budapest meeting site to his puppet.

Trump should follow Prince Andrew's example, but of course he won't. No Kings Day. www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...

My latest for the progressive Uncharted Blue website. Irving Berlin's forgotten 1941 anti-Hitler song "When That Man Is Dead And Gone" resonates in our hellish times. www.unchartedblue.com/irving-berli...

Restaurants are right to deny service to ICE agents. Instead of leaving a tip, the ICE thugs might leave with their staff in cuffs.

Those Texas National Guard soldiers that Kegseth fired for being fat probably could get more money and benefits by joining ICE which apparently has no fitness standards regarding being overweight. If ICE got rid of fat agents, their ranks would be depleted. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagons-pe...

Papers, please? ICE has given a $130 ticket to a Chicago man who is a legal resident for not having his papers on him when they stopped him in a park. Of course, he was Latino. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

But wasn’t it Sen. John “Bluto” Blutarsky who asked “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor during the Biden administration?”

Why is this starting to resemble the start of the Tom Clancy novel in which the president declares the illegal drug trade to be "a clear and present danger’ to national security. youtu.be/5XP3MonWebI?... www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

After listening to details from James Comey's arraignment on Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC show, it's clear that if the case ever goes to trial it will look like Comey's legal team headed up by Patrick Fitzgerald is prosecuting Trump, Bondi and Halligan.

On this date in history: Oct. 9, 2009. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Donald Trump still hasn't gotten over that. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/laureates/2009

But Vanilla Ice is available and performed with a Ninja Turtle at a Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party. youtu.be/BimD7NdnMqE?...

Trump actually had hoped to use the Insurrection Act on Jan 6. He expected there to be large counter-protests and clashes with his supporters. Then he would have called in the National Guard. But our side did not take the bait and there were no counter-protests.

I think that Kristi Noem should apply Pete Hegseth's no fat soldiers, no beardos policy to ICE agents. There are lots of fat and/or bearded ICE agents running around. Of course, they would have to take off their masks so we can determine whether they are violating a no beards policy.

There should be no bailout for farmers unless the cuts to SNAP benefits are rescinded. Of course the illegal tariffs should also go. In the past food stamp benefits were part of farm bills to gain support from rural and urban members of Congress.

The question is whether J6ers convicted of crimes and then pardoned by Trump are able to join ICE.

Under federal law, living US presidents are prohibited from appearing on US currency. Maybe the Treasury Secretary knows something that we don’t know — namely that Trump may not make it until July 4, 2026.

Trump was spared a “perp walk” when he was charged in Atlanta, NYC, Washington and Florida. He deserved it a lot more than Comey who is facing trumped up charges.

So Trump says we should fear Russell Vought, the Project 2025 Reaper. Blue Oyster Cult had the appropriate response: "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." youtu.be/wkwAqG7KTns?...

No, Hakeem. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker can give you a lesson on messaging. Pritzker said Trump is copying Putin, has dementia and should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment. And Hakeem still hasn't endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Putin offers condolences to Kirk's family, saying his murder reflects "a deep rift" in US. He said: "There is no need to escalate the situation from our side" because the US is coming apart. Trump is tearing the country apart and our enemies are gloating. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pete Hegseth is preparing the U.S. military to fight the wars of the past with his questioning the fitness of women to serve in combat roles. And no more beardos? Drone technology is shaping the present-day and future battlefield. Just look at Ukrainian drone operators. youtu.be/Sxyu94x0SLw?...

Pete Hegseth: "No more ... dudes in dresses." Cpl. Maxwell Klinger of the 4077th MASH unit would have been one happy dude had Hegseth been Secretary of Defense during the Korean War. youtu.be/ad3qEFJCTew?...

Trump said "we're actually considering the concept of battleships," telling the US military leadership how enamored he was with "Victory at Sea." Did Trump or Hegseth even mention drone warfare once? They are not fighting the war of the future and could learn from Ukraine. youtu.be/Sxyu94x0SLw?...

Pete Hegseth: "We’re empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future war fighters are forged.” Pete Hegseth was obviously inspired by Sgt. Carter from "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." youtu.be/MRLGGqGiWCU?...

They were not welcomed as liberators.

Pam Bondi could have prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein when she served as Florida Attorney General from 2011-2019. She failed to do so.

This is a fake. The Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee separately from the other awards. The contact information is not for any Associated Press office. And if it were true, the AP would have put out a story on this topic which it has not. I edited Nobel stories for decades.

Seriously I would like someone in the media to put this question to the DHS spokesperson: Are people convicted for the Jan.6 riot and then pardoned by Trump eligible to join ICE?

We still won’t know what happened to Amelia Earhart once the files are released.

Sinclair is returning Jimmy Kimmel to its stations, but Nexstar has not taken any action to do so. Nexstar is probably too concerned about FCC approval of its merger plan. www.msn.com/en-us/tv/oth...

A drop in the bucket considering all the abuses by ICE on a daily basis, but it's still welcome news. I hope this image (with accompanying video) is shown repeatedly on Telemundo and Univision stations nationwide and published widely in Spanish-language newspapers. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

The US Army soldier depicted in the video may have put his career at risk over misinformation posted on social media. The facility depicted in these posts was inaccurately described as a U.S. military base. In fact, it is a privately owned facility. This is a photo from Google maps.

I guess JD Vance never heard this Tom Lehrer song. The funny thing is that the lyrics are quite appropriate for Elon Musk and Space X. youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio?...

James Comey's defense attorney is Patrick Fitzgerald. When Comey was acting Attorney General in 2003 he appointed Fitzgerald to handle the investigation of the leak scandal that exposed Valerie Plame's cover as a CIA agent. It led to the indictment of VP Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby.

I hope the next Democratic Attorney General will indict every Trump administration official who lied to Congress and obstructed justice. I wonder what Merrick "The Meek" Garland is doing these days. abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...

Ukrainians elected a TV comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as their president. Kimmel-Colbert 2028!

Tom Homan has learned his lesson. He will no longer take cash bribes in a paper bag. Instead, he will now issue a meme coin and accept payments in crypto.

You don't get the Nobel Peace Prize when you declare war on more than half your country and send troops to occupy its capital. Still waiting for Trump to claim he should get the Nobel Prize for Medicine for linking Tylenol to autism and the Nobel Prize for Economics for his tariff policy.

There was a 1935 documentary titled “Triumph of the Will” directed by Leni Riefenstahl. It was a paean to Adolf Hitler at the mass Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.

You don't get the Nobel Peace Prize if you declare war on more than half your country and occupy its capital.

If Trump keeps eliminating all programs to combat climate change then the U.S. will definitely become the hottest country.

Does Trump actually have a White House speechwriter or is he just winging it as he rambles on.

8. And you should have awarded me the contract to renovate the UN headquarters building in 2008. He said Melania nearly fell off a bad escalator there. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

So if we elect a Democratic president in 2028, and he uses the powers granted by the Supreme Court to reshape the FCC with a Democratic majority, the new Democratic FCC chair should revoke the broadcast licenses of Sinclair and Nexstar stations. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

I’m the father of two adult sons on the autism spectrum. Trump and RFK Jr. don’t care about my sons. If they did, they wouldn’t be cutting funds for Medicaid and SNAP, but would be increasing funds for housing and medical care.