ZELENSKIY SAYS HE SPOKE TO MACRON ABOUT APPLYING PRESSURE ON RUSSIA, AGREED TO MEET IN NEAR FUTURE

Max Seddon, FT Moscow Bureau Chief: ‘Some choice quotes from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky, from which it appears one call from Putin was enough for him to throw out several months of posturing on Ukraine and repeat Russian talking points instead.’

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier" on.ft.com/4n9nlNd

Pennsylvania. www.axios.com/2025/10/19/p...

It must really make everyone working at US Attorneys Offices around the country and DOJ, from prosecutors to staff, proud to know that you serve under an admin that has wiped out the convictions and/or sentences of every Republican convicted of a crime over the last decade.

Seriously, I have never seen that man* happier than when he is in the company of Russians.🤔

how much stronger an indication do we need that Trump is indifferent to criminal conduct and attuned solely to loyalty to himself. George Friggin' Santos! just beyond belief...

"The person we shot tried to ram us with their car" is the new "The person we shot was reaching for his waistband"

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

As shocks to the system go, you might group these with the argument from U.Va.'s Caleb Nelson, already making waves, that originalism properly understood does not entail a strong version of the unitary executive theory. /3, end reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In the second, Prakash notes that while many moderns disdain the "result-oriented," "it turns out that interpreters have long used consequences, particularly inconvenient consequences, to decode the law." Jefferson called argument from consequences one of the "great foundations of the law." /2

Two exceedingly interesting articles from Sai Prakash (U.Va. Law) on founding-era legal interpretation. In the first, he argues that "the Founders were not textualists," frequently elevating the "spirit" of the law above its letter in ways modern textualists resist. /1

About my brilliant, principled, and extraordinary colleague Caleb Nelson (also kindest mensch) see www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

“Fiction.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/p...

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

"Cigars and champagne. Who the hell cares?". Trump asking the Knesset for a pardon for his pal Bibi who is facing corruption charges. Because strongmen everywhere should be able to wheel and deal with impunity. Otherwise what's the point of even stealing an election and commandeering a country?

Trump to Israeli Knesset: "I have an idea -- Mr President, why don't give him a pardon? Give him a pardon. Whether we like it or not, this has been one of the greatest wartime presidents. And cigars and champagne -- who the hell cares about that?"

As Trump administration takes shares in more companies, a survey of finance economists warns that government ownership of share stakes tends to undercut corporate performance and governance, as accountability blurs and managers' side agendas proliferate. [Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller, @cato.org]

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects. In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The rupture “raises fresh doubts about whether Trump, operating with a hollowed-out national security team and a fragmented China strategy, is prepared for Beijing’s latest power play.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

“Tech Executives [From Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI] Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings” 6/27/25 www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @ Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

AXIOS: “Dominion Voting Systems — the voting machine behemoth Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election — has been sold to a Missouri-based company run by a former Republican election official…” 🤔 www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

THEY ALLOWED MAIL-IN VOTING FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. IT WAS RIGGED.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.” @cnbc.com $UPS www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law. Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois. And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

"no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois." It's mind boggling than in 2025 a federal judge in Chicago just uttered these words in court case between against the President of the United States. My god.

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Fascism for Dummies

All to cover up the Epstein files.

“We’re going to stop drug trafficking,” Trump said on Sunday. News flash: The US has been trying to “stop drug trafficking” since Nixon declared the “war on drugs” in 1971. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

Jeffries: "The streets are hot right now on Capitol Hill because the Republicans are just falling apart. They cannot justify their position having shut the government down. They cannot justify their position in terms of hiding the Epstein files from the American people."

This is probably the best time to be in organized crime since before the repeal of prohibition in 1933. I mean if you wanted to commit high level non-immigrant related crime, now is the time to go hog wild.

Donald Trump will undergo a routine physical exam on Friday, the White House announced, following questions about the president’s health after he developed noticeable bruising and swelling in recent months

WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote: "Right now, Johnson can pressure the four Republican signers to change their minds. He has time to do it—as long as he keeps Adelita Grijalva out of Congress."

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

This is the lesson of 2025

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

The President of the United States doesn’t seem to know what habeas corpus is

“There's videos of you with teenage girls in the Epstein files.”

Nice to see Sen. Gallego and Kelly going to bat for Adelita Grijalva, as they and everyone else should be. Speaker Johnson is stalling her swearing-in because her vote would help finally reveal the Epstein files. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH: djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey." Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it." djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret." And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children. #PedoPrez

That's why it's time to #ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles. Trump won't meet w/survivors. Why? Survivors have not been invited to testify before Congress. Why? Mike Johnson is stalling to keep the House from voting on releasing the Epstein files. Why? The GOP is the party of #PedophileProtectors.