Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…

> @newyorker.com

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva. Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

The first look at the scale of Disney backlash after it suspended Kimmel. Wow>> “Antenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in September. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month averages for the services” www.wsj.com/business/med...

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

This is some fucked-up shit . . .

It’s so fucked up. substack.com/@logicallyjc...

Oh my GOD.

While he's literally tearing apart the country, he's literally tearing down part of the White House . . .

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?

#CancelSpotify They are running ICE ads. They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity. Spread the word. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

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I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

Deadline to register to vote is Oct. 25, this coming Saturday. Check your registration to make sure it's still valid. #VoteBlue

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

So no terrorism then?

1. Washington DC #NoKings 👑

"No Kings" Austin

#A_NewHope ✊

Boston. Wow.

M.I.T. Brown. Penn. USC. Now UVA — “the fifth school to rebuff a White House proposal to give universities preferential treatment if they uphold a set of White House demands.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

🎵 And the grift goes on, and the grift goes on . . . 🎵

The friend of my enemy is also my enemy.

New rule. If Congress doesn’t work, they don’t get paid. Who thinks that sounds good? ✋

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…” ~Patrick Henry

Meanwhile in Austin, where the streets are filled with driverless cars . . .

🚨WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT WON’T ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD IN ILLINOIS PENDING APPEAL

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

JPM’s Cembalest: “.. China’s latest stance on critical minerals may indicate greater progress on its own semiconductor ecosystem .. In other words, if the West responds with sanctions related to semiconductors and energy, China may be more prepared to weather the storm.” 👀

"There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds." @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are you listening?

This is a very good paragraph. From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... By Nancy A. Youssef

"In unison." Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa on Wednesday announced she is running for governor in 2026, setting up a potential clash between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and one of the Legislature’s most strident critics of his school voucher program.

🚨 BREAKING Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days. Epstein Shutdown.

Some good news . . .

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

STATEMENT — PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION on Secretary of War (on Journalism) Hegseth revoking credentials because they won’t agree to a new draconian policy where he controls everything they do: “violates the first amendment.. a concern to all” As we send them $1 TRILLION yearly🤔

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

We don have to worry about this. The aliens will just ride by, real fast with locked doors.