Breaking News: A federal judge found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., was unlawful.

Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned — and democracy won. This ruling is a win for Texas and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.

EXPLAINED: Trump calls a reporter "Piggy"

About today... Trump's anti-press outburst hits differently with a Saudi prince by his side

I asked my minister father two weeks before he died this summer what happens when we die. This is what happened next: open.substack.com/pub/marshall...

Now: Thousands of people in Charlotte have gathered to let Border Patrol & ICE know they’re not welcome here. We will not bow down in the face of Trump’s terror tactics. When our communities are under attack we stand up and fight back! 📆 Sun Nov 16 🕜 3:00-5:00 PM 📍Hygge (1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻

They’re protesting in large numbers in Charlotte, NC… The Resistance Is Growing!

"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

Hm. Really. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

Uh-oh. Steve Bannon is essentially saying to his fan base "Trump is a pedo but we need him for political power. Suck it." That's a 180 from Karoline Leavitt this a.m., even after the #Epstein email releases, who says that Decomposing Dictator hasn't done anything wrong. 🦋 bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein

8 Dem Senators: "The GOP will not negotiate, so we'll just cave (again)." Ro Khana is right. Chuck Schumer is not an effective leader, and he must go! Gavin Newsom is right: "Pathetic" Primaries start May '26.

The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.

#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.

“The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “That’s what they’ve been doing, and that’s the reason why they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, for weeks now.” thehill.com/homenews/hou...

As a Preacher’s Kid & a Grandfather Preacher’s Kid, this book I’m now reading really speaks volumes to me. SEPARATION OF CHURCH & HATE: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds, by John Fugelsong

Zohran Mamdani will be the youngest New York mayor in a century, NBC News projects, and he used parts his victory speech to highlight the stories of residents across the city. nbcnews.to/47HLx3I

Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage — not to mention its youngest mayor in more than a century. https://to.pbs.org/4hJnohz

The courts have ordered the administration to use its contingency fund for SNAP—and have made clear it can use its transfer authorities to fully fund SNAP. It is not enough to do the bare minimum—they should do everything they can to ensure Americans put food on the table.

Stopping SNAP benefits is an attack on poor people. Detener los beneficios del SNAP es un ataque a los pobres. Full statement in English and Spanish at the link here: www.dsausa.org/statements/s...

WATCH: “All of this is going to have to be investigated,” says Jeffries on Trump gutting the entire White House East Wing to build a ballroom. “That's our warning to all of these people participating in this scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and, of course, to destroy the people's house.”

"This is an absolute gut punch." Jen Psaki reacts to Donald Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing.

Most of us cannot depend on the government or our employers to build our own financial security. I have been investing since my mid-20s starting in the early 1980s, and have developed some pretty strong convictions about what works and what doesn’t. Hard lessons. open.substack.com/pub/marshall...

The fact that Elon musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon all being in the Epstein files dropped out of the news way too fast www.bbc.com/news/article...

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #USDemocracy #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

I think Trump would rather Congress never vote to reopen the government than let Adelrita Grijalva trigger the Epstein Files discharge. And I bet he doesn’t have a plan other than the Insurrection Act.

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?

@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Doing things that are ‘both unlawful and unpopular isn’t going to work out’ for Trump www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

ON DEATH & DYING - Have you ever wondered how you will confront death when it comes for you? My 93-year-old, minister father, Gene Wesley Marshall, recently died. Here is his 2-page “Coda: On Death,” from his memoir, “The Making of a Religious Radical.” open.substack.com/pub/marshall...

Gene Wesley Marshall - A Modern Theologian - Here’s a 3-minute photo shoot of my recently deceased father’s 9 decades of life, which my brother Wayne and I assembled. “Preacher Man,” the background song, is from our sister Kathy. Chart & book, too. open.substack.com/pub/marshall...

Please watch this chilling interview w/ Thom Hartmann & then buy his new book for yourself & for those who love and want to preserve democracy in our country. The book is “THE LAST AMERICAN PRESIDENT: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink.” hartmannreport.com/p/with-thom-...

Wow, both Eisner and Cruz attacking the FCC. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/19/j...

Earlier today, FCC Chair Brendan Carr said “we can do this the easy way or the hard way” about Disney/ABC “taking action on Kimmel.” Hours later, ABC pulled Kimmel off the air. It’s a blatant crackdown on free speech by an authoritarian administration. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Jimmy Kimmel deserves better than this. He’s a class act. Case in point - after my first appearance on his show back in 2018, he very thoughtfully asked whether I was receiving adequate security at that time, as Trump was repeatedly smearing journalists as “the enemy of the people,”

What’s at stake here is free speech. Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel. We need to all stand up and speak out.

My father’s new and last book arrived today from his publisher: “The Making of a Religious Radical - A Memoir,” by Gene Wesley Marshall. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1663...

Not my king!

Less than a week after Dad’s passing, his whole-life memoir is now available on iUniverse: THE MAKING OF A RELIGIOUS RADICAL, by Gene Wesley Marshall.

🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”

Today’s Alaska Summit: Putin: “I will let you keep Alaska, which you unfairly stole from us in 1800s, if you agree that Russia can have Ukraine.” Trump: “That sounds like a good land swap to me. Deal!”

Will this turn the tide? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...

I love and deeply appreciate my 93-year-old dad, Gene Wesley Marshall, but it hasn’t always been easy. I’ve had a strained relationship with my father for most of my life…. open.substack.com/pub/marshall...