Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans will own a government shutdown, period. Full stop. It’s the Republican shutdown.” 😬 www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

House just rejected Nancy Mace’s effort to censure Ilhan Omar mostly over an X repost www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

stocks bubble alert

lowering the temperature check: “She’s a nasty human being. She hates her country. She hates our country so much she doesn’t have to be here,” Nancy Mace said of Ilhan Omar. "Fuck her." www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled. Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.” Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”

Melissa Bean is making a comeback, jumping into a 10-person primary as Dems get excited about retaking the House next year www.huffpost.com/entry/meliss...

People are looking for the Kirk shooter's possible Groyper connection but the memes we know about so far don't make him one 👇

The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content

Remember how much energy Trump and his allies expended on rationalizing his “very fine people” comments in Charlottesville? In term two, he just comes out and says right-wing extremism is justified while left-wing extremism is the real problem. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

Looking back at Charlie Kirk's political commentary, his importance as an organizer, and his potential legacy in the MAGA movement: www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...

Ilhan Omar: "It is really unfortunate that we don't have a president that can seek an opportunity, ever, to address us as Americans without being partisan… "We don't know who the assassin is. We don't know what their ideology might be.” www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...

Even Jan 6 rioters were flabbergasted by Kash Patel posting “click bait shit” about the Kirk shooter being apprehended yesterday. story w @brandibuchman.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-di...

Nancy Mace baselessly blames Democrats for Charlie Kirk's shooting www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-... via @delaneyrules.bsky.social

The DC folk hero who threw a sandwich at a CBP officer was arraigned in federal court today on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal agent. He pleaded not guilty. Jury selection slated to start Nov 3. Yes, it’s looking like this will actually go to trial. Incredible.

In her upcoming book, Kamala Harris admitted to "recklessness" by holding back from advising Joe Biden against pursuing reelection in 2024

Mike Johnson, what do you think of the president's 2003 letter to America's most notorious sexual predator, a single-page document with fewer than 100 words, procured by your own colleagues? “I haven’t had a chance to even look at it. I’ve been a little busy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

The Supreme Court's decisions yesterday highlight the absurd lengths the conservative justices are going to help Trump without saying anything at all. That is except for Brett Kavanaugh who should probably say less. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

The White House says the image of Trump’s creepy letter to Epstein is proof the letter isn’t real cuz it was obviously FORGED www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...

President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda has a surprising stakeholder: Bill Gates. The multibillionaire tech mogul and philanthropist owns a large portion of a key service provider for immigration flights. w/ @gnobes.huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...

DEVELOPING. www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

Wrote about Trump's vision of the presidency as a "mini-absolutist monarchy" (as @johnadearborn.bsky.social put it). And since the expansion of executive power has been described as a ratchet, why no future president is likely to give it up willingly www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

The White House spin on the bad jobs report is that "native-born Americans" have gotten all the jobs. www.huffpost.com/entry/jobs-r...

A lively and insightful panel today: With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief at @NationalJournal.com, @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thnews.org and @delaneyrules.bsky.social,Senior Politics Reporter @huffpost.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen You Tube: youtu.be/R3jU1Rc2rCs

First month of negative jobs growth since Trump's first term

HuffPost asked Rep. Loudermilk if he contends that Trump supporters did not attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to disrupt the certification of Trump’s election loss the previous November. He stammered in response. Story w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...

What are Democrats gonna do about funding the government? “I want them to actually fight instead of surrendering immediately like last time,” @ezralevin.bsky.social told me. Not clear yet what Dems are planning. story w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

The outrage at the treatment Ghislane Maxwell has received by the Trump DOJ was palpable. Story with @delaneyrules.bsky.social updated.

Epstein presser is about to start. It’s the most crowded I’ve ever seen this location

New: With crime down the past 3 weeks, the White House has fully embraced those DC crime stats Trump said were false www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

I asked DC mayor Muriel Bowser if the "crime emergency" would end in 30 days. Sounded like maybe not. "We will be prepared to take advantage of additional federal officers to focus on the beautification to support the federal task force," she said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser today praised Trump for flooding the city with federal law enforcement. “We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city." 😐 www.huffpost.com/entry/muriel... via @delaneyrules.bsky.social @phillewis.bsky.social

Trump's troop deployment "will intimidate the population and desensitize Americans to the fact that it’s normal for uniformed, armed military to be in our streets," former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau tells me www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump’s out to normalize having troops in cities www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This morning a judge in D.C. Court unleashed a withering critique of Trump's DC police takeover, tossing a case built on "without a doubt the most illegal search" he'd ever seen. "Lawlessness cannot come from the government," the judge warned. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judge-...

Trump today: "Bill Clinton was on his plane and went to the island supposedly 28 times." Ghislaine Maxwell: "He never. Absolutely never went."

Moped delivery drivers disappearing from DC streets under Trump’s police takeover — which is looking more like an immigration crackdown than anything else www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This video was taken by me.

The protesters were all pretty young actually. The guy calling JD Vance a couch fucker looked 25

JD Vance declares victory over screaming "vagrants" at Union Station... ...gets screamed at in the process

You have to get a close look at the Army humvees parked at Union Station to really appreciate how powerfully useless they are for helping the city

Immediately after his "segregation forever!" line in his inaugural address, George Wallace asserted that the federal troops at Ole Miss -- sent there after a racist riot killed two and injured hundreds -- were needed more in Washington, DC. This is a very old, very obvious play from racists.

Democrats reject slow released of Epstein files: "Handpicked, partial productions are wholly insufficient and potentially misleading, especially after Attorney General Bondi bragged about having the entirety of the Epstein files on her desk mere months ago." www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Good @delaneyrules.bsky.social and @igorbobic.bsky.social piece about how Sandwich Guy is a useful symbol for both the White House and local libs. The administration is keen for scenes of unrest; the District isn't delivering, except by foot-long absurdity www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...

Wrote about what the end of "de minimis" this month will mean for your everyday shopping purchases. Here's where you could see sticker shock first: www.huffpost.com/entry/de-min...

As if by mutual agreement between the White House and its haters, the sandwich attack has become a symbol of President Donald Trump’s militarized takeover of D.C.’s police. www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...

Is calling anything and everything "national security" a get-out-of-court free card? Trump hopes so. But so far, the lower courts aren't playing along. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

What Hangs In The Balance? "The federal government wants a display of military force so great that any lawful opposition to their agenda is effectively silenced" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

NEW: Inside the culture of fear that has taken hold within Smithsonian museums in D.C., as White House officials wage an authoritarian-style censorship campaign to “ensure alignment” with Trump’s preferred version of American history. "Everyone is so scared." www.huffpost.com/entry/smiths...

“I’ve been thinking about the fact Trump said he would only be a dictator on the first day,” one scholar of authoritarianism told me. “And what we have seen so far is that he’s been a dictator for the last seven months.” www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

I happened to speak to Mullin about DC crime in March. He didn't mention carjacking. "If they're talking about law enforcement, I'd like to know what they're doing, because you can't drive around here without seeing these scooters going all through the red lights, running around with no tags."