Doug Pennington

Judge Reyes:

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Trump in Mississippi: "I'm here because Cindy is doing great" (He's there because Cindy is not doing great)

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

People trust info from people they know more than strangers or ads. Sometimes it doesn’t feel that way— we’ve all had frustrating conversations— usually with family. But neighborliness carries a lot. You wanna drop off cookies in the process? Offer to drive to the polls?

Will anyone ask Mike Rogers, Susan Collins, Darlene Graham, Roger Marshall, Michelle Tafoya, Jon Husted, Vivek Ramaswamy, Dan Sullivan, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ashley Hinton, Pete Ricketts, Ken Paxton, Mike Collins, or Michael Whatley?

the fact that trump is an ultra rapist and apex sex predator should always be juxtaposed with the fact that he launched his campaign slandering immigrants as rapists and a staple of his filthy rhetoric is raising the specter of the beastial man of color menacing white women

In 2023, Mike Beltran filed a defamation lawsuit on behalf of Chris Dorworth, former Republican state legislator and associate of Matt Gaetz, claiming that a woman had falsely testified against Dorworth about the sex trafficking she experienced as a teen. https://bit.ly/4BtUJXi

Free idea: Cash for Clunkers II, take the cost right off the price tag for anyone trading in a gas-powered car — www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

When Trump calls women "piggy" or tells them to "shut up" when they ask him about sexual assault, this is why. We don't need eleventh level chess. The man is defensive because his history is long and sordid and unmistakeable.

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

“Counsel, if in my judgment I determine this prosecution is frivolous, you will spend 90 days in jail and I will refer you for disbarment. Are you sure you want to proceed?” — my fantasy presiding judge

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

I think most of my followers here could tell you that I love animals...... extremely bizarre to not be able to say anything more specific about your own kid without leaning on AI

Every clip I see about Bauza is so heartbreaking, he seems like such an amazing dude. Also, we gotta bring back using voice actors for animated shows and not just celebrities looking for an easy buck.

Have lived to see at least two clauses of the Constitution essentially redlined: (1) “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state” and (2) “no person holding any office of profit or trust… shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any emolument”

10 years ago today, Trump’s DC hotel opened. It taught him people will pay a sitting president, and there will be no repercussions. Want to understand the second term’s corruption? Start with the hotel:

Oh, man, he's so close to getting it.

It should be illegal for the President, VP, and lawmakers in Congress to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

Tough but essential read

NEW: "It’s been hell." "I’m dead inside." "I honestly don’t know if I will ever find work in the U.S. again, let alone D.C." "It’s akin to screaming into a void." What is going on with D.C.'s job market? Contributor Abi Newhouse investigated:

Not too early to start thinking about how grassroots pressure on a Dem House could help produce better results -->

Is it possible to put out effective messages on hostile platforms? Sure! Zohran went on Fox and charmed them. But is a fash-apologist moderate gonna go on NewsMax and just... make things better through the pureness of his heart? (Which is apparently the centrist theory of change.) Demonstrably not.

So there's no self-awareness. They can't understand that they were targeted for outreach just as much as Black and trans people were targeted for abuse. Which makes it impossible for them to be part of using such a platform for political pushback, even if they don't think of themselves as fascists.

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Relatedly, such a critical point from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. Guess who DOESN'T want a D electoral victory to be interpreted as call for investigations/accountability for Trump's corruption/authoritarianism? Trump and Rs, that's who! Dems can't let that happen: www.offmessage.net/p/wheres-the...

Is all this really feasible? Won't Trump refuse to sign anything like this? Won't he litigate it? Won't it lead to government shutdowns? Yes, yes, and yes. But it's still absolutely doable and necessary. Here's why: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

Around 175 House Dems just called on Trump's DOJ and DHS to end "weaponization of law enforcement" against Rep Ilhan Omar. The letter is signed by numerous ranking committee Dems, showing depth of support for Omar in leadership and signaling how Dem House will act. newrepublic.com/article/2171...

The truth demands we not shy away from calling lies lies and acknowledge both parties aren't equally situated at the moment. The Republicans are in the grip of a fascistic movement threatening democracy itself, the Democrats are a political party (center right worldwide, center left in the US).

This isn't hyperbole or a joke. Parents actually called the cops and got the black boy and his family removed and the league claimed they were trespassing because he was "putting on a show" and wasn't playing "fair."

Amazing how correct prediction markets are after the event happened.

“I have stopped sending paper greeting cards because of the unpredictable delays. One card took a month to arrive.” That was a relative talking to me on the phone tonight. USPS is worth some investigation.

Yes, the #Bengals still have flaws. But yes, the #Bengals showed they can overcome them. They did the latter in emphatic fashion in Baltimore. www.cleveland.com/bengals/2026...

The generality principle of the Rule of Law is its most essential concept. A class of people outside criminal law is incompatible with a law-based society.

way more attention than all the shit trump said about somalis on the same fucking day

Oh it's a *discourse* discourse

Yet afaik elite media pretense that it doesn’t have tremendous agenda-setting power continues apace