Ryan Pratzel

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Jared Kushner cannot legally participate in meetings as Trump's envoy unless and until he is confirmed by the Senate and files financial disclosures. We sued to enforce the law last week. So, no, he can't join this meeting with Zelensky today.

🚨 Trump’s golf course hearing took a stunning turn as a top Interior Department official claimed he learned about Trump’s construction plans from Truth Social. The judge also ordered him to preserve his personal phone after a surprising revelation about who was sending him golf course designs.

Lots happening in the fight over East Potomac, the public golf course Trump wants to remake it in his image & @democracydefendersfund.org & partners are in court to keep it a park for the people Tune in to @npr.org's Here & Now on wamu885 at noon ET for the latest 👇 -TN

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Yes.

I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, nobody should support this kind of deception. They created a fake pamphlet to spark trans outrage and sent it to every home in Texas. Then their paid shills continued the outrage on social media. Politics is broken.

Enten: "Trump's net approval rating -- its all time low! -35 points, the worst he has ever been in the Reuters/Ipsos poll. Among independents he's 54 points underwater. NBC -- worst ever. ABC -- worst ever. Ipsos -- worst ever. Pew -- worst ever."

Energy Secretary Wright is campaigning with Ken Paxton today in Texas. A reminder that government officials partaking in campaign events should not be normal.

The grifting is off the charts.

What absolute madness is this?

Trump lies his ass off about the economy: "We have more growth than this country has ever had. And we have more growth than any country in the world is having right now."

Trump on Ilhan Omar: "It's amazing that she can get elected, but Somalians vote for her. Most of them shouldn't be here" (Omar's district is largely white)

YIKES -- Trump loses his shit at a reporter for the third time during this Q&A -- "Wait wait -- Quiet. Quiet!!!! What's wrong with you? Are you a SICK person?"

Always a sign of a healthy society.

ARIZONA TRUMP VOTER: “I regret it… This presidency always benefits the powerful while the poor at the bottom struggle.”

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Jack Smith emerges as a surprise witness who could expose evidence in Trump’s lawsuit. The BBC subpoenaed Smith for a deposition as part of its defense, according to court documents filed today. The BBC knows how to fight. www.newsweek.com/bbc-wants-ja...

The answer is SIX. Inflation has outpaced wage growth for 6 consecutive months.

Despite Trumps desperate attempts to save Putin's economy, Ukraine will keep destroying it. Quoting @bayraktar_1love: "🔥Footage of today’s mass Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg and its aftermath, including the burning Ozon warehouse, a drone strike on the Ship Fairway Bridge and a major fi…

RYANAIR CEO: “.. You’re going to see the biggest increase in airfares, I would say, in history in Europe in the next 12 months. .. The question is, will that increase in airfares be enough to cover the dramatically higher oil bills? I don’t think it will be.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“.. He has to throw dirt on it if it doesn’t come out his way, period,” said Jonnie Smith, 69, a human resources manager from Johnson City, Tennessee, who typically votes for Republicans but opposes Trump. “He’s shown us that every time he loses.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Ted Cruz's former intern and organizer for the largest conservative youth summit in Texas has just confirmed he voted for James Talarico.

METLIFE: “.. Consumers are making hard choices. .. The share of consumers late on payments jumped to almost 20% in 2025, a level last surpassed in 2009.” [Matus]

WAPO: “A small group of U.S. national security officials has been discreetly advising state governments and congressional lawmakers on how to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will attempt to interfere in November’s midterm elections..” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“.. Stunning. Pending home sales in the US fell to an all-time low in September.” - Schwab

We are sensing a pattern

2 WEEKS FROM TODAY: Vote in numbers too big to rig & make his prediction come true. #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

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I can think of a few things I need to report. 1. Trump’s reflecting pool scam 2. Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel’s use of government assets for personal matters 3. Kristi Noem’s DHS contracts to friends

A new Axis of Evil?

Ashley Hinson claims Josh Turek supports "allowing kids to change their gender at school and not tell the parents about it" (This literally has never happened! Not once!)

Two weeks before the midterms… Thank you for your attention to my dementia.

How much do you want to bet that these are people who happen to have the same name as some citizens who legally registered to vote?

Scott James Matheson, the Republican mayor of Valdosta, Georgia, explain why he's voting for Jon Ossoff: "It's a relationship. I don't know how it took root, but it's been beneficial to myself as a mayor and the city of Valdosta."

Somewhere along the line, I understood that maybe my greatest asset was being willing to speak out for those who couldn't. Feckless attacks from the billionaire class aren't going to scare me out of fighting tooth and nail for working Mainers.

"After weighing these factors, Paulk has decided for the first time in his life to cast a ballot for a Democrat -- Ossoff. He doesn't agree with him on all issues -- notably, abortion -- but it's Ossoff's help in getting federal aid after Helene wreaked havoc on Paulk's grape crop that won his vote"

* MERZ SAYS RUSSIA'S PUSH TO DESTABILIZE EUROPE IS UNDERESTIMATED

US Energy Secretary Wright: Yet to be seen if Russia will release diesel

“.. The collective results of the new survey reveal an electorate that has lost faith in the president ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Mike Johnson: “It's kind of quiet around here. It has been for the last several days. It's very unfortunate.” Brennan: “Well, you did send your lawmakers home to their districts.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

That’s a Lot of Healthcare, Housing, Food, and Infrastructure…..

“[Donald Trump's] always been a narcissistic sociopath, a psychopath. His ego is so sensitive to slights or perceived criticisms. He knows he’s not that smart, he knows he had to cheat to get ahead. If you look at the history of people like Trump, Hitler was a psychopath and a delusional one. ...

DOJ's woeful attempt to disqualify Judge Reyes in the golf course case is rightly DENIED We will see the Trump administration in court bright and early Monday morning on our preliminary injunction motion!

UNITED CEO Scott Kirby: “.. Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, .. We should have a national wealth tax ..” @nytimes.com $UAL www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/b...

Trump is headed to Kansas because he knows farmers are pissed off. I think that is wonderful. He should go campaign EVERYWHERE people are pissed off. He makes them even angrier, and far more likely to vote out Republicans when he does…because he is stupid.

Please don’t rely on the polls. If they were accurate, we wouldn’t have heard a word about Trump in the last decade.

Trump is the one who filed this lawsuit. Now he refuses to participate in discovery while his sons and daughter duck discovery subpoenas.