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Trade policy???

Asked if he’ll respect voters’ will, Trump gave a decidedly Trumpian answer, but I found myself stuck on the question. We used to be a country in which questions like these weren’t even asked: The line of inquiry was unnecessary since the answers were a foregone conclusion. And then...

Much easier for the media to lock in on faux Cheesecake Factory outrage than a House Dem report indicating Todd Blanche basically told Ghislaine Maxwell "stop talking" when she was about to discuss a girl that could more closely tie Trump to Epstein

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Still happening.

I remain confused about the strategy here.

does this guy have any friends who are not fraudsters i am just asking

Our team is putting out articles faster than I can promote them. Here’s our latest, from yesterday afternoon, anticipating how the betting markets might contribute to rumoring in this cycle.

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. Roosevelt was born OTD in 1858. Image: NPS/Sagamore Hill collection.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Documents support claim ICE has detained a mentally ill US citizen since January apnews.com/article/ice-...

They filed this on the literal LAST day before the statute of limitations expired. Literally, the very last day. Give me a break. This is garbage.

We're kind of to the point where almost nothing we learn about Trump is shocking in any way.

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls [are] smearing an actual child rape survivor." "It is a microcosm of the broader Trump agenda: professing support for the vulnerable while shielding their abusers." @crampell.bsky.social on the GOP's vile ad in Ohio.

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

Want to put the brakes on this runaway presidency? Here's a to-do list. Get the details in our new @brennancenter.org report: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...

Art Cullen is a treasure.

This whole 🧵

🧵 There's a very unfortunate tendency of some very loyal Democrats to misapply "Murc's Law." For those who don't know of it, Murc's Law is the concept that the mainstream media acts as if only Democrats have agency in politics, and that Republican can't choose to act more rightfully.

Lula now also to blame for Bolsonaro's corruption @nytpitchbot.bsky.social couldn't make this one up www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

when people say the two parties are the same, one thing they aren’t just different but extremely meaningfully different on is Dems rank and file and the elite level very quickly shouted down or ignored the BlueAnon weirdos saying 2024 was stolen; the Republicans and Trump just put theirs in power

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

It's insane that the campaign against El-Sayed is basically that he has some secret relationship with the people that the president's family has a secret relationship with.

Ohio, let's do what we can to elect @amyactonoh.bsky.social as your next Governor and @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social as your next U.S. Senator! They’ve dedicated their lives to fighting on behalf of all Ohioans.

The U.S. Postal Service has reduced mail pickup at some local facilities, which could affect when your ballot is postmarked. To find out whether your ZIP code is affected, use our lookup tool: www.propublica.org/article/mail...

OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

Guy who pled a felony down to a misdemeanor and now sits on the boards of multiple defense technology companies wants you to believe is being honest when he says the U.S. military needs to rapidly buy technology from which he will benefit financially.

HILLARY CLINTON: "I continue to believe that Putin has things on Trump. I continue to believe that he is holding photos, videos, whatever it might be... "When we finally see all the Epstein files, I think even the people who supported Trump are going to be shocked by what it shows about Trump."

Musk doesn’t want anyone to see it.

As Trump barnstorms the country hoping to revive his base ahead of the midterm election, he is returning to an old habit: heckling protesters and encouraging violence against them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

Say @marypeltola.com? Did YOU know that Trump is stealing Alaska's oil and giving it to Russia?

Once again, the White House, Musk and the Kremlin all in lock-step that Ukraine must be destroyed.

This dirtbag should have been charged with premeditated murder. The whole thing was caught on surveillance. Their cars nearly collided, but that was averted and this monster drew in close and then pulled up on him and shot him. Premeditation can happen in a instant and this was premeditated.

The Republican Party is giving us cancer. The New York Times doesn't say it that directly, but its investigation proves it.

A highly regarded physician-scientist recommended by NIH Director to lead the agency’s mental health institute is no longer in the running. Instead, RFK Jr. favors a researcher who studies treating mental illness with diet—an approach advocated by some in MAHA. www.science.org/content/arti...

The reason we keep hearing about desperate schemes to boost Republican chances in the midterms—Announce we're buying Russian diesel! Sue to preemptively reject a Democratic victory in Alaska!—is because they don't have a secret plan that will overturn a midterm loss, not because they do.

Saturday is the last day you can register to vote. Go to vote.nyc to register and learn about what's on your ballot.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a film that every New Yorker should see — and this weekend you can, at no cost. We partnered with the filmmakers to offer free screenings this Saturday and Sunday at the Lincoln Center, Film Forum, and Magic AMC in Harlem. Go to on.nyc.gov/seeharlem to reserve a seat.

In 1972, a group of Harlem Renaissance cultural icons gathered at Duke Ellington's house. The afternoon was captured on 16mm film by William Greaves, but the footage remained unedited in a vault for 50 years until David Greaves restored his father's project, releasing the documentary it 2026.

🧵 Matt Yglesias is one of the biggest reasons the Democratic Party leadership is so feckless, cowardly, and lazy. I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...

This isn't going to change anything before the election. Tariffs should be an economic tool, not a political weapon. It's blatantly obvious what they're doing and it won't help them.

Last fall, the CEO of the country's largest "quartz" countertop manufacturer donated to FL Sen. Ashley Moody A few months later she introduced a bill that'd keep his company from being sued by workers who cut quartz & keep getting silicosis, a horrific lung disease newrepublic.com/article/2169...

New Column: Don't be fooled--the outrage at the ad hasn't been THAT bipartisan. And with Trump 1000% behind it, I think we know what Ramaswamy is gonna do. newrepublic.com/post/217049/... via @newrepublic.com

Fascinating video about Kushner and Trump's Board of Peace