GOP lawmakers wary of Trump escalating beyond boat strikes in Venezuela President Donald Trump has said Nicolás Maduro’s “days are numbered” as the country’s leader and declined to rule out deploying U.S. troops on the ground there.

Congressional Republicans have been largely supportive of the Trump administration’s strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea.

But President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. could soon bomb Venezuelan territory has put GOP lawmakers on edge.

Neither Netflix nor the Paramount/Trump/Saudi Arabia group should own Warner Bros. Both deals are absurd - terrible for consumers and democracy.

This is a story about corruption - Trump using government power to screw consumers and gain control of the media. A red alert moment.

BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?

TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded


BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.

What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.

The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?

Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?

I doubt it.

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me

This is an older post, but her “Poisonous Words” quilt is genius and oh so relevant.

What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

priceless / he thinks we are so dumb

The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.

He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…

…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.

October 27, 2025 There is a lot going on tonight, but the world is going to have to turn without me: it’s been a long run without a break and I need to sleep.

October 27, 2025
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2 yarn gnomes , one in blue hat, one in red hat

Gnome and unknomn

This isn’t a game. Some middle class families in Connecticut are going to get a $25,000 increase in health care premiums in a week. Democrats shouldn’t support a budget that does that to people - just as a means to pay for a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations.

ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.

In Surprise Move, Virginia Dems to Announce Redistricting to Counter GOP Gerrymanders Read more here.

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Trump's approval rating on the economy takes hit because of shutdown, inflation, CNBC survey finds Americans' views on the economy turned more negative in the third quarter with deepening concerns about jobs, inflation and the outlook.

A new poll shows Americans blame Trump and Republicans over Democrats for the shutdown 53%-37%. (Independents blame Trump by a nearly 3-to-1 margin, 58%-21%.).

People aren’t dumb.

We will do what we need to do to reclaim our rights & preserve our nation as defined in the Constitution.

We must meet the moment with vigor & courage. This regime is corrupt to the core. They aim to demolish America & restructure it for the ultra rich. Resist. The time is now

Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

Trump let George Santos out of jail just to make it clear that if you're loyal to him, you can get away with anything. This isn't a democracy if one man decides what's a crime and what isn't.

Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.

Breathtaking. This is why today will likely go down as the biggest day of peaceful protest in our nation’s 250 year history.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Trump’s Revenge Politics Exposed

If Donald Trump is allowed to weaponize the Department of Justice against his political opponents, democracy itself will not survive. I went on MSNBC to break down the shocking indictment of John Bolton, explaining why it’s not about justice — it’s about revenge and power.

Watch and share.

BlueSky just verified the White House account. I responded by doing the only appropriate thing: