Derrell Durrett

Saw someone say you shouldn't bring any flags except a US flag to a No Kings protest in response to a post about pro Palestinian protestors attending.

Decided to click on the profile for fun and first thing I saw was a repost of someone bringing an Israeli flag to a No Kings protest lol.

League of Women Voters be handing out pocket versions of the US Constitution at protests. Women have always led the resistance

NGL, that feels like science fiction!

I'm just insanely grateful Samuel Clemens decided it was OK to eventually release Letters From The Earth.

this is my most unpopular opinion and the only honest response to it is "but it gives me pleasure, and they're dead," which, if you say it directly instead of jumping through hoops about it, is a fair enough response.

the publication of posthumous work without the expressed & explicit consent of the author is wrong, and many great works of literature are none of our business; the "well, we don't really know what they wanted" gymnastics people do in order to publish work authors sought to destroy is also wrong.

Driver plows into child’s birthday party in Maryland, killing 1 and injuring 13, turns himself in | CNN A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland.

A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland.

BREAKING: Live munitions from a Trump-Vance “military demo” flew over I-5 and struck a CHP vehicle. The White House wanted the highway open—but Gov. Newsom shut it down for safety. That decision likely prevented injuries or worse.

We have obtained these photos:

Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative

[checks calendar]

Democrats voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio.

That seems like an unexpectedly good side effect of using a new technology

The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here Early-phase research shows Covid mRNA vaccines could give immunotherapies a cancer-fighting boost.

Interesting. Preliminary research suggests that getting an mRNA covid vaccine makes cancer immunotherapy more effective.

“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair

Vance Flexes Marines’ Might as Mass Protests Against Trump’s Agenda Take Place Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks at a Marine Corps celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday. Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Vice President JD Vance watched with pride on Saturday as Marines fired 155-millimeter artillery shells over a major freeway in Southern California, calling the demonstration a “testament to the corps’ strength and unbeatable power.”

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail [www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u](http://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u)... Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say [www.nytimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com)

Shot (literally) / Chaser

Politico’s piece explains why, even with tariffs, US manufacturing capex expectations are near multi-year lows.

@politico.com 🤡
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Ya know, that what's so fascinating in this time. Between Woke @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social and all the rest of the Never Trump crew there's ample evidence that we don't eat the bodies of those who submit to reality, yet she persists in this absurdity.

Take it from a former Vox employee- you can make this woman cry. Don’t resign, don’t declare the death of the fourth estate, just don’t be quiet

We may never get the full story when our government is engaged in such concerted deception of its own citizens. Republicans won’t ask them. It is falling on Democrats to ask the questions that need asking.

But we need a whole lot more. And let’s face it: Time is running out. trib.al/7474wQI

Seen in West Virginia:

3. USA Today: Trump jabs 'No Kings' protesters with AI videos of himself wearing crown

4. People: Trump Fires Back at 'No Kings Day' by Posting AI Video of Himself Bombing Protesters with Brown Liquid

5. The Hill: Trump posts AI video in which he dumps brown liquid on ‘No Kings’ protesters

Trump posted an AI video showing him DUMPING FECES on No Kings protesters. Here is how the media covered it:

1. NYT: Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

2. Axios: Trump posts fake video in "KING TRUMP" jet as GOP dismisses No Kings marches

More seriously, this is why people don’t risk posting any critique — the level of blowback is fucking *bananas* and if the Blue MAGA types will go scorched earth on people who were literally White House advisors, nobody else is going to speak up. There’s no accountability for their corrosive effect.

Peeking back in the thread that ensued, the folks who objected are (of course) calling me “Anal”, the standard racist trope, and are saying I … look like a lawn jockey? They’ve also googled my spouse and decided I’m both unemployed and a tech bro. I’m starting to wonder about their solidarity a bit.

lol jfc, after getting home from the march I shared a critique about lack of specific call-to-action, and how that echoes intersectional critiques of the 2017 Women’s March being too steeped in white feminism. This, alongside me sharing lots of joyous and celebratory observations of the day…

really can't emphasise how awful it is to see "it doesn't matter it's telling the right story" as a response to "that thing you shared about <current moment> is AI"

CNN's Jake Tapper analyzes a fake AI video President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social showing him flying a jet that dumps sewage on protesters during "No Kings" rallies. #CNN #News #Trump #AI TikTok video by CNN

@jaketapper.bsky.social got imho insane blowback here for a book that essentially told the DemS the truth about covering up for Biden’s infirmity.

I’ve tangled with Jake on various fronts. But he was right about that and he is right about Trump shit bombing video www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMawEXE8/