JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati.

Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Just sayin.

House Republicans are currently enjoying something most Americans will never get in their entire careers – more than a month of paid vacation.

meal.

No one went hungry in the presence of Jesus, and no one should live with food scarcity in a land filled with supposed Christians.

SNAP is an expression of compassion for the multitudes here, for the harassed and helpless crowds whose families call this place home...

🔥 🇨🇦 👇🏽The premier of Ontario responds to Trump’s claim the anti-tariffs ad is fake by posting the original Reagan speech showing it isn’t.

Mic drop 🎤 🏆

The video: youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

I just can’t imagine being the guy running the backhoe.

Jeffries: "Republicans are the party of lawlessness and disorder, including the ongoing crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave which is running the largest pay to play scheme in the history of the country in real time. And we hear nothing but crickets from Mike Johnson."

IGNORANT SOCIOPATH TRAITOR TRUMP ALWAYS THINKS ONLY OF HIMSELF! Not about America; certainly NEVER about actually making America 'Great" as the Putin owned, Hitler wannabe pedophile traitor pig claims ad nauseam; just like Hitler. He wants the poor to DIE OUTSIDE HOSPITALS because he's a SOCIOPATH!!

Imagine thinking they ever cared about debt, fraud, waste, abuse, or anything of the sort. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

Qatar gave Trump the luxury 747 that he wanted and now we are LETTING THEM BUILD A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL

This is a big deal.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None.

This shouldn’t even have to be said.

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

Spot on.

Thugs.

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson hasn't even brought half the FY2026 funding bills to the House floor, yet Republicans are trying to convince people a shutdown would be the Senate Democrats' fault. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Republicans, trying to pass the buck for their failure to pass the bills.

🧵

Chuck Schumer: They never talked to us. John Thune didn't talk to me, Mike Johnson didn't negotiate with Hakeem Jeffries.