Mike Strobel

An extra $50M, and he still couldn’t cough up $100k to move a handful of trees planted by former presidents?

Whether the actual turnout was closer to the median or the upper bound, it’s pretty impressive that so many people turned out—in some cities with 100,000+—and there were no significant cases of violence, looting, or property damage, not even by opportunists. Hats off, everyone!

Trump ends aid to to Colombia, calls country's leader a 'drug dealer' The move is the latest in a string of escalations from the US which has struck at least six ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks.

For anyone looking for news coverage that mentions the distress signal:

Trump ends aid to to Colombia, calls country's leader a 'drug dealer' - BBC News share.google/xUu7UiooTTM0...

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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

I’m sure she will have no trouble finding photos of thousands of pro-communist and antisemitic protest signs then. So let’s see them.

Donald Trump is renovating the White House the right way.

--Ezra Klein

Judge Graber went hard and I cannot stress enough that Judge Graber *does not go hard*

JAMES B. COMEY, JR.'S MOTION AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT James B. Comey, Jr., by and through undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b), moves this Court to dismiss the government's indictment. As explained further below, the government has singled out Mr. Comey for prosecution because of his protected speech and because of President Trump's personal animus toward Mr. Comey. Such a vindictive and selective prosecution violates the First Amendment, Due Process Clause, and equal protection principles. The proper remedy for this unconstitutional prosecution is dismissal with prejudice. Any lesser remedy would be insufficient in light of the government's flagrant misconduct and the need to deter the government from bringing further unconstitutional prosecutions.

JUST IN: Read James Comey's motions to dismiss his indictment based on (1) vindictive and selective prosecution and (2) unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan.

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Mandatory reporting under threat of a felony charge always felt legally dubious to me because it’s essentially compelled speech.

I understand that protections are weaker in a commercial/business context. Does that extend to government organizations too?

@kenwhite.bsky.social, quick explainer?

From a New Yorker now living in the Midwest, seconded!

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

Some of you are giving Trump entirely too much credit. Project 2025 is not Trump’s plan; Trump is *part of the plan*. He’s the useful idiot who spends his days cosplaying as royalty, occasionally signing whatever Miller et al put in front of him.

Trump hasn’t read his own EOs, no less Project 2025.

There’s an Andor quote for that:

“The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

That continues to feel like the most likely outcome, and I take some relief in that. He regularly undermines his own people.

Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead.

The video attached to the post showing the “highest quality 24 karat gold” being transported in shrink-wrapped cardboard (as one does), was so incredibly on the nose.

They essentially remade Rebellion into a board game!

“She might have been justified up until she called the police,” is a pretty weird position to take since she did, in fact, call the police.

How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression

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YouTube video by TheManWith OneRedShoe Simpsons S02E15-Call Back and Say The Opposite

How media entities choose what to say about Trump in order to avoid being threatened by the FCC:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzy...

True, I should have said “purportedly”.

Literally the only examples of him embracing “leftist” ideology—according to his own mother, no less—are essentially:

1) Maybe queer people should be treated with respect and not subjected to constant hate; and

2) He was in a relationship with a trans woman.

And this is “extreme/radical” somehow?

OH, that makes much more sense than Major-General George Randolph Pearkes 😂

This administration has gone so far beyond farce, I don’t even know what to call it anymore.

Thanks, I hate it.

I am still livid about that incident.