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Lawn signs are going up around #NY17 showing Mike Lawler with his disgraced Young Republican pals, and hoo-boy do they grab your attention…

Late Night Watches Trump Go ‘Hulk Smash’ on the White House “That is it. We are not giving him the security deposit back,” Stephen Colbert said about the president’s building renovation plans.

Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.

Bubble-talk is breaking out everywhere But more optimistic investors continue to bank on the cavalry arriving if things get really dicey

"In sum, bubble talk has broken confinement. Investors are already talking about what they may be able to salvage from it when it bursts. And still, markets are humming along just fine."

NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to Land on the Moon Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options.

Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options.

Trump Dismisses Another Inspector General, Fueling Oversight Concerns

Trump Dismisses Another Inspector General, Fueling Oversight Concerns www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Mamdani's rise in NYC reflects generational fight within the Democratic Party Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.

Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty. n.pr/3Wkh6vb

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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

An astonishingly large crowd!
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Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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

Who keeps electing these folks?

In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.

Demonstrators Across the Country Set to Rally Against Trump Protesters are expected to gather in more than 2,600 cities and towns to oppose presidential actions they see as authoritarian.

Organizers in more than 2,600 cities and towns across the U.S. were gearing up Saturday morning for mass demonstrations against the Trump administration that were expected to draw millions of protesters.

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

highway may not be the infrastructure analogy you were looking for.

To hear a member of the Sacred College venerate a serial race-baiter is disheartening, to say the least. Showing respect for someone so tragically murdered does not require this.

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BREAKING: The Bureau of Labor Statistics has postponed the release of a key annual report central to future inflation data.

The BLS did not explain the reasoning for the delay or when it might ultimately be released.

Bye bye lawsuit. Melting snowflakes

Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel violates the Communications Act, which bars censorship of broadcasters.

Gomez also says Brendan Carr is pressuring Nextar, which is waiting for FCC approval for a merger.

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Right on cue.

And to vote against Harris. We are a bored, decadent nation, and we wanted a show, not a minority woman with actual plans for governing. The voters got bored with the show that replaced White House Apprentice, so they brought it back.

Tonight's news makes clear that the legacy media is fully capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy.

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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.

But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.

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