A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

Lost SNAP Benefits: The Cruelty in Plain Sight SNAP benefits may be disrupted in November. Here’s what that means, and where families in Wayne and Macomb County Michigan can still find food, warmth, and care.

open.substack.com/pub/theresas...

My oldest daughter is deathly afraid of them too and for absolutely no reason 😂😂😂 No judgement here but I adore frogs 🐸

Actor John Cusack attended “No Kings” in Chicago, Illinois. ✊
@johncusack.bsky.social

As Chicagoans continue to resist, Americans everywhere are inspired. Despite the aggressive tactics of the feds, Chicagoans are responding peacefully.

Chicagoans are not having it. We are doing what we can to protect each other. By now, most of us know what rights we still have, and how to assert them. We are documenting the occupation. Reporters are embedded with protesters. The truth is coming out. My latest:

open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

He is absolutely disgusting 🤬

Trump responds to No Kings by posting video depicting him as a king

8.7 MILLION

WOW.

No Kings
Cleveland
lump in throat...

No Kings, Portland, Oregon

BOSTON… (those are people, not ants)

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

Today, King Charles removed Andrew‘s title because of his involvement in the Epstein files. They also fired the United States representative from England because he was in the Epstein files and they took away Fergie’s job at a nonprofit because of her emails in the Epstein files.! let this sink in

If Fox is reporting it has to be BS 🤦‍♀️

they are making up stories

U.S. Detains 2 Survivors of Latest Military Strike in Caribbean

In brief, this is simple:

The military has no authority to detain the survivors of its latest strike for the same reasons it had no authority to target them in the first place:

No armed attack = No viable self defense claim = No targeting or detention authority

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Pakistan launched airstrikes inside Afghanistan on Friday night, killing at least ten people.

The temporary peace pact collapsed in just 48 hours.

Pete Hegseth Can't Handle the Truth | Common Dreams Trump's secretary of war is trying to make it harder for inspectors general and reporters to investigate what's really going on at the Pentagon.

If I were Secretary of Defense, I would surround myself with a firewall of Inspector Generals to keep me from breaking laws and out of legal jeopardy.

Hegseth's opposite approach tells you everything you need to know.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/pete...

Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months.

Kids, once upon a time in this country the federal government had an agency named FEMA that assisted in disasters like this and worked to get people's homes either temporarily secured enough to live in again, or provided local temporary housing while permanent repairs were underway. 1.5 years, wow.

Authoritarians fear only one thing: DEFIANCE‼️

(Downtown Portland)

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

Republican lawmaker resigns under mounting pressure for role in racist group chat Vermont State Sen. Samuel Douglass — the only public official who participated in a Young Republicans group chat that scandalized the party — resigned Friday night under what Politico termed "intense ...

www.rawstory.com/gop-group-ch...

NO KINGS, For the love of America. October 18 • NoKings.org

Tomorrow, we declare NoKings.org, for the love of America.

Indiana is Trump’s next target for illegal redistricting Desperate to lock in GOP control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump is using the power of his office to pressure officials in Indiana —where Republicans already ...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump: No health care for you. New ballroom for me.

Oregon immigration rights groups sue ICE alleging it is preventing access to lawyers • Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon-based CLEAR Clinic and PCUN on Thursday filed a lawsuit against three federal immigration enforcement agencies.

Oregon immigration rights groups sue ICE alleging it is preventing access to lawyers oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/17/o...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Ellie Wiesel

#Pinks #ProudBlue

To those going to #NoKings protest on Saturday, please be safe.

Tomorrow, the pro democracy people in the United States and at least 19 other countries will march in the largest peaceful protest in history.

We the people.