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It’s sad to realize how much of Andrew Cuomo’s career was just riding the coattails of his famous father.

by Meghan McCain

Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Fraud Sentence

“He lied like hell,” Trump said. “But he was 100 percent for Trump.”

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

Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

"I haven't seen the tweet."
"That's not my lane."
"We blame Joe Biden."
Moral collapse while clutching his Bible.

Now, that’s a group that loves its pancakes!

Trump’s Very Own Basket of Deplorables The president and his movement are dropping the fig leaf and declaring half the country the enemy. How can this go on?

Soldiers and sailors swear an oath to the Constitution. Yesterday a four-star flag officer resigned his combatant command, ending a 37-year military career less than a year into his posting, likely because of Trump's orders to kill civilians on alleged drug boats.

www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ver...

Me: "What happens is that everybody looks for somebody else to stand up and to defy the authoritarianism. But once you get enough people doing it, it becomes safe to do it. You become excited about doing it. And that's what I think is going to happen this weekend with the #NoKings rallies."

The Shameful Christian Idolatry and Fraudulent Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk As news of his shooting broke, the Jesus-washing of Charlie Kirk’s life by Conservative Christians began almost immediately.

For the performative Christians who came in late:

Charlie Kirk wasn't a martyr.

He was against everything Jesus lived and taught... and he'd have hated Jesus.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-shamef...

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel's speech to police chiefs in Denver has been cancelled, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police website.

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Again, every time a Democrat gets in front of a microphone they need to bring this up.

Remember how we just went through a multi-week newscycle where Democrats and liberals were lambasted for their "violent" political rhetoric, which included Fox hosts claiming that only one political party was demonizing their political opponents as evil? And how libs needs to lower the temperature?

The half-life on our National Conversation™️ about toning done the rhetoric lasted about as long as expected.

The Ethicist | I'm an American podcaster who gets paid in rubles. If that currency continues to drop in value, can I lower my declared income on my taxes?

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

Sorry, George- I don’t get the pumpkin spice frenzy. 🤷‍♀️

Hmmm….. I wonder why? 🤔

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

BIRTH CONTROL OFFICE DECIMATED: Trump and RFK Jr. laid off nearly the entire HHS Office of Population Affairs, which oversees programs that help millions of American women prevent unwanted pregnancies, which in turn prevents abortion.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

I have seen a range of opinions and reactions from across the ideological spectrum on the Young Republicans thing, but one take you really don’t hear from anyone is that they are shocked this was happening.

All the Pretty Little Nazis The shape of things to come.

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism. We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who only understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."

www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.

Good night from colorful Colorado. #Resist #NoKings🇺🇸

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

Colorado is scrambling to process 900+ unemployment claims from federal workers during the government shutdown and the food pantry at Buckley Space Force Base has seen demand double

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers.

A window into @jd-vance-1.bsky.social's disgraceful character.