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Chart showing Trump's net approval compared with this point in previous presidencies. In 2009, Obama's approval at this point was approximately +7, in 2017 Trump's was -16 and in 2021 Biden's was -7

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

“Who controls every branch of the federal government in 2025?” is the new “Who was actually President in 2020?”

The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.

The U.S. hasn’t sent this many ships to the Caribbean since the Cuban missile crisis

The carrier group provides far more firepower than needed for occasional attacks on boats. But the ships could be ideal for launching a stream of strikes inside Venezuela www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

From Texas to Tennessee, even Trump country is marching against Trump A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.

A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.

“WASHINGTON - A study from Washington State University (WSU) revealed that firearm-related deaths have surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death for young people aged 11 to 18.” 10/10/25 www.khq.com/tncms/asset/...

And to the first!

US firearms examiners declared ‘essential’ shutdown workers after gun-lobby pressure Americans able to buy deadly ‘gangster weapons’ again as lobbying forces key concession from Trump officials

Not essential: food stamps
Essential: guns

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Data Center Impacts Meeting. Experts from Sierra Club will speak. Henrico, Goochland & Hanover residents welcome. Monday Nov 3 6:30 pm at Discovery United Methodist Church 13000 Gayton Rd, Henrico 23233.
@sierraclub.org

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3

Highest credit card delinquency since the financial crisis 14 years ago.

Add that to home sellers outnumbering homebuyers, consumer confiance plummeting, consumer spending plummeting, inflation increasing, growth decreasing unemployment increasing… a brewing storm.

Good economic news all around👍👍

Data centers are a big issue in terms of the rise of energy costs in Virginia

Youngkin administration has generally been in favor of them and he vetoed a bill seeking more state regulation

But they are generally unpopular for taking up a lot of land and high energy use

"We can't let the person who wins the largest share of the vote (and EC vote) assume office. We just can't ever let that happen again."

When they tell you their plans, believe them.

Pentagon leadership just told officials, including the Joint Chiefs chair, they now need permission before speaking to Congress. The memo dropped the same day reporters walked out over new press restrictions. Checks and balances aren’t checking and balancing.

US ‘Night Stalkers’ seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro

A Venezuela mission would not be the first in Latin America & the Caribbean conducted by the Night Stalkers, whose pilots specialise in infiltrating and exfiltrating special forces troops – called “customers” – from hostile places, nearly always at night.

In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.

New Non-Partisan State Navigate Poll: Spanberger +13 (55%-42%); Hashmi +11 (53%-42%); Jones +5 (50%-45%); HoD Dems +12 (53%-41%) With just 13 days until the 2025 Virginia elections, we've got another new poll (conducted 10/17-10/20) this morning, this time by Chaz Nuttycombe's non-partisan State Navigate. Key takeaways of this ...

BTW, Youngkin's net-negative-1 (46%-47%) approval rating would be the worst of any VA governor at this point in their terms in the past few decades. It would also be one of the worst, if not the worst, gubernatorial approval ratings in the country. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/new-...

Reuters headline: White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose

lol, lmao even www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.

The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

"Trump is going to invade American cities and bulldoze the White House" would have been seen as an alarmist liberal fever dream thing to say a year ago

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

It makes sense to start this demolition during the government shutdown because the National Capital Planning Commission is shutdown. There’s no way they’d approve this. You know. If they’d been asked. Which they weren’t.
#lawlessness

A post—and photo—showing the demolition of the White House East Wing.

This makes me sick.
That’s our House, our history.

The fact that it happened today stinks of retribution for Saturday.

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom.

East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?

me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows Read more here.

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

That’s seven.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

Rule of law is not in effect if they can violate your rights and then just lie about it

Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000