Don MacLeod

Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty - The Texas Tribune While Fuentes’ unapologetic hate mongering has made him one of the nation’s best-known white supremacists, he was merely the latest in a long line of people who have been embraced by Defend Texas Libe...

We then uncovered at least five other open white supremacists or antisemities working in Tim Dunn's network.

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.

"Now he seems to have rediscovered his interventionism"--perhaps he thinks escalation will improve his re-election prospects? Clear public opposition could help.

It is impossible to imagine people allowing this to go on (or even participating in it within the government) if he was ordering the murder without any process of French citizens or Brits or Australians on boats no matter what they were alleged to be doing.

Brain worms.

Someone told him there were issues replacing the old copper wiring in air traffic control networks with fiber-based infrastructure and his brain worms turned it into this gibberish.

I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.

Clearly not "We, the people" but the Royal "we".

US firm collapses ringing 'alarm bells', says Bank of England chief The Bank of England governor says the collapse of two US firms could be a sign of wider problems in the financial sector.

Dimon: "I probably shouldn't say this, but when you see one cockroach, there are probably more." bbc.com/news/article...

Increasing majorities of Americans view Trump as a “dangerous dictator” rather than a “strong leader.”

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

The White House is demolishing the entirety of the historic East Wing to make way for Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on. "Near but not touching it," he originally said. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

"What do Trump/Russia have on these people" was always the wrong question. "How can people be bought so cheaply and obviously with so little effort" was the right question.

This is paywalled, but: I assume the quoted risk reductions are for people who have contracted covid.

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

What to know about Trump’s plan to build $250m White House ballroom It's the first major structural change to the mansion since extensive renovations under President Truman in 1948.

"According to reporting by [the AP], the project went ahead despite not being formally approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal agency that oversees such operations, which is currently closed due to a nationwide government shutdown." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

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The Other Demonstration on Saturday Friends,

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Civil Resistance Confronts the Autocracy While MAGA’s spin was both insane and revealing, the No Kings Day 2 Marches were a major step towards taking our country back.

"To prove their MAGA mettle, people in Trump’s orbit must tell lies that are grotesque and ridiculous." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

a tyrant is ignoring the constitution, firing live artillery at americans, invading our cities, and tearing down the white house to build himself a palace

our institutions won't react because they're lost in a digital dreamstate, unable to decide what is true because of social media poisoning

No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.

"It's not going to be forgotten... by many Americans... who saw an administration that said it was working tirelessly for a ceasefire and kept providng the weapons that ensured that the fire would never cease." - ex-Biden MidEast official Rob Malley to me.

Full interview: zeteo.com/p/robert-mal...

Better than big chunky concrete dividers, but inferior to rumble strips, which can alert errant drivers without endangering cyclists.

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

This is insane.

“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”

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This is genuinely gut-wrenching. Anyone associated w this structure knows the endless ranks of people, over the decades, who have treated the structure and surroundings w respect—since they were symbols for traditions of America as a whole

Too apt a metaphor for Trump and US institutions overall

It didn't exactly take a Nostradamus to see the problem, but still, rarely do you see somebody like a governor insisting "no, this is dangerous and stupid" and taking appropriate action, and then be so immediately vindicated when it turns out yeah, actually we did rain shrapnel on that freeway.

US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low For the first time since the Henley Passport Index was created 20 years ago, the United States is no longer ranked amongst the world’s Top 10 most powerful passports.

US travellers are now slightly more constrained by visa requirements, and "dual citizenship is the new American dream”.https://www.henleyglobal.com/newsroom/press-releases/henley-global-mobility-report-oct-2025

Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.

It’s truly hard to state how thoroughly the United States is disrupting the framework of int’l agreements that just barely hold the whole sh*tshow together & give hope that men like Putin will someday face justice

If we blew up a boat in distress— that’s like the oldest non-aggression pact there is

NOT what democracy looks like!

Peep the byline

They had told Newsom to keep I-5 open during this stunt.