Gizmodo describes their attempt at trolling those that left the Neo-Nazi run X: When a bunch of Donald Trump-associated accounts started using Bluesky ahead of this weekend in order to provoke a food fight, some were outraged or trolled back, but Bluesky’s robust blocking feature and cultural norms around ignoring right-wing trolls and harassers made their presence mostly a non-issue. On Friday afternoon, the Trump 2.0 White House account, @whitehouse-47.bsky.social, announced its momentous arrival by posting a vaguely triumphalist montage of clips that referenced a lot of inside jokes for Republicans that probably don’t even register for outsiders, like one about Joe Biden’s autopen. Mostly, however, the account got blocked. According to the Bluesky block tracking site Clearsky, @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is already the second most blocked account on Bluesky, just below Vice President J.D. Vance, who joined the site over the summer and has since secured a durable position atop the ranking. The ridiculous video the White House posted looked like a 5th grade project. read more

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President Donald Trump threatened to send National Guard troops to San Francisco during an interview on Fox News on Sunday, according to a new report. The New York Times reported that Trump reiterated the threat during an interview on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures" with host Maria Bartiromo. His comments come at a time when the administration is deploying troops to several Democratic-run cities such as Los Angeles, Memphis, and Chicago. “We’re going to go to San Francisco. The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco,” Trump told Bartiromo on her show. “San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world. And then 15 years ago it went wrong, it went woke,” he said. He added that, “We’re going to make it great.” Trump appeared to be referencing to comments from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who told The New York Times last week that San Francisco doesn't "have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,." Benioff apologized for the comments on Friday. “Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco,” Benioff wrote in a post on X. Read the entire report by clicking here.

The standoff over the federal shutdown has exposed deep fractures within the GOP, particularly around health care — a longstanding vulnerability for Republicans. The New York Times highlighted in a report Sunday that while Democrats insist they will not support a spending deal without extending the expiring tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that safeguard coverage for millions, Republicans are split between ideology and electoral reality. On one end, hard-line conservatives still press to eliminate the ACA outright; on the other, pragmatists recognize that wiping it out without a credible replacement could inflict “a political disaster” on their party, per the report. The shutdown has forced the GOP into a public tug-of-war over what to do with a law they largely oppose but cannot realistically undo without major risk. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) insisted the dispute is not about health care, calling Democrats’ insistence on subsidies a “red herring” that distracts from the funding fight. At the same time, top Republicans such as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) pledged to vote against extending the credits, arguing they would “bail out insurance companies,” even as many recipients live in GOP-held districts. At least 14 House Republicans and several senators signaled they would support a renewal of the credits through 2027, recognizing what some advisers called “a potential political catastrophe for the G.O.P.” if coverage were lost. The report noted that the broader dynamic reveals why the party remains stuck. Even though Republicans have long pledged to “repeal and replace” the ACA, they have repeatedly failed to articulate what “replace” means in practice. The 2017 Senate health care bill collapsed amid conservative-moderate splits, leaving GOP leaders without an alternative mapped out. According to the report, Democrats "have forced the G.O.P. to wrestle publicly with its divisions about what to do with the health care law, which most Republicans revile but many recognize would be impossible to unravel without bringing political disaster to their party.”

President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence-generated video of him flying in a fighter jet dropping feces on American protesters stunned one political analyst on Sunday. On Saturday, Trump posted a video of himself flying in a fighter jet labeled "King Trump." Trump then drops feces on protesters, including high-profile Democratic activist Harry Sisson. The video appears to be set in Times Square in New York City. Jack Cocchiarella, a progressive Gen Z political commentator, reacted to the video on a new episode of the "Bulwark Takes" podcast on Sunday. Cocchiarella was visibly stunned by the video. "This is the president of the United States and he's dropping s--- on New York City," he said. "Are we f------ serious right now? They hate us. They hate America." Cocchiarella added that the video is another example of how Republicans are willing to hold Trump to a different standard than any other Republican leader. "You see this on the right, where they'll take the tiniest little out-of-context clip of someone vaguely associated with the left, and they will make it a national scandal," he said. "They will use it to define liberals as a whole." "But the president of the United States is like using taxpayer money to generate AI slop videos of him actually s------- on people, dropping feces, and again, Republicans will just say, 'Well, I didn't see it. I don't know.' What standard do we hold Donald Trump to anymore?"

Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass is set to step down Monday after being exposed as a participant in a Young Republican group chat in which members—including at least one Trump administration official—exchanged hate-filled messages. Douglass, a Republican, said in a statement Friday: “I must resign. I know that this decision will upset many, and delight others, but in this political climate I must keep my family safe.” “If my governor asks me to do something, I will act, because I believe in what he’s trying to do,” the 27-year-old freshman lawmaker added, referring to Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s call for him to step down. “I love my state, my people, and I am deeply sorry for the offense this caused and that our state was dragged into this,” Douglass added. Douglass is the only known elected official involved in a leaked Telegram chat first reported by Politico on Tuesday in which members of Young Republican chapters in four states exchanged racist, anti-LGBTQ+, and misogynistic messages, including quips about an “epic” rape and killing people in Nazi gas chambers. Group chat participants included Michael Bartels, a senior adviser in the office of general counsel at the US Small Business Administration. The chat included one message in which Douglass equated being Indian with poor hygiene, and another exchange in which his wife, Vermont Young Republican national committee member Brianna Douglass, admonishes the organization for “expecting the Jew to be honest.” Prominent Republicans have rallied in defense of what Vice President JD Vance called the private jokes of “young boys”—who are apparently all in their 20s and 30s. The fallout from the group chat leak has cost a majority of participants in the Telegram chat their jobs or employment offers. Most prominently, ex-New York State Young Republicans chair Peter Giunta—who posted “I love Hitler”—was fired from his job as chief of staff to New York Assemblyman Michael Reilly (R-62). Many social media users had the same reaction to Douglass’ resignation: “Good riddance!”

The nationwide "No Kings" protests that occurred on Saturday exposed a key vulnerability in President Donald Trump's administration, according to one progressive analyst. Roughly 7 million people participated in the protest, according to estimates, making it one of the largest protests in American history. That kind of backlash shows that Trump's administration is not as popular as he claims, and that lack of popularity could foment opposition from within Trump's Republican caucus, progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen argued on a new episode of his podcast on Sunday. "Trump derives his power from the optics of total control, but once that bubble is pierced, like say by 7 million people taking to the streets, Trump doesn't seem all that powerful afterwards," Cohen said. Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) referred to the "No Kings" protest as the "Hate America" protest, a claim that Johnson defended during an interview on ABC News on Sunday. "Trump also views his mandate as the result of popular support, and his fellow Republicans in Congress view their strength relative to Trump in light of that popular support," he continued. "But when that popular support wanes, then not only does Trump's own mandate diminish, but the incentive for his Republican colleagues to blindly support him does so too." "If you think every member of Congress whose lips are normally attached to the ass of Donald Trump is not watching 7 million people flood the streets, then you are deluding yourselves," he added.

The shaky Gaza ceasefire further frayed on Sunday as Israel launched at least 20 airstrikes and blocked all aid delivery in the obliterated Palestinian exclave, while Hamas rejected US allegations that it is preparing to violate the tenuous truce. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it has “now begun a wave of strikes” in southern Gaza “following a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement earlier today” by Hamas, whose fighters are accused of killing two Israeli occupation troops and wounding three others in Rafah on Sunday morning. Gaza officials said that at least 51 Palestinians, including numerous children, were killed across the strip on Sunday. Attacks include but are not limited to a double-tap drone and missile strike on a café west of Deir al-Balah that killed five people, all of them reportedly civilians; an airstrike on a the al-Bureij refugee camp that killed four civilians; an airstrike on the Sardi school that killed four displaced civilians; artillery shelling that killed six civilians on al-Zawaida Beach; and the bombing of a building housing journalists in al-Zawaida that killed two civilians. The US State Department on Saturday accused Hamas of planning an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza “in grave violation of the ceasefire.” Hamas has been battling Israeli-backed criminal gangs that oppose its longtime rule of Gaza. In a statement Sunday, Hamas slammed the US allegations as lies that “fully align with the misleading Israeli propaganda and provide cover for the continuation of the occupation’s crimes and organized aggression” against Palestinians. Hamas urged the US to “stop repeating the occupation’s misleading narrative and to focus on curbing its repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement.” According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has violated the nine-day ceasefire at least 48 times, including by bombing residential areas and killing civilians approaching the so-called “yellow line” beyond which Israeli forces withdrew in accordance with the truce. Scores of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombs and bullets since the ceasefire took effect on October 10. On Friday, Israeli forces massacred 11 members of a Palestinian family attempting to return by bus to their home in Gaza City. In response to what it said were Hamas ceasefire violations, Israel on Sunday closed off crossing points into Gaza, blocking the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid into the strip, where famine conditions persist due to the siege imposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—who are both fugitives from the International Criminal Court—at the start of the genocidal war two years ago. Amjad Al-Shawwa, who heads the Network of Civil Society Organizations in Gaza, warned Sunday that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, especially pregnant women and children, are suffering severe malnutrition. At least hundreds of Gazans have died of malnutrition and related causes. A senior Egyptian official who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Guardian that “round-the-clock” talks were under way to salvage the ceasefire. Responding to the renewed Israeli bombing, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said: “Since the start of the ceasefire, the Netanyahu regime has been itching to fully restart the genocide in Gaza.” :The cruel and unnecessary mass bombing of civilians across Gaza constitutes a blatant violation of President [Donald] Trump’s ceasefire agreement and a resumption of the genocide,“ CAIR added. ”President Trump must rein in the Israeli occupation forces and stop sending American weapons and American taxpayer dollars to fund Israel’s war machine.“

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In May, Conover reported that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem planned to buy a luxurious Gulfstream V Jet to the tune of $50 million taxpayer dollars for her personal use. That was disgusting enough, especially given the Musk/Trump supposed concern for government efficiency and getting rid of waste and abuse (even though it was always a load of BS). Somehow that $50 million has turned into “a little over $172 million” and the purchase of one luxury jet has turned into two, according to documents posted to a public government procurement website and reviewed by The New York Times. The second luxury jet is for “other top officials,” The Times said. I'll bet means there's a luxury jet for Noem’s globe-trotting pal and “special government employee” “adviser” Corey Lewandowski, too. “It was not immediately clear where the funding for the jets came from,” The Times said. You can be sure it didn’t come out of Trump’s golfing budget or the gold leaf he’s slathering all over the White House or his Marie Antoinette ballroom. read more

Over a year ago, Doug Diny, the mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin, stole the city's ballot drop box and hid it from the city clerk, thereby keeping people from exercising their right to vote. Diny claimed that he did it because he was worried about the security of the box, but did not explain why he took the time to put on a suit and make a photo op of his thievery. It took all this time for the Wausau Ethics Board to vote unanimously that Diny did violate the city's ethics policy, not for election interference, but for the vague "exceeded his lawful authority." Besides taking them forever to come to an obvious conclusion, the board added insult to injury by not even giving Diny a slap on the wrist: In its conclusion, the ethics board did not choose to impose fines on Diny. It also declined to recommend that the City Council take steps to censure, suspend or remove Diny from office. Instead, the findings say that Diny must adjust his conduct so that he follows the city’s ethics policy going forward. “Diny is ordered to refrain from interfering, intervening, or in any manner inhibiting the City Clerk in her exercise of her duties in the administration of elections, including with regard to the placement of any absentee ballot drop box in the City of Wausau,” a statement signed by Ethics Board Chair Calvin Dexter says. Ooooh, that will teach him! read more

Mehdi Hasan spoke Saturday at the No Kings rally in Washington, DC, and he held nothing back. He started out tearing into Trump and President Stephen Miller and never let up. His opening words: Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, friends - My name Mehdi Hasan. I am a journalist. I am an immigrant. And I am a Muslim. I am everything Donald Trump loves. I am the Trump Trifecta. I'm also a bit of a socialist. But ssshhh! Don't tell Stephen Miller. He alarms quite quickly. But he was just warming up. The QOTD came later when he pointed out Trump's hypocrisy towards immigrants: 🔥 @mehdirhasan: “The great irony is Trump is the son of an immigrant, grandson of an immigrant, married to an immigrant… in fact, 2 of his 3 wives were immigrants— proving yet again immigrants will do the jobs even Americans aren’t willing to do.” 😬🙃 pic.twitter.com/PSC9h99ztm — The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 18, 2025 To be honest, I don't think even Melania wants to do that job anymore. Who could blame her? I wouldn't blame her for self-deporting just to get away from the Orange Sphincter. read more

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Disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Santos would not commit to repaying donors he stole money from during an interview on CNN on Sunday. Santos was convicted in August 2025 of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign donors by taking their credit card information and using it for personal expenses like rent and OnlyFans subscriptions, according to the Department of Justice. He was just three months into a more-than-seven-year prison sentence when President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. "At least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social, announcing Santos' commutation. "Good luck George, have a great life!" Santos discussed his commutation on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. When asked whether he would repay the nearly $600,000 in restitution to the donors he stole from, Santos seemed noncommittal. "I can do my best to do whatever the law requires of me," Santos said. "So I don't know what that is." He also thanked Trump for giving him a "second chance." "I understand people want to make this into 'He's getting away with it.' I'm not getting away with it, I was the first person to ever go to federal prison for a civil violation," Santos said. "I don't want to focus on trying to rehash the past and want to take the experience and do good and move on with the future," he added. "Repentance is an understatement. I have been dealt a second chance."

MAGA appears to be making the same mistake Democrats did during President Barack Obama's administration, according to a new editorial from The Washington Post's editorial board. The editorial was published following the nationwide "No Kings" protest on Saturday, which drew more than 7 million people. It argued that the protests were another example of a popular uprising spurred by an unpopular government, like when the Tea Party was formed in response to the Obama administration. "After Obama’s landslide victory in 2008, Democrats deluded themselves with the idea that they could hold large majorities for years to come," the editorial board wrote. "They plowed ahead with unpopular laws that most of the country disliked — and were punished with a generational rebuke in the 2010 midterms. Trump and his supporters might consider whether they are making the same mistake ahead of 2026." The editorial mentions actions that President Donald Trump's administration has taken, like organizing a government-wide crackdown on left-wing groups following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September. Trump has said that people who fund left-wing groups, like George Soros, deserve to be "put in jail." Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has also described Kirk's death as a "domestic 9/11," and hinted that he would use his agency's powers to go after people who disagreed with Kirk. The editorial notes that these actions appear to be linked to some actions taken by the Obama administration. For instance, it pointed to a 2013 audit that found Obama's Internal Revenue Service used "inappropriate political criteria" to go after conservative groups. "Yet past failures don’t justify what is happening now," the editorial reads. "Speech and protest are safety valves for angry Americans to let off steam between elections. They’re also a warning for those in charge." Read the entire editorial by clicking here.

A motorcycle that is part of Vice President JD Vance's security detail and a California Highway Patrol car were hit with shrapnel on Saturday after a 155-millimeter shell exploded over Interstate 5 during a live-fire demonstration for the Marines' 250th anniversary on Saturday, according to a new report. Officials told The New York Times that the explosion was a "mishap" and that no officers were injured. California Gov. Gavin Newsom had ordered the freeway to be closed ahead of the celebration after reports emerged that the Trump administration was planning to fire live ordnance at the event. "According to the patrol report, one officer described what sounded like pebbles hitting his motorcycle and the area around him, and two others saw a two-inch piece of shrapnel hit the hood of their patrol vehicle, leaving a small dent," the NYT report reads in part. "The report says shrapnel was also found on the road near the motorcycle." Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were in attendance for the anniversary celebration, according to the report. About 60 shells were scheduled to be fired during the event. A Marine spokesperson said there had been a "lengthy back and forth between officials" about the firing, but declined to elaborate. Read the entire report by clicking here.

Marc Elias, an election lawyer, warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump's latest hire poses a threat to the 2026 midterm elections. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration had hired Kurt Olsen as a Special Government Employee at the Justice Department focused on election fraud cases. Being a special government employee means that Olsen can only work for 120 days a year, although the Trump administration has tried unsuccessfully to extend the duration of some temporary employees. Olsen also worked on Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election, according to the report, and is joining the department at a time when it is seeking to force states to turn over their voting data. Elias described Olsen as a "crackpot election denier" during an interview with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Sunday. "This is dangerous on a whole host of levels," Elias said, mentioning that Olsen has advanced "wide-eyed crazy conspiracy theories" about vote tabulating machines and attacked mail-in voting. "That's just the beginning of what these problems can be," Elias continued. "You cannot disconnect that from the fact that the January 6th insurrection came out of these big lies. It came out of this election in nihilism. And those folks have all been pardoned and who knows what some of them may be planning for 2026." "And then you have the military being deployed throughout this country in blue cities where you know the vote totals are going to matter a lot for who wins and loses elections," he added. "...It is something to take very seriously as we move forward."

A foreign analyst slammed a proposed tunnel project that could link the United States and Russia on Sunday, saying the proposed project "stretches the imagination to the breaking point." On Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin's international investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, had proposed building an underground tunnel linking the U.S. and Russia. Dmitriev added that President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk and The Boring Company, could help facilitate the construction. Dmitriev shared more details on his personal X account. "@elonmusk, imagine connecting the US and Russia, the Americas and the Afro-Eurasia with the Putin-Trump Tunnel - a 70-mile link symbolizing unity. Traditional costs are $65B+, but @boringcompany's tech could reduce it to

Gavin Newsom shut down part of California's I-5 citing public safety concerns after the Trump administration planned to detonate live munitions over a freeway, and it turned out Newsom was right.

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House Speaker MAGA Mike made an appearance on ABC's This Week this Sunday and was asked by host Jonathan Karl about the reporters who turned in their press credentials and walked out in unison this Wednesday, rather than agree to the Defense Department's new restrictions Hegseth wanted to impose on them. Johnson, of course, defended Hegseth and then pretended that he's been "very transparent" because he gives a lot of speeches, and also used that as an excuse for them refusing to do their jobs (along with lying again about the government shutdown.) KARL: We’re out of time, but I just have to ask you what’s happened at the Pentagon. Do you have a sense for why the secretary of Defense seems to be afraid to interact with journalists who cover him? I mean -- JOHNSON: I reject the premise. There’s nothing -- there’s -- KARL: I mean, the guy -- the guy -- JOHNSON: Far is not part of the secretary of war’s make-up, OK? KARL: Well, I mean, the guy’s only had two briefings since he was -- became secretary of Defense. And -- and -- and -- JOHNSON: He’s -- he’s -- he’s very transparent. read more

Trump's "extrajudicial executions" on the open sea are going about as well as one might expect. That is to say, not very. Colombia is now demanding answers as to why a fishing boat adrift and sending out a distress signal was blasted out of the water, killing several on board last month. Unlike in the previous killings, there were survivors in this attack. Source: BBC Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing "murder" following a strike carried out on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September. In a social media post, Petro accused the US of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman. Posting on X, he said: "The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure," when it was struck. He added: "We await explanations from the US government." It comes after President Donald Trump said the US had struck a "drug-carrying submarine" on Thursday, killing two people. Writing on social media, Trump said US intelligence confirmed the vessel was "loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics". The US president later accused the Colombian president of being "an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia". read more

Who knew that a tie could spark an international incident? Pete Hegseth, that's who. A much-needed reality check on Hegseth's "tiegate" from Gary Kasparov: "The problem with the Trump administration isn’t their Russian ties, but their ties with Russia." Source: Daily Mail A top Kremlin official celebrated Pete Hegseth's 'Russian tie' after the Defense Secretary was accused of sending a coded message of support to Russia. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Special Envoy to Vladimir Putin for investment and economic cooperation, took to X to applaud Hegseth's controversial fashion choice this week. Dmitriev posted a Russian flag emoji above a picture of Hegseth wearing a red, white and blue striped tie to a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. The Putin aide followed up his tweet with a bizarre reference to QANON, a conspiracy theory within the Trump movement that claims a secret cabal of 'deep state' figures control the US government. The theory's followers often use the phrase WWG1WGA, stood for 'Where We Go One, We Go All' - which Dmitriev tweeted in response to his picture of Hegseth's tie. Dmitriev also appeared to mock JD Vance after the vice president appeared to deny Hegseth was paying homage to Russia by writing: 'Or maybe he was wearing the colors of America.' read more

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Mark Savaya, a dispensary owner from Michigan who reportedly contributed to Trump’s 2020 campaign, would be the White House’s next special envoy to Iraq. “Mark’s deep understanding of the Iraq-U.S. relationship, and his connections in the region, will help advance the interests of the American people,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Mark was a key player in my campaign in Michigan, where he, and others, helped secure a record vote with Muslim Americans. Congratulations, Mark!” Savaya is the founder of Leaf & Bud, a cannabis company that sells both medical and recreational marijuana. According to Bridge Detroit reporter Malachi Barrett, however, Savaya is also a “massive Trump guy,” and donated tens of thousands of dollars to Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. “Mark Savaya, who hosted a Trump-themed Red Party notably attended by Detroit Council President Mary Sheffield, is a massive Trump guy,” Barrett wrote in a social media post on X in December of last year. “He met Trump at multiple rallies, visited Mar-A-Lago, donated around $25K to [his] 2020 campaign, posed in photos with several cabinet picks.” Photos shared by Barrett – collected from his Instagram profile – show Savaya posing with Tesla founder and former “special government employee” for Trump Elon Musk, as well as photos with Eric Trump, Vice President JD Vance, as well as Trump himself.