Cartoon by John Darkow.

NEW: Amid purge at Justice Dept, two ousted corruption prosecutors (who were part of Jack Smith team), start their own firm to help local authorities stop corruption

Just filed ====>

www.cbsnews.com/news/ousted-...

Well, well, well...

This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.

Trump: “It won’t touch it”

It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.

And now it’s the ENTIRE EAST WING. All of it.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump’s new Epstein Ballroom will soon be the venue for many sweet 16 parties and quinceñeras.

"Maybe the way to persuade Republican voters to abandon their authoritarian project isn’t conciliation but domination." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

I am pretty amazed Trump actually got someone to tear down a huge percentage of the WH without any word getting out beforehand. That in itself seems extremely bad

In case you need a refresher on how Fetterman went from being the fave of grassroots progressives to "Trump's favorite Democrat," check out @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social's profile of the senator here:

These images boil down the ultimate truth of MAGA: It’s not even un-, but anti-American in its nature and ideals.

"I started running for this national seat and I went to a bunch of national reporters and every single one of them asked me about trans athletes. Literally none of them asked me about childcare, none of them asked me about health care, education."

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

New lesson on how to grow ragged robin - including some research I did into the names, which is interesting www.wildway.info/p/silene-flo... (lessons are for paid subscribers)

A new study shows that feeding large language models low-quality, high-engagement content from social media lowers their cognitive abilities. www.wired.com/story/ai-mod...

Mass murder: now bicoastal.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...

Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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The American Revolution was at once an argument, a bloody civil war, and a world war, Ken Burns tells David Frum.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDamP-pfOskNgMNI1eg0pajQfRu-q3NUO

Subscribe now to watch “The David Frum Show.”

So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always.