Fifty two years ago, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned under scandal, and ten months later, President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace, abandoned by his own Republican Party in Congress.
Who would think that a half century later, we would have an outspoken, obnoxious, obsequious sycophant, JD Vance, with few qualifications to be President, being a heartbeat away from the White House, which has in Donald Trump a President far worse and more corrupt than Richard Nixon ever was!
And to top it off, the Republican Party in Congress is a lapdog, unwilling to challenge the President and Vice President, unlike how many of their party did so in the 1970s.
American democracy and the rule of law was under threat back then, and was saved by Gerald Ford and by opposition Democrats who worked together to overcome the worst elements of the Watergate Scandal.
Can we expect a similar situation in the present tense? At this moment, it seems as if we are witnessing the most dire threat to American democracy, since World War II and the Civil War, and it is hard to imagine we will come out of it as a nation based on the US Constitution, and just as we are to “celebrate” the 250th Anniversary of the American Republic and the Declaration Of Independence!
SNL Skewers Bondi’s Wild Senate Hearing in Cold Open
Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/11/zelensky-trump-tomahawk-missiles-ukraine
Just give Ukraine everything it needs to win this war!
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/republicans-weaken-50-year-law-protecting-whales-seals-126425918
Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-guard-troops-in-chicago-update-appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-deployment/
CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/cdc-firings-government-shutdown-hhs/
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5571948/trump-mental-health-substance-abuse-cdc-layoffs-jobs
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/10/11/education-department-special-ed-office-layoffs-shutdown/86646104007/
Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5550435-pressure-mike-johnson-house-shutdown/
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/10/barron-trump-tipped-top-tiktok-job/
TikTok is going to be, effectively, controlled by Trump.
NEW VIDEO: Spanberger Calls Out Winsome Earle-Sears for Backing Trump’s Mass Firings of Virginia Workers Amid Government Shutdown
Virginia Democrats defend Spanberger’s handling of Jones text scandal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5550374-spanberger-republican-attacks-jones-texts/
Trump’s claims about violence are falling apart in court.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/politics/trumps-violence-court-claims-judges
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/13/coral-reefs-ice-sheets-amazon-rainforest-tipping-point-global-heating-scientists-report
That is an unmitigated DISASTER, yet we keep burning f’ing fossil fuels???
All 20 surviving hostages freed by Hamas under Gaza peace deal.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/13/israel-gaza-peace-deal-hostages-freed-hamas
First of all, good! Second, Hamas never should have taken hostages in the first place, let alone held them for two f’ing years! Third, f*** Hamas – a purely evil, sadistic, malevolent group.
Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government.
“Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/13/retirements-buyouts-federal-government-trump/
The Appalling Campaign to Erase Jan. 6 Never Ends
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/january-6-trump-erase.html
Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/12/trump-vance-insurrection-act-military
Vance is evil.
J.D. Vance Tried to Evade Journalists’ Questions. It Did Not Go Well.
“The vice president could not give a straight answer to inquiries about Tom Homan’s alleged acceptance of a bribe, Trump’s claim that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal, and layoffs at the CDC.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-homan-cdc-layoffs-pritzker-1235445756/
Vance is a complete and total disgrace.
‘Come and get me,’ Pritzker says of Trump threat; Vance says governor ‘should suffer some consequences’.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pritzker-trump-threat-vance-governor-suffer-consequences/story?id=126446971
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deepening split with GOP leaves Republicans exasperated.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5550346-marjori-taylor-greene-split-republicans/
Independent candidate Donna Charles has ended her campaign for Governor of Virginia, endorses Abigail Spanberger.
https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/virginia-politics/donna-charles-ends-her-campaign-for-governor-of-virginia-endorses-abigail-spanberger/
Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/us/kristi-noem-tsa-video
Bernie and AOC are going to be having a town hall on CNN, on Wednesday, October 15, at 9 pm.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ bid for Senate reignites Democrats’ age debate.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/politics/janet-mills-maine-senate-age-debate
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent
Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/13/cdc-layoffs-reversed-aspr-samhsa/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYwMzI4MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzYxNzEwMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjAzMjgwMDAsImp0aSI6IjZkMjFhYjE2LTdmYWYtNDZhMS05YzkzLWNjMjBmYWRkMGM1NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8xMC8xMy9jZGMtbGF5b2Zmcy1yZXZlcnNlZC1hc3ByLXNhbWhzYS8ifQ.7Dd1h1o5xCS0EyVwTf1liLs52VswTM_Cbja8uY4AcrQ&itid=gfta
It’s absolutely inexcusable to air this 100% false anti-Democratic propaganda at the airport!
Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/barrett-turns-to-fox-news-not-the-docket
Letitia James warns of ‘powerful voices trying to silence the truth’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/14/donald-trump-government-shutdown-national-guard-javier-milei-charlie-kirk-us-politics-live-news-updates
The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It.
https://newrepublic.com/article/201692/mainstream-media-moving-right-fix
Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/13/prominent-media-reject-new-pentagon-rules-before-signing-deadline/
North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle.
https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-congress-redistricting-house-b32b6b1c52d9f59efac41c3b8c0db971
John Bel Edwards won’t run for U.S. Senate, dashing Louisiana Democrats’ hopes.
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/john-bel-edwards-wont-run-for-us-senate-in-louisiana/article_53519e46-47de-4a24-921c-2a73706bdce7.html
High stakes debate looms in Virginia Attorney General race.
https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-10-14/high-stakes-debate-looms-in-virginia-attorney-general-race
Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston, though it’s up to FIFA to choose sites.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/politics/trump-boston-fifa-world-cup-hnk
Totally FUBAR.
Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/pentagon-military-climate-crisis-trump
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/politics/trump-drugs-boat-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU8.m_G1.nt0IA_wNyzwM&smid=url-share
Without any evidence to prove that the people being killed are actually committing crimes, as opposed to just fishing or whatever, this is just murder pretty much.
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlie-kirk-visas-revoked-455f43467c0c50e84d3857c1e9c81458
Imagine the reaction on the right if the Biden administration had revoked visas for people over criticism of a liberal commentator.
Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/facebook-removes-chicago-ice-watch-page/
Republicans would have gone APES– if Biden, Obama or Harris had intervened like this with a social media company.
Insanity!
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/crash-involving-immigration-agents-in-east-side-leads-to-tear-gas-detentions
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/los-angeles-county-declares-state-emergency-immigration-raids/story?id=126531481
Portland ICE protests toll Trump with quirky inflatable costumes.
https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/10/14/portland-ice-protest-inflatable-costumes
Supreme Court weighs whether to gut key provision of landmark Voting Rights Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-redistricting-congress-louisiana-rcna237565
Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/rfk-jr-hhs-democratic-public-health-alliance-6a6a7e28?mod=hp_lead_pos9
Trump news at a glance: Administration will produce list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be closed due to shutdown.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/trump-administration-news-updates-today
As always, imagine if Obama, Biden or Harris had targeted red states or “Republican programs”.
Senate tanks GOP funding patch for eighth time amid shutdown gridlock.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/14/congress/senate-tanks-gop-funding-patch-for-eighth-time-amid-shutdown-gridlock-00608407
Jack Smith speaks out against the Trump administration in rare interview.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jack-smith-speaks-trump-administration-rare-interview-rcna237688
Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
Insanity!
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
“Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.”
https://zeteo.com/p/pentagon-hegseth-speech-military-consequences
Pete Hegseth’s attempt to gag journalism is a resounding failure.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/pete-hegseth-attempt-gag-journalism
Takeaways from Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez’s CNN town hall on the government shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/politics/sanders-aoc-takeaways-cnn-town-hall
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.a2x1.YtgE-iuJUdk5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court.
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-ice-immigration-court-arresting-a1d9641502d6a97db077c973ec93a6e7
Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
https://gizmodo.com/border-patrol-posts-instagram-propaganda-video-featuring-antisemitic-slurs-2000672645
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/white-house-budget-director-vought-says-over-10000-federal-workers-could-be-laid-2025-10-15/
It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed.
https://www.vox.com/politics/464754/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-callais
The Supreme Court’s far-right majority is lawless, corrupt, extreme and insane.
Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/15/youth-climate-activist-lawsuit-dismissed-trump-executive-orders
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-federal-funds-government-shutdown.html
Wait, so all Obama or Biden had to do was sign a memo and voila, they had more power??? Who knew?!?
Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-birth-control-layoffs.html
The Trump administration is positioning the upcoming No Kings protests as an excuse for crushing dissent.
https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/trump-administration-positioning-upcoming-no-kings-protests-excuse-crushing-dissent
Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e?st=68sG84&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/jd-vance-racist-messages-young-republicans-chat-leak
Sorry, but 24 to 35 year olds are NOT “kids” or “young boys” or whatever the f*** JD Vance says they are.
Massive corruption!
Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ballroom-donors-white-house-dinner-ccba9448?st=KBszz2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Swastika Flag Spotted in MAGA Congressman’s Office
https://www.thedailybeast.com/swastika-flag-spotted-in-maga-rep-dave-taylors-office-sparks-investigation/
Brown University rejects Trump administration compact.
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/10/brown-university-rejects-trump-administration-compact
Every university should reject it, immediately.
It’s the Governor vs. the Oysterman, and Democrats’ Pick Will Tell Us a Lot About the Party’s Future
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/graham-platner-janet-mills-maine-democratic-senate-primary.html
Dems should nominate whichever one has a better chance of beating Susan Collins.
Obama endorses Abigail Spanberger in Virginia’s race for governor.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/obama-endorses-abigail-spanberger-virginias-race-governor-rcna237915
President Trump still hasn’t endorsed Winsome Earle-Sears.
https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-10-16/president-trump-still-hasnt-endorsed-winsome-earle-sears
Jones, Miyares are neck and neck in latest polling average following texting scandal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5556898-virginia-ag-poll-miyares-jones/
Putin-Trump call a curveball for Zelensky ahead of White House meeting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze63r34213o
Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zelenskyy-putin-ukraine-tomahawks-ce697e5eda6ce9793b4343499d105a8c
Huge mistake – just send them now!
Venezuela Mobilizes Troops and Militias as U.S. Military Looms Offshore
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuela-military-movement-militia-c59ca9ef?mod=hp_lead_pos2
Senators will force a vote to prevent war on Venezuela without approval from Congress.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-s1-5577079/congress-venezuela-war-powers-trump
ICE arrests police officer in Chicago suburb and accuses him of being in US illegally.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/politics/ice-arrests-chicago-suburb-police-officer-hanover-park
John Bolton has been indicted.
https://apnews.com/article/john-bolton-indictment-classified-information-1e21da0591d1195fbf58c0df28d57c9f
Unions sue Trump over surveillance and allege First Amendment breach.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/16/trump-surveillance-first-amendment-union-lawsuit
Chamber of Commerce Sues Over Trump’s New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-h1b-visa-fee-lawsuit-chamber-of-commerce-2c55f183?st=8vFGTs
Most see the federal shutdown as a problem and think there is plenty of blame to go around.
https://apnorc.org/projects/most-see-the-federal-shutdown-as-a-problem-and-think-there-is-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around/?doing_wp_cron=1760630978.8367290496826171875000
The Trump Family’s Ever-Expanding Portfolio of Corruption
https://newrepublic.com/article/201913/trump-family-expanding-portfolio-corruption
Trump unveils IVF policies, but no new funding or coverage requirements.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/trump-unveils-ivf-policies-but-no-new-funding-or-coverage-requirements-00612266
Joe Rogan is unpleasantly surprised by Trump’s actions. He’s hardly alone.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/politics/joe-rogan-trump-surprise-analysis
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
“Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don’t know what to think.”
https://www.wired.com/story/scott-leiendecker-dominion-liberty-votes/
No Kings protests are tomorrow. More than 2,500 US rallies are planned in all 50 states.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/no-kings-protests-millions-trump
Trump plans to leave his mark on Washington by building a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-arch-lincoln-memorial-bridge-washington-ca88586c68a6301f87146a8ca2091b33
North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-elections-chief-demands-voters-full-social-security-numbers-from-dmv/
Fox News Poll: Mamdani maintains significant lead in NYC mayoral race
52%-28% over Andrew Cuomo among likely voters
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-mamdani-maintains-significant-lead-nyc-mayoral-race
The Convicted Felon Dictator in the White House has commuted the sentence of George Santos.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/george-santos-sentence-commuted
Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawk missiles in “tough” meeting.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/trump-zelensky-tomahawk-missiles-white-house
What is it with Trump and his insane love for war criminal Putin???
Appalling on every level.
Trump To Hold Putin Summit In Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not To Invade Ukraine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-putin-budapest_n_68f165cce4b017d85b74991b/amp
Trump signs proclamation imposing tariffs on truck and bus imports
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-proclamation-order-trucks-tariffs/
Illegal/unconstitutional/stupid – the Trump trifecta.
Trump Begs Supreme Court to Let Him Go to War With Chicago
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-begs-supreme-court-to-let-him-go-to-war-with-chicago/
Supreme Court to run out of funding due to shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5561016-federal-courts-shutdown-impact/
The Voting Rights Act Is in Brett Kavanaugh’s Hands. God Help Us.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/brett-kavanaugh-voting-rights-act-surge.html
Public Health Professor Warns Trump’s ‘Eugenics’ Policy Echoes Nazism
https://www.thedailybeast.com/public-health-professor-craig-spencer-warns-donald-trumps-eugenics-shutdown-health-policy-echoes-nazism/
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/health/aca-health-insurance-costs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.50GU.EiFGHsZQdcJp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Illegal/unconstitutional/stupid
Trump admin cancels more than $11 billion in mostly blue state projects
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/trump-russell-vought-budget-ny-boston
Food Stamp Benefits May Run Out in November, Officials Warn
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/food-stamps-agriculture-department.html
Defiant Democrats embrace ‘No Kings’ rallies: ‘As American as motherhood, baseball and apple pie’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5561353-democrats-no-kings-rallies/
Correct!
Insanity.
White House Hires ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer to Investigate 2020 Election Claims
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/white-house-hires-stop-the-steal-lawyer-to-investigate-2020-election-claims-6395d322?st=EqBhpJ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/18/trump-education-department-cuts/
Illegal, unconstitutional, harmful and insane. Pretty much sums up this heinous administration.
Fact check: Trump falsely claims no other president has ever ended a war.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/fact-check-trump-president-end-war
Fox News employees expressed concerns network was intentionally aiding Trump, legal filings reveal.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/17/fox-news-employee-survey-trump-lawsuit
7 million turned out today for No Kings Day marches. That’s 2 million more than in June.
Trump got scared of the protests and ran off to Florida to golf.