Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

I'm just remembering that pub in London that survived the Blitz and was illegally demolished by its new landlords a decade ago. They were forced to rebuild it brick by brick, as much as possible. It stands as a lesson and a restored memory. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Q: Getting back to the Jeffries threat, this is one of a number of J6 pardons that's been rearrested. Did Trump make a mistake?

JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details. I'll tell you the violence on the left is far more prevalent than on the right. The rhetoric that you saw Saturday plays into it

Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)

what an odd thing to say

Claudia Tenney describes the No Kings protests as "a bunch of aging hippies, riding nude on bicycles, dressing up in early Halloween, and looking absurd"

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

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exhibit a of “has never been a reporter” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

“maybe he was just quenching thirsty protestors with a delicious chocolate milk shake, we can’t know for sure” — an editorial meeting somewhere

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

A former ICE director says agents have been put "in a terrible position" and are being tasked with operations "in a city where they don't belong."