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8:40 PM ET, October 18, 2025

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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Resistance Is Cringe  —  But it's also effective.  —  After Donald Trump's win in 2024, commentators declared the so-called Resistance “dead” and “futile.”  The opposition movement against Trump had been embarrassing, ineffective, a performative failure that did nothing “besides making the #Resisters feel good about themselves.”
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Round 2 of ‘No Kings’ draws Republican attacks
Associated Press:
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide
Mississippi Free Press:   Mississippians to Protest Trump at ‘No Kings’ Rallies in 8 Cities Saturday
New York Times:
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel  —  Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.  —  The Trump administration is repatriating …
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Washington Post:
U.S. to repatriate survivors of drug boat strike to Colombia, Ecuador  —  It is unclear if they have any links to Venezuelan criminal organizations.  —  The United States plans to repatriate two alleged drug traffickers to Colombia and Ecuador after military forces attacked their vessel …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US set to transfer Caribbean strike survivors overseas instead of POW-style detention
New York Times:
Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean
Discussion: CNN and Wall Street Journal
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million  —  Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has purchased …
Discussion: Forbes, The Independent and Raw Story
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Washington Post:   DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials
Governor of California:
White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk  —  SAN DIEGO - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement on ensuring public safety during a live fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton …
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Vermont state senator resigns over racist Young Republican chat messages  —  Samuel Douglass was reportedly the only elected official to take part in the Young Republican group chat that included racist and antisemitic messages.  —  Just now  —  A Vermont state senator has resigned …
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Jason Beeferman / Politico:
GOP split over how to respond to racist texts … Stefanik's shift reflects a broader dilemma Republicans across the country are now facing as they're forced to confront a damaging situation: whether to denounce or deflect in their public messaging in response to a trove of private discussions Democrats …
Discussion: Townhall
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with Trump  —  The demand from Putin would significantly disadvantage Ukraine and could be an obstacle to peace, officials said.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Donald Trump demanded …
ProPublica:
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force  —  Trump's DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents' anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
Discussion: Oregonian
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Caroline Love / NPR:
Shooter at Dallas ICE facility was motivated by notoriety over ideology
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:
IRS files tax lien against Jim Justice … A spokesperson for Justice did not respond to a request for comment.  —  It wasn't immediately clear why the IRS decided to move forward with the lien at this time.  The IRS filed two documents.  Both indicate they were prepared and signed Sept. 30 …
Discussion: Federal News Network
Julian Sanchez / Non-Content:
Trump vs. George III: A No Kings Comparison  —  As I prepare to head off to DC's No Kings protest against our precipitous slide into authoritarianism, it seemed apt to recall the last time Americans rose up in opposition to a deranged monarch.  In the Declaration of Independence …
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Angry Emails to Billionaire Leon Black … Jeffrey Epstein was furious.  For years, he had relied on the billionaire Leon Black as his primary source of income, advising him on everything from taxes to his world-class art collection.  But by 2016, Mr. Black seemed …
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Worries grow about Black, Hispanic voter turnout for Sherrill in New Jersey governor's race  —  TRENTON — New Jersey Democrats and prominent state leaders have expressed concern that Black and Hispanic voters — historically forming the backbone of the party — may not turn out for Rep. Mikie Sherrill …
 
 
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Quico Toro / Persuasion:
Going Full Venezuela  —  No Kings day feels eerily familiar to me.
Max Matza / BBC:
‘Have a great life!’ Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-lawmaker Santos
Tom Suozzi / New York Times:
There's Another Way to Fix Immigration
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
“We need to conceive of democracy as something more revolutionary”
Axios:
MLK III, Mi Familia Vota team up to unite Black and Latino voters
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Emily Peck / Axios:
How the shutdown enabled the Trump administration's mass firing spree
Discussion: New Yorker
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘peace through strength’ foreign policy confounds MAGA Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
The Shutdown is Stretching On. Trump Doesn't Seem to Mind.
 

 
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