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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
No Kings was a huge success.  Just look at Trump's response.  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✊ Subscribe to PN ✊  —  Before the No Kings rallies that took place across the country on Saturday, Republicans were desperate …
Discussion: NPR and Strength In Numbers
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Paul Krugman:
Civil Resistance Confronts the Autocracy  —  While MAGA's spin was both insane and revealing, the No Kings Day 2 Marches were a major step towards taking our country back.  —  Last Saturday's No Kings Day 2 was awesome to behold.  The very best of America shone through.
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's over-the-top reaction to the ‘No Kings’ events was proof of their success  —  The “No Kings” events were intended to send a powerful message to an increasingly authoritarian figure, who appeared rattled by the national dispatch.  —  A few days before millions of his detractors held …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 19, 2025  —  All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
New York Times:
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines' Celebration, California Officials Say  —  The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday's event at Camp Pendleton.
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Los Angeles Times:
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says  —  The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD Vance, agency officials said Sunday.
NBC News:
Live updates: Trump to host Australian PM at White House
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
New York Times:
U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels  —  It was the seventh known strike in President Trump's military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean.  —  The U.S. military has killed three men …
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Washington Post:
Officials, locals undercut Trump claims about Venezuela drug boats  —  Trump says the U.S. is blowing up boats carrying deadly fentanyl to the United States.  U.S. and other officials say the route under attack carries cocaine and marijuana to Europe and Africa.  —  Just now
New York Times:
Colombia's Leader Accuses U.S. of Murder, Prompting Trump to Halt Aid
Reuters:
China imports no US soybeans in September for first time in seven years  — U.S. soybean imports to China drop to zero amid trade tensions  — Brazil dominates China's soybean imports with 85.2% share  — Trade talks between U.S. and China show signs of progress
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
China is well positioned for a trade showdown with Trump  —  Rare earths are not the only Chinese product that America would struggle to replace  —  Like boxers before a championship bout, America and China are trash talking each other.  —  Last week, Scott Bessent, the US Treasury secretary …
Audrey Dutton / ProPublica:
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates.  Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
Discussion: CNN
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case  —  Erez Reuveni, a fired Department of Justice lawyer who's now blowing the whistle, says he witnessed a disregard of due process and for the rule of law at the DOJ.  —  Reuveni previously won commendations …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
184. The Massive Stakes of Trump v. Illinois  —  The Trump administration's 29th emergency application—to let it deploy federalized National Guard troops in Chicago on a profoundly dubious factual predicate—is a make-or-break moment for the Court.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” …
Politico:
Prosecutors may move to oust James Comey's defense lawyer … The prosecutors asked the judge to quickly approve a proposal for a “filter team” of lawyers to sift through evidence in Comey's criminal case that could clarify Fitzgerald's role in the eight-year-old disclosures — without breaching Comey's attorney-client privilege.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Patricia Lopez / Bloomberg:
Food Prices Could Go Even Higher After These ICE Raids  —  The US Labor Department is sounding a stark warning that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has devastated the ranks of agricultural workers and now may threaten the food supply.  —  It's bad news for farmers …
CNN:
Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday  —  The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Department of Energy.
Discussion: The Independent
Politico:
Trump told Zelenskyy he'd try to end the war ‘on the current line’ in difficult White House meeting  —  Ukraine's leader left Washington without a promise of Tomahawk missiles from his U.S. counterpart, but insiders blamed poor timing given events in the Middle East.
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Financial Times:
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin's terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Gets Into Business With Donald Trump Jr.  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham, one of the network's most prominent primetime personalities, has been named as a board member of a new special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by Donald Trump Jr.
Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump's Shadow President  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Join us Nov. 5 for a virtual discussion about our yearlong investigation into Russell Vought.
Fox News:
Trump boards AF1 quickly, using small stairs due to ‘increased security measures’: WH official  —  Hunting stand found with clear line of sight to presidential plane at Palm Beach International Airport  —  President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One quickly using the small stairs due to …
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Fox News:
FBI investigates hunting stand with sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit area at Palm Beach airport
Washington Post:
Travel ban separates Cuban families, divides community loyal to Trump  —  Cuban Americans trying to bring relatives from the island to the U.S. are seeing their claims rejected.  The denials have exacerbated tensions in Florida over Trump's immigration policies.
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE boosts weapons spending 700%  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal government contracting data by Popular Information.  Records from the Federal Procurement Data System reveal that ICE …
Jerusalem Demsas / The Argument:
No Kings wasn't cringe  —  Needing to seem cool in the face of authoritarian takeover is cringe  —  At 10:16 a.m., the Berkeley No Kings march kicked off.  A crowd full of men, women, students, seniors, babies, and dogs left the campus meetup spot to march west through the college town.
Discussion: The Hill
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Progressive candidate recruitment org urges Dems to invest beyond Blue Wall … “The core Blue Wall states, which Democrats have invested in for years, are not sufficient,” said Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run For Something.  “We cannot keep hyper-targeting our work to only places that are seen as competitive right now.
Punchbowl News:
10/20/25 ☀️ AM: … Today is Day 20 of the government shutdown.  There's no resolution in sight to the crisis.  —  This is now the third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  It's already the longest full government shutdown ever.  The 2018-2019 (partial) …
Discussion: RedState and Semafor
Hanna Panreck / New York Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre writes she couldn't be a Democrat anymore after party's ‘horrible’ treatment of Biden  —  Former Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre unleashed on the Democratic Party in an excerpt from her new memoir, explaining why she decided to become an independent after years as a party flack.
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and RedState
 
 
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: The Bulwark and Jewish Insider
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Trump's revenge tour is putting the ‘petty’ in petty tyrant
nltimes.nl:
Dutch intelligence services cut back on sharing information with U.S
Eric Reinhart / The Guardian:
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Dana Bash / CNN:
George Santos defends commutation: ‘If President Trump had pardoned Jesus Christ off the cross, he would have had critics’
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations: An apology call and a moment of human connection
New York Times:
An ICE Raid at a Building in Chicago Swept Up Dozens of U.S. Citizens
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
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New York Times:
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
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Discussion: NBC News and The Independent
Politico:
Trump struggles to crack tariff piggy bank
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Trump taps Detroit entrepreneur Mark Savaya, who boosted Muslim turnout, as special envoy to Iraq
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