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Robert Reich: They’re calling it a “Hate America” Rally
Rubbish. We’re rallying on Saturday because we LOVE America
You know Trump Republicans are worried when they slam a planned protest — more than a week before it occurs.
Last Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson described this coming Saturday’s No Kings rally as the “hate-America” rally that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”
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So what is the White House worried about? Why are they trying to discredit the rally before it’s even occurred?
Because it’s likely to be even larger than the first No Kings rally — which was the largest demonstration against Trump since his return to the Oval Office.
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Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that most Americans (apart from those he and his lapdogs label “pro-Hamas,” “terrorists,” and “antifa”) adore him.
(Robert Reich more…)
Jess Piper: Preaching to the Choir
Michele Hornish: The Party I Almost Missed
Show Up Anyway
Jennifer Rubin: It Turns Out, Americans Don’t Want a Police State
Voters, Courts, and GOP Governors slam Trump’s militarization of cities
Lisa Needham: Stephen Miller’s radically bogus idea of “plenary authority”
This is not how the Constitution works.
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Adam Kinzinger: What Comes After Gaza’s Ceasefire?
Inside the fragile peace deal, billion-dollar plans, and bitter realities shaping Gaza’s uncertain future.
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The Trump administration and the president deserve credit for brokering the deal that ended the fighting. Even Israel’s hawkish prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hamas leaders have acknowledged their role. But both sides are also counting on America to guarantee peace and finance the reconstruction of Gaza’s moonscape. And as is often the case with Trump, the hype is already outpacing the reality.The administration’s press release called it the beginning of a “Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace.” That’s not true. The deal is designed to achieve four limited objectives:
- A ceasefire
- The pullback—but not full withdrawal—of most Israeli forces
- An exchange of roughly 45 Israeli hostages and bodies for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners
- Massive deliveries of food and water to displaced civilians
With the guns silent and Gaza’s long march home underway, aid trucks have begun crossing from Egypt into Gaza through a reopened border. Israeli troops have eased back from population centers.
Several critical issues remain unresolved. Hamas has not accepted Israel’s demand for complete disarmament and the destruction of its tunnel network. Israel, for its part, has not agreed to fully withdraw troops and heavy weapons. No consensus exists on deploying an international peacekeeping force, and there’s no clear plan for Gaza’s governance during reconstruction. Hamas insists Gaza must be ruled by Palestinians; its fighters have even erected checkpoints along roads leading home.
(Adam Kinzinger more…)Jennifer Rubin: What now for Israel and Gaza?
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Your Local Epidemiologist: Weekend chaos at the CDC
And bird flu is back, patching together the disease “weather” report, measles continues to burn through, teen depression rates are falling, and more!
(Your Local Epidemiologist more…)
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AP: Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
(AP more…)
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Borowitz: Trump Claims Thousands of Chicagoans Were Seen Running for Their Lives Over Weekend
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Trump said that thousands of people running in the streets was a common occurrence in “Democrat cities,” noting that what happened in Chicago over the weekend has also taken place in New York and Boston.
(Borowitz more…)
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Jack Hopkins: When a Propaganda Stunt Collides with People Who Still Have a Spine
Kristi Noem’s TSA video blaming Democrats for the shutdown was blocked by airports across the country. Here’s why that matters…and what it proves about America’s remaining guardrails
Thom Hartmann: Why Are Airport Managers Risking Their Jobs to Air GOP Propaganda?
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 13, 2025
Last Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump showed to Canadian officials a plan for a triumphal arch that would sit on the banks of the Potomac River opposite the Lincoln Memorial in a traffic rotary at the Virginia end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge below Arlington National Cemetery. The idea, apparently, is to build the arch to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States in July 2026.
…Observers immediately noted that the photographed plan showed the Lincoln Memorial facing the wrong way, and compared the Trump Arch both to the Arc de Triomphe and to another arch modeled on it: the German Arch of Triumph proposed by Adolph Hitler to commemorate Germany’s victory in World War II.
That triumphal arch was never built.
Architect Eric Jenkins told Daniel Jonas Roche of The Architect’s Newspaper that the proposed arch would disrupt the symbolic connection between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. …
The proposed construction of a triumphal arch contrasts with the expected sale and probable demolition of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. Completed in 1940, the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building was built to house the Social Security Board, the precursor to the Social Security Administration.
…Now the administration is getting rid of the building built to house the Social Security Administration, along with the murals that champion the government’s role in protecting the equality and security of ordinary people, while Trump contemplates building a triumphal arch, carving MAGA ideology into the nation’s capital in stone.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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Borowitz: Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job
(Borowitz more…)
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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