❗ They govern by dismissing whatever gets in their way or doesn’t serve them.
The Young Republicans who wrote praising Hitler were “kids being kids” while Rep. Grijalva still hasn’t been sworn in after being elected on September 23. And to needle Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Trump casually announced that the transportation project serving hundreds of thousands of commuters was simply “terminated.”
Americans need leaders who hold dear the same things that we do: our votes matter, our tax dollars are used to improve our lives, and Hitler and Nazism were evil. Praising them disqualifies you from a seat at the table. Add your voice to millions saying the same thing this Saturday at a No Kings rally near you.
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Vice President JD Vance dismisses racist texts from Republican officials ages 24 to 35, including "I love Hitler" and calling rape "epic," as "what kids do."
Source: The Guardian
October 15, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says U.S. is working to provide $20 billion in additional financing for Argentina to help Trump ally Javier Milei before Oct. 26 midterms, bringing total aid to $40 billion.
Source: Politico
October 15, 2025
Trump publicly confirms he authorized CIA lethal covert action in Venezuela and refuses to rule out targeting President Nicolás Maduro, an unprecedented acknowledgment of typically secret operations.
Source: NBC News
October 15, 2025
15 Democratic governors form public health alliance breaking with Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after federal vaccine guidance changes alarmed medical experts.
Source: Stateline
October 15, 2025
Trump administration rushes Medicare Advantage provider directory to launch for open enrollment despite frequent errors and contradictory information that could mislead seniors about which doctors accept their insurance.
Source: The Washington Post
October 15, 2025
Trump administration targets Office of Population Affairs for mass layoffs, threatening $300 million Title X family planning program that provides contraception and health services to millions of low-income women.
Source: The New York Times
October 15, 2025
Pennsylvania's Fulton County faces over $1 million in fines after Republican commissioners allowed third-party access to voting machines to aid Trump's stolen election claims, including after state Supreme Court barred such access.
Source: Spotlight PA
October 15, 2025
Brown University rejects Trump administration compact requiring five-year tuition freeze and 15% cap on international students, citing restrictions on academic freedom and research funding based on political criteria.
Source: The Brown Daily Herald
October 15, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane broadcasts emergency signal and makes unscheduled landing in the UK after cracked windshield 30 minutes into flight from NATO meeting.
Source: Stars and Stripes
October 15, 2025
Federal judge blocks Texas law restricting campus protests, saying court cannot trust universities to enforce policies constitutionally, after law banned non-students from demonstrations and imposed 10 pm to 8 am curfew.
Source: Fox 7 Austin
October 15, 2025
Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses after at least nine people arrested by federal immigration agents since July and clients began avoiding court out of fear.
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
October 15, 2025
Two Maryland teenagers who attacked ex-DOGE staffer Edward Coristine, giving him a concussion and broken nose in attempted carjacking, sentenced to probation with no jail time after pleading guilty to simple assault.
Source: Mediaite
October 15, 2025
ICE detains parents of U.S. Marine at Camp Pendleton gate while visiting pregnant daughter who lives on base with her Marine husband, then deports father despite pending green card application.
Source: NBC San Diego
October 15, 2025
Oklahoma's new School Superintendent reverses predecessor's mandate requiring Bibles in every classroom and biblical instruction, saying he has "no plans to distribute Bibles" and will dismiss lawsuit.
Source: The Oklahoma Voice
October 15, 2025
House Democrats march to Speaker Mike Johnson's office demanding he swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva while keeping Congress out of session during shutdown.
Source: Axios
October 15, 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Rep. Cory Mills a "faithful colleague" after judge grants restraining order barring Mills from coming within 500 feet of ex-girlfriend and finds his testimony untruthful.
Source: The Orlando Sentinel
October 15, 2025
Federal judge blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown, calling cuts politically motivated and carried out with "very much ready, fire, aim" approach that "has a human cost."
Source: CBS News
October 15, 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy withholds $40 million from California over English language enforcement for truckers despite state conducting 34,000 inspections that found only one English violation.
Source: The Associated Press
October 15, 2025
Trump says Gateway Tunnel funding Schumer "worked 20 years to get" is "terminated," along with Second Avenue Subway extension, targeting billions in NY area infrastructure projects.
Source: WABC New York
October 15, 2025
Trump threatens to move World Cup matches from Boston eight months before tournament, claiming parts of city "taken over" by unrest and criticizing Mayor Michelle Wu.
Source: USA Today
October 15, 2025
NY man convicted of illegal straw donor scheme after recruiting people to donate to Trump's 2019 campaign then reimbursing them with cash to secure Mar-a-Lago photo op tickets.
Source: Newsday
October 15, 2025
SC Election Commission chairman says fired director Howard Knapp falsified documents and misrepresented $32 million ballot scanner contract as $28 million, now under SLED investigation for wiretapping and misconduct.
Source: The South Carolina Daily Gazette
October 15, 2025
Trump administration plans to install allies at IRS to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups and major Democratic donors including George Soros, who Trump wants charged under RICO, Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: Mediaite
October 15, 2025
Trump hosts dinner at the White House for wealthy donors funding his $200 million ballroom and refuses to release attendee list.
Source: UPI
October 15, 2025
Pentagon press corps walks out after refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's guidelines that would allow retaliation against journalists for asking sources for information.
Source: The Columbia Journalism Review
October 15, 2025