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October 18, 2025
Demonstrators Begin Gathering Across the Country for Protests Against Trump
(New York Times) Some of the first protests scheduled in more than 2,600 cities and towns across the nation began on Saturday morning, part of a daylong mass demonstration that was expected to draw millions of people. “I think that this is going to be a stronger push than the last one,” said Hunter Dunn, a spokesman for the coalition behind the event, which organizers have called No Kings Day. “I’m seeing more of an emphasis on the understanding that this is not just a sprint,” he added, where there is a mass mobilization and then everyone goes home and Mr. Trump’s agenda is defeated. “We are seeing a difference in the understanding of the general public, that this is a marathon.”
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Trump Official Leaked 'Nazi' GOP Chat After Being Left Out of Photo With the President
(Daily Boulder) What do a Nazi meme dump, a Trump rally selfie, and a Republican meltdown have in common? Apparently, everything. A Trump-appointed State Department official is now at the center of a brutal political implosion inside the GOP’s youngest ranks—allegedly triggered by a petty grudge over being left out of a photo-op with Donald Trump. Gavin Wax, the former president of the New York Young Republican Club and now chief of staff in the State Department’s Office of Public Diplomacy, is being accused of leaking hundreds of racist, misogynistic, and flat-out vile messages from a private Telegram group chat of “Young Republican” leaders.
Go to discussion'CENSORED': Defiant Students Publish Digital Newspaper After University Bans Print Publication
Oct 17th, 2025, 7:11 pm Indiana Daily Student The turmoil at The Indiana Daily Student began on Tuesday, when director of student media Jim Rodenbush, an adviser to the Indiana Daily Student, was fired by the dean of the Media School. Though the dean said in a letter that the firing was due to a “lack of leadership and inability to work in alignment with the university’s direction,” Rodenbush said he had “no doubt” that he was removed because he refused to comply wi ...
Go to discussionEpstein trial would have been 'crapshoot', plea-deal prosecutor tells Congress
Fri 17 Oct 2025 18.23 EDT Last modified on Sat 18 Oct 2025 04.00 EDT Alex Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims. In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, Acosta, who later served in the first Trump administration as labor secretary, describe ...
Go to discussionSupreme Court to run out of funding due to shutdown
10/17/25 3:38 PM ET The Supreme Court is about to run out of money, and federal courts across the country are expected to run out by early next week because of the government shutdown. The nation’s top court “expects to run out of funding on October 18,” Patricia McCabe, Supreme Court public information officer, told The Hill. “As a result, the Supreme Court Building will be closed to the public until further notice. The Building will remain open for official business,” McCabe continued. “T ...
Go to discussionLawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat
10/17/2025 08:08 PM EDT NEW YORK — The Vermont state senator involved in the hate-filled Young Republican group chat uncovered by POLITICO announced his resignation Friday. Sam Douglass, a state lawmaker who represented an area near the Canadian border, said in a statement that “if my Governor asks me to do something, I will act, because I believe in what he’s trying to do,” referring to Vermont Republican Governor Phil Scott’s call for Douglass to step down. Douglass was the only elected of ...
Go to discussionKaroline Leavitt and Stephen Cheung say 'Your mom' when asked who suggested Hungary for Putin-Trump meeting
12h Top White House officials told a reporter, “Your mom,” when asked who picked the location for President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the c ...
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