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[b]Vulnerable House Republicans press Johnson on Obamacare subsidies.[/b]
“Thirteen vulnerable Republicans are urging Speaker Mike Johnson to “immediately turn our focus” to extending Obamacare subsidies after the government reopens.
The group, led by GOP Reps. Jen Kiggans of Virginia and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, laid out its case Tuesday in a new letter to Johnson, reminding him that millions of Americans face skyrocketing health insurance premiums as a result of the expiration of the subsidies at the end of the year.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/21/congress/vulnerable-house-republicans-press-johnson-on-obamacare-subsidies-00616702

[b]Trump DOJ Prosecutor Lindsey Halligan Sent Journalist Dozens of Texts — Then Tried to Claim ‘Off the Record’.[/b]
“Halligan, President Donald Trump’s former attorney before he appointed her as U.S. Attorney, was annoyed about tweets Bower had posted regarding the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump nemesis for the civil judgment her office obtained against the president and his company last year. The massive financial penalty was tossed out by a New York appeals court a few months ago, but the ruling seemed to do little to calm the president’s ire towards James.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-doj-prosecutor-sent-journalist-010232418.html

[b]Karoline Leavitt Blasts Reporter by Posting Screenshot of His Private Texts. Now Her Bizarre Reply “Your mom” Is Going Viral.[/b]
https://apple.news/Af9EZTEnUQNK7buiMy8_JxQ

[b]Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts—shared by whistleblower. [/b]
“Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/paul-ingrassia-racist-text-messages-nazi-00613608?_sp_pass_consent=true

[b]Appeals court panel appears skeptical of Trump admin’s maneuvers to keep Alina Habba in place.[/b]
“A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Monday of President Donald Trump’s use of unconventional methods to install loyalists as top prosecutors without Senate confirmation.
A trio of judges from the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals spent over an hour questioning the multistep process the Trump administration used to designate his former personal attorney Alina Habba the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and keep her there even after district judges sought to replace her.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/alina-habba-us-attorney-case-arguments-00615489

[b]‘Put America first’: GOP senators fume at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef.[/b]
“Several farm-state GOP senators were completely blindsided by the president’s announcement Sunday night that he was looking into a deal with one of American ranchers’ biggest competitors, according to three people with direct knowledge of the conversations who were granted anonymity to share private details.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/21/congress/republican-senators-trump-argentina-beef-imports-00616712

[b]Kenny Loggins Wants ‘Danger Zone’ Removed From AI  ‘King Trump’ Diarrhea Truth Social Video.[/b]
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us,” the singer says.”
https://www.thewrap.com/kenny-loggins-danger-zone-king-trump-ai-video-response/

[b]Shocking photo shows severe White House demolition despite Trump's pledge to contrary.[/b]
“When Trump signed the executive order approving the construction of the new ballroom, which is set to be significantly larger than the entire current White House, he told reporters, “It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4303002543450-shocking-photo-shows-severe-white-house-demolition-despite-trump-s-pledge-to-contrary

[b]…And, because those ballroom photos went viral, the Treasury Department has now instructed staff not to leak additional photos, per WSJ. [/b]
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/treasury-tells-employees-not-to-share-photos-of-white-house-ballroom-construction-1d4f2c49?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcfVaiBxVxgTPHMZdnkgInjbR5TNYgpCRklsq7h1kGqCYBJKwg2D9_P&gaa_ts=68f79860&gaa_sig=UMZessBkWQW1NUDHsnODiIyLrdLAAUjcPHAkbkkYCHuZ-xD8OL5GKJAzg6hgNfxhGYoS3Us6xuL8DqiKHnSfPA%3D%3D

[b]Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week.[/b]
“A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Monday.”
https://apple.news/AiPwiCdOsRyys4UuJtn7HDw

[b]Bipartisan senators to force vote blocking ‘unauthorized war’ in Venezuela.[/b]
“A group of bipartisan senators will force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to block the use of force by American troops within or against Venezuela after President Trump raised the possibility of attacks against Nicolás Maduro’s regime.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5560531-war-powers-resolution-venezuela/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67e55d22bf212455f609ecb1

[b]The head of the U.S. military's Southern Command will retire later this year, a high-profile departure that comes as the Trump administration strikes alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and puts pressure on the Venezuelan government.[/b]
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-commander-alvin-holsey-to-retire-strikes-drug-boats-caribbean/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67e55d22bf212455f609ecb1

[b]Nine cities and counties file joint DHS lawsuit over new grant requirements that officials say unlawfully tie emergency management funding to political and ideological compliance.[/b]
https://apple.news/AHQsZ0FzUQ0GZGFhlmZROgw

[b]ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount—Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.[/b]
“The push by the Department of Homeland Security to hire more than 40 doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, pharmacists and health administrators follows the revelation that nearly as many immigrants have died in custody so far this year than over the course of the Biden administration, according to government records.”
https://apple.news/AaLMrPxIoSDuZyG58dTWL4w

[b]The Power Struggle Over Who Will Run NASA Is Turning Ugly.[/b]
“Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is NASA’s acting administrator, has told people that he wants to lead the space agency, according to people familiar with the conversations. So does Jared Isaacman—the billionaire entrepreneur who was the nominee earlier this year before President Trump withdrew his support.”
https://apple.news/AtqKs7LBQTUmAw7IKoKWgjw

[b]University of Arizona becomes seventh US college to reject Trump’s ‘compact’.[/b]
https://apple.news/A2OpheIZORuus29OeL8XVDg

[b]The top 10 percent of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all spending, Moody’s Analytics recently estimated, the highest share since the late 1980s.[/b]
”Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/business/economic-divide-spending-inflation-jobs.html

[b]Judge orders Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino to answer questions on agents' use of force in Chicago.[/b]
“A federal judge on Monday said the top Border Patrol agent in the ongoing immigration crackdown in the Chicago area must sit down to answer questions about agents' use of force during those operations, despite her order to use discretion when using chemical agents on protesters and journalists.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-orders-greg-bovino-deposition-border-patrol-use-of-force-chicago/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]DC Woman Accused Of Assaulting Agent During ICE Encounter Found Not Guilty.[/b]
“Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman [b]three times,[/b] then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney-lori-reid-not-guilty_n_68f154a8e4b017d85b748cf0?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]LOL DEI: ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ recruits—More than a third failed the already-lowered requirements.[/b]
“To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/ice-recruits-fitness-test-trump/684625/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]Trump judicial nominee "indefinitely" stalled by criminal probe.[/b]
“The White House paused the judicial nomination of former Florida Deputy Attorney General John Guard due to his involvement with a charity linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis that's under criminal investigation, sources tell Axios.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/john-guard-trump-judge-nomination?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]IRS files tax lien against Republican Senator Jim Justice.[/b]
“One of the documents from the IRS — obtained by POLITICO — lists Justice and his wife, Cathy, as having a total balance of more than $8 million in unpaid assessments.
The documents represent the only instance of the IRS filing a lien against Justice personally, according to a public Greenbrier County database that goes back decades.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/18/irs-files-tax-lien-against-senator-jim-justice-00614690

[b]A second major proxy firm told investors to reject Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay deal.[/b]
“A second influential proxy-advisory firm is urging Tesla shareholders to vote against Elon Musk's proposed $1 trillion compensation deal, warning that it would hand the billionaire CEO an "unprecedented" payout while shrinking other investors' stakes.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/glass-lewis-tells-tesla-investors-reject-elon-musks-1t-pay-2025-10

[b]Republicans Handed Two Troubling Polls Before Midterms.[/b]
“According to a Center Square Voter's Voice poll, 34 percent of independents would vote for a Democratic candidate if congressional elections were held today, while 25 percent would choose a Republican candidate. A further 31 percent were unsure.
Noble Predictive Insights conducted a poll of 2,565 registered voters between October 2 and 6, with a margin of error of +/2 percentage points.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-handed-two-troubling-polls-before-midterms-10912155

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