Mirror US: Trump admin will ‘incite’ violence during No Kings protest, ex-GOP warns

Around 2,700 No Kings protests are expected to sweep across the nation on Saturday, making it the largest peaceful protest in American history.

“What my former party is scared to death of – and some have told me this privately – is mammoth peaceful protests,” said Walsh, who quit the GOP in 2013. “That’s what scares the heck out of them. What they want is violence, what they want is division – they don’t want millions and millions of Americans united in defending democracy.”

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-admin-incite-violence-during-1453143

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-will-incite-violence-during-no-kings-protest-ex-gop-warns/ar-AA1OJjKw

Telegraph: Trump warns Maduro: ‘Don’t f— with America’

Venezuela “doesn’t want to f— around with the United States”, Donald Trump said on Friday.

The president told reporters that Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, had made sweeping concessions to the US after Mr Trump said he was considering ground strikes against Venezuela.

Mr Trump has repeatedly accused Venezuela of being a hub for the trafficking of fentanyl to the US. In October, he declared the US was in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels to legitimise military strikes on drug boats. Four such strikes have been carried out to date.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/17/us-special-ops-conduct-provocative-exercise-off-venezuela


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CNN: In immigration crackdown, DHS statements on arrests face a problem of credibility

A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.

These issues have been particularly notable in three prominent incidents: the arrest of a WGN employee, the shooting of a US citizen accused of ramming police vehicles and ICE’s detention of a 13-year-old in Massachusetts.

A closer look at the incidents underscores the broader skepticism of the Department of Homeland Security’s statements as federal agents have moved into city streets in Chicago and elsewhere.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/us/dhs-credibility-chicago-immigration-ice

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-immigration-crackdown-dhs-statements-on-arrests-face-a-problem-of-credibility/ar-AA1OIgmy

Slingshot News: ‘Do You Remember?’: Trump Invents Another Lie, Claims Sen. Hirono Wanted A Tunnel From Hawaii To North America In Nonsensical Rant [Video]

During a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday, Donald Trump went on a nonsensical rant claiming that Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) wanted to build a tunnel from Hawaii to the contiguous United States. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/do-you-remember-trump-invents-another-lie-claims-sen-hirono-wanted-a-tunnel-from-hawaii-to-north-america-in-nonsensical-rant/vi-AA1OIfsx

Chained: G.W. Bush Teams With Democrats To Denounce Trump’s USAID Cuts

Former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have once again united to express their disapproval of President Donald Trump, specifically regarding the reductions to international programs that they assert are crucial to U.S. interests.

In a recent video, Bush is seen alongside Obama and U2’s lead singer Bono, a vocal critic of Trump, commending the departing personnel of USAID, the international diplomacy agency that Trump significantly curtailed earlier this year. Bush has consistently advocated for funding initiatives aimed at combating AIDS and HIV in various regions of Africa.

Slingshot News: ‘We Got Some Real Low Ones’: Trump Accidentally Calls Out His Own Administration, Says There Are Many ‘Low IQ’ People In Government [Video]

During a cabinet meeting in the White House several days ago, Donald Trump stated that there are many “low IQ” people in the government. “We got some real low ones,” he stated. If he’s referring to his own administration, then he might be telling the truth for once.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-got-some-real-low-ones-trump-accidentally-calls-out-his-own-administration-says-there-are-many-low-iq-people-in-government/vi-AA1OIlbm

Alternet: Republicans finally say the quiet part out loud — literally | Opinion

Just this week, Politico exposed private Telegram chats among Young Republican leaders where they didn’t just flirt with Nazi-style extremism, they reveled in it.

In thousands of leaked messages from across the nation, rising GOP stars praised Adolf Hitler, joked about sending political rivals into gas chambers, and mocked the very idea of human dignity.

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/republicans-finally-say-the-quiet-part-out-loud-literally

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-finally-say-the-quiet-part-out-loud-literally-opinion/ar-AA1OIloA

BBC: Wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years, US man now faces deportation to India

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz85g6pj0o

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/wrongfully-imprisoned-for-more-than-40-years-us-man-now-faces-deportation-to-india/ar-AA1OJqzG

Newsweek: Arnold Schwarzenegger defies Trump with plan to save democracy

https://www.newsweek.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-defies-trump-with-plan-to-save-democracy-10899669

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-defies-trump-with-plan-to-save-democracy/ar-AA1OItVI