It’s Monday, October 19. Thanks to everyone who sent us photos from No Kings over the weekend. They are truly inspiring. There’s a lot to get through today, so let’s get to it. Here are the top headlines at the moment:
Trump’s D.C. golf course hearing erupts as a federal judge confronts DOJ leadership
Obama condemns the Trump regime’s push to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar
Trump appointees wanted CISA to secretly hack a voting machine, per ProPublica
Ric Grenell’s alleged “pay-for-play” text rocks the White House
Trump’s Rose Garden women’s health event, with RFK Jr. leading the task force
Kevin Hassett insists we’re in an economic “boom” right now
Meta shut down the No Kings Instagram accounts this weekend at the height of the protests
Putin floats a Trump-Xi-Putin summit to decide Ukraine’s fate
Protests sweep Albania, France, and Colombia, and Lula zings Flávio Bolsonaro
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Trump’s Golf Course Case Blows Up In Court
The scene inside the federal court in D.C. today was something to behold. Hours before the hearing, Trump took to Truth Social to call the judge a “crazed lunatic” and suggested she might be “insane.” That, and a bizarre brief from Trump’s DOJ last night, set the stage for fireworks in the courtroom.