“Christianity is back and it’s more violent than ever. I speak of course of the late capitalist tent house revival of Christian Nationalism amongst the decaying ruins of Washington DC. Using the demonic, Caligula-esque Emperador Trump like a pedophilic battering ram, a bunch of millenarian lunatics with a barely literate interpretation of the Bible have found themselves in the highest echelons of political influence in this country and their vulgar reach can be felt throughout the decidedly big government and hyper-interventionist policies of MAGA 2.0, from the transgender genocide to the Zionist reinvention of the Middle East. But there’s a catch and it’s one likely to catch up with the Evangelical set with a vengeance far sooner than later.” (10/18/25)
“Two federal immigration agents were attacked while [attempting to kidnap a man] Sunday morning in Bolingbrook in Chicago’s southwest suburbs, police said. Shortly before 10 a.m., Bolingbrook police responded to the 100 block of Williamsburg Lane for a report of a battery. Police said two immigration agents told officers they were trying to [abduct] a 46-year-old man in a parking lot, when two females approached and began hitting them in the head. The females and the man agents were [abducting] fled the scene and went inside a nearby home, police said. The agents declined medical attention. No one was in custody Sunday afternoon.” (10/19/25)
“I could feel the panic attack set in the second the suggestion was made. ‘Would you go cover the No Kings protests on the 18th?’ my editor asked, reasonably enough. My heart started pounding, my palms sweating. ‘I’d rather slit my wrists,’ I wrote back. Because in my head, 25 years had vanished. I was back in Caracas, in 2000, planning to go to the very first pro-democracy, anti-Chávez protests, and things were about to go very wrong indeed. It wasn’t quite the first time. Reading American news these days, everything feels like a flashback. Or a callback.” (10/18/25)
“A Vermont state senator has resigned over his involvement in a Young Republican group chat after racist and antisemitic messages shared among its members were made public. Republican Samuel Douglass announced his resignation, effective Monday, in a lengthy statement Friday, adding that he was ‘deeply sorry for the offense’ caused by his comments. Politico had reported on the leaked Telegram messages from a group chat including Young Republican leaders from Vermont, New York, Arizona and Kansas. The messages spanned 2,900 pages of chats over a roughly seven-month period and contained racist comments and jokes about gas chambers, torture and rape, according to Politico. Douglass, a first-term state senator, was the only elected official in the chat, the outlet reported.” (10/18/25)
“Government shutdowns might look irrational, but they follow a familiar script. When political types gain more from the standoff than the solution, collisions become routine.” (10/17/25)
“Nearly 7 million protesters gathered across the U.S. on Saturday to take part in rallies against President Trump and his administration. … More than 2,700 events were planned as part of the protests across 50 states as of Saturday, as well as several internationally, including in London, Paris, Rome and Lisbon, Portugal. … GOP lawmakers condemned the movement as ‘a hate America rally’ and cast blame on the protests for the continued government shutdown.” (10/18/25)
“Roger Ver makes a deal :: Skeeter calls to gloat about extortion :: Tim in FL calls about source info vs commentary :: Sarah in NM calls about mayoral debate and homelessness :: no kings protest :: 82nd airstrike by U.S. in Somalia for the year :: caller talks about the papacy :: Dave Ridley calls about court room rituals :: free will :: power corruption :: tribes :: 2025-10-18 Hosts: Stu, Riley, Angelo.” (10/18/25)
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“An old post by Steve Landsburg offered three examples of actions by one person that another objected to but that did no physical damage. He asked whether the psychic cost to the objector should be considered relevant to public policy, whether the answer was the same for all three and, if not, why not. The first of the three was someone reading pornography and someone else being upset by the knowledge that pornography was being read. The third was someone raping an unconscious victim in a way that did no physical harm. Why, Steve asked, do we have different reactions to those cases and is the difference justified? Discussing reactions to the post with my daughter, I commented that the people who were angry about it, mostly online, struck me as either stupid or evil.” (10/17/25)
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“Remember the kids of Generation Z? You know — that notorious cohort of entitled, lazy, and apathetic people that Boomers so love to mock? Over the past two years, members of Gen Z across Asia, Africa, and Latin America have been taking to the streets, covertly organizing revolutions and dethroning entrenched rulers. Quite a few of those involved in the uprisings have paid with their lives — another indicator that these events are worth taking seriously. … Some observers might dismiss this new wave of activism as irrelevant to the future of established democracies. But such complacency might be ill-advised. If this new revolutionary movement has demonstrated anything, it’s that no one should underestimate its infectiousness.” (10/17/25)
