Evening Roundup, October 17
Featuring Jen Rubin & Senator Andy Kim, Lorraine Forte, Shalise Manza Young, Mariann Budde, Frederic J. Frommer (x2), Brian O'Neill, and Marissa Rothkopf Bates.
No Kings Day LIVE! 10/18
Join us for coast-to-coast coverage of the United States standing up against tyranny—because America doesn’t bow to kings.
America's Government is No Longer Functional: Sen. Andy Kim on Trump's Never-Ending Grift
Where are the House Republicans? Why won’t Trump speak with Democrat leaders? Will this government shutdown come to an end before the start of November?
Bishop Mariann Budde on How to be Brave in the Face of Fear
On Tuesday, thousands of messages from a Young Republicans group chat was leaked. The leaks exposed a culture of casual bigotry, misogyny, racism, and antisemitism within the Republican party and its supporters. How, as a society, are we meant to reconcile with those infected by hatred and contempt? Jen is joined by
George Carlin and his 'seven dirty words' long ago provoked the government
Taking on the government came at a cost, but the comedian couldn't live a lie.
By Frederic J. Frommer
Chutzpah on everyone’s part
On Thursday, John Bolton, a national security adviser in the first Trump administration, was indicted on 18 counts of transmitting and retaining national defense information. Prosecutors allege he shared more than a thousand pages of “diary-like” entries from his 2018 to 2019 tenure with two relatives who helped prepare his 2020 book, “
The Shutdown threatens Affordable Health Care & how 'We Can Be Brave'
Today is the 17th day of the Republicans’ government shutdown, and there is seemingly no end in sight.
Double Ginger and Honey Flapjacks (British Style)
For everyone headed out to a No Kings rally on Saturday, I have a recipe to keep you energized as you fight the good fight: British flapjacks.
The only way forward is to take the House and Senate. We can do this if we work together toward those missions. The October 18, 2025 protest is d tomorrow. I made a batch of 126 free protest signs for you and your group to get printed today. Please share, restack, copy, and paste the link. Have a printing company do these for you! Subscribe for updates to the file. Here they are:
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OPERATION INFLATION distributes free inflatable costumes for community members to wear at ICE protest sites to help deflate (pun intended) the tensions surrounding protests.
Operationinflation.com