Fillmore Braxton, The Political Science Duck

Morgan J Freeman@mjfree.bsky.social

“SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!”

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says Alaska’s ballot is illegal because people don’t know what “incumbent” means

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Now our soldiers are allowed to be strong people ... they are the best looking people you've ever seen. And they stand in the streets. And they walk up to a gang and they beat the shit out of them."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Camp Lejeune settlements: "If the Republicans don't do well, I'd say maybe they won't get their money"

Politico@politico.com

FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own politi.co/4yBLbqS

politico.comFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own politi.co/4yBLbqSFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own politi.co/4yBLbqS

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. But it's never been my thing. But I looked at his ass. I said, 'His ass, shit, it's like a pile of muscle.' Then I looked at his legs and I said, 'Man, his feet are big.'"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe. And they say, 'Which one is the giraffe?' I got a perfect score."

Sky News@news.sky.com

Macron: 'How can French people do this to France?'

news.sky.comMacron: 'How can French people do this to France?'"Public buildings, shops and town halls were attacked and in some cases destroyed," he says

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

wsj.comExclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided UkraineThe SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "This guy is a jihadist. Mohammed El-Sayed. He said 'my name is not Mohammed.' I said, 'I'm the President of the United States. I can call you whatever the hell I want.'"

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Tucker Carlson: "If you look at pornography enough or bestiality videos all day, after a while... it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Katie Zacharia on failing the bar exam: "We just said, 'I'll take the bar and see what happens.' The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China." (She spent years lying that she's an attorney!)

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com

Anthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut down

yhoo.itAnthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut downAnthropic says that AI models could soon self-replicate across smart home devices.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Oh good. Real-life Thought Police. Exactly what I always wanted. #MakeOrwellFictionAgain

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

“Trump has made more stock trades than every member of Congress combined” 🤯

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WaPo: Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David. 
The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.

washingtonpost.comTrump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp DavidThe plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.