NEW: Nicki Minaj for press sec has a chance of actually happening, but the timeline is unclear. However, the way my sources are talking about it gave me the impression that this is a genuine live ball. straightfromthehut.substack.…

Lots to unpack here but Trump says Bill Maher is an unfunny loser pothead/drunk and the recent dinner was a waste of time. TRUMP: Let's talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher. When I became President, I agreed to meet, after the first one, and the last one, but never agreed to do his show, which he wants me to do, DESPARATELY I believe he lied to me when I asked him, with all the applause and laughter he gets after almost everything he says, about thing that aren't funny or even any good, what Laughter Machine does he use? People can't think he's funny. Bill was very nervous. He asked for a drink. He was very insecure, and he had a seriously bruised eye and nose area, as though somebody had just beaten him up — But it wasn't me! No sooner had we had that first dinner at the White House, which is a very seductive and beautiful place, especially now that I have fully renovated and fixed it in the style which it deserves, Bill wanted to come back. Also, I wanted to tell Bill that he's a major POTHEAD. He's got to stop, it's very bad for his health. He looked like hell this time. Bill was drunk and had alcohol in his hand as he walked through the White House. Stephen A. Smith and Kid Rock came along with him. I learned nothing, and felt it was a waste of time. After the first dinner, Bill Maher was friendly, I guess, everyone walked away pleased. After the second dinner, Bill's "show" was far worse than the first. He went crazy! He's gutless, because he enjoyed every minute. Also, I am not a building a swimming pool in the White House Briefing Room, and never had any intention of doing so.

⚡️ Mayor Zohran Mamdani's NYPD is poised to sign a three-year, $750,500 no-bid contract with Israeli surveillance firm Cognyte for FalcoNet, an AI-driven device that mimics a cell tower to track phones and can be mounted on police cars and drones or hidden in a backpack, the New York Daily News reported. Cognyte won a tender to sell intercept spyware to Myanmar's state telecom weeks before the 2021 military coup, Reuters previously reported. Meta banned the firm the same year, saying its customers used fake accounts to target journalists and politicians in Kenya, Mexico and Indonesia. The firm is part of an Israeli surveillance industry that grew big as a result of the military's monitoring of Palestinians, whose phone calls Israel's Unit 8200 has intercepted and stored by the millions, including to carry out genocide in Gaza and enforce a brutal illegal occupation in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

MacCallum: The Cheesecake Factory comment goes exactly to why Democrats lost the middle class, why they lost blue-collar voters. Because it's kind of a guns and religion clinging kind of comment and it turns a lot of people in this country off

BREAKING: Brazilian President Lula da Silva wins reelection, beating Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro. cbsn.ws/4jG5krW

Trump: That guy is handsome right there! They're all handsome to me

Fiery Bill Maher Tells His Audience 'F*ck You!' as Defends His Dinners with Trump: 'Yeah, I Did It Again, B*tches!' mediaite.com/media/tv/fiery-…

🎉🐴 IT’S OFFICIAL: ROMANCH’S LAW HAS PASSED! 🐴🎉 Today, the @NYCCouncil voted to END horse-drawn carriages in New York City. 🗳️✅ After DECADES of fighting, failed bills, and too many lives lost, New York has finally said: no more. 💪 Here’s what Romanch’s Law does: 🚫 No new carriage licenses, starting now 🐎 Carriages off NYC streets by June 1, 2028 🤝 A transition plan for carriage workers THANK YOU to @SpeakerMenin @juliemenin, Council Member @chrismartenyc, Council Member @harveyforny, Health Chair @lynn4nyc Schulman, Majority Leader @shaunabreu, Council Member @shahanafrombk, Council Member @ShirleyAldebol, the Animal Welfare Caucus, every co-sponsor and Council Member who voted YES, and @nycmayor Mamdani for committing to sign Intro 943 into law. 🙌 And thank YOU. Every email, every call, every rally. You made this happen. 📣 This is what political power for animals looks like. 🔥 Next stop: Mayor Mamdani’s signature. ✍️

Mass/Lowell poll | 10/2-10/4 LV US President 2028 🟦Hunter Biden 37% 🟥Donald Trump Jr 36%

Hochul clinging to double digit lead over Republican Bruce Blakeman in NY governor's race: poll trib.al/GLEl127

So it turns out Wedgewood polls is just a bogus polling firm.

YIKES -- Trump loses his shit at a reporter for the third time during this Q&A -- "Wait wait -- Quiet. Quiet!!!! What's wrong with you? Are you a SICK person?"

#MaineSenate Troy Jackson on Manchin campaigning with Susan Collins this week "Joe Manchin and Susan Collins are fake “moderates” who hide behind that label to sell out working people to big corporations and special interests." "Regardless of party, they fight for the same people: the wealthy and the powerful."