Trump on his rallies: It's not easy to stand up there for two hours, ranting, raving
Trump declines to endorse JD Vance for president in 2028
Q: A Fox poll shows less than 25% of rural voters are happy about the economy. Are you concerned?
Trump: No. We have tremendous support. When people are unhappy with the gasoline, I hate to sound trivial, but it's actually a small price to pay
Trump snarls at reporter: Quiet. Quiet! What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person?
Trying to Read Behind Bars
Prison Banned Books Week started on October 19, with a focus on the Kafkaesque appeals process incarcerated people must use to challenge censorship.
story via @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
https://progressive.org/latest/trying-to-read-behind-bars-marquis-20261020/
This week is Banned Prison Books Week 2026, and this year's focus is on grievance appeals. Our learning manager and managing editor of PJP Inside, E.B. Zimmerman, curated this collection of stories navigating that process.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/10/20/grievance-process-in-prison/
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Trump: There was a woman who's, I guess not exactly a very beautiful woman, nice woman. And she was on TV talking about Ukrainian men who have no arms
Trump: Russia would like to get it done. Russia is a big machine and they just keep grinding forward. You can say Ukraine is doing well or poorly, but Russia's land gets bigger and bigger all the time
Trump yells at reporter: SHH. Wait. Wait. WAIT!
Reporter: You're offering 10% to whistleblowers—
Trump: 1%
Reporter: Okay, that's actually worse. According to the False Claims Act, which has been on the books since 1863, whistleblowers can get between 10% and 25%.
Trump: We have the single greatest moment in the history of our country in terms of the economy
Trump: We have the single greatest moment in the history of our country in terms of the economy