ICYMI: October 16, 2025

Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.

Breaking News: John Bolton Indicted:

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton indicted

He’s the third prominent Trump political adversary to face criminal charges in recent weeks, following former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

A federal grand jury indicted former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday, a senior Justice Department official said.

Bolton is the third person to be hit with federal charges in the last month after President Donald Trump called for their prosecution.

Bolton was indicted in federal court in Maryland, where he lives and where prosecutors have been investigating whether he improperly retained classified materials following his acrimonious departure from the first Trump administration.

Updates:

Newsom: We were under the understanding that we were going to close I-5 — up to 80,000 vehicles tomorrow and Saturday. They seemed to have backed off of that. They were going to move forward with a display, but they’re not clearly sharing that with state officials.

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-10-16T15:33:10.933Z

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-10-16T17:50:30.486Z

The Gestapo:

“WINNING!:’

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

The Associated Press (@apnews.com) 2025-10-16T15:35:40.561Z

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Straight out of Gilead:

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate — in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even — is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early … our parents aren't having children."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM

***Note to Brainworm Boi: Your father AND uncle spin in the gaves!

Straight out of Gilead, Part 2:

Dr Oz: "Turns out that about 1/3 families don't have the number of babies they desire. They're under-babied. So this president committed to address that during the campaign and he's delivering on that today."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM

Dr Oz: "Now I know what you're all thinking, and you're probably right — there's going to be a lot of Trump babies. And I think that's a good thing."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM

From the MarKODA Files-Baghdad Blondie Spews Bullshit:

This is grossly dark. These are broken people. But it's also so politically dumb. How do they think Americans will react to being told that anyone who doesn't support Trump is a terrorist?

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— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM

Craven Assholes:

This is weirdly heartening. He comes off as scared and desperate.

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— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM