Monday, October 19, 2026
Today, orders to throttle Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine came from the White House after Elon Musk approached Donald Trump about it, the White House issued an executive order exempting Russia from the Lindsey O. Graham Russian sanctions act passed by Congress, Mark Zuckerberg’s META took down the No Kings Instagram account for four hours during the largest early vote activation protests in history, Representative Ilhan Omar is demanding the immediate return of her property seized during the raid on her home arguing the DOJ circumvented a judge’s order regarding the warrant, a social media mob swatted the Cornell 7 Jane Doe, Zacharia was fired as press secretary after only five days on the job but not after she posted a photo that inadvertently included a photo of Trump’s golf course plans, a judge has tossed Trump’s lawsuit against New York’s sanctuary city policy, Trump invokes executive privilege in the Kennedy Center debacle, ICE is planning a $100M domestic spy program, and a judge threatens Trump with sanctions for delaying his deposition in his own lawsuit against the BBC.
GUEST: Ezra Levin: Co-executive director of Indivisible and I discuss Meta’s takedown of the No Kings Instagram account
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Sources:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-duping-trump-supporters-lawsuit_n_6ad11706e4b0a7bf79af6747
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say | Reuters
US judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City ‘sanctuary’ laws | Reuters
Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/katie-zacharia-fired-press-secretary.html
ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect
Judge Threatens Trump With Sanctions to Testify in BBC Lawsuit - Bloomberg
Ilhan Omar demands DOJ immediately return property seized in search of her home
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/nyregion/cornell-jane-doe-internet-doxing.html
Zacharia posts photos obscuring what appears to be map of East Potomac Park - The Washington Post
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/graham-trump-russia-sanctions-law.html
Good morning, and thank you, Allison. Glad that you and Katie Phang are continuing your crusade, despite Todd Blanche’s shenanigans.
I don't believe for a minute that Meta's take down was a mistake! Zuck should pay big time for this one!