Thank you!

Black unemployment is surging because of the policies of Donald Trump & JD Vance.

(WSJ) Excellent article by Josh Dawsey at WSJ. Trump is feeling emboldened over the last nine months, commenting that he "found is quite easy to do what he has done." This means for US, more protests, more lawsuits, more RESISTANCE a la WWII. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump is shocked at how easy it was to turn the US into a personalist dictatorship (we're squarely on the way but not quite there) & claims to be having a lot of fun

Joe Biden receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Recently confirmed measles cases in central Ohio have health leaders once again reminding the community of the importance of getting vaccinated against the highly contagious disease. https://nbc4i.co/4o6LTqX?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_NBC4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

A national travel magazine has named Columbus as one of the best big cities in the country, placing it ahead of popular destinations including New York City and Seattle. https://nbc4i.co/46RVmeU?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_NBC4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

A Dublin-based development firm will soon break ground on an $28.2 million apartment complex that is taking over the former Movies 11 at Mill Run. https://nbc4i.co/3Kw7OcW?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_NBC4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

👇👇👇 The right weaponizes words & perverts their meaning to use them against us. We shouldn’t use their phrases.

🍊 tyrant is a pathological liar.🤥🤥🤥🤥 Project 2025 finds it helpful.

As you read reports of 8 GOP senators reasonably suspected of being involved in a coup plot intended to violently overthrow our democracy being investigated by the FBI, do remember that the FBI they were investigated by was run by a man appointed by Donald Trump. Biden had f*ck-all to do with it.

From the very beginning, it was never about freedom. It was always about control. “Defending liberty” was just the mask they wore to hide their true intent.

They told the world exactly what the plan was ... “Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda www.propublica.org/article/vide... #missionaccomplished

The guy who seems to be setting the GOP shutdown position, Russ Vought, promised to put federal employees in trauma, and to use the shutdown to fire them and block their backpay.

“We want to put them in trauma.”

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

It's official: -2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968. -John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Quid Pro Quo

The cruelty is the point

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Out of Ohio’s 159 cannabis dispensaries only a handful have unionized, and this is the first time Ohio dispensary workers have gone on strike. @teamsters.bsky.social #cannabis #unionstrong #ColumbusOhio @ohiomarijuanacommunity.com bit.ly/42yrkvq

Democrats are trying to HELP YOU.

BREAKING: we just filed for a TRO w/ AFGE @afscme.bsky.social & other great partners We are rushing to court to stop Trump & co. from using the shutdown to illegally fire gov workers! I discussed @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇

✅ Download docs (eOPF etc) quickly because you will likely lose network access ✅ Make sure you have a non-gov email way to access mypay & other benefits ✅ Get Doctor’s appointments and prescriptions filled for a few months if needed ❤️‍🩹 AFGE has filed a proactive lawsuit so that will go into effect

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed. 💯 you do NOT deserve this. Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice: ❌ Do not send a read receipt ❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response ✅ Forward notice to your personal email

The indictment of Letitia James makes clear that calling it an attempted coup is no exaggeration.

Brown University professor @democracyprof.bsky.social warns that Trump is doing "what dictators do"

You would think maybe one media outlet could not only assert that this isn't true, but also make a big, multi-day story out of the fact the U.S. president believes a perfectly fine, major American city is a burning, dystopian hellscape

Isn’t there just one reporter, one, who has the guts & commitment to reporting the truth who will say, “Mr President, I’ve just returned from Portland. It is not burning. It is not war ravaged. There is no insurrection. Show the American people your evidence of your claims”. Grand #journalism FAIL.

First James Comey. Now Letitia James. Trump’s retribution is here www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The corruption on display here is clear as day. But we can't simply be quiet. We all have to speak out against the weaponization of our Justice Department. We need a DOJ that works for the people, not one that is focused on political retribution for Donald Trump.

Recent moves by President Trump reflect a commander in chief who feels as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in his second term www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump Sells Out MAGA and His America First Agenda The America First agenda is on sale to the highest foreign bidder. Qatar receives an air force facility in Idaho, Israel continues its genocide, Trump's son-in-law gets billions, and Putin laughs. thelefthook.substack.com/p/trump-sell...

Counterpoint: You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

This guy's awful racist beliefs aside, "He says his influence is growing" is a criminally bad headline. Just a fireable, professional laughing stock for life, sort of headline.

CDC RIFs that we're hearing about: OPHDST -Office of Public Health Data & Tech Goals ✅improve access to & use of public health data (Wish Fake-CIP used them-they’d finally understand vaccine data) ✅Improve EFFICIENCY of data & tech systems ➡️ help states, etc. make informed public health decisions

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 alarm!

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

This is not good The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

oh as part of the deal the lawsuits went away how curious and probably unrelated and we shouldn’t ask how this Republican election firm came up with the money to buy them outright that would be rude

GOP buyer “says he’ll push for paper ballots. “