Leadership looks like repeating the truth again and again and refusing to back down to bullies and pressure. It looks like using your platform and leverage-- whatever it may be -- for the larger good. So grateful to Pritzker and everyone else modeling this now.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

AG JAMES: “.. This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.” @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

This barefaced lying MF. #EpsteinFiles On the possibility of pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "You know, I haven't heard the name in so long...." Really? Every journalist should make sure he never "forgets" the name. As should we. #EpsteinFiles

On a casual Saturday night, #Bitcoin surged to $125,000, a new all time high. This makes Bitcoin worth a record $2.5 trillion. Meanwhile, #gold has hit 40 record highs in 2025 and is now worth a whopping $26.3 TRILLION. That's more than 10 TIMES the value of Bitcoin.... What is happening?

Republicans are lying to the American people about the government shutdown. It's shameful and they know it.

"This moment is a test. Donald Trump wants us to blink first and hand him over power. However, they are weaker than they look..." ~ AOC #TrumpsFascistTakeover #FascistCoup #GovernmentShutdown

MEANWHILE...

The Trump administration has put on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, according to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought of #Project2025 fame. Who do these FASCISTS think they're hurting? LINK: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/t...

Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

If you don't read anything else in politics today...let it be this. This is the level of TREACHERY in this Trump regime. The level of HYPOCRISY. The level of TREASON. The collateral damage: The United States. The Constitution. You. Me. #USMilitary #FascistTakeover #TrumpTreason #PeteHegseth

LISTEN TO THE FULL SPEECH THAT TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF WAR, PETE HEGSETH, GAVE TODAY TO AMERICA'S MILITARY. Do not turn away. Do not shirk or cower. Be very clear-eyed about what Hegseth is saying on behalf of his Dear Leader - while citing Jesus. #Quantico LINK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOXb...

JUST IN: 🇾🇪🇺🇸 Yemen's Houthis announce they will target US oil ships.

Don't panic. Not all government programs would come to a halt. Some essential work, such as law enforcement and airport security screening, would continue. Federal benefits programs like Social Security, Medicare would also continue payments. #GiftArticle #GovernmentShutdown

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, the era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos ... if you don't meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time for a new position."

Hegseth decried "fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon," but had nothing to say about the aging, demented, morbidly obese Commander-in-Chief, who has shown unequivocally he has no respect for our Constitution much less the temperament to lead the most powerful military in the world.

President Donald Trump threatened to fire top military leaders who might disagree with him at a rare meeting with hundreds of top generals and admirals, as his defense secretary accused the Pentagon of suffering from weakness and "woke" decay. bit.ly/4nE3U07

Retired Gen. Mark Hertling said Trump and Hegseth’s Quantico spectacle insulted America’s forces. He blasted their claims about “wokeness,” defended troops’ integrity, and described the scene as absurd propaganda staged beneath a giant flag.

The only story coming out of Quantico: Trump told the highest ranking officers in the military that he will deploy troops against US citizens who oppose his policies. He will order them to kill Americans. That’s it. It should be the only thing the media focuses on. Nothing else materially matters.

The FASCIST wooing of our military loyalty - away from our Constitution - has officially begun. ⏳ However, the generals assembled by the Secretary of War at Quantico need to remember that "I was merely following orders" will not exempt them from the consequences of treason. #FascistTakeover

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

In TRUMP'S own words, "A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean the problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak." Share this - especially with Republicans. #TrumpShutdown #ResistFascism #StopProject2025

Headline: Makeup Wearing Tranny Threatens Government Shutdown

A political party that controls all 3 branches of government is blaming a looming federal shutdown on a party that doesn't control any branches of government.

Understand the rush. This hatchet-job indictment had to be filed before the statute of limitations ran out - in 5 days. The charges stem from Comey's September 30, 2020, testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Warning: Language. But we're at the point in this government shutdown debate in which plain speaking is what Democrats need. Indeed, enough of the "high road". That's not where the battle is being fought. Shut that shit down!

"When the People realize their full power, there will be power for the People." JIMMY KIMMEL REINSTATED. No apology should be given. No donations either to further Charlie Kirk's brand of hate and White supremacy. #BoycottDisney #FirstAmendment #FascistTakeover #CreepingFascism

THIS IS WHAT CREEPING FASCISM LOOKS LIKE. Jimmy Kimmel must sue - ABC and the FCC. Kimmel’s suspension from late-night is "a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone."

Here's my take on the Jimmy Kimmel stuff (complete with videos and transcripts of what he actually said): www.readtpa.com/p/read-the-j...

Here’s all the ways you can take action against Disney, ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar for silencing Jimmy Kimmel and attacking free speech. Share WIDELY. #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him? To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy. /1

•ABC fires Kimmel for mocking Trump •CBS fires Colbert for mocking Trump •ABC: fires Moran for slamming Miller •MSNBC: fires Dowd for calling out hate speech •FOX: Protects Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of homeless Corporate Media Has Failed Us www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-cancel...

The indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is an "Escalation in Every Way" - toward ending Freedom of Speech, guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. This is what the slide toward #FASCISM looks like. Shame on #ABC - an already dying brand as Network TV becomes more irrelevant in the age of streaming.

Dr. Stacey Patton asks the question on everybody's mind when hateful people die: When the same folks who preached cruelty, violence, and hate finally leave this earth, why should we drape ourselves in fake mourning? @drstaceypatton.bsky.social LINK: drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/when-hatre...

This may have been the only thing Charlie Kirk stood for that was right. And who knows? It may have contributed to his death by the alleged White Republican Utah shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. #CharlieKirkShooting #CharlieKirk #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles

Good point. This administration doesn't give a shit when people are pulled off the streets and sent to gulags but they canonize Kirk and bemoan his family's loss; they didn't seek the death penalty for the jan 6 rioters whose actions led to people's death, but want a swift execution in this case.

Why - and how - are Charlie's kids different than, say, those whose Black, Native American, and Jewish parents, grandparents, aunts, siblings, friends have died as a result of the kind of HATRED he peddled? It is a serious question. #CharlieKirkShooting #CharlieKirk #WhitePrivilege #Propaganda

So after days of Republicans blaming and vilifying Democrats and trans people for Kirk’s murder despite having no clue who the person was, we find out it’s a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns.

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

This is no "conspiracy theory." These are the facts, as we now know them. Charlie Kirk's murder was no random incident. Truth be told, it's looking more and more like a professional hit. Questions and motives abound. ##CharlieKirk #CharlieKirkShooting ##VideoEvidence

Ouch.

> @bencasselman.bsky.social on CPI:

Jobless claims 263k — highest since June 2023. Ten year falls to 4.00% @cnbc.com

The reaction on the far right - without any evidence that Charlie Kirk's murder was carried out by "Leftists" - is sufficient to suggest it was a professional hit with a very specific agenda to advance a "state of emergency" requiring Trump's intervention and weaponization of our National Guard.

The worrisome part for me is the shooter could potentially be whoever the fuck Kash Patel wants it to be.

It’s unfortunate that we now have an incompetent, partisan FBI that’s already bungled multiple components of the investigation. But every American who believes in rule of law—and I sure do—should be rooting for them to get to the bottom of this, whoever was responsible (left, right, or other).

I’d be extremely suspicious right now of anyone trying to score political points off this tragedy before the black-clad, immaculately placed, crack-shot professional sniper who appears to have been behind this sick act is caught. Such folks are—IMO—betraying a creepy nervousness.