gift link - no paywall. very much worth reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

Ah, yes, the corruption. Good thing our tax dollars are being spent so wisely by Republicans, those stalwarts of fiscal responsibility.

“The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year…” www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

The Trump administration's politically motivated and unwarranted cuts to vital federal homeland security funding for Washington state is blocked! Along with our multistate coalition, Washington state is making it clear that public safety should always be a priority and is non-negotiable. Read more ⬇️

Submit a photo for our exhibit, Through the Foster Lens happening Nov. 13 in Tacoma. If you’ve been impacted by the #childwelfare system,we invite you to submit a photo that reflects your experience or hopes. First 10 to submit get $25 gift card. Pls submit by Oct. 15. amarafamily.org/photoexhibits/

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Excellent read. Thank you @kirichenko.bsky.social.

DYK most families of #ChildhoodCancer kids get #PTSD? Even if a child survives, their family faces yrs of side-effects, fear & trauma from the horrible experience. Pls help raise funding for #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth. Esp. important now because 🧠🪱 & 🍊🤡ended the #NIH & #NCI.💔

#USAA lost me as a customer after 38 yrs. Why?They wouldn’t let me make a simple change to my policy. My policy that I’ve had for 38 yrs. Rep said they couldn’t & even if they could, they wouldn’t renew me. So I switched to GEICO GEICO. Saving >60%. Do better @USAA #USAAsucks #CustomerLoyaltyIsDead

#Leukemia is the most common form of #ChildhoodCancer. Thankfully, it is often cured, though not always. Treatment can take yrs & is grueling. Pls help raise funding for #ChildhoodCancerResearch. Especially important now bc🧠🪱&🍊🤡killed the #cancermoonshot & #NIH & #NCI.💔#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

We shave our heads, walk & run for miles, sell lemonade, hold bake sales, garage sales, galas & auctions, all to raise $ for #ChildhoodCancerResearch. It’s not enough bc 🧠🪱 & 🍊🤡 ended #ChildhoodCancer research.😳💔 Pls raise awareness & funding for cures. #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #DIPG #cancer

It’s still September - #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth.🎗️Pls do something, anything, to help raise awareness & $ for #childhoodcancer. Wear gold, donate to a #ChildhoodCancerResearch org., join a #ChildhoodCancerAwareness event, etc. #DIPG #braincancer #leukemia #neuroblastoma

It’s the last 2 days of #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth. Please don’t let the month slip by without having done something, anything to help kids w/#cancer. One of every 5 kids w/#cancer in the U.S. does not survive. Research will lead to cures & save lives. #DIPG #braincancer #leukemia #neuroblastoma

It shouldn’t be up to bereaved families to fund #childhoodcancer research. But that’s where we are now. 🧠🪱&🍊🤡gutted both the #NIH & the #NCI.😳💔 So yeah, after we visit the cemeteries where our kids are buried, we work to raise $ so other kids don’t suffer the same. #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth

#trumpinflation #trumpeconomy #trumpslump #trumpshutdown

It shouldn’t be up to bereaved families to fund #childhoodcancer research. But that’s where we are now. 🧠🪱&🍊🤡gutted both the #NIH & the #NCI.😳💔 So yeah, after we visit the cemeteries where our kids are buried, we work to raise $ so other kids don’t suffer the same. #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth

⚡️A Russian drone strike killed a couple and their two young children, ages 6 and 4, after it hit their home overnight in Ukraine’s Sumy region.

Effing orcs! 💔

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

It’s the last 2 days of #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth. Please don’t let the month slip by without having done something, anything to help kids w/#cancer. One of every 5 kids w/#cancer in the U.S. does not survive. Research will lead to cures & save lives. #DIPG #braincancer #leukemia #neuroblastoma

It’s still September - #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth.🎗️Pls do something, anything, to help raise awareness & $ for #childhoodcancer. Wear gold, donate to a #ChildhoodCancerResearch org., join a #ChildhoodCancerAwareness event, etc. #DIPG #braincancer #leukemia #neuroblastoma

#WarRavagedPortland also #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinFiles #distractionnotworking

There is no threat in Portland. There is no danger in Portland. There are peaceful, lovely people working hard to make their communities, healthy and strong in #Portland. #StandWithPortland #PortlandStrong

#Portland is calm, peaceful, safe & beautiful.

On Trump’s terror memo and regime change. Basic points on the rule of law, phantom conspiracies, big lies, and civic action. (Audio) snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

We shave our heads, walk & run for miles, sell lemonade, hold bake sales, garage sales, galas & auctions, all to raise $ for #ChildhoodCancerResearch. It’s not enough bc 🧠🪱 & 🍊🤡 ended #ChildhoodCancer research.😳💔 Pls raise awareness & funding for cures. #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #DIPG #cancer

It’s #Caturday in Ukraine too. 🫂💙💛🫶🏼 #Cats #CatsOfTwitter

NEXSTAR NEEDS TO HEAR FROM US ABOUT KIMMEL SHOW

#Leukemia is the most common form of #ChildhoodCancer. Thankfully, it is often cured, though not always. Treatment can take yrs & is grueling. Pls help raise funding for #ChildhoodCancerResearch. Especially important now bc🧠🪱&🍊🤡killed the #cancermoonshot & #NIH & #NCI.💔#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

#USAA lost me as a customer after 38 yrs. Why?They wouldn’t let me make a simple change to my policy. My policy that I’ve had for 38 yrs. Rep said they couldn’t & even if they could, they wouldn’t renew me. So I switched to GEICO GEICO. Saving >60%. Do better @USAA #USAAsucks #CustomerLoyaltyIsDead

#Tacoma - don’t miss your chance to see Giselle, a beautiful ballet, by the Grand Kyiv Ballet, this Fri., Sept. 26 @ 7pm @ Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway Enjoy a magical evening of incredible artistry& support Ukraine @ the same time.We’re tabling there too www.grandkyivballet.com.ua/en/events/gi...

More people should be talking about this.

Just a reminder: democrats can’t shut down the government. Republicans hold the majority.

This is what unity looks like.

DYK most families of #ChildhoodCancer kids get #PTSD? Even if a child survives, their family faces yrs of side-effects, fear & trauma from the horrible experience. Pls help raise funding for #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth. Esp. important now because 🧠🪱 & 🍊🤡ended the #NIH & #NCI.💔

Our debunk of the Trump Tylenol saga got 2 million plus views on Instagram and many affirmations! Thank you to my friends @msnbc for the trust!

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I’m pleased to announce we’ve reached an agreement with the property management firm Greystar resolving allegations the company violated state and federal laws protecting military service members from illegal housing fees. Learn more here: www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...

Excellent read. Thank you @kirichenko.bsky.social.

🚨🐈‍⬛Fundraiser: Drone Detector for Vyr🐈‍⬛🚨 russia‘s escalating attacks in Sumy. Anatolii & Vyr urgently need a portable drone detector, which‘ll give early warnings of incoming drones, providing a chance to react, save lives, & bring defenders home safely. 🎯Total:$600 PayPal: [email protected]

All of us @ UDS stand in solidarity alongside Ukrainians as they fight to survive daily onslaughts of almost indescribable terror waged against them by a monstrous neighbor. They have endured nearly 1,400 days of full invasion & war crimes. Full statement: ukrainedefensesupport.org/blog/honorin...

Love the Grand Kyiv Ballet! We’ve been lucky enough to see them twice. They’re so good! Don’t miss this #Tacoma! 🩰🩰

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We love how thoughtful & compassionate our foster & kinship caregivers are. The child welfare system desperately needs more 💛 and less trauma. Every day we work to bring healing & hope to families experiencing "the system." Learn more: amarafamily.org/about/our-ap... #fostercare #childwelfare

"The $42 billion initiative, created by Biden's infrastructure bill, aimed to close the digital divide, with a focus on rural communities. Trump’s changes to the program have disqualified hundreds of thousands of locations from receiving internet access..." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fewe...