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Trump Is Using Government Websites to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown truthout.org/articles/tru...

The initial reporting on this was misleading and/or Hegseth didn't explain it well. The US has done this for other allies and the Qatar deal was apparently made in 2022. I still don't like it.

They appear to enjoy being cruel. None of this is necessary and layoffs did not happen in other shutdowns.

When they say that Trump is the most transparent president in history, they are just talking about the Emperor's new clothes.

Hegseth announced the US will allow Qatar to create an Air Force facility in Idaho, drawing strong backlash from close MAGA allies like Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon: "There should never be a military base of a foreign power on the sacred soil of America.”

Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt criticizes Trump for sending the Texas National Guard to Illinois: "We believe in the federalist system—that’s states’ rights. Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Congratulations, Dr. Low! “The idea is if we do the AI right, you actually don't have to be in the brain” to diagnose problems with it, says founder Dr. Philip Low, whose father’s health struggles has inspired his preventive neuroscience work.

Trump has been so blatantly obvious in revealing this is a personal and politically motivated prosecution that it will likely be thrown out.

If anyone has any remaining doubts about the Trump administration's intention to embed ICE and other federal troops in Democratic cities on a long-term basis, this should put them to rest. They must be stopped.

By design, social media spreads lies quickly and efficiently, and is pushing authoritarianism worldwide.

Trump sure does have a lot of photos of himself with men charged with sexual abuse.

Insurance companies are automatically downgrading the claims a doctor sends them to a lower tier of reimbursement, without actually reviewing details about the visit itself or asking for more information.

This could be a key development in a real peace process. Let's hope it holds and is quickly followed by robust humanitarian aid for everyone in Gaza.

"Medicalized treatment for pediatric gender dysphoria needs to be dispassionately scrutinized like any other area of medicine, no matter which side of the aisle is cheering it on." We often say "Follow the science," and science should not be ignored because it conflicts w/what some want to hear.

A draft White House memo reveals Trump is trying to get out of paying people involuntarily placed on unpaid furlough due to the GOP's govt shutdown. This goes against guidance issued in September by the Office of Personnel Management' which said federal workers will receive retroactive pay.

Looks like the ultra-conservative Ryan Walters, who ordered public schools in Oklahoma to teach from the Bible, is just another crook and religious hypocrite.

More than 150 ex-federal and state judges in May signed a letter to Pam Bondi and Kash Patel rebuking the Administration’s attacks on the judiciary, as critics have said that the Trump Administration’s rhetoric fuels broader threats against judges. Stephen Miller had publicly demonized Goodstein.

The Supreme Court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge to her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. The decision means that Maxwell’s conviction on three counts and her 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” wrote the Illinois Attorney General's Office in the filing.

In a rare, late Sunday night virtual hearing, a federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard members from California — or any other state — to the streets of Portland, Oregon.

An all-star lineup of podcasters and YouTube impresarios has taken Trump to task in recent months on everything from immigration and Israel to free speech and Jeffrey Epstein. They include Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Andrew Schulz and Shawn Ryan — all courted heavily by Trump during last year’s campaign.

Gov. Newsom: “In response to a federal court order that blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, President Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Oregon. "The Trump Administration is unapologetically attacking the rule of law itself."

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, a Trump appointee, has issued a temporary restraining order stopping Trump from sending troops to Portland. "This country has a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach."

Rite Aid, the U.S. pharmacy chain that operated more than 2,000 stores nationwide as recently as 2023, announced Friday it has officially shuttered all of its locations after years of financial struggle.

“Republicans criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.”

An actual Democrat would probably soundly beat Fetterman in the general election. Fetterman is also *worse* than Sinema in that he's lazy and hasn't actually delivered anything.

Republicans don't *need* Fetterman -- an ostensibly pro-choice Dem with a fairly mainstream liberal record. Like Sinema, he just antagonizes the party's base without necessarily winning over Republicans where it matters. They likely know they could beat him straight out in 2028.

Pope Leo: “Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro life.”

Dr. Goodall’s discoveries about how wild chimpanzees raised their young, established leadership, socialized, and communicated broke new ground. Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist and science historian, said her work “represents one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech initiative spearheaded by her father in response to “McCarthyism” in the 1940s. “The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics.... We refuse to stand by and let that happen.”

The U.S. Postal Service has released this stamp honoring President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a champion of National Parks, and a strong advocate for human rights.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

This is good news, although it's unclear what made them withdraw the nomination. Antoni was backed by Steve Bannon and had written articles for the Heritage Foundation that were complimentary of the Trump administration’s policies.

Trump is about to put this to the test. What does it mean to protect the Constitution when a rogue president is trying to subvert it? What actions can they really take, if any?

There seems to be something more there than accidental overlook. Reports say Michaels repeatedly used the phrase “too Carol Burnett” to criticize what he didn’t want on SNL. Her name became “shorthand” for everything the show was trying to avoid, said writers Al Franken and Buck Henry.

Polish PM Donald Tusk said they recorded 19 drone incursions, with some flying deep enough to temporarily close four airports, including Warsaw's main hub Chopin. "This situation brings us the closest we have been to open conflict since World War II."

Is Stephen Miller lying to Trump? Trump indicated he may back off sending troops to Portland after Gov. Kotek tells him the reality is different from what's being portrayed to him. Trump: "Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different."

i would really like a journalist to ask trump whether he ordered hegseth to do this, because i don't think the answer to that is in any way obvious, bystander presidency keeps hurtling down the track