Remember how Musk and his DOGE crew obtained root access to federal computer systems? Yeah, well:

“If you complain about racism, we’ll go more racist,” Is quite a statement

Democracy Docket reporter @jenrice.bsky.social is in El Paso for the entire ten day Texas redistricting hearing. At stake are five House seats -- and potentially control of Congress. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

WTAF: “Federal agents, using drones, helicopters, trucks and dozens of vehicles, conducted a middle-of-the-night raid on a rundown apartment building on the South Side of Chicago…Snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex…” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

MAGA: If you want to know what the rest of the world thinks of Donald Trump, here you go. They think he's an idiot and a buffoon. Because that's what he is. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

If you are shocked by what the Trump regime is publicly stealing or crimes it is committing, imagine the magnitude of the crimes they are actually hiding.

Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl. MAGA backlash follows. Adam Kinzinger labels the outrage exhausting, says the GOP now acts easily offended, tells viewers to change the channel, and rebukes Corey Lewandowski’s vow to hunt undocumented attendees.

Another frenetic week, with some big wins and losses for an unbridled Trump. We also cover some important observations about his well being. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

TL;DR Republicans are lying about the shutdown. 🚨 Undocumented immigrants have been barred from fed health care subsidies since 1996. The fight is over DACA recipients, refugees & temporary protected status holders. GOP bill blocks them; Dem bill restores access + Medicaid funding.

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The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in

‘You’re Just Wrong!’ Senate Democrat Clashes With Fox Host as He Plays Clip of Her Colleagues Calling for Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants

wonder who they blame for this as well -- Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009 - www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/r...

Trump is taking money from one group of Trump supporters (those getting taxed via his tariffs) to buy off another group of Trump supporters (farmers getting screwed because China stopped buying soybeans due to Trump). Well done, MAGA! Our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/2012...

The GOP is despicable and lawless.

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

Trump during the campaign: I never even heard of Project 2025, don’t know anything about it, don’t know who is involved. Trump today:

When you see how excited Trump, Russ Vought, and Republicans are about the government shutdown, it becomes pretty obvious the reason why they refused to negotiate a compromise with Democrats is because they wanted this and they completely own this, regardless of their lies.

President Trump on the suffering many Americans will endure because of his shutdown and his layoffs

Is there a Nobel Prize for becoming the butt of jokes?

I guess Rep. Gimenez won’t mind a little #DickNose then

"We’ve run out of synonyms for incoherent, rambling, batshit crazy, deranged, and demented. So, suffice it to say that a lot of what Trump said was simply drooling piffle as if his prefrontal cortex was turning into rancid guacamole."

PLAYBOOK: “.. Fine dining on the first night of a government shutdown? Those Democratic attack lines almost write themselves.” @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Nearly half of Americans say it's harder to afford their groceries now than it was a year ago, a warning sign for Trump and Republicans. High food prices disproportionately impact working-class voters, the very people Trump promised lower grocery prices on the campaign trail last year.

Undocumented immigrants cannot get Federal healthcare. Under an 80's Reagan law, if they show up in an ER with an emergency, with no insurance, they get treatment (as do you) Trump and every one of his corrupt party who say otherwise are lying.

Americans blame Trump and Republicans for government shutdown by 17% margin Gift link: wapo.st/4gNK7Zo

The last 3 shutdowns were all under Trump/GOP control. The GOP can’t govern, and America knows it.

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Bad Bunny, confirmed halftime performer, recently stated that he wouldn’t be including the U.S. in his concert tour due to concerns that ICE would raid concert venues.

The Trump administration has asked 9 colleges to pledge support to Trump’s right-wing agenda to get priority access to federal funds. The schools are the Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, U Penn, USC, Texas, Vanderbilt, and UVA. Any school that agrees to this blackmail should be ashamed.

Resist, Ridicule, and Rout Republicans Normal politics must be abandoned for bold strategies that allow the majority to go on offense against an increasingly unhinged, dangerous, & reckless Trump Administration playing for all the marbles. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Take it from a European: You can. For a limited time. It will be horror, though. Every time a protest erupts, the clampdown will be harsher. Until the regime collapses. Best time to topple a fascist regime? Yesterday. 2nd best time? Now.

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CAN NOT GET FEDERAL HEALTHCARE!!! donald AND ALL REPUBLICANS ARE FLAT OUT LYING!!! PROTECT HEALTHCARE AND OPEN THE GOVERNMENT REPUBLICANS!!!

100% this. We’ve been conditioned for 10 years to accept Trump’s insanity, ineptitude, criminality, racism and sexism. He is now demented and it’s destroying our country.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it planned to cancel $7.56 billion in financing for hundreds of energy projects that it said would not provide sufficient returns to taxpayers.

Last I heard, Puerto Rico was an American territory

Unbelievable.

An “immigration judge” is not an actual judge in the judicial branch. They are a DOJ employee. As Judge Young, an actual judge, made clear in one of the truly essential parts of his Tuesday ruling. www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Seriously. Who can manage increases like this? Who?

I’m tired of saving Trump voters from the consequences of their own decisions. If farmers want a bailout, they should call their republican congressmembers and ask them to use their article 1 powers to get rid of the tariffs.

The shutdown is not the fault of democrats. Republicans can vote to fund the government without a single democrat by changing the rules to lower the 60 vote threshold like they did two weeks ago to push through 48 trump appointees at once. 10/

Was looking over Hegseth's bullshit speech and came across this: "I'm also directing that war fighters in combat jobs execute their service fitness test at a gender-neutral, age-normed male standard..." How can a "male standard" be "gender-neutral"? Can someone explicate that one?

91% of homeland security personnel are exempt from the "shutdown," including most of ICE, Border Patrol, TSA and other agencies: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-border...

Turns out Americans care about healthcare.

Powered by evil, cruelty, and avarice makes rump the worst of all humans.

CUOMO: What percentage of people that you serve are on Medicaid? SCOTT TURNER: You know Chris, I can get back to you with that CUOMO: Is it a significant portion? TURNER: You know, I'm not sure