McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

I think 🤔 I see the problem.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why?

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'" I've saved her some time.

The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies. Trump just won’t release it. 440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.

"[N]o other occupant of 'The People’s House' ever treated it as if it belonged to him; but . . . the Trump family has a long history of desecrating landmarks." Donald Trump, Demolition Man open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

I just went to the House floor to demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the GOP gaveled out without even recognizing us.    We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.

He’s destroying… The Constitution Due Process Public Safety Free Speech/Press The Economy Small businesses Farms Jobs Healthcare Women’s access to safe healthcare ACA Subsidies Medicaid/Medicare SNAP/Food access programs for children/elderly Voting Rights Our military …And the actual White House

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

In praise of frogs and unicorns! Such rallies “bring together multigenerational groups and the playfulness can help create enthusiasm for big tent politics against the monoculture of fascism,” Corrigan writes. October 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

No Kings in Abingdon, VA!

Tomorrow is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. There will be more people, in more places, bringing more signs and songs and joyful defiance than anything we’ve ever done before. We need you with us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

“Absent organized resistance by institutions, civil society and the public, the United States is likely to continue along a path of accelerating democratic erosion" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My one-step formula for deciding whether someone or something is the antichrist: Is it real? If yes, not the antichrist.

ANTIFA:

A great pope.

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boone” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight. That is not a foundation of our democracy.

“We have a window of time to change this planet’s course, but it’s rapidly closing,” she said. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Remember that new study? Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests… And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news: That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!

In the DC area, ABC did NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot. I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services: Wendy's Sketchers Kia Jeep Cirque du Soliel Safestep Walk In Tubs AMP Sales & Marketing Solutions

Evil bastard Gestapo

Sounds like what the Nazis did to the Jews. 6 million Jews "dropped off the grid" after being taken into custody.

Thug at the UN open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

#ProudBlue #Resist Let’s call this the palate cleanser!

“We will not shop at your stores. We will not tune into your TV and radio stations. We will not send our kids and our money to your universities, or use your services if you are going to enable our slide to authoritarianism.” September 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

We need to fight for our first Amendment rights and thankfully Rep Crockett is on it!! Let’s see how the GOP responds. This should be a no brainer yet…

Yes it’s a scary time, but the momentum is shifting. If people like Karl Rove, Tucker Carlson, and John Yoo are defending free speech or criticizing his extreme powers, then we do have momentum and the power to fight back. Americans keep going and use your voice!

the government and the people who control AI are erasing history and research in real time to distort reality www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

The US is in the grip of an irrational frenzy, reminiscent of the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s. The US could have resolved this visa issue diplomatically by giving Korea advance notice as an ally.

This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions

Everyone should be held to the same standards.

The Spring 2025 print issue of Cold Mountain Review is now available at UNC Press. Including stunning new work by Molly Peacock, Dorriane Laux, and Ron Smith, this issue of Cold Mountain Review also marks the passing of one of the journal’s founders, R.T. Smith. uncpress.org/978146969580...

Looking forward to reading poems with Catherine Carter in Greensboro tomorrow at Scuppernong Books!

At 68 years old, I've been told by my local pharmacy that NC is among 16 states where everyone has to get a prescription for the Covid vaccine. Notwithstanding the pandemic of 2020, this is where we are now.

And this is a big fat reason to join the AAUP. Faculty, postdocs, graduate students, join - and support academic freedom everywhere! www.aaup.org/join

Proud of North Carolina Democrats! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The danger here is that diseases that have been virtually wiped out because of safe and effective vaccines will resurface and cause enormous harm,” Sanders said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

PBS News Hour is, hands down, one of the most worthwhile news programs. Support public media: www.pbs.org/passport/

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