It feels like taxpayers are footing the bill for a dying tyrant’s wish list. A ballroom. A triumphal arch. A war in Venezuela. He’s got people lobbying for him to get a Nobel Prize for the COVID vaccines. No bequest for the American people in his dying days, though. We’re not important to him.

I'm no economist but the fact that more than 42 million Americans (1 in 8!) are on SNAP (i.e., food stamps) says that the federal minimum wage is way too low.

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP. If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them. Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.

I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).

This morning we dropped off 5,000+ petition signatures in Springfield, nearly 5x what we needed to get on the ballot. IL-09 is ready for change, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you. See you on the ballot on March 17.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

I’m told being an oyster farmer makes Platner a working class man. Do you know any working class men whose oyster farms were given to them?

Trump’s USDA is pretending it can’t use emergency funds for food stamps. So Americans will go hungry 🚫 🍽️ while Democrats fight for healthcare 🏥 and Trumps tears down the White House 🧨 Yup, that tracks.

Whoaaaaa www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

If you claim women don't exist in your fandom/profession/niche area, that is NOT a bragging point. It's telling on yourself that you've been so toxic to them that they're avoiding you on purpose. I'll bet they exist. Whether they're supported & celebrated is a secondary question.

You can't say he didn't know. That might not matter. Indeed, voters might like the fact that he's playing games. But honest people of good faith can't accept the claim that he didn't know. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

15. As far as I can tell, Platner has performed the part of a "working class Mainer" impressively. He has allowed media allies as diverse as TYTs and Pod Save America to believe he is the real deal. And that’s where the problem begins. He’s not working class.

I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office

What... ...and I say this with all sincerity... ...the fuck

Updating my LEGO White House

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

I don't know what those No Kings protesters were upset about, now if you'll excuse me I'm replacing the White House with a ✨Royal Palace✨

Mike Johnson on Adelita Grijalva, who he refuses to swear in: "Instead of doing TikTok videos, she should be serving her constituents."

It looks even worse by video 😢

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton. I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

The President is getting involved after in-person pleading by the VP still couldn’t get these Indiana legislators to execute Trump’s gerrymandering plan. They’ve held off because they know it’s wrong - and because our pressure is working. So let’s keep it up!

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One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon. The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people. Enough is enough.

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

“Kids”

🔗 Read more: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/c...

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry. The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in. The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight. They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

💚That deep sadness you feel, the irritability, anger, and numbness. It’s grief. Grief for who we were. Grief for who we could have been. Grief for the loss of CDC as we knew it and all that means for so many. Be kind to yourself. Be patient. It’s ok to grieve. 💚

First, you can’t fire altCDC and our #altgovs so we gonna be here. Pissing you all off by sharing the tea, giving real info and supporting our government employees. The government is only as strong as its employees. And you’ve pissed off a lot of super smart and super skilled employees.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

🏢 Shutdown Update: The Senate wrapped up their last vote last night (10/9), and surprise—still no budget deal. The next vote isn’t until Tuesday, 10/14, so the earliest feds might be back to work is next week—two weeks into this mess. Hang in there, everyone. #GovShutdown #BudgetStalemate

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.