Bennie Thompson: Sir, you wouldn't come to this committee and say something you can't prove, I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did.

There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

As ever, Flake is either delusional or a plain liar: "I think if the Democrats would be more centrist, it would force the Republicans back into that more centrist mode as well." Didn't Clinton, Obama, and Biden all try that only to be met with aggression and increasing divisiveness

Wow, does Nancy Mace have it wrong: “Women will never be taken seriously until leadership decides to take us seriously" Women will never be taken seriously until we demand to be taken seriously in numbers too big to ignore. How does she not know that you can't just wait around to be given power?

“For far too long, the survivors were kept siloed, sidelined, and silenced. And when they came together, they broke the silence collectively .. [and] .. cracked open the public conversation" Among themselves, they developed an informal rallying cry: Alone I'm fearful, but together we are feared.

Excellent work Rep Magaziner, RI

For those that don't know, the novel "Lolita" gave permission to countless adult men to sexually assault girls.

Breaks my heart over the number of people being treated so wrongly by ICE and Trump. And Abrego Garcia becoming a poster child of their indiscriminate abuse. I hope he and his family find peace and hold on to what's dear amidst all this indignity.

Interesting take and yet what she doesn't seem to realize is that Republicans are getting what they want. They put all their weight behind the big ugly bill to ensure tax cuts for the wealthy. Beyond that, they don't want to government to do a thing.

This is all so wrong and sad. These people know they are hard working and law abiding. It seems like they just couldn't imagine Trump's goons would come for them. I hope she can be brought back and family reunited.

This appeal is bound to fall on deaf ears. MAHA can't even get Kennedy's FDA to get lead and other heavy metals out of our food and supplement supply. I hope people see that the only reason Kennedy's FDA is going after vaccines is because manufacturers don't care, they've never made money off them

LOL, Elise is the George Costanza of the House Only it's not enough, now she wants a fake job in the basement of the Governor's Mansion in NY

Dems need to consider the same. I'll defer to the members to a point, yet from the outside looking in, neither Jeffries nor Schumer measure up to today's challenges

Springfield, Massachusetts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkR...

She'll have my vote when/if she runs, yet tend to agree that now is not the time. Wonder if Warren will run again. To some degree, it depends on where things are nationally

Highly recommend this sweet, easy movie, offering lush images of Japan and judgement free contemplation of paid intimacy. www.imdb.com/title/tt1414...

Holy gods, basically abducted from South Africa and conscripted into Russia's invasion of Ukraine "When an unemployed father of three received a phone call in July, asking if he wanted to do a yearlong bodyguard training program in Russia, he says he jumped at the opportunity."

I need my legislators to watch this video and tell me how we will stop this and get the fix over the finish line. We can't have this happening on everything from food to medications @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @repmcgovern.bsky.social @jocomerford.bsky.social

The single best preparation for the pandemic would be to restore faith in government and that means having a government worthy of that faith.

We'll always have Paris, Charlie Brown

This doesn't seem calculated to me (as we've been assuming with her recent course corrections). It seems reactive, possibly due to the hate coming from her people. Could it be true demoralization? Naw

Gobsmacked

My gmail account is already clogged with spam, seems it can't possibly be worse. Training AI on that slop sounds incredibly dumb

Your wellness routine should include taking precautions to avoid multiple covid infections that damage your immune system, hope that helps. 🌟💕

For all the mistakes countries made in their response to COVID, who has learned from their mistakes and will do better in the next pandemic? Certainly not the US. Doubtful on China. Most likely, as before, it will be countries with well founded trust in their Government

What you write here, doesn't stay here Secret Service agents arrested Mr. Vance — not the vice president — in June after linking him to a series of social media posts in March and April on Bluesky in which he vowed to kill the president and vice president, the authorities said.

“These are real people,” she said. “People who don’t want us to talk about it are either refusing to believe their neighbors are affected, or they are choosing to ignore them.” Righteous.

Some not well known group, Al-Majd Europe, is working with the Israeli government to smuggle Palestinians out of the country. I'm glad for the safety of those that get out, yet the motives of the Israelis helping them are beyond dubious

The Guardians of Pedophiles are looking to duplicate the success of Epstein Island on Staten Island

Guardians of Pedophiles is perfect

This former lawyer stole homes from people while on probation for stealing homes and gets sentenced to just 7 years on a plea deal. White collar crime is destroying this country and it's been going on for a long time, Enron, Savings & Loan, 2008 financial crash, and in our face every day since 2016

For better and worse, the shutdown is ending. We may as well take what we can from it and allow the GOP to be seen for how terrible they are. My gods, they weaponized hunger.

If we had just gotten 1 of those 8 to switch their vote the ACA wouldn't be in such jeopardy. Now it's on them to get the subsidies restored and with it protect our rural hospitals and providers

The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon

My hope is that at least two of the eight will change their votes. We need to keep calling and emailing until the soprano sings. If the deal shamefully holds, I hope these eight prove us wrong and save the ACA in December. People need healthcare, rural hospitals, and providers

This is good news. Though I fear it might be a temporary delay, they couldn't persuade four justices to hear the case

So whom among the eight is most likely to switch their vote? We need two to switch, correct?

Worth repeating: "A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina."

It's not a done deal. These Senators can still switch their vote. Call them if you want to still be able to afford healthcare. Without the ACA, everyone's health insurance goes up. Kaine, Virginia Durbbin, Illinois Cortez-Masto, Nevada Rosen, Nevada Shaheen, New Hampshire Hassan, New Hampshire

@peters.senate.gov and @ossoff.senate.gov voted "No" They may not have it. Not seeing a tally though. Thank You Senators. This isn't the deal we need.

I get it @kaine.senate.gov Virginia has been hard hit by the shutdown, likely the hardest. How will Virginians feel without HealthCare? Can Virginians afford a 175% increase in their HealthCare premiums for worse insurance with higher deductibles?

Saying "tersely" that the American people need Health Care

It's too early. Just get Schumer out of leadership. And he'll likely retire on his own.

I have a hard time with any Dems that still call Trump's budget by his awful name for it. It they like alliteration, call it the (Big) Billionaire's Bill or as Jeffries calls it the Big Ugly Bill. Looking at both @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

What is a test vote in the Senate? Are they trying to make sure people will commit before the actual vote so that others can see which way the wind is blowing? Basically giving people cover.

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people. Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts over claims that a documentary had been edited to suggest that President Trump had encouraged the Jan. 6 Capitol riot And of course, he did encourage the riots. The Jan 6 hearings showed as much

"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️ www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...