Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact: TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Next week, the Fed is meeting to decide interest rates, but they'll have to do it without the most recent jobs data. The data is ready to go, but the Trump Admin is just sitting on it. What do they have to hide? Release the data.

A quick airport post about a telling poll result. www.pbump.net/o/half-of-re...

didn't post about this when it happened friday but..... heroes!

The event organizers say 7m people showed up. That would mean ~1 out of every 50 Americans came out to protest the president

It’s a serious warning sign when our allies scale back the intelligence they share with the us citing political developments under Trump and concerns about the politicization of intelligence and respect for human rights. nltimes.nl/2025/10/18/d...

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

If you're going to write headlines like this, why even have newspapers?

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

“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

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

James’s NY state ethics disclosures indicate that she didn’t rent the Virginia property out for very long. In her 2020 disclosure, she reported that she received between $1,000-$5,000 in rent from the property. In 2021, she reported no rental income from the property. bsky.app/profile/anna...

Many people have been asking why Obamacare/HealthCare.gov premiums will double on average next year. Here's why: In 2021, Democrats voted to increase financial help for people buying health insurance through HealthCare.gov. In 2022, we extended this assistance through the end of 2025.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Oh this is not great

Just to be absolutely clear: The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person. And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

I had the privilege of briefing dozens of Congressional staffers on Friday about Trump’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean. Thanks to the Progressive Caucus Action Fund for sponsoring the forum. You can watch my part of the event here:

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out. 1/2

Juan has recently been released. Without charge. He was detained, all day in a cell, simply for standing at a protest. Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support and thank you to my senators for your support. I will post more tomorrow but need to be with family tonight 🙏

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

I think people are too quick to focus on the farmers on bailouts. Focus on Trump and Bessent. Bc whatever happens with farmers EVERYONE ELSE will be pissed they have to pay to fix Bessent's fuckups.

EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY. RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.

Duncan: But I’m proud to say I’m a Democrat. I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor—instead of villainizing everyone or putting an asterisk next to someone just because they don’t look like me, talk like me, love like me, or worship like me.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.

So Trump is defunding the police.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

America: let’s put a moronic criminal in charge of our finest men and women in uniform. Also America: let’s hope our finest men and women in uniform do not listen to the moronic criminal we put in charge of them.

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Trump’s tariffs are a humongous back door tax on US consumers and they’re part of a massive transfer of wealth to the rich.

CNN: Breaking news tonight, Democrats securing the final push they need to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files as Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins the special election in Arizona's 7th congressional district

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Blimey! A comment I made about @jimmykimmel.com‘s show on @hcrichardson.bsky.social‘s post has over 260 likes atm 😲 Here’s what I said, and it’s true! You don’t need a Hulu or Disney sub to watch it, as long as it’s produced! Grateful I can watch on YT! Looking forward to Jimmy‘s next comments 😅