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Resignation letter from ousted longtime federal prosecutor in Eastern District of Virginia It issues a scathing rebuke of Justice Dept leadership: "The leadership is more concerned with punishing the President's perceived enemies than they are with protecting our national security" ====>

📣 UPDATED: Two new polls confirm: Out of the gate, Americans STRONGLY support extending the #ACA tax credits. 🚨 Meanwhile, 58% of enrollees barely knew about the looming danger as of a week ago. acasignups.net/25/10/03/two...

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

I’m old enough to remember when the Biden campaign, not even the government, asked a tech company just to behave with a modicum of responsibility, and it was such a big deal that entire TV channels and Matt Taibbi wouldn’t shut the fuck up about it ever.

Oh, here's another law the Trumpsters are going to ignore.

We're not at war with Venezuela, these boats are many hundreds of lines from our waters, much less our shores, there is no threat, this is just murder. I really do think everyone from the SecDef to the guy who pushed the button should be tried for murder on this.

> @deanbaker13.bsky.social

Capybara Wildlife Photography #BeaverLife #NatureConservation #WildlifeWonder

Happy I-Fuckin-Warned-You-About-Project-2025-And-You Called-Me-Crazy Day to those who celebrate

The insanity going on at the White House and the elected GOPers are doing nothing!!!!

Millions of normal people, 2024: “Trump is lying about Project 2025! It’s their fucking blueprint.” Person who MAKES HIS LIVING REPORTING ON POLITICS: “Wow! Boy these career vandals and liars really fooled me. Holy cow. That’s some impressive lying!”

In a world of AI that distorts and lies, witnesses to evil (ICE raids, other actions) might want to consider reviving CAMERAS w/ actual film that removes ALL doubt about authenticity. Kodak and Pentax still make them and film. In large events it's critical there is some unimpeachable documentation

Government is shutdown and people are losing jobs. Where are GOP Senate leaders?! "GOP Senate leader John Thune, GOP Senator John Barrasso and other GOP pals dining last night at swanky Capitol Hill hotspot Bistro Cacao" Yep the GOP elite dine at a ritzy restaurant while Americans are struggling

Jersey, do not let Trump & his henchmen infest us!!! #MikieSherrill

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Apple said that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after they cowered to Trump. Sad.

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.

Those Democrats are sooo unreasonable

This is a reckless delay, especially when 20% of our nation's GDP relies on this infrastructure. For New Jersey and our nation's sake this funding must be fully restored, immediately.

Bonica used to have to analyze data to show this kind of pattern, but now they just come out and say it

They’re loving it. Your health care is not on their minds.

I knew I liked this guy.

Look at this lying sack of shit. The markets are NEVER coming back, Trump gave them to China with a bow on it and you went along with it. And now, once again, they want blue states to bail out Trump farmers.

Republicans in Congress could end the Trump shutdown today by passing a budget deal that protects your health care and takes away Trump’s blank checks. Let your legislators hear from you.

I’ve been looking around for the most credulous mid-campaign piece about Trump’s obviously fatuous Project 2025 disavowal, and I think it might be this one from Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Absolutely insane

If you were already leery of Amazon Pharmacy, you were right... something now exists that's even worse! Probably goes without saying for the people who follow me here, but DON'T FUCKING DO THIS. They're gonna try to con you into using it by telling you meds will be cheaper. Don't fall for it!

These two girls were murdered by a relative of the Chief of Police, so because of who he was no action was taken when the police and school were notified that he was stalking one of the girls. 3 MONTHS neighbors said he sat in his car in front of her house and NOTHING was done. Another RW murderer

Look, everything about this is embarrassing and horrible, but I’d like to zero in on him proudly and loudly trumpeting PROJECT 2025. Every member of the media who willingly snowed themselves when he said he knew nothing about it should be embarrassed to be seen in public ever again.

"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...

Yesterday was Julie Andrews 90th Birthday. The first movies I remember seeing in a movie theater as a little kid were hers, first Mary Poppins (I had a Mary Poppins doll that looked like her), then The Sound of Music. I even brought the Mary Poppins soundtrack to college with me. Happy Belated!!

These posts from @andr3wsky.bsky.social on threads (I checked to see if he also posted here but he didn't) were actually hard to read, because Black folks have said this *so* often and been argued *down* about it, reading someone say it as a 💡 feels damn near insulting. But maybe ppl will listen

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

It's pumpkin time at the Zoo!!!!!! 👻

This short passage from a Politico afternoon newsletter captures a huge amount of the advantage gained by lying at scale and the why the DC press corps remains wired for the GOP.

We must pay billions to farmers Because we cut off their customers with tariffs And pay billions to Argentina Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited Because that is America First

Yes, racists will disagree with anti-racists about racism existing and about racism being bad. Fascists will disagree with antifascists about fascism being dangerous. No shit and so what.

For over 60 years, Jane Goodall was a force for research about our precious planet—and climate change action to protect it—while breaking glass ceilings along the way. I'll so miss her courage and commitment to help expand what we know about our world and preserve it for the generations to come.

Priorities.

question: why does the media treat democrats as the only ones with any agency? republicans have a trifecta, they can prevent a shutdown whenever they want more important question: what is wrong with Alex Thompson?

If you don't talk to the people in the ER, how would you know they weren't citizens? This sounds like a man assuming based on the color of people's skin.

If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response. If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response. If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.

Minnesota: Split bipartisan legislature. Kept the government open. Invested in improving lives. Responsible budget cuts. Washington: Republicans control House, Senate, Oval Office. Government shutdown. Driving up health care costs by thousands. Skyrocketing national debt.

Who knew they would let that monster remain an ICE agent? Especially after learning he's done this shit all over the country?

Trump wants to hold the government hostage until Democrats agree to raise health care costs for millions of Americans and give him more unchecked power. But health care is a human right. And in America, we have no kings.