RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Johnson defends his refusal to swear in Grijalva: "I'm following the Pelosi precedent." When Republican "Julia Letlow was elected... Pelosi took 25 days to swear her in." Karl fact-checks him: "that was the date [Letlow] requested ... Pelosi didn't delay that." Johnson admits nothing and moves on.

So the Dallas ICE shooter was an unemployed, online, loner, gamer dude with no friends who was politically unaligned with any particular ideology except the white male internet brain rot.

So no terrorism then?

My small town No Kings rally with 500 plus people.

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."

Whenever Democrats are tempted to pull out the old “spirited disagreements but we’re all Americans” bromide, they need to remember this first.

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything. It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in. Long thread.

In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, eggs and bacon at Bob Evans, and then back to the church to shoot the priest in the face with a pepper ball. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

What's funny is I read the language of this "compact." It would ban gender-based affirmative action. If schools did that, it would hurt boys. Already girls outnumber boys in college, and schools tacitly lower standards for boys in admissions. Without that, some schools would be 60-70% female.

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.) Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear. But… no “kids”!

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Great googly-moogly, these guys look like cartoon caricatures of what you would expect.

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog. www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

George Retes is an American citizen and Army veteran who served in Iraq. He was jailed by ICE and held for three days. He was never given a phone call — much less an explanation for why was detained by ICE. He shared his story of abuse by the Trump administration to @timmiller.bsky.social:

I’ve been working on this story for years … and he just … said it on television …

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child. She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck. This is not about immigration enforcement. It's about terrorizing Americans.

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

As with Comey, the charges against Letitia James have no signature other than Trump’s handpicked personal attorney Lindsey Halligan. No line prosecutor signed this document.

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

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

As Benjin Stark said to Tyrion Lannister, nothing someone says before the word “but” really counts.

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing? TRUMP: Who are we talking about? C: Ghislaine Maxwell T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition we’ve had since Washington. No, what’s more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

So many people on Bsky have complained, rightly, that 'leaders' and 'elites' have not stepped up to face our crisis. But here's one who has - Michael Roth, Wesleyan president - and he has <1000 followers! You can help, now: amplify the voice of leaders who take risks to speak. Follow and re-post. 1/

To shoot down Russian drones as effectively and cheaply as Ukraine, NATO countries would need the same anti-drone wall. Here’s what it looks like ⬇️

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

The deep dive that @donmoyn.bsky.social and I did into what Russell Vought and Donald Trump are seeking in their shutdown is now published with transcript and show notes. We also covered the history of right-wing public administration and Vought's religious extremism, and much more!

Daniel Dale debunks the claim that Dems want to give free health care to illegal immigrants. - Undocumented immigrants can't get Obamacare / Medicaid - Emergency care is already guaranteed by Reagan-era law - Federal funds are hospital reimbursements, not insurance - Trump's BBB reduced them

Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.

Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

There used to be a sort of social contract that the PMC classes had with red states that has been completely ripped apart and I honestly don't know how that's going to feed into housing market growth and corporate relocations.

I don't remember the stats anymore, but saw a write-up back during Trump I that said something like ~85% of active duty military are non-combat roles Doctors, mechanics, cooks, people processing payroll -- none of those folks are killing people for a living bsky.app/profile/phil...