The Interior Department has told its staff to bring their government laptops and phones home so they can monitor updates about potential mass firings.

No lie detected.

Good morning, #5amWritersClub. Today my MC meets an enchanted cinnamon roll. A bit like Persephone’s Pomegranate. Having fun with this cozy #romantasy.

Random and delightful textile art.

Mexico's Senate voted 99-0 to ban marine mammal entertainment, affecting ~350 captive dolphins. They'll be moved to sanctuaries or sea pens within 18 months. The law awaits final approval, marking a huge step for animal welfare. www.humaneworld.org/en/news/mexi...

New at Media Nation: @wgbh.org announces a $225 million fundraising initiative to offset the end of government subsidies. dankennedy.net/2025/10/01/g...

Dr. Sanduk Ruit, Nepali surgeon, restored sight to 180,000+ people via low-cost cataract surgery, reducing lens cost from $300 to under $5, and trained thousands, providing free care in remote areas through Tilganga Institute and Himalayan Cataract Project. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_...

NEXT ARRIVES THE HOUR OF LIGHT SNACK AND RETURN SOME EMAILS. THEN SOX-YANKEES.

“JANE doesn’t attempt to explain her research or findings, rather it paints a portrait of Gombe through Goodall’s eyes. In interviews, Goodall reflected that it was the first film that truly evoked the feeling of being there.” R.I.P. Jane Goodall 😢

Jane Goodall, RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Swear her in.

Rep. Jason Crow: "Donald Trump and his administration will do anything they want to do. Period It doesn't matter what the law says. It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. It doesn't what Congress says. It's time for us to acknowledge that fact."

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Coming up on #KTLA: Struggling home-fitness firm Peloton announces it's climbing aboard the A.I. bandwagon. And it's raising its subscription fees and hardware costs

🎯 @repdean.bsky.social is right, and @SpeakerJohnson knows it. What is it called when everyone in a group is too afraid to criticize the leader for something they know is objectively wrong?

Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day

BREAKING Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91. It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post. She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated. Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH

BASH: You mentioned $1.5 trillion. $1 trillion of that is to reverse Medicaid cuts that you put in the big beautiful bill MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid reforms, not cuts. BASH: It's less spending. You can call it what you want.

Chicago isn’t a “warzone”… but the Broadview ICE facility is. That’s why it’s time to say enough is enough. But to do that, we need our leaders. And your help:

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.

Today, Generals and Flag Officers sat there thinking, "This is the DUMBEST son of a bitch on the planet." Which one were they talking about? Take your pick.

Q: “How did the White House decide that it is appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia? Leavitt: “I think it’s frankly despicable that you’re trying to suggest that it’s inappropriate.”

I’m fighting for Eric Adams’ voters. Andrew Cuomo is fighting for his donors.

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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

The moment where Kegbreath ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time. 🥹

MAGA's power comes from their narrative control. Here's a free messaging guide for turning their own messaging tactics: slogans, repetition and framing, against them: https://americanmanifesto.news/anti-maga-messaging-guide-v1

How it started.... How it's going .... 💪⚖️🗳️👻

Are we great yet?

The people running the government these days are running it into the ground. Project 2025 continues to be rolled out.

The GOAT apnews.com/article/goat...  Livestock landscaping: Vermont ski areas employ goats and sheep to clear the slopes

Democrats want Republicans to sit down at the table for a serious negotiation about how to keep health care premiums from more than doubling. But Trump is too busy frying his brain in an AI fantasy world.

"'Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life ... Someone who says I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.'" www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo...

AOC: When everyone says makes an exception here or makes an exception there, and then before you know it, you have masked agents roaming the streets of this country that do not feel entitled to identify themselves

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Trump's brain glitches...again and again www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

“That asshole totally ripped me off.”

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Ask yourself: what happened in April that triggered mass job losses?

A chill in the air. Happy October.🍂

Dog love is the best love

Stephanopoulos: “Do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training for the U.S. military calling those people in the American city as the enemy within?” Johnson: “I'm not going to comment on your characterization of what the President said.”