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.

Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. youtu.be/OSOAPMl_BSc?...

This is what keeps me sane: the faith that Noem - and Hegseth, and Bondi, and Musk, and Miller - will be held to account for their crimes against our nation and our people. Not normal. Not constitutional. Not moral. Not legal.

This is all they want. They don’t care about a trial or a conviction.

Good lord

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...

There are like a dozen videos this bad or worse per week now. This stuff is insane.

ICE is out of control in Chicago. Now just tossing tear gas canisters out of the car in the middle of one of our neighborhoods as kids are walking home from school, people out going grocery shopping. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov on rural hospital closures: “We’re the wealthiest country in the world. Every community—rural, suburban, urban, Black, white, rich, poor—deserves world-class healthcare. That’s the bare minimum.”

A terrific cri de coeur and an important fire bell in the night by Michael Wood. "I don’t think our generals and admirals are soft. I served under one of them—my old battalion commander in Afghanistan—who was likely in that room. He was a relentless warrior..." open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Was just writing about this today, but here's a preview: the dam is about to burst. People in Blue states are pissed and getting more pissed. The conversations I hear even from non political people aren't subtle.

Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons? This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.

Wanna know whose shutdown this is? Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.

“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”

Wow. It should get more attention that on most social media sites aside from X, the Trump White House is getting absolutely ripped to shreds over the shutdown. These Instagram comments are absolutely brutal for them.

Republicans can mock Democrats all they want, but the numbers don’t lie. By a 17 point margin, Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown. And Americans overwhelmingly back extending ACA subsidies—71% in WaPo, 78% in the KFF poll.

OK, this is some hot stuff.

Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. The legacy of the Roberts court.

One point Judge Waverly Crenshaw pointed to in granting Kilmar Abrego discovery on Vindictive Prosecution is people, including Pam Bondi, kept making false claims publicly about Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I slowed down a video of Nick Sortor in Portland from Wed night to show he pushed this woman first in this altercation. Sortor claimed he was attacked last night (Thurs) and was unfairly arrested, and Pam Bondi has since called him to tell him the feds will investigate his "wrongful arrest." /

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Nashville ruled that the Department of Justice’s criminal case against Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be a form of punishment against him for legally challenging his abrupt removal to an El Salvador megaprison earlier this year.

They might be worth something if we melt them all down and make a monument to Obama out of 'em. We could put it on the Mall alongside trump & Epstein holding hands ... and Obama would be laughing.

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already... www.nokings.org

BREAKING: A federal appeals court just blocked Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship No president can change the Constitution with the stroke of a pen. Here’s the ruling 👇 -TN democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.03.25...

Who the hell is she trying to fool? Farmers know: trump made the 'deal' that crushed the markets for their beans. Now he wants to rip off American taxpayers to cover up his own blundering.

Happy FFF, y'all! Don't let the bastards get ya down.

“Democrats are radical leftists who shut down the government” = non-political message forced on government bureaucrats’ OOO message. A pride flag = “FIRE HIM NOW FOR POLITICS”

It was probably a mistake for us to pass that constitutional amendment that voided the emoluments clause

New in PN: Lessons from a Red Scare "As Emma Goldman hoped, and Louis Post later demonstrated, the American people are capable of turning the tide against repression — even if that effort feels hopeless in the moment."

Someone should write an obituary for the Hatch Act.

If you get an automated OOO response like the one below from a furloughed gov employee, you should know it was NOT written by the person you're trying to contact. When those employees discovered the hack & tried to restore the original wording, their responses were changed again.

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:

I mean come the hell on… The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

. @janefonda.com is so inspirational www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

It has been a whirlwind two days. From our launch yesterday to four media interviews today. Nearly 2,000 folks have stepped up to donate to our grassroots campaign. It’s humbling. We are working to come out swinging and take back MO-2 and help working Missourians. ICMYI our kick off video.

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Trump’s former “spiritual advisor.”

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Trump wants to use a shutdown of Republicans’ own making to keep YOU in the dark about our economy. The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them. Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.

New WaPo poll:   47% of respondents blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Just 30% blame Democrats.

1. UPDATE: Billionaire Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet heavily on Argentina, pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his longtime friend and former colleague, to rescue the country, according to Argentine media. Shortly thereafter, Bessent announced a $20 billion taxpayer-funded bailout.

The fact that an agent literally said "fuck them kids" is just icing on the unconstitutional cake. They enjoy being able to play badass while they terrorize neighborhoods.

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.

NEW Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen case The judge, who works for DOJ, found “insufficient evidence” that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda. DHS had said “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate. Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

I think the important question here is WHAT HAPPENED TO EDDIE?