Three members of the Democratic caucus voted to advance the GOP resolution: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), a member of the Democratic leadership team; Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.); and Sen. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats. - The Hill

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones: "In New Hampshire we do not provide health insurance for illegal immigrants, we have never done that, and you are just wrong."

Why is this government making life harder for Americans instead of better? That’s the heart of it, isn’t it? The current administration isn’t governing for all Americans, it’s governing for power consolidation, loyalty, and the benefit of a narrow group of allies, donors, and corporations.

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

if you respect the law and the constitution, the trump administration has no use for you

I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with MTG 100%. And for the record, I’m not paid for any of my opinions. Never have been, never will be.

Dems may also want to run against inept & chaotic mismanagement. time.com/7322462/gove...

Maybe this will all pan out, but I'm getting dot com bubble vibes. www.reuters.com/technology/o...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Daily homily.

Pratchettism. I'm told the coffee at Harga's is solid.

Ending the series with his most famous quote.

Morning coffee. Getting tired of reporting more hot & dry, with lows in the 60's and highs near 100, but it is what it is. I'm told Autumn is happening Way North of Austin.

Halloween is coming.

Halloween is coming.

Government agencies shouldn't do this. Seems like a violation of the Hatch Act, although I realize that's a quaint notion.

Not at all a "despicable" question and it IS inappropriate.

Release 'em

No more latibulating. Elbows up America!

It’s a shame that the September jobs report has been canceled. I’m sure it would have shown us how everything is going perfectly.

🎯 @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?

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NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

Perks of the job, amirite?

The President turning the military against Americans is a bigger story than the shutdown and media outlets should treat it accordingly.

Sure, the federal government is shut down, but…at least we are planning to bail out Argentina. “America First,” my ass.

Other than economic distress, what incentive would any woman have for joining Hegseth's military?

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

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

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

BASH: Do you think the executive branch should use this shutdown as an excuse to permanently fire federal workers? MIKE JOHNSON: Well I can tell you right now that the president has been a benevolent president. He is mitigating the harm right now.

Pam Bondi: "You have these woke DAs who are Soros-appointed. A lot them are Soros-elected."

WH confirms that the construction of the ballroom will continue despite the shutdown.

The key to understanding Texas pot policy is that they accidentally legalized all manner of synthetic weed and quite not intending to created a cottage industry that is technically licit federally, and despite Dan Patrick and lots of Cons hating it, it makes too much tax money to get rid of

COLLINS: Why do you think Trump didn't mean that? He referred very specific cities MIKE TURNER: He doesn't mean it in the manner you said it COLLINS: I was just quoting him

Finally, a reporter asked the question I’ve been screaming at my TV. 📌 Why do you keep lying about immigrants getting free healthcare? And Trump went straight into his same old word salad mode of incoherent nonsense. No answer.

This sort of premium jump will take place in 41 states that don’t have their own subsidies. CA, CO, CT, MA, MD, NJ, NM, VT, WA, and DC have subsidies. Everyone else is fucked.

Where is all this extra land going to come from? Where is all the extra water going to come from? Who is going to harvest all this produce?