Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

"I don't want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men" - Pete Hegseth, defense secretary

Call your dem Senators tonight. Tell them not to cave. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS official—you clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, “I am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, I’m going to put him in cuffs.” Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney General… And who’s that? Todd Blanche.

Republicans Ran Away House and Senate Democrats are in Washington working to cut Healthcare costs for Americans. House Republicans ran away. #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

This.

Fix this @apnews.com.

Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.

Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

When will corporate news media discuss the fact that the president is totally demented and insane? Oh right, the pedophilic billionaire elite don’t want you to think about that.

When are all the terrified people who know this is wrong but think they can just wait out the next three years going to wake up and take their heads out of the sand?

NEW: Republicans refused to change the rules to fund the government with a simple majority, & failed to pass a funding bill. Fetterman, Cortez-Masto, & Angus King voted with republicans to fund the regime - but came up short in the end. THANK YOU to Schumer for not voting to fund this government.

😬 whoopsy. Freudian!

America is in the midst of a self-inflicted economic damage, federal government shutdown, and daily humiliation on the global stage. All within just nine months of Donald Trump returning to the White House with full GOP control of Washington.

Hi Donald!

Democrats have leverage — and they need to use it to fight back against this regime. Any Democratic senator who votes for a continuing resolution offered by Republicans will effectively be green-lighting the cruel policies passed in Trump's big, ugly bill. Do not cave in.

More guns than people… Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

HERE: Just now, Trump admits it: “A lot of good can come from a shutdown. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want, and they’d be democrat things.”

Today, Trump declared war on his own citizens, calling for U.S. cities to be used as “training grounds” for troops to confront what he called an “invasion from within.” Americans are a proud people, and no one (foreign or domestic) will threaten our home.

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Good news, but I hate that it took a judge to do it.

Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."

Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"

If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.

NEW YORK… ICE puts a photographer in the hospital… Completely out of control

Look at that huge jump in Trump's wealth in 2025. Americans can't afford groceries or health care. But the Trump presidency is working out great for Donald Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

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

Pete Hegseth said no “beardos” are allowed. No word yet on short, two-inch wide mustaches.

Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

"The point is that voters are hungry for authenticity, for leaders who understand their lives, and for a Democratic Party that fights as hard as the stakes demand." Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+. 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...

ICE are thug trash.

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess. The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

The professionalism that our most senior military commanders exhibited with their silence today despite repeated attempts by Hegseth & Trump begging them to please clap was encouraging, & should be an example to all troops when they try to exploit them for partisan politics. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

Republicans don’t need a single Dem vote to keep the government open. Yet here is the banner at HUD today.

America: let’s put a moronic criminal in charge of our finest men and women in uniform. Also America: let’s hope our finest men and women in uniform do not listen to the moronic criminal we put in charge of them.

What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.

“We don’t work for Donald Trump. We work for the American people. House Democrats will not back down.” – Rep. Joe Neguse Republicans control Congress and the White House. A shutdown is on them. This is Trump’s shutdown‼️

I think Rep. Crockett and I were on the same page regarding Trump's Weaponization of government:

Trump declares war on Americans: "Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies foreign and domestic. That's what the oath says -- foreign and domestic. Well we also have domestic."

Trump summoned the top American military officers stationed around the world to VA to tell them that the enemy they should be primarily concerned with now is American citizens.