Let’s be clear: Republicans are 💯 responsible for the government shutdown. They don’t need a single vote from Democrats to reopen. Republicans are 💯 responsible for firing thousands of federal workers. They don’t need a single layoff to offset the shutdown. It’s their Project 2025 playbook. (1/3)

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Anthony Hopkins has come so far ❤️ One of my favorite things about what we do is seeing people like Earth come in and build relationships with the dogs. I can't do this alone

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist? Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.” If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs? Every Trump voter needs to see this.

No Kings, For the love of America.

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events. www.nokings.org

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are. www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Republicans are allowing health care premiums to double for Americans already struggling to afford coverage — and now they're trying to distract us. It’s as shameless as it is cruel.

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

The indictment of Letitia James should alarm us all. It was meant to send a message: If you cross Trump, you could be next.

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions "It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

CARTOON OF THE DAY

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

Oh, sure, let's have Qatar set up its military bases on American soil--because we're all about America First, amirite?

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

Just a heads up: lots of Republican women get abortions too.

ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, but he wants you to know he has no opinion on anything and takes responsibility for nothing. His go-to line is “not in my lane.” Jen Psaki last night…

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET. Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

it’s all just a grift

Make no mistake. This nonsense about Antifa is directly tied to the 2026 and 2028 elections. It’s the “crisis” they will use as justification to shut down key voting centers.

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

Sickening.

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

Republicans 2026: "We took the freedom of speech away."

Hello?

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime." @publiccitizen.bsky.social

The Justice Department had 36 attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians when Trump took office in January. Today it has two. See how this works?

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

Sen. PADILLA: This Justice Department fired a 15-year career prosecutor who put away sex traffickers and transnational terrorists. She was marched out of her office. Why? Because she had the audacity to remind Border Patrol that it should follow court orders.

I'm about to vote on the SAME Republican budget proposal for the 6th time. Why? Instead of working with Democrats to lower health care costs, Republicans are forcing us to vote over and over again on a budget that would let 15 million Americans lose their coverage. youtube.com/shorts/FoV3B...

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...