Ron Johnson: "In the private sector, when a company is bankrupt - and let's face it, our nation is bankrupt - employees are laid off & they have to go find jobs elsewhere. Which quite honestly shouldn't be that difficult if federal workers lose some jobs. In Wisconsin, you can't find enough workers"

BREAKING: South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) an anti-LGBTQ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — pleaded guilty last Friday to distributing child sex abuse material Not a Drag Queen or Transgender— just another MAGA Republican hurting kids. Surprised?!

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

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Republicans just shut down the government to rip away healthcare and hand Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab. Instead of negotiating a budget that protects families, Republicans chose to throw working families under the bus. This is the GOP’s shutdown & they own the damage from it.

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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

This is the cringiest MF on the planet. He’s actually saying this to our most senior military officers from around the world.

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www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo... I’d ask how this is happening in America but then again how is any of this shit show happening? It’s happening because the Grand Old Perverts allowed our country to burn. Kissinger said Power is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac.. almost..Power is the Ultimate Drug. #Pinks

If Congress doesn’t act to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, KFF’s latest analysis finds that premium payments would more than double on average in 2026. See the data: on.kff.org/3WfWxjj

Republicans just REJECTED our attempt to keep the government funded & stop your health care costs from skyrocketing. They have the White House, House, and Senate. They could have just kept costs stable – they refused. Don’t let them gaslight you. This is a Republican shutdown.

Electricity now costs up to 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

#Pinks #ProudBlue

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office. The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense. The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace. Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

As feared,after their meeting Netanyahu got everything he wanted. Everyone knows its easy to manipulate Trump There will be no peace for Gazas tortured people. Thousands more will die. More children will starve, shot, be bombed Trump wants their land for resorts www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

Seen in Calgary, Alberta

They are declaring war on citizens of this country. And telling anyone that isn't on board to get out of the way. Many of our families fought against specifically this. #Resistance #Pinks

The government of the United States, which is controlled by Donald Trump in the presidency, Republicans in the Senate, and Republicans in the House, will shut down in a few hours. It is the first shutdown since the last time Trump was president and he shut down the government.

Where have we seen this before?

The generals are calling them “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” because of how badly they bombed.

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After 9 months of GOP leadership in the House, Senate, & WH, prices are soaring on everything. Dems won't vote for a bill that increases the cost of health care. Repubs would rather shut down the govt than take care of their constituents. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

As we were saying less than a year ago 👉

This needs to be in every radio and television ad, on every mailer, in every email , on every bumper sticker and yard sign, and on every billboard sign… like a red-hot branding iron reminding us that ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

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.

Arizona GOP Rep. John Gillette, responding to disinformation, demanded Rep. Pramila Jayapal be ‘tried, convicted & hanged’—a call left unpunished by his party, showing how violent rhetoric is reshaping U.S. politics.” theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/arizona-re...

“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.” 📌These “dangerous cities” Trump was talking about, of course, are in the country he governs, because NOTHING excites him more than attacking America. 📌He's a lowlife, a traitor, and belongs in jail. My latest ...

Thank you, Senator Kaine. There should be ZERO TOLERANCE for PARTISANSHIP in the Military. They're supposed to protect EVERY American, NOT just the ones that Donald Trump tells them to attack. Highly & deeply DISTURBING.

I thought the dictatorship was to only last one day. Trump now has his own secret police and he has purged the military of people who may disobey an unlawful order. He has given them free reign to brutalize Americans on American soil. These are the most dangerous days in America.

👺 theyre running Hitler’s playbook 📕 #RewritingHistory #Project2025

Perfect image for this moment -- Pete Hegseth wasted millions of dollars flying military leaders from across the globe to hear him blather about gender-neutral physical fitness standards and appearance, and the chryon in the corner notes the government is about to shut down.

What a joke is this! 2 bloated Ego's trying to be tough. Very disappointed that the US military leaders didn't make history today by just standing up and walk away from this pathetic performance of fascism.

"As [Epstein's] victims continue to come forward, and new evidence continues to emerge, the questions and demands for justice grow louder. What can we learn from the information that has been released? What will it take for the full files to be released? And how will Trump respond?"

NEWS: Mike Johnson just refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva AGAIN, leaving Arizona's 7th without a Congresswoman during the shutdown, and preventing the 218th signature to force the vote on the Epstein Files. Just over 6 hours until we shutdown. I have the latest.

Trump called Democratic cities an “invasion from within.” He wants troops in the streets. He sees protests as a threat. The unrest terrifies him because it’s aimed at the tyrant he sees in the mirror. He’s preparing the battlefield. When power fears its people, it doesn't retreat. It strikes.

As a mental health professional, I concur. 💃😺

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 HELLO Hegseth slams 'fat generals,' says U.S. officers should resign if they don't support his agenda Yet ..in America it is OK for the Orange dude to be FAT 🙄🤮 www.republicworld.com/world-news/h...

So, since Trump is the commander and chief over the military, let’s see him pass the military requirements of health and weight. This one did

Republicans have the ability to stop the shut down. They are CHOOSING TO VOTE in the INTEREST of BILLIONAIRES INSTEAD of the INTEREST of their CONSTITUENTS This isn’t on Democrats.

What a POS💩🖕

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.”

To the people who thought it was so important that we all have guns to be able to fight off our own military: How's that working out for you? When masked gunmen are kidnapping people off the streets with no due process, how many times has that been rectified by the decent armed citizens of the US?