This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

Since Congressional Republicans failed to extend ACA premium tax credits, half a million Pennsylvanians are going to be paying an average of 102% more for healthcare premiums. This isn’t just a talking point: this is the reality for folks across the Commonwealth.

If Secretary Noem thinks the Coast Guard needs modernization, she should start with the vessels and rescue gear that save lives, not a flying five-star hotel to help herself travel in style. Because that’s not public service, it’s self-serving corruption.

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500. Insane

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

Every day, more details come out that show just how deep this plot to protect the wealthy and powerful goes. They are being shielded from justice. Rep. Thomas Massie and I are fighting to bring them to justice and release the files.

I looked it up...over 48,000 of those SNAP households are in Clay Higgins' district. That's around 126,000 of his constituents, or 16% of the entire population of LA-03.

Guys, @ninaburleigh.bsky.social is always good but she’s been on a heater the last few weeks. This Russ Vought dude—the one who said he wanted federal employees in trauma—is such a fucking loser.

@realtimers.bsky.social You have MTG on and you don’t ask about the Epstein files? C’mon man WTF? UAB’s??

@johnsipher.bsky.social its Friday, prepare for the weekend deflate.

Dutch liberals, together with the Dutch center-right, fight back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

If he wasn't in the #EPSTEIN_Files, a hardbound copy embossed in gaudy gold would be readily available for sale at his MAGA Merch site for the low, low price of $500, or IF YOU ACT NOW, a personally signed copy for the more-than-reasonable price of $1K: Courtesy of the gross greedy #GrifterInChief.💰

Here’s a headline you won’t see in Tennessee today: “Senators @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty vote to continue tariffs on Canada” Tennessee is feeling the pain. 4 Republicans voted with Dems to stop them. Not Bill & Marsha. And Marsha wants to be governor?

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

This is the Trump/Johnson Epstein Shutdown If Johnson swears-in Adelita Girjalva, the House will override his scheme to block a vote demanding release of ALL the Epstein files Clearly whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump & his pals is really, really, really bad!!

With great power comes great responsibility. Republicans are in charge right now. They may not have 60 votes, but they hold the gavel, and that means it’s on them to negotiate. You cannot keep the government closed, refuse to talk, and then blame Democrats for the mess you created.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

"What began as a modest workplace amenity for public servants has metastasized into a taxpayer-funded citadel of privilege." Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Even if you are leader of the free world, you don’t just get an MRI without a clear reason to do so. There’s no such thing as a “screening” MRI.

One in eight Americans will struggle to put food on the table if the Trump shutdown extends through next week. Yet Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found. Tell them it's time to clock back in—because they work for us: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

share.google/kqs8kHgqNcX4... Darth Vader segment So Vought is a frustrated incel, who believes he’s doing God’s work while hurting millions of people. @stephenking.bsky.social couldn‘t write something this effing scary. @jonflan.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social

It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry.

@vinguptamd.bsky.social after reading how others felt about your mom, I‘m starting to believe the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. One worries about authenticity on TV, especially these days. I’m hoping someday they’ll tap you to fix the damage being done to HHS.

Russia was caught, red handed, interfering in the 2020 election. Trump never did anything to punish them.

Lately I've been telling people who pay me for talks to donate my fee to the St Louis Food Bank. These are hard times. In 2025, St Louis had a horrific tornado, a loss of federal aid, and now new SNAP cuts. Help St Louis folks eat and donate here: stlfoodbank.org/give-funds/

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social 2’s are wild @barbmcquade.bsky.social

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder... “I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.” www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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@sykescharlie.bsky.social @radiofreetom.bsky.social Trump couldn’t get out of the country fast enough. Maybe the GOP will rise up and lock him out?

@nicollewallace.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @sarahkendzior.bsky.social So what, are we supposed to be grateful some 1%’er is paying the military? Are we supposed to become accustomed to the charity of the rich who avoid taxes to keep our govt running? F them.

This man was part of a coalition of Reagan-era apartheid apologists who opposed U.S. opening talks with the African National Congress which he called a terrorist org. He has been a right wing activist for decades. His son was part of the Jan 6th mob and was convicted (later pardoned by Trump). 1/

That's no ballroom

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

@johnsipher.bsky.social it‘s Friday, how’s he going to ruin the weekend? My guess, now that SF has been saved from the “surge”, where’s his and Pee Wee’s next target.

@davidgura.bsky.social Plymouth Rock

Priorities.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

Flaccid bully threatens SF and then seeks thanks for flaccid bullying threat cancellation. Also: Release the Epstein files, you old goat.

@johnsipher.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social The East Wing is his let them eat cake moment, while the masses struggle.

I’ve been a prosecutor. There’s a huge difference between wiretaps and what were called “pen registers,” which only provide number called and length of call. If you don’t know the difference, you don’t belong on the Judiciary Committee. www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-sm...

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social for the next time you write something that melts snowflakes.

@nicollewallace.bsky.social @weissmann.substack.com The guy’s family has banked $4B in bitcoin kickbacks and he now has to swipe $230M from us?? Oh, Epstein Files.

Under Mike Johnson, the House has conducted just 20 days of business in the last 16 weeks and refused to swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva. Don't forget what this is really about: keeping the release of the Epstein Files at bay.

The protector of pedophiles says what? I urge you to watch “Surviving Ohio State” on HBO. You’ll see what kind of man Jordan is.