This. Also: 1. Our nuclear modernization started under Obama. 2. The only significant nuclear expansion under Trump was the low-yield W76 mod 2 submarine launched ballistic missile. 3. Testing nukes is fucking stupid. We don’t need to do it.

Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin. Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered. 63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government. #GOPShutdown

“He was very strong on congratulating me.”

A government office worker who helps seniors and the disabled with social security benefits shared her emotional response to the government shutdown. Essential government workers like her haven't been paid in four weeks. The pressure of it all has led to panic attacks: "We don't deserve this."

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} Why the GOP ❝freak-out❞ over seized phone records? Ex-Republican strategist Stuart Stevens says they fear Jan. 6 coordination could surface — across the White House, senators, operatives, donors. The subpoenas exist; the volume of outrage suggests a nerve was hit. ↴ tinyurl.com/mr3xhw4y

Truest thing I’ve ever seen!

When they say it’s the Black and Brown people, when the whole time it was them — Dennis Lee Phillips Jr. (age 42) and Jennifer Nichole Phillips (age 44) were arrested in Beaufort County, South Carolina, 👇🏾

“Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” Pritzker wrote. “Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence. www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pri...

Action Alert! Text & phone bankers urgently needed to get out the vote! Make a difference in the important Nov 4 elections. Virginia, New Jersey, CA Prop 50, & Pennsylvania. It's super easy. Effective. www.mobilize.us/call4change/... #weAreDemocracy Sign up now! #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

I never gossip. Except to save a soul. Or a conversation. So you won't catch me repeating the rumors about JD Vance and Erika Kirk.

Tick-Tock, Mike

One nuclear test costs $130 MILLION but Trump and the Republicans say we don’t have enough money to feed children. www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

How much do nuclear bomb tests cost American taxpayers?

Both the unemployment line and food pantry lines will be long... and so the economic downturn will be disastrous

Not too sure MAGA Mike is going to like this new national ad buy from the DCCC

👀 NEW: Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, per new @washingtonpost.com poll. Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%. More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.

Think about this #ICELawlessness. Folks are randomly apprehended without warrants or time to make arrangements for their families. This mom begs for her life because separating her from her kids is like death. Who'll care for them? Will she ever see them again? Speak out, before it happens to you!

Trump and Noem plan to unleash their out of control, violent goons on the streets on a night usually reserved for families trick-or-treating. This wasn't a concern for parents this time a year ago.

This is a concentration camp. Call it what it is. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

“Making the Affordable Care Act unaffordable for a million Texans will not save taxpayers money, only change how society pays for it. Congress needs to make the COVID-era subsidies permanent; it makes sense economically, medically and morally.” www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

Usually they make these threats over the phone, not in writing.

Release the Epstein Files. This is a huge deal. Virginia Giuffre, a survivor, is the one who named Andrew as one of her many rapists. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

FACT: In July, Marsha Blackburn voted for the largest cut to SNAP in the history of the program. Now, 700,000 TN children, seniors & people w/ disabilities are going to miss meals and she’s pretending to care b/c she’s running for Governor. She thinks your too dumb to remember

JD Vance was fed by the government as a child, and now he wants to pull that ladder up behind him.

MAGA Republicans: “StOp CaLLiNg uS NaZiS‼️” Also MAGA Republicans: 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

What do we do when life gets hard? We swim! Just keep swimming NYC today.

The guy who's mass-murdering people on the high seas now wants to 'test' nukes. What could go wrong?

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

Boycott Amazon

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

this is evil

To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds. They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use. No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

Since it appears that talk of insurrection is being mentioned again by the president and GOP folks, I thought I would post a few photos each day from my Jan. 6th collection. 💙 Today's photos...

Russia isn't just losing the war, it's also losing the cyber war too. Putin has now lost an entire bot farm worth $1 million dollars, it has been hacked and taken over by the Cyber Legion army. It's the first of many more to come. A long winter is coming. #opRussia ⛈️

"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" - Ronald Reagan

When I explain that boycotting an election over an issue has never once forced a politician to embrace that issue, I'm not "scolding people to vote." I'm explaining reality. Feel free to sit on your ass! Just don't pretend that your lazy apathy is somehow going to advance your agenda.

This indictment of @katmabu.bsky.social and five other protesters is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read (this week), and I imagine it will be laughed out of (lower) court. They’re being charged with the conspiracy of slowing down an ICE vehicle. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Let's have a meme contest about Republican cruelty & their disgraceful treatment of SNAP recipients. How can Trump & Republicans let 42M AMERICANS (39% of whom are children) starve? They're heartless. They have the ability to fund #SNAP, but refuse to do so! Here's my meme.

Autism was acknowledged medically long before Tylenol was invented. Just stop this total BS and release all the Epstein files! #Voices4Victory #Pinks #DemVoice1

🇺🇲🇯🇵 Toyota claims Trump is lying and says it never explicitly promised a new $10 billion investment in the US, despite Trump’s claim during his Japan visit - Reuters

The FBI director is flying his girlfriend around on private government planes while FBI agents go without paychecks and families prepare to go hungry as SNAP benefits are being suspended

So WHY the fawk would ANY Dem sign on to anything he wants? He couldn't care less about congressional approval or the millions that will starve from his gluttonous greed while he and his criminal buddies feast on power.

I am not the Democratic Party. I am not employed by the Democratic Party. It is not my job to help them win elections. I am an historian who specializes in American politics. It *is* related to my job to tell people who believe that not voting might work that it actually never has.