Context matters

REPORTER: Why not put a standalone military pay bill on the floor? MIKE JOHNSON: We have already voted to pay the troops. We did it three weeks ago.

Our farmers want trade, not aid. This is a band-aid solution to a problem Trump caused single handedly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the bad advice Trump is getting: "I don't think it's good advice that Republicans ignoring the health insurance crisis is gonna be good for midterms. I actually think it's going to be very bad for midterms ... costs have not come down."

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

WATCH: “It’s a no brainer!” Sen. Charlane Oliver continues her effort with @aftynbehn.bsky.social to end TN’s sky high grocery tax. The TNGOP has ignored everyday people while handing billions to the wealthy & corporations. www.local3news.com/local-news/w...

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I'm talking about the Epstein list. I genuinely don't understand why there's been any effort to hide this & prevent it from coming out. But b/c of the efforts for years now to hide it, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the frontlines."

Rebecca has 92K followers including Gaetz, Loomer, Massie, D’Souza, Sen Schmitt, Rep. Cloud. Broke with Trump over Epstein.

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

TOP: Prem shares a clip of Noem saying “we’re going to take the same approach with Antifa” as they did with the boats they bombed (without evidence) BOTTOM: Ingraham’s latest segment saying “they’re all Antifa now”🤔 BOTTOM LINE: We are over the cliff here, folks

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started. We take a look at ICE's skyrocketing expansion, the agency's failing standards, and where detention centers are planned for next. bit.ly/4nIoFrB

Don’t worry ICE, Chicago may not want you but there’s plenty of space for you in hell.

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value. This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025. Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment. Be warned.

Let God be clear: No matter what he says or does, Donald Trump is not getting into Heaven.

- Restaurant reservations have dropped by about 31% compared to the same days a year earlier. - Local shops are seeing an even steeper hit, one report estimates an 81% decline in walk-ins after the deployment began.

Wow — REPUBLICAN repthomasmassie drops a mic on @MarshaBlackburn 👀 🔥 (Reminder: Per Jack Smith, Both Marsha & senatorhagerty’s phone records were involved in this because Trump allegedly called them for help in stealing the election)

California is seeing even more progress with our K-12 test scores — and we're driving that momentum forward with even more resources for reading and literacy instruction.

I also think a lot of people are confused about what the Farm Bureau is. It’s an insurance company. They don’t represent small farmers. They represent wealthy interests.

I bet no one told you that the Missouri Farm Bureau endorsed the Republican politicians who support Trump’s tariffs and trade war…the two things decimating Missouri soybean farmers. Did you know that the Farm Bureau sends out a list of “farmer-friendly” politicians to each Farm Bureau member?

What a petty little... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

TENNESSEAN: “It’s unclear what state law authorizes the deployment of TN National Guard troops in Memphis… Neither Gov. Lee nor TN AG Skrmetti have explained the legal basis of the operation.” They ignore their oath to the TN Constitution to score points w/ Trump. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

You have to be at S tier narcissism to be pleased by this level of cringe and not embarrassed for all involved.

But I’m sure if there’s one opinion the Nobel Peace Prize Committee values, it’s Bibi’s.

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50! #FightFireWithFire

*ding ding* We’re seeing rampant lawlessness from the Trump admin @billybinion.bsky.social

Extreme conservative religious leaders aligning w/authoritarian government is literally what killed Jesus.

An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it. Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device. The cruelty is endless. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Two Former Trump Officials Warn About Trump and Miller's Plan For Absolute Power With @oliviaoftroye.com and @milestaylor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

While Trump and the WWE cofounder seek to demolish the U.S. Department of Education, California is generating K-12 test scores that get better and better. With universal meals, added literacy resources, and more, we're helping students thrive in and out of the classroom.

"Sharkie said her constituents were concerned that South Australia’s Woodside Barracks would be sold and converted into housing as a result of the audit," Yes, nothing worse than more housing <sarc off> #auspol

MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — @keshaunpearson.bsky.social : “xAI was able to pollute our community over 12 months illegally with up to 33 methane gas turbines. That’s unheard of, illegal, uncivilized, and truthfully it’s disgusting.” wreg.com/news/local/p...

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan? Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

We never incited violence, we just called this guy a member of antifa who funded terrorism and told our followers to pay him a visit ha ha and then a totally unrelated group of people threatened to murder him in front of his students ha ha

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.” Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

ILLINOIS Candidate for Congress @abugai.bsky.social : “You said Prizker & Johnson need a history lesson - I’d like to give you one: when masked men are kidnapping entire families, naked, zip-tying their hands and throwing them into U-haul trucks… they’re usually not the good guys.”

@tilleckert.com, a German investigative journalist, witnessed the violent assault of an Ecuadorian woman by an ICE agent in the halls of an NYC immigration courthouse. We talk about his experiences while on that beat & why all eyes are on the US at this moment in history. youtu.be/rTyhww0FJ0Y?...

"The president seizes on a grant of authority which is only supposed to be exercised in an 'emergency,' declares an endemic problem to be an acute one, then insists courts have no authority to review his emergency determination, no matter how divorced from the facts or law." — @lizdye.bsky.social

fucking WOOF

Real estate investors now own about 20% of single-family homes in the country. A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed in recent years is a lack of supply — and investors sinking their teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

i know grand juries have a relatively low bar for bringing indictments but i find myself wondering WTF is up with some of these grand jurors

California is seeing significant increases in proficient or advanced grade-level student knowledge and skills in English language arts, mathematics, and science. This is our state's investments at work and making real progress.

2/ Here's the Oct 6 report (by @carolleonnig.bsky.social @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social) Top prosecutor (Elizabeth Yusi) is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

"Dimon added there were a “lot of things out there” creating an atmosphere of uncertainty, pointing to risks including the geopolitical environment, fiscal spending and the remilitarisation of the world." Caused by TRUMP, NETANYAHU AND PUTIN. To stay in power. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"Will Brussels ever stand up to Donald Trump and US big tech? Its current lack of action is not just a legal or economic failure: it is a moral one." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oct 6: "Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office...confided to coworkers that she sees no probable cause to believe James engaged in mortgage fraud" Oct 9: Interim US Attorney Halligan asks grand jury to approve criminal charges against James for mortgage fraud