In case anyone is wondering just how full of baloney Mike Johnson is about health care, even MTG called BS: youtu.be/FfDb0OewC8Y

A government shutdown means Americans won’t get the services they depend on. Federal workers won’t get their paychecks. People’s livelihoods will be upended. This is happening because Republicans wanted to pay for more tax cuts for the super rich by making devastating cuts to the social safety net.

If government workers need to be fired during the shutdown here are six candidates

Repeat after me... Republicans are in control of the government. The government shutdown is a MAGA shutdown. The REPUBLICANS are SHUTTING the government down.

Despite a government shutdown, Republicans will make sure Argentina gets their $20 billion.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

Republicans refused to keep health care subsidies for millions of Americans and then shut down the government. The GOP chose chaos over coverage. This shutdown is entirely on them.

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

I'd start informing your friends and loved ones they're going to need to get off of TikTok it's indisputably going to be converted into yet another right wing surveillance and propaganda machine

See? Trump is what happens when people don’t care. They don’t care if he lies, cheats, steals, rapes, breaks the law, or makes a gazillion dollars while in office. They wouldn’t care if he’s a pedophile, or if he shot someone in the middle of NYC. He’s their retribution. Period. Right Megyn Kelly?

They sent a letter! POW! Asking for a meeting! BAM! To discuss a path forward! BOOM! To keep funding Trump’s takeover! ZAP!

Worse, I’m betting that none of this will be the focus of Sunday morning’s news programming. I’m betting that Kirk & Buckingham Palace, with a side of Jimmy Kimmel will dominate the shows.

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

It really is like Nixon live blogging Watergate and the journalism establishment saying eh, what can you do

I am far from the first to point it out but, man, Jesus would absolutely *hate* these fuckers.

"And of course, we'll need your most solemn sparkler display. Ideally something that would pair well with the Village People?"

oh fuck off

“We’re fine with corruption if comes with terrorizing brown people.” Really sums up the MAGA punditocracy.

We don’t want facists dead We just want them out of power so they quit having control over the rest of us Big difference

Responses to this are wild People seem to have no ability to find degrees between someone evil being in power and someone evil being killed Wild Gonna mute this baby now

so young hetero Harris voters are pretty well aligned and young hetero Trump voters are, uh, not

Ayo Edebiri answers question she was purposely excluded from by interviewer. Kudos to Andrew for immediately recognizing the misogynoir, his body language says it all. #BlackSky

“We can make a difference in our sport and our game, and really look at leveling the playing fields and creating equitable access and opportunities.”

Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…

No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip. And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.

New ads going up across Washington, D.C.

I didn’t know about this, and if I didn’t know about this, then you probably didn’t either. This should be my entire feed and it’s not and that’s a problem  This sit in has now been going on over 48 hours and I am just hearing about it now 1/

Where is our press????? @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com Come on! Ask some questions. Do your job. What is going on with Trump's health? @maddow.msnbc.com ? Somebody?

I know you, Chicago — and I know you’re up to the difficult time we have ahead, thanks to this President.

To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

Great.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

On November 4th in California, you will have the power to stand up to Donald Trump. You will have the power to stand up for people. We're going to give the people of this state the power to stand up for democracy.

We're putting the maps on the ballot and we're giving the power to the people.

Newsom: "We're asking the voters for their consent to do mid-term redistricting"

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

This is not about crime. It’s about power. (+ distracting from the Epstein file cover-up)

NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.

☘️Wonderful piece on Irish composer, Amie Doherty.🎶 #FemaleComposers #WomenInMusic #FreakierFriday

Donald Trump, if you will not stand down, California will be forced to lead an effort to redraw our maps to offset the rigging of maps in red states. If the other states call off their redistricting efforts, we will do the same. And American democracy will be better for it.

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

Spare a thought for the Metropolitan Police in DC, with whom I’ve had many encounters at protests or events - always polite and professional - and who must be not only royally pissed and insulted, but very much NOT on Team Tr*mp.