CARTOON OF THE DAY (Updated Version)

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Jeffries: The government is scheduled to shut down on October 1st. The House was scheduled to vote and be present in Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 29th, and Tuesday, September 30th, in advance of the possible shutdown. And Mike Johnson has said, stay at home. That’s ridiculous.

Hillary Clinton: "When I hear people like Kennedy talking about getting back to a time where we aren't vaccinating, we're drinking raw milk - yeah, & people didn't live! I mean, this is so crazy, it's so wrongheaded, it's so shortsighted and it's going to cause deaths... it already is costing lives"

Key witnesses in the CIA's probe had their security clearances removed by Tulsi Gabbard in a move that blindsided the DOJ.

In case facts still matter…

Associated Press’s Farnoush Amiri, an anonymous U.N. official said the escalator in question was actually stopped prematurely by someone from Trump’s group, who ran ahead of the group and accidentally triggered a stop mechanism. The official added that the telepromter was run by Trumps team.

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He stood in front of the world at the UN today, and every other word out of his mouth was a lie. I’ll say it again, we’ve not been here before. An American President who lies as he breathes. It’s a terrible place to be. Shame on the media & everyone who’s normalized his lying and/or doesn’t care.

Fact check: Trump litters UN speech with false claims about climate, inflation, immigration and world peace | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

Trump Declares that He Will Not Negotiate with Democrats to Avoid Shutdown, Then Blames Democrats www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=67649

Jackbooted government thugs declaring in advance that they will break the laws of a sovereign state. thehill.com/national-sec...

We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.

Pritzker: "This is a person who thinks that his personal will should be imposed on the United States. That's not how it works."

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Strands #570 “Lip service” 🔵🔵💡🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

IHIP News: Trump COLLAPSES During SLURRED Speech as Polls NOSE DIVE!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=02U7...

BREAKING: The Epstein Files just got one step closer to being released. With Adelita Grijalva’s victory in AZ-07, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna now have the magic number — 218 votes — needed for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein Files.

As I was saying…

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

Three-syllable words push the limits of King Krasnov's 4th-grade-level vocabulary, and even those are mostly restricted to his overused favorites: "tremendous" and "beautiful." Acetaminophen, with a whopping six syllables, is far beyond his abilities.

⚠️Lies, damn lies, and…. RFK Jr testified to Congress that ANYONE can get a new updated coronavirus vaccine... ➡️ total bullshit lie. Many people now have to go out-of-state to get a shot, or even get off label prescriptions from their doctor! Gift 🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4nbXgO6

📍RFK Jr. has crossed the Rubicon. The war on science isn’t looming - it’s here. I had hoped that after the darkest days of the pandemic, we could start rebuilding a stronger science world. I was wrong. So, starting today, I’m back. And I want you to join me. drericding.substack.com/p/im-back-be...

dumbest doofus ever is gonna cure all the autisms | Jeff Tiedrich "it’s a trifecta of dumbfuck. it’s the Three Stooges of Science." www.jefftiedrich.com/p/dumbest-do...

Because of RFK Jr., “CDC scientists were blocked from using clinical data to make decisions, public communications about vaccines were halted, Covid and flu preparedness programs were scaled back,” former CDC staff tell Congress. www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c...

Across the NIH and NSF, billions in research grants have been frozen or cancelled. The National Cancer Institute faces a $4 billion slash - a 37% cut. Those aren’t abstract numbers. Those are cancelled Alzheimer’s trials. Stalled cancer studies. Dead-end cures. open.substack.com/pub/drericdi...

Dooming our dogs—A new study has found that US dog owners who harbor mistrust in the safety and efficacy of childhood and adult vaccines are also more likely to hold negative views about vaccinating their four-legged friends. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISM—RFK Jr & Trump are wrong—the largest best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDS—found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol/Tylenol). A crude analysis found only a tiny 5% risk, but once you adjust via sibling controls, the even tiny 5% risk vaporizes to 0%📉

Can the makers of Tylenol now sue him?

The NYT liveblog on the autism press conference is a fascinating read -- largely because it's written by health reporters and not political reporters. Look at how direct and appropriately shocked these posts are! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:

Yet another appropriate alternative meaning for MAGA: Morons Are Governing America

The Independent: The 12-foot statue shows Trump and Epstein standing on pedestals, holding hands and smiling at one another as they appear about to frolic through the park toward the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

"[D]elegates could be seen shifting in their seats and whispering to one another, perhaps uncomfortable that they were hearing what appeared to be a nakedly political speech meant for domestic U.S. consumption." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Kamala Harris on The View on election night: "That night -- I grieved in a way that I have not since my mother died. The pain was not at all about losing a race. I knew what it was going to mean for the country ... all I could say over and over was 'my God, my God, my God.' It was very difficult."

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Kimmel being reinstated showed us the power of collective action It demonstrated that even evil corporations who kowtow to fascism will rethink decisions in the face of financial losses Let’s take that momentum & apply it to trans rights, ending genocide, disability rights, abolishing ice & more

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism They encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain They praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community:

Trump’s performance at the memorial for Charlie Kirk was just another opportunity for him to exalt himself, to praise his alleged accomplishments, and to malign his political foes. It’s what he always does whatever the purpose of the gathering. www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/

"This is an enormous scandal, and it would be normally the leading scandal on the front page of a newspaper, yet we're dealing with so many scandals simultaneously, so many abuses of power at the same time that this is something that seems, you know, like a page-six story relative to the rest of it"

Why would anyone take medical advice from any of these 3 men? A 15 year heroin addict with a brain worm, a doctor who promotes unproven therapies - yes, more than one - on television, and a man who thinks drinking bleach and shoving an ultraviolet light-stick up your butt will cure Covid. 🤷🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️