Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”

Schumer after his meeting with Trump: "We have very large differences on healthcare and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to through rescissions and through impoundment."

Legendary, veteran prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, known for targeting Osama bin Laden and bringing down the Illinois mob, is coming out of retirement to defend former FBI director James Comey.

If we want to be the party of the people, we need to be out there WITH the people. Full stop.

When a person says, "This can be done the easy way or the hard way", with extremely high probability, they are a sadist. And sadism *never* exists in isolation, it's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD).

Mike affirms that hungry mothers and children are also at the mercy of Mother Nature. Great America

out of curiosity who made this

"After his release, the 79 year old U.S. citizen was treated at a local hospital for multiple broken ribs, a dislocated elbow..." ktla.com/news/79-year... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED: I just unlocked a new level of rage. www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

The Trump admin has announced sweeping measures to expand coal production on public lands. It intends to open 13.1 million acres of public land for coal leasing, significantly loosen the royalty rates that mining companies pay, and allocate large sums toward existing coal-fired power plants.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?  I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.  So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.

Pritzker: "For Donald Trump and the MAGAs in Congress, this is not about fighting crime or public safety ... this is about consolidating power in Donald Trump's hands. What he plans to do with that power now or during the 2026 elections should worry all of us."

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Democrats need to hold the line and let Republicans own this shutdown. Then we can get back to the matter at hand: the Epstein files. Watch Rick Wilson explain on MSNBC:

"They said Hegseth is becoming increasingly 'obsessed' with his own security and exhibits frenzied behavior, such as fidgeting and pacing during meetings. "'"There’s a manic quality about him. Or let me rephrase, an even more manic quality, which is really saying something"' ...

Tom Homan owes us $50,000.

"Beating Trump, or Trump Jr., or JD Vance in 2028 will be the easy part. Dismantling the authoritarian shadow state will be much harder. It will require wisdom and tremendous political willpower." www.thebulwark.com/p/america-ne...

“.. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) would be the 218th signature on a discharge petition that would force a vote on the [Epstein] matter. But she has to be sworn in first.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/29/m...

"Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is donating $100,000 from his political fund to the progressive organizing group Indivisible — the latest in a series of donations he says total nearly $1 million to grassroots groups taking on the Trump administration..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Further proof that Donald Trump lives in an alternate universe. While the Trump Administration uselessly funnels hundreds of millions of dollars into a deadly industry, California will continue to lead the nation with cheaper, more effective renewable energy sources.

Instead of funding your healthcare, this punishing cruel felon is willing to shutdown our government #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

There's a punishing bully in the Oval Office willing to shut the government down in order to make sure you lose your healthcare! #Thisistrumpsshutdown

Embarrassingly moronic bullshit that tens of millions believe. The worst part of it is they know they are lying but trust that their voters won’t know the difference or care. They have to distract from Trump wrecking the economy and driving prices up somehow.

Trump and the GOP own this mess They lit the match and now want to blame the firefighters SAVE HEALTHCARE! #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

Violet Affleck focused attention on the continuing health issues surrounding long Covid. Covid, and its effects, is still with us.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!

#RyderCup @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Remember: They Are Not His Generals. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"Staffing cuts under the Trump administration mean forecasters are struggling to maintain normal operations...." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

1 transgender shooter GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!" 47,209 white male shooters GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."

Since every Republican in Congress is repeating their false talking point over & over that “Democrats want to shut down the govt to give free healthcare to illegal aliens,” it would be helpful if some Democrats in Congress could address that argument with facts at some point.

"Along with fast-tracking the money, Noem flew there herself on a government plane to tour the pier personally. She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, a local cardiologist, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence..." www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Dictators don't get voted out, they get forced out. When will Republicans realize Trump will destroy their lives too?

JUST IN: Judge Simon sets a restraining order hearing for *tonight* on Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Oregon. Suggests he could issue a very quick order.

"A former director of the North Carolina Republican Party — who resigned amid election fraud and corruption scandals — has been appointed to a new role overseeing North Carolina's state and local election officials..." www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

"FEMA officials arrived to go door-to-door to help residents apply for federal funds. But then they stopped as the administration canceled the door-to-door program. FEMA closed disaster-recovery facilities where residents could apply for financial assistance last week." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are prepared to roll over to avoid a shutdown. That cannot happen, because it is exactly what Trump wants. Now is the time to fight. Call their offices and tell them. @schumer.senate.gov : (202) 224-6542 @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : (202)-225-5936

If you wouldn’t hire a convict to run your business, you shouldn’t vote for a criminal to run your country.

Happening now: Trump and Bibi are speaking to the press about the Gaza ceasefire proposal. The real story here is Trump’s mental decline. It’s getting worse. Much worse. He’s been rambling incoherently since it began. It’s jarring. Somehow the press will find a way to dance around it.

It’s crazy that they’re making it out as if Melania walking up a stopped escalator was her own Omaha Beach….

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

It is about time.

Eric Trump: "You're sitting there saying, 'Why can't I send hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin overseas instantly or receive it instantly with virtually no fees?' Bitcoin is the way of the future."

Burgum: "There was just a report out -- all of these European wind companies, they've had a wind drought ... All of those European companies are reporting earnings below expectations because the wind didn't blow as hard this summer as they expected it to do."

Trump claims he and Netanyahu are seeking "eternal peace in the Middle East"

Low oxygen level. Low energy.

this was some high-risk reading by Trump