So what’s the point of asking if he’s ‘aware’ of him? What is the answer they wanted to hear…? What action would they have taken if it was ‘yes’ or ‘no’? And what business is it of theirs if he had been to NYC at any point in time?

Something to smile about. 😃

I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents. I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.

TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

If you have questions about Medicaid, this is the account to tag in for answers. @msmedicaid.bsky.social has years of experience in this red tape arena and has volunteered to step in to help guide you. I'm happy to see citizens stepping up to help each other in this information vacuum.

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov HOLD the line Dems!!! This GAO language is a non starter as is not extending ACA subsidies. If you cave in we will never trust you again. HOLD!

It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.* The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.

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@realclaudetaylor.bsky.social Billboard idea…?

Mass trauma hurts people & communities. When we retreat into isolation to cope with our shared trauma that’s when authoritarians move in. They feed on disconnection and sell control as safety. I feel this is important reading for today. antiauthoritarianpla... #Democracy 2️⃣ 1/3

A warning from an anonymous DOD employee about how China could seize on the dangerous precedents Trump is creating www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

Folks, NDAs aren't legally binding when your orders are illegal. This is just a scare tactic to get compliance and keep people from going to their lawyers and Congresspeople to expose what's going on.

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🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting. Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential. 🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT freedom.press/unpaywalled

ICE Threatens Veteran "YOU'RE A DEAD LIBERAL", ICE Chicago Invasion Worsens LIVE NOW: youtube.com/live/RiAW7UY...

Oh, nothing major, just thinking about how Mike Johnson, who has been keeping the House of Representatives closed for three weeks now, collects a six figure salary, while the NOAA researchers currently flying through a strengthening category four hurricane aren't getting paid right now.

Another casualty of a corrupt regime.

We wanted to know something simple: Where a popular generic drug was made and whether that factory had quality problems. Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.

The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by Frida Kahlo, Amadeo Modigliani and Peter Paul Rubens, authorities say. n.pr/4oGSI35

@schumer.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov Sadly it seems the game plan for the GOP is to let Americans starve. And they’re counting on Dems caving in. DO NOT! Get out there and start organizing food banks to help each through this. Show people YOU are the ones that care.

Unfortunately we’ll have to hurt to change. When we start seeing our neighbors as fellow Americans and not enemies we can focus on the fact that corporations are funding and manipulating this administration’s policies to hurt the most vulnerable Americans. They’re actively profiting off our pain.

I think the sooner we, as communities, start satisfying the needs of those around us without the government the better. This admin has no interest in meeting the needs of the American people and strive only to make things worse. We need to start organizing to get as much covered on our own.

The Epstein Ballroom.

Feds in and around DC, here’s your #AltCitizen assignment for today 👇👇👇

Helluva story. Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney on the Letitia James case, apparently asked to have her Signal messages with Lawfare's Anna Bower taken off the record after the fact. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Today, I caught up with my friend @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. Turns out, we’ve both had it with Trump’s mob boss politics. Full conversation with @katiephang.bsky.social dropping on YouTube tomorrow at 1:30pm.

AFGE dues paying members‼️ Our national leadership has been pushing us to contact Congress to end the shutdown without any pushback. If you think it's important to hold the line for healthcare and, oh I don't know, fighting to keep the administration from trampling the Constitution please sign.

Being against fascism is neither left nor right wing. It is against fascism on all sides.

Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")? Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event. Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. (Published May)

It’s weird how the “young” Republicans are actually full-grown men and JD Vance treats them as children who shouldn’t face consequences for their racism, misogyny, or xenophobia. But pregnant 12-year-old little girls are treated as adults and must literally bear the consequences of rape and incest.

Air traffic controllers will not get a full paycheck as the government shutdown enters two weeks, according to the National Air Traffic Controller Association. Workers handed out flyers at DCA explaining the impact of the shutdown on air travel.

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You need to see this: “The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Davis: In [Mike Johnson’s] mind, how can one be a good Christian while at the same time want to take away health care? Former fundamentalist Levins: Mike Johnson is a beta male in a patriarchal structure. He knows that he’s got to be obedient to his authority, who is Donald Trump—who to him is God.

#AlexAlott was charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer with an umbrella. Yesterday, she was exonerated because VIDEO disproved the accusation. But Daniel, who attended the trial to support her, was detained the same day that the trial finished. THIS IS FASCISM. FILM EVERYTHING.

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open. We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

www.yahoo.com/news/article... @schumer.senate.gov HOLD the line!!!

“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.” apnews.com/article/trum...