My message today is the same as it was during the government shutdown 30 years ago: we can't balance the budget on the backs of working people. Democrats must keep fighting against Trump's cruel healthcare cuts.

Gov. Pritzker: "ICE is running around harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago that was illegal in the United States. Now, #ICE is making it commonplace. That’s not making America great."

Why can’t we have nice things, too, instead of more spread of preventable diseases?

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Truly proud of our top military leaders for holding steady and keeping an apolitical face, even when the pressure couldn’t be greater.

The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology. n.pr/4nQ9sEq

There was a nice Aurora show last night between the clouds.

RFK Jr.’s “review” of mifepristone is no neutral act. It’s a signal to allies, a wedge for states, and a precedent for future rollbacks.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

How humiliating for the United States military

Not every day a skin cell is turned into viable egg! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

northern lights are out in sitka 🤩

“Mifepristone is very safe. It’s safer than Viagra (remember the MEN!). What’s happening now isn’t about science—it’s about controlling women’s bodies and the narrative, so the more shitty data and putrid hot takes introduced as science, the better.” #ReproSky 🧪 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Update: After canceling an earlier meeting, President Trump met with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders on Monday. Lawmakers have until the end of the day on Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.

NEW: On behalf of the Democratic Party, today we filed our brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to defend a campaign finance law that has been on the books for more than 50 years from Republican attacks. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

pauleric70.bsky.social Southern Oregon's Rogue River ColorBursts! Not a dummmpy orange but a sweet mango glow #photography #photo #AutumnColors #colors #tree #FallColors #GoldenTree #Oregon #RogueRiver #Beautiful #smiley 😁 #SundayDrive #picnic #I❤️Oregon #OregonHomeGrown #OregonAutumn

Take a peek! 👀 This week, we’re joined by talented young photographer Jamie Smart, also known as ‘Eagle Eyed Girl’, over on our Instagram feed. From rutting deer to diving gannets, this award-winning photographer certainly knows how to capture the character of UK nature. 💙

NEWSFLASH: ALL THE MOST POWERFUL MEN ON THE PLANET ARE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. I don’t even need the files to tell me that. All I have to do is look at how people are acting.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Pope releases World Communications Day theme: “Preserving Human Voices & Faces” writing: “Humanity today has possibilities that were unimaginable a few years ago…while these tools offer efficiency & reach, they cannot replace the uniquely human capacities for empathy, ethics & moral responsibility.”

It is still ongoing, by the way www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaysta... "Post-Covid, surge in deadly infections Beyond the immediate fatalities, SARS-CoV-2 inflicted long-lasting immunological damage, leaving populations susceptible to a cascade of lethal infections and opportunistic pathogens."

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George E. Hardy was the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot at 19 years old and completed 21 missions across Europe during World War II.

⚡️Polish Embassy in Kyiv struck in Russia's large-scale overnight attack. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski told Polish outlet RMF24 that "a missile element or a small-caliber rocket" fell on the roof of the embassy, piercing through the ceiling.

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

Air defense working in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian drone attack right now!

Still unable to locate any pharmacy offering Nuvaxovid (the updated Novavax Covid 19 non-RNA vaccine).

We found a link between SARS-CoV-2 reinfection & #longCOVID, & a post-pandemic rise in thrombotic events across all populations, regardless of vaccination or prior infection. Findings support continued COVID diagnosis in suspected cases & mask use by healthcare workers treating respiratory patients

Dear Ukrainians, unfortunately, it looks like another sleepless night ahead. Monitoring channels report that several russian Tu-95 bombers have taken off, meaning there is a threat of a missile attack. Please take air raid sirens seriously and stay safe.

Listen to someone who has been through it under Putin.

⚡️Unidentified drones spotted in northern Germany near Danish border, NDR reports. Authorities reported multiple drone sightings overnight on Sept. 26 in northern Germany, which they suspect may be linked to espionage, according to German broadcaster NDR.

(1,3) With all of the news going on, this was something that caught my attention and truly angered me. The Department of Justice is now being used to go after the investigators from the Sandy Hook shooting that testified in the Alex Jones defamation trial that the www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

A 79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner — who is a U.S. citizen — has filed a federal civil rights claim seeking $50 million after he says he was violently body slammed and pinned by federal agents during an ICE immigration raid at his business on September 9.

This video legit made me smile! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 #bluesky #nature #animals

Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

Release the Epstein files. I'm not seeing ANY of this on MSM...the sick orange man is doing all he can to distract us. Please don't let him. The victims have taken a chance and spoke up...we need to support them!!

⚡️NATO, EU have 'declared war' on Russia through Ukraine, Lavrov claims. Sergey Lavrov alleged that NATO and the EU had moved beyond indirect support and were now parties to the war.

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

⚡️Denmark shuts down airport over suspicious drone sightings for 2nd time this week. "If we get the opportunity, we will take down the drones," Danish Police Inspector Jesper Madsen said. The incident comes two days after suspicious drone activity shut down Cophenhagen Airport on Sept. 22.

Two big firsts today. No other American president has ever named a political opponent to be prosecuted—much less had an AG follow through with an indictment. No FBI Director has ever released evidence from a live crime scene. The Epstein files must be SO BAD.

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