Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

You are shameless. You laundered Russian misinformation in 2020 and then communicated with the WH on Jan 6. You weren’t surveilled. DOJ obtained basic records after the fact —date, time and length of call, but no substance — to confirm Trump’s effort to overturn the election.

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner Mary Brunkow, a UW alum whose research in Seattle has led to important developments in addressing autoimmune disease, complications from organ transplants, and cancer. Washingtonians are among the most innovative people in the world.

This is what capitulation looks like! www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

I know I’m naive but the idea that my government not only lies to me and America but purposely creates video to lie to me…well, I was never taught this in U.S. civics class.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

I just watched Famous Last Words: Jane Goodall on Netflix. It was filmed in March of this year with an agreement that it would not be released until after her death. Wonderful interview and message! Wish it was required viewing for anyone in politics or considering politics.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory. They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth. But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi. RIP, Jamal. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

I'm not a biblical scholar, but I think "Don't take the Lord's name in vain" is less about yelling "Jesus effing Christ!" when you stub your toe, and more about calling yourself a "Christian" while starving the hungry, denying medicine to the sick, and being violently hostile to immigrants.

Judge Finds ‘Likelihood’ That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

An FBI agent is “relieved of duty” (fired?) for refusing to facilitate an unnecessary humiliation of a defendant. Reminder that as a defendant, Trump was afforded *every* possible courtesy (like allowing him to turn himself in). www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

Today’s attempted firing of two whistleblowers at HUD is a “stunning act of illegal retaliation” — @fedworkersunited.bsky.social Osadebe and Heenan warned about HUD’s attempts to shutter the office of fair lending, tasked with fighting discrimination in housing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

This is why it’s so important to make your vote count.

ICE is out of control!

Well, if we’re going to prosecute people for lying to Congress…

I've seen this misreported in so many places, and I'm grateful to reporters like Anna for doing the legwork to get the details right!

Can we get some focus on the perfidy of Speaker Mike Johnson? So much of Trump’s excesses are made possible because Johnson has disabled the House as a check on the President. He has handed Trump his gavel symbolically and in reality. We need to focus on Trump’s enablers.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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I’m telling you, there’s just not enough outrage about the craven actions of Speaker Mike Johnson.

Trump and Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. If there’s a shutdown, it’s on them. They’re siding with billionaires and corporations. We’re siding with working families.

“It represents the most significant legal step yet by the Trump administration to harry, punish and humiliate a former official the president identified as an enemy, at the expense of procedural safeguards intended to shield the Justice Department from political interference and personal vendettas.”

"Free speech is not about whether someone else agrees or disagrees; it's about whether you are able to do it." --Jasmine Crockett, just now to Chris Hayes.

Do not tolerate this

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

🚨BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts days after President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue his perceived enemies more aggressively. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In the last 6 hours, Trump has imposed: - A 100% tariff on medicine unless its producer starts building a new U.S. factory in the next 5 days - A 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities - A 30% tariff on upholstered furniture - A 25% tariff on “Heavy (Big!) Trucks”

If Halligan tries to get an indictment, watch for two things: 1) Another mass resignation event of prosecutors who refuse to violate their ethical obligations by helping her; 2) The grand jury refuses to indict. There’s a decent chance we will see one or both.

Preach

ICYMI from Tuesday’s show: We took a little trip down to the National Mall to check out a Trump-Epstein statue dedicated to their “friendship.” We found a steady stream of tourists and local residents who had to see it for themselves.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Dr. Oz is a large investor in and global advisor for iHerb, a company that sells supplements for folinic acid, which is the the non-prescription version of leucovorin, the medication which is being recommended for the treatment of autism by Dr. Oz.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

We live in a country where the president can order a comedian to be yanked off TV. What I describe is not a democracy.

David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."

Today's decision being heavily criticized by Past Brendan Carr

Yeah this!!!

From the mouth of FCC chair in 2023. What a turn around!

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. ― James Baldwin Every single one of them. Goodnight 💚

"There are too many murders in today’s America. A month ago, another young man was taken from us, also in his early thirties, also with a wife and two young children. His name was David Rose." www.thebulwark.com/p/kirk-killi...

💙 Another child dies from measles 💙 🍼 Infected with measles as an infant BEFORE they were eligible to receive the vaccine. 🧠 They developed SSPE - a rare but fatal complication that shows 2-10 years after infection. ‼️ THIS is we why need need vaccine mandates. Save our babies. #SacktheQuack

We’ve been so distracted by Cirque de Brainworm that we completely forgot to welcome @roguenoaa.bsky.social to the #altgov family! We are thrilled to have NOAA join us. We need these nerds to check our homework and build the AltGovs a sound garden! Join us in welcoming (Rogue) NOAA! 🌪️🌊🌎