NEW: Republicans refused to change the rules to fund the government with a simple majority, & failed to pass a funding bill. Fetterman, Cortez-Masto, & Angus King voted with republicans to fund the regime - but came up short in the end. THANK YOU to Schumer for not voting to fund this government.

It's been clear for awhile. What's still not clear is how do we stop him?

Trump: “It’s a war from within. We have to handle it before it gets out of control.” Translation: Lots of Americans are anti-fascist. They are too smart and empathetic for our racist, xenophobic, elitist propaganda to work on so we need to have a civil war before we lose this manufactured crisis.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund and a recently naturalized citizen and voter, my law firm has moved to intervene against a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to the state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/minnes...

Why is our military the envy of the world? It’s not because of the training, funding, weaponry or combat standards. It’s because Americans from all walks of life come together to serve their nation, united by a deep love of country. 1/4

Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

There are no words. A psychopath is sitting in the Oval Office, demanding illegal acts from OUR military. 25th amendment NOW!

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians." "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

Shutdown now guaranteed: Next Senate vote won't be until 11 a.m. tomorrow

Does anyone remember this? I certainly do Hold Trump accountable for a shutdown Those are his words😉 #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

At event in DC, Sen. Chris Van Hollen keeps it going with Hakeem Jeffries over not endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: if you can’t back the kind of campaign he ran, “don’t ask those young people to show up for other Democrats across the country — that’s the message that will be sent.”

They’re gaming the midterms by erasing districts like Jasmine Crockett’s and silencing Black and Brown voices. California, you can stop them. Vote YES on Prop 50❕

If we’re going to pass a budget for the U.S. government, we need to save health care for millions of Americans. Period.

“ICE goes masked for a single reason—to terrorize Americans into quiescence.”

Republicans are blaming Democrats for a shutdown when they control the House, Senate, and the White House. If you’ve ever needed proof that Republicans can’t govern, this is it.

Rep. Greg Casar: “There are more mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files than there are House Republicans here in Washington D.C. today.” Casar is on 🔥 and this is exactly the call-out we need. #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

BREAKING: Just hours before the fiscal year ended, a federal judge in R.I. has ordered the Trump administration to preserve $233 million in FEMA funds it attempted to abruptly steer away from 8 blue states. Without that order, the states would've lost the money at midnight.

"ICE agents assaulted amNewYork’s own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of individuals attending immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan." -- www.amny.com/immigration/...

😵‍💫 he wasn’t hired for his competence 🍸

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🚨The Russian asset in the White House & his regime just visually catalogued every single flag officer in our military, and televised it across the globe. If that does not raise massive alarm bells for you, then you are woefully fucking stupid.

“Moldovans are united in our desire for peace, democracy, and Europe — and in the courage to defend them.”

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

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 across the country taking on the Trump admin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Democrats Stand For Healthcare: Democrats are fighting for the American people – ensuring all Americans have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare while Republicans gut Medicaid, decimate rural hospitals and allow ACA tax credits to expire. #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

Oh yes, this is clearly now.

JUST IN: Democracy Forward and federal labor unions are suing to block the threat of mass firings during the shutdown, saying they're an abuse of OMB Director Russ Vought's authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If Joe Biden's speaking cadence was a major news item that the press saw fit to opine about for days, why are we not hearing a peep about the noticeable slur coming from Trump in this speech? Don't tell me, I already know.

I'm so disheartened, it's hard to keep up with all the awful. But it's worth nothing that today Hegseth said the military would have: —no more adherence to rules of engagement —no more anonymous reporting of sexual assaults (there were ~8000 in 2024)

One side of the room Democrats are ready to debate and vote on a CR that protects Americans healthcare for the people but the other side of the room is completely empty the republican speaker walked out on his job for The Billionaires

First politically hopeful day in a while: Starmer starting to call out corrosive xenophobia and racism for what they are; at least one judge absolutely incinerating attempts to suppress free speech in the US; and their military visibly dismissing Hegseth as a confused, drunken embarrassment.

West point grads.... We do it right, right?

HHS, SSA and DOI employees have all gotten a highly partisan email blaming Democrats for impending shutdown. From a quickly eyeballing they all appear to be identical. So clearly they come from the White House.

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

ICE is now openly attacking US citizens and journalists. Since the agent who pushed a young woman down in the hallway last week has been reinstated, ICE has been given a green light to physically attack US citizens with no provocation. They know they won't be held accountable.

"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police."

20 million Americans could see their healthcare costs double. Democrats are working to stop it from happening while Republicans continue to cower to Trump's corruption. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

Look at that huge jump in Trump's wealth in 2025. Americans can't afford groceries or health care. But the Trump presidency is working out great for Donald Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

ICE is out of control. They must be reined in.

We simply cannot trust Trump and Republicans to stick to their word on funding agreements. Democrats have kept our promises. But Trump is clawing back funding that has already been appropriated. They have no intention to negotiate in good faith or follow the law.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

And this is just chilling, as to the Supreme Court and other actors: WHen he denied the motion-to-dismiss months ago, he thought "an effective remedy might be obtainable." "Today [he] is not so sure."

Skipping to the near end, after seeing @kyledcheney.bsky.social 's comments, Young is really upset about masks: "It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable." w/r/t Todd Lyons's claims about masks.

"…to chill the rights to freedom of speech and peacefully to assemble of the non-citizen plaintiff members of the plaintiff associations."

As you can tell, Young isn't happy: "this Court finds by clear & convincing evidence that…Noem &…Rubio…deliberately & w/ purposeful aforethought, did so concert their actions & those of their two departments intentionally to chill the rights …

Where are House Republicans?