This is a really good article from Charlie Sykes about a brewing religious movement against Trump, being led in part by none other than Pope Leo. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean. If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

Donald Trump really wants us to believe: There’s not enough money to fix ACA healthcare premiums There’s not enough money for Air Traffic Controllers But there’s somehow $20 billion available to bail out Argentina?!

Trump and Republican lawmakers do not care that people are having to choose between rent, groceries or paying for health care. But they do care about tax breaks for billionaires, helping Big Tech companies, and sending $20 billion down to Argentina.

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown. There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law. You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

FIVE FAILED VOTES. Senate Republicans do not have the votes to pass their bill. They need to come to the table and negotiate now to reopen the government and bring down healthcare costs. They’re the only ones who seem to think we can’t do both.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

There’s a simple way to get out of this shutdown. Republicans can roll back health care cuts so that health care is available and affordable for millions of people. Pretty simple.

We need to have a conversation about the fact that Donald Trump has legitimately lost his fucking mind.

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities. Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement. It’s illegal and un-American.

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Can't stop. Won't stop. RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Donald Trump fired a respected prosecutor and installed a White House aide to overrule career prosecutors and bring charges against his opponents. This isn't justice — it’s undermining the rule of law.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Republicans cheer and engineer shutdowns because shutdowns erode people's faith in government, and that benefits the corporations and billionaires who want to push government of the way, so they can amass more power and wealth.

The least surprising news of the day.

Trump and Republicans spread lies and scapegoat immigrants to distract you from how they are picking your pockets. Do not be fooled.

As community hospitals shut down, Trump and Republicans own it. As kids with cancer can’t get treatment, Trump and Republicans own it. As insurance premiums skyrocket, Trump and Republicans own it. They ripped away money for health care and handed it to billionaire CEOs.

Silence of the generals.

Remember that this is what the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill was all about. It's Robin Hood in reverse. Why would any Democrat vote for a continuing resolution that greenlights this regime's cruelty?

"I've lived 82 years on this Earth, and this is the first time I've ever witnessed people delighting in the suffering of others so openly, so proudly, and even recording it for the world to see. If these people ever crossed paths with me, I swear...I would not hold back." Mick Jagger

Let me be clear: this will impact ALL of us. It’s bigger than just Medicaid & Medicare. We will all pay the price.

Duncan: But I’m proud to say I’m a Democrat. I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor—instead of villainizing everyone or putting an asterisk next to someone just because they don’t look like me, talk like me, love like me, or worship like me.

Just yesterday Trump promised to spend a record $1 trillion on the military — roughly half of which will go to private defense contractors that price-gouge the government. Remember this when Trump or Republicans talk about "sacrifices" that need to be made during a shutdown.

Republicans are doubling our insurance premiums. They are throwing 15 million people off their health care. As a result, tens of thousands will unnecessarily die so that the 1% can get a trillion dollars in tax breaks. Unacceptable. We cannot allow it.

Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"

WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Here are three more factual statements: 1. 25,000 of Mike Johnson's constituents are about to lose health care 2. 27,000 more are about to have their premiums skyrocket. 3. A 60 year old couple in his district would pay $19,000 more a year.

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

"We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator." General Mark Milley

Sen. DURBIN: Was January 6th “peaceful” as Donald Trump has claimed? Republican witness: No. It was a riot, and many officers were injured.

Republicans are shutting down the government because they don’t want to fix the health care crisis they created. They’re holding the entire government hostage so they can raise health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throw millions off their health care. NO.

In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess. The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

"There is no legacy to honor. It was a legacy filled with bigotry, hatred, and White supremacy. And as a Black woman and as a Muslim in this country, I refuse to join the chorus that changes the history of what is on the record from this man." Ilhan Omar on Charlie Kirk

48 years ago today, President Carter signed the law that created SNAP, which has helped families across the country keep food on the table.   As grocery prices continue to climb, Republicans’ Big Beautiful Betrayal is cutting food assistance programs these families count on.

We are witnessing the rise of two very separate and distinct Americas: One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else. Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities. youtu.be/3I_f1DkMddU?...

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."

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

They can smear me, threaten me, drag my name through the dirt… But I will not be silent. I will not be small. I will not disappear. Because my silence would be their victory, and I will not gift it to them. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

REMEMBER THIS: Trump is shutting down the government to prevent the release of the #EpsteinFiles.

Defund the Supreme Court.

UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...

🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE: They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet. DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

Trump wants us talkin' about anything other than the #EpsteinFiles, so what do you reckon we oughta be doin'?

"It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it." President Obama

Let’s be clear: Hunger doesn’t go away just because you stop measuring it.   President Trump would rather cancel the annual hunger report than acknowledge that more kids are going to bed hungry because of his tariffs and cuts to food assistance.