I’m also very much of the view of the prime minister that the relationship with the United States has fundamentally changed, and it will not magically go back to what it may have been a year ago or 25 years ago,” Minister LeBlanc said. #Canada globalnews.ca/news/1146109...

This is protected land, we don't need another freaking golf course, stop trying to destroy Nova Scotia 🤬🤬 Golf course developer tees up another bid for West Mabou Crown land #NovaScotia Cabot Golf is eyeing West Mabou Beach Provincial Park for possible development www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown www.wired.com/story/govern...

In the poll from The Washington Post, 47 percent of respondents said “Trump and Republicans in Congress” are “mainly responsible for the federal government partially shutting down,” while 30 percent pinned the blame on “Democrats in Congress” for the shutdown. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Still bleary-eyed, the siblings stand by the doorway waiting for answers – or an opportunity to say goodbye to their dad. “I thought America was the land of opportunity,” says Garcia. “But it doesn’t make any sense now.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Since taking office, Donald Trump and his government have placed restrictions on some lawyers and law firms, including their ability to freely represent clients ://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/03/trumps-crackdown-on-lawyers-shows-no-place-is-immune-says-us-bar-chief

The Eisenhower Presidential Library’s director has exited his position after advocating against giving a sword from the collection to King Charles as a gift during Donald Trump’s recent state visit, according to US media Thursday. Told to “resign or be fired” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

They dismembered a journalist. I think Chapelle thinks free speech means people have to laugh at unfunny jokes.

Trump's public disavowal of Project 2025 crumbles as Russ Vought, its architect, admits crafting executive orders for him, revealing the puppet strings of coercive agendas. #Project2025

The refinery’s rated capacity is 290,000 barrels a day, and its main products are gasoline, jet and diesel, Chevron says. Its total storage capacity is 12.5m barrels in about 150 major tanks ://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/large-fire-breaks-out-at-el-segundo-refinery-in-los-angeles

Vought, 49, a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist, has indeed become a Democratic bogeyman, and now threatens to become the dark face of the current shutdown after vowing to use it to attack some of the party’s prized policy sacred cows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

CANTERBURY, England, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Sarah Mullally was appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England in the 1,400-year history of the role. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

But his honeymoon with conservatives appears over after he unexpectedly took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Church's pro-life teachings www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

Putin has also warned Donald Trump that if he provides Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles it would be a “new stage of escalation”. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

The upgrades likely involve Russia’s Iskander-M and Kinzhal missiles, which have ranges of up to 500km and 480km respectively. These missiles follow a standard flight path before suddenly diving steeply, making interception by Patriot systems difficult www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Sweden, Norway and Denmark will contribute around €500mn (£434mn) to purchase US military equipment for Ukraine, joining the Netherlands in supporting a new Nato mechanism aimed at supplying American weapons to Kyiv. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Kentucky Republican Rand Paul broke ranks to side with the opposition in obstructing the stopgap bill, which the Democrats refused to support without an extension of Covid-era healthcare premium subsidies for Obamacare being included www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

“We could cut projects that they wanted, favorite projects, and then they'd be permanently cut,” Trump said of Democrats. Earlier Thursday, the White House said “thousands” of jobs from “Democrat agencies” would be cut as the government shutdown stretches on. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I’ve been through government shutdowns. This one is radically different. Here’s what is at stake, and why Democrats must hold the line. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-shutdown-is-different

Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said.

Trump is now gloating about meeting with Russ Vought of "PROJECT 2025 Fame" to apparently determine which "Democrat Agencies" he wants to cut during a shutdown. Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

October 2, 2025

President Donald Trump pressured Texas Republicans this summer to draw a new map creating five more GOP seats in Congress — at the expense of Texas minority voters, who will no longer be able to elect the candidates of their choice and will see their political strength greatly diminished.

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and House. This government shutdown is on them.

Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.

I just signed legislation to allow another gasoline blend into our state market, which will help avoid price spikes at the gas pump. Our work to prevent the kind of severe jumps in prices that we saw a few years ago is paying off — and we'll keep doing more to lower costs.

Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter. It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote. And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

Sorry to see schools placed in this situation but very glad Newsom is doing this. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly seeking to buy access to a powerful suite of highly controversial surveillance tools that will allow the agency to monitor people’s locations based on data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The best news! ❤️

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents. Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs. Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f

As the U.S. government shuts down for the first time since 2018, at least 750,000 federal workers have already been furloughed without pay. Those deemed “essential,” such as members of the military, will remain on the job but won’t collect their checks. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A bronze painted sculpture depicting US President Donald Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein returned to the National Mall on Thursday. It first went up in September and was quickly removed. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli) Published 12:59 PM PDT, October 2, 2025 apnews.com/video/sculpt...

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child. apnews.com/article/texa...

Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks. apnews.com/article/abor...

The Civil War battlefield where soldiers fought for control of the Mississippi River in 1863, run by NPS, reopened Thursday thanks to a commitment from the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign to pay $2,000 a day to keep it open during the shutdown. apnews.com/article/nati...

Under the compact, international enrollment would have to be capped at 15% of a college’s undergraduate student body, and no more than 5% could come from a single country. All the universities invited to the compact appear to be within the 15% threshold. apnews.com/article/trum...

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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of four New Hampshire voters, my law firm has filed a motion to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking the state’s full, unredacted voter registration list. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-ha...

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

Jane Goodall on Trump’s rise to power: “The divisiveness that’s being created in your America is a tragedy, and it’s a tragedy that can have a ripple effect around the world.”

A Trumper asked me today if I was one of those nutjobs trying to save polar bears. My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.