In Opinion “The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Great pics from Saturday’s #NOKings protest in Kansas City Missouri Over 18,000 of us attended! ❤️✊🏼🪧

Exclusive: US carries out new strike in Caribbean and there are survivors, US official says reut.rs/42HwlC6

A 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out the word “DEMOCRACY” was seen melting on the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Cartoon by @christopherweyant1.bsky.social.

🎁GIFT OPINION PIECE Six surgeons general: "It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today." wapo.st/3VTALll

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.” “That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause. thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Spot on.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/govern...

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. youtu.be/OSOAPMl_BSc?...

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."

The Broadview Police Department has opened a criminal investigation after an ICE agent allegedly shot a pepper ball at a WBBM-Ch. 2 reporter’s truck Sunday morning outside the agency’s holding facility, which has been at the center of heated protests from concerned citizens and politicians.

ICYMI: "Antifa" are now designated as "Domestic Terrorists" & these things now represent a "pattern of violent & terroristic activities". Everything in this image is listed *word for word* in the executive order. Read the executive order for yourself: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Check out this analyzation of Trump's latest executive order: "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Political Violence" -"Protests" become "Riots", "Trespassing", & "Civil Disorder" -Protestors will be charged with "Terrorism" -Right-Wing Churches will be protected from criticism. x.com/FluteMagicia...

This isn’t “common sense.” Common sense is passing laws that *improve* public safety.

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

When I read this the first time I thought it said "Autism Equinox". Which, based on the latest attempt to distract from the Epstein Files, also makes sense.

Happy Autumnal Equinox to ALL! Autumn Equinox, acrylic on board, 2022 By Kasia Polkowska www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product/autu...

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

A growing number of prominent Democrats are calling for cutting off sales of offensive weapons to Israel over its assault on Gaza — part of a notable shift on an issue that deeply divided the party during the 2024 election.

"About 52% of the patients that I’m operating on are [gunshot wounds], and the other half are explosive injuries."

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

-Trump-apponted head of the FCC, Brendan Carr, who pressured ABC/Disney to silence Jimmy Kimmel, is also an author of Project 2025. -We aren’t even a year into this Trump term and Project 2025 has been 47% implemented. -The US World Press Freedom Index is the lowest it’s ever been.

When the US government interferes to silence a National talk show host, everyday Americans’ First Amendment rights are in danger. #JimmyKimmel

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

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YES ….WE ARE HERE‼️ #Outrageous

So many people I follow watching "All the President's Men" in honor of Redford tonight. I do not know how anyone can watch stuff in which governmental accountability and integrity exist because, man, seeing that kind of thing these days is super depressing to me.

"More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump’s emergency law-and-order surge began last month. Already, prosecutors have dropped at least 11 of those cases, an unusually high collapse rate that judges say is wasting court resources." Shitshow.

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button

BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.