If Marge gets it, then other republicans should absolutely get it. 😕

Even the American Conservative is skeptical of the Trump administration’s asserted rationale for US aggression toward Venezuela. An interesting read. 10/7/25 … 1/ www.theamericanconservative.com/what-does-th...

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California. I urge anyone in the state to vote yes. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent. Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Trump would not be treating half the country (well, more than half, but half of all voters) this way were it not for the Electoral College. It's an artifact of slavery and it has got to go.

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.

1/ This morning I went on @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss this piece and Lt. Gov @eleniforca.bsky.social called it. Which is great! Politicians should engage with journalists and the public debating things, including how CA can push back on Trump. But... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Interesting: Just reviewed all the federal charges from Chicago in the last week. Just a single one was at the ICE location at Broadview. A bunch were charges by Kendzie. They have not yet docketed the alleged Latin Kings charge pertaining to Greg Bovino.

Thanks, New Yorker

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

The disrespect and contempt they show for Democrats in Congress is illiberal, authoritarian and just stunning.

So far, the only thing of note in this pathetic Pam Bondi judiciary hearing is that she has absolutely no fear of ever being held accountable for lying under oath to the Senate and the American people, or doing whatever is necessary to protect Trump and his rich pedophile friends.

Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files. Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you." Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."

When they later claim they were just following orders, when they say they were just doing their jobs, when they say they were just trying to meet the needs of Trump, remember... they dug their own legal graves. The legal pendulum swings back. And it swings hard.

NEWS: Pritzker Tells Trump He Can Take His Autocracy and Shove It, ICE-Free Zones In Chicago, Former DOJ Officials Fight Back, and Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Denied

Freezing federal funds and firing en masse: Trump uses shutdown to enact Project 2025 agenda In reality, there’s no difference between the White House’s shutdown contingency plan and the agenda they’ve already put into action. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Same old fascist playbook.

Pritzker said he refuses to “let Donald Trump … continue on this march toward autocracy.” He added: “Illinois is going to use every lever at our disposal to resist this power grab and get Noem’s thugs the hell out of Chicago … I’m not afraid. And I won’t back down.” Good.

Rob Reiner warns Trump’s media crackdown could plunge U.S. into a ‘full-on autocracy’ The award-winning director and actor said the current climate has become “beyond McCarthy era-esque.” www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan. MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting. Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

Her contempt is extraordinary. Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people. And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

Good morning. The government is shutdown and Republicans are hiding. They aren't even in Washington. Why? Because Trump thinks he's king. He's told his sycophants to boycott budget talks so he can act lawlessly and steal people's health care to pay for his billionaire tax cut.

When Democrats controlled the White House, Senate and House there were no shutdowns because we acted like adults and negotiated with Republicans. Now Republicans control everything and they're refusing to even show up for work. Because they think the chaos of a shutdown is fun.

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

Please share this far and wide; Adelita Grijalva won the ELECTION 71% to 27%; but Mikey the Johnson is holding up her appointment; because he’s protecting PEDOPREZ! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💙

“The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated in them is a decades long abdication of institutional and personal responsibility, brought to light by a handful of dedicated journalists and the breathtaking bravery of once isolated, ignored vulnerable women.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Bondi is alternating between attacking Democratic senator when they ask her tough questions and punting them to Kash Patel (even though she's his boss)

As I look around at America outside my window, here’s what I know: Just as with Germany, a few decades from now, people will gather in classrooms all around the world to view these days and this nation. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-americ...

Accurate. 😂

How fucking dare they. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

NEWS: Trump moves closer to invoking insurrection act for first time since 1992, 12 airports were understaffed last night due to the shutdown, White House says no back pay for furloughed workers, and more. The news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Supreme Court oral argument in the 'conversion therapy' case starts in about an hour I'll be listening in and writing my analysis this afternoon

Let’s try this again it’s a new day. I’m bewildered that no one has answered. Dear MAGA: why would Donald consider pardoning Maxwell, a sex trafficker for Epstein? Again a reminder, Biden is not president and you guys called for the release of the files repeatedly. So… why?

Starting to wonder how the National Guard troops Trump is treating like pawns in a game of chess feel about this commander in chief?

Trump wants to start a war w Venezuela. But US govt agencies & independent expert evidence shows Venezuela plays no role in fentanyl trade to the U.S. The vast majority of fentanyl & its precursor chemicals are trafficked into the US from Mexico, where they are manufactured by criminal organizations

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

Texas Republicans didn’t even give their citizens a say like Californians can.

This is encouraging. Californians understood the assignment. We got loud and spread the word on Prop 50. This is a fight against Republican anti-democratic tactics, but we still have to vote. Get those ballots in, early voting has started. We’re going to pass Prop 50.

Trump has the Congress he wants right now...one that is weak & under his thumb & let's him do whatever he wants. He absolutely does not want a midterm election because he knows a Democratically controlled Congress will rein him in. He will be finished. That's why he's about to invoke Martial Law.

BREAKING—New Trump White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay. (Read: possible mass- airport sickouts if TSA & air traffic controllers refuse to work without pay during shutdown) www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Can't believe judges have to give this a moment's thought. ALL OF THESE CASES should be ruled from the bench. But they flood the zone with hundreds of outrageous executive orders that we are forced to litigate one at a time because the Republicans in Congress refuse to stop him.

I hope you have someone in your life that has your back like Trump does for rich pedophiles.

"State election laws explicitly allow you to contact these donors. You’re exercising your First Amendment rights to political speech. You generally can’t solicit for another candidate, but you can absolutely educate donors about what their money supports."