To all my fellow non-hetero friends: We're next. If you thought silence would protect you while non-cis people were being targeted, then you don't know our history. Fight for your trans family and friends. They need it. One day, we will, too.

In the history of mealymouthed disingenuousness in American politics, few have come even close to this annoying puritanical pixie.

Spittin facts! #GOPshutdown

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

Oh beautiful soul, bless her, what a magnificent life she lived

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The sight of this incompetent, unethical, unqualified blowhard lecturing the military sworn to defend this country is sickening. This president* turning the military on the people is the worst possible threat we could have. We have been warned.

Our healthcare isn’t a bargaining chip. Release the files. Protect our care. Fund our government. #WePersist

After years of hyperventilation about TikTok’s impact on privacy, propaganda, and national security, TikTok is likely being sold to a bunch of Trump’s billionaire technofascist buddies who don’t believe in privacy and want to use it to spread right-wing propaganda. www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/t...

“The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into Des Moines Public Schools over its employment practices, the agency said in a news release Tuesday” So…they kidnapped him then forced him to resign by extorting the school district with an “investigation”? www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/u...

Mark this day. ❤️

I heard Trump’s Retribution Tour on the East coast officially kicked off yesterday. Apparently only VIP tickets were sold and only to the highest bidders. All jokes aside — this man is a bigger threat to the safety of the US and the American people than any foreign adversary could ever be.

Here are the real numbers

If the admin weren’t actually so worried about being blamed for it they wouldn’t be hollering so loudly and relentlessly that it’s Dem’s fault

this (from @danpfeiffer.bsky.social) is excellent. voters always blame the controlling party for shutdowns, and that's even when the guy in charge ISN'T historically unpopular.

not “insane” just really, really bad & dangerous

Republican House Republican Senate Republican President #RepublicanShutdown for Billionaire Bailout

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I wish @radiofreetom.bsky.social would post his new piece about that bonkers truly dangerous speech that the potus gave It’s really good

Especially when he has the House and Senate.

Kash Patel: “We are keeping kale off the streets of Portland.”

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one... (From my subscription for you) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A picture is worth a thousand words. As Donald Trump delivered a rambling, hyper-political speech, America's top military leaders sat in disciplined, stone-faced silence. Their professionalism stood in stark contrast to the partisan rally they were forced to attend. And their faces say it all.

Donald Trump and congressional republicans clearly can’t govern. They are entirely responsible for this shutdown.

This is an excellent list of independent media. Follow and support all you can. @stevemullis.net

Here’s a feed of great independent media. Pin and follow.

Support independent and nonprofit media, please. Now more than ever. If you can, pay for a subscription or donate to the organizations that matter to you. But of you can’t, please share their work as wide and loud as you can. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Am I doing it right, MAGA?

I’ll believe all those military officers in the auditorium today are serious professionals the day they all refuse to obey an illegal order from this would-be dictator.

Trump opens with a threat to the generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent … Have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud ... If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future. But you just feel nice and loose."

John, he was a nightmare his first term: govt shutdown, COVID response, insurrection… and fucking America said “yes, I want more of this?” Fucking Murdoch and billionaires. We are now Russia.

Utter embarrassment. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Kristi Noem now blaming democrats for the fact that her “patriots” (aka ICE thugs) will have to work for free if the government shuts down First, the Republicans can prevent the shut down Second, good. Let them terrorize for free Better yet, here’s hoping they stay home & give immigrants a break

I can’t believe we are doing this shit again. #shutdown

Okay, I've thought about it, Canada should definitely become the 51st state.

The Freudian slip to end all Freudian slips

We need to bring intellectualism back—remind the youth that learning is not a burden but a beauty, a freedom, and a power. Knowledge is not just survival, it’s joy. #Pinks

Unhinged, unstable, vengeful, evil, egregious, savage. The Black lady warned us and she was right. Trump should’ve been sentenced to prison in 2024…but here we are. #Pinks #SheShed

OH My!! #PedoTrump on a shirt😂 bsky.app/profile/ther... RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

The U.S. team competed with student scholars from 85 nations. The U.S. was the only country to earn five gold medals at the competition. 🥇✊🏾🥇✊🏾🥇✊🏾🥇✊🏾🥇 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

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Says high af Nichole My source on all things legal

he's an incompetent loser who hates this country

It's on them. But what we can't see behind closed doors is where this gets scary.

Yet trump is giving $20 BILLION to ARGENTINA! #republicanShutDown

Avoiding right now is literally inviting it in. What an ignorant statement

And the message that they're saying, anyone who 'avoids politics' is that politics doesn't impact them, not really, and they'd like to keep it that way even if it means lying in bed with the fascists, who don't want to oppress them per se.

This is their shutdown

Imagine three years later thinking that Elon wants to "turn things around." Imagine staying on the platform that you admit is full of hatred. Why? You don't have to stay there. You can go somewhere that gives you more power and control, rather than begging for Elon to fix things.