George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation. Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

youtu.be/WW3uk95VGes?... It's beautiful. And powerful.

We’re only 9 months into this presidency and he’s already sending troops from red states into blue states while clearly stating his motives are political.

Good morning, gnats.

@propublica.org’s latest reporting on SpaceX’s financial ties to Chinese investors is based on newly uncovered court records that it obtained through successful litigation with free legal support from attorneys at @rcfp.org and the law firm Shaw Keller.

A few hundred officers and some videographers can't come close to controlling a city. But they can produce content. Which seems to be the primary goal (along with violating rights and hurting people for the sake of violating rights and hurting people).

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request. The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc

The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory! Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.

Hi. We’re a group of comic book writers & artists who are furious about Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s plan to consolidate power under authoritarian rule. So we made a bunch of comics to explain their agenda and move you to vote against it. stopproject2025comic.org

Feeling discouraged or hopeless about the state of things? This message from @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social is one of the most true and heartening things I’ve heard in a long time. ❤️

. For a national strike, experts say only 10–20% of the workforce refusing to show up would collapse the economy. That’s 17–34 million people out of 330 million. We don’t need everyone, just enough to hit critical mass. #GeneralStrike #Epstein #30DayStrike #Medicaid #SITDOWN .

The rest of the world sees Trump as a buffoon. But even after he’s gone Americans are the idiots who elected him. We’re not shaking off this stench in decades.

In speeches, Vought spoke of “demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.” “.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.” from 2024: @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.

Gov. Beshear: “What we're seeing on the other side is the president making threats, almost negotiating through blackmail, saying, 'If you don't agree to exactly what I want, I'm going to fire a whole bunch of people and cause a lot of pain.”

Just two friends having a great time. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!

Someone suggested we call these attacks on civilians "Kavanaugh stops." Because after a brief questioning you're free to go, right?

its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?

Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list. Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul. On behalf of the earth, I thank you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

PLAYBOOK: “.. Fine dining on the first night of a government shutdown? Those Democratic attack lines almost write themselves.” @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.

I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

Here's the WTF Summary: Lose weight, hate women and practice War against American cities.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

I don’t like most of Massie’s positions but if more GOP would follow his example of holding his principles we’d be in much better shape in this moment. It’s possible to not bow to this fascist administration. I can’t believe the level of cowardice we’re seeing.

🚨🚨🚨Newly released footage of the premeditated, politically motivated arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka. This arrest is a crime! 1/2

Project 2025 referenced shrinking farmers access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for producers. (p. 307)

I can’t predict the future but the idea that the American military wouldn’t fire on protesters if ordered seems to be the same kind of “it can never happen here” denial that has repeatedly made people look very foolish over the last decade

The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is

Does the commander in chief need to pass a PT test or does he get a pass

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year. They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency. Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

If Congress shuts down and stops working, how will we be able to tell?

Soon we’ll learn whether our military stand by the principles that define their duty to our country and the Constitution—or whether they break them to serve the depraved, degraded & lawless desires of a wannabe dictator and his sycophantic “War Secretary.” www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-i...

This is not going anywhere good. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

Trump makes numerous false claims to generals and admirals, some about the military. Face it if every time Trump lied you drank a shot, you too could be Secretary of Defense....

I kid you not. Americans are now subsidizing Argentinian soybean exports to China. At the same time. American farmers are selling none to China.

Meiselas: One question I have is why do we even have a funding issue? If Trump brought in $17 trillion, why is there even an issue with funding? If we brought in $17 trillion, shouldn’t Trump just be making it rain on everybody and there’s so much money to go—oh, wait a minute.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record 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 this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"