Why aren't people protesting every week? Asked by people who don't protest. It's so damned annoying. ALSO people ARE protesting weekly. Why the hell don't you join them????

the google doodle today is a horror/halloween-themed in-browser Pac Man and it owns

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

Can someone please ask him how the GOP changed the 60 vote threshold twice in the last two months to approve 150+ trump appointees in one go? Cuz they are in charge and can change the rules to open the government. And they know it. They WANT the shutdown.

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America. Link below.

Golden toilet not pictured open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...

“I think there’s some healthy critiques of these protests and some big, important questions about what they are demanding and where next do they go, but right now they still feel right …Because the instinct to gather together -- to connect offline and in public-- is the right instinct”

Durham’s second No Kings rally wasn’t just a protest against authoritarianism; it was a rally for workers.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Another example of 'get in where you can get in' and everyone can do something of use... blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/a...

lol. I wrote to the White House a while back to get help with math. I wanted to know how to budget for my $70/month Rx after a decrease of 800%. I finally heard back. I didn’t get an answer, but I did get Thoughts and Prayers (TM).

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

"[W]e demand arrest warrants for the perpetrators of crimes against our fellow journalists in Gaza." "We encourage American and international media outlets to demand direct, unsupervised access to Gaza in the wake of the ceasefire agreement." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Incarceration #Genocide

Mainstream media not covering this news. #alaska #hurricane

2/ so I will not be celebrating either of those leaders who continue to rein destruction every single day. I’ll be filled with joy to see the hostages returned & the war to end. Watch him make the hostage release all about him. Turning a blessing into a curse.

Here’s my take: it takes a bigger bully to bully a bully into compliance. That’s how DJT was able to make Netanyahu heel. Yes I’m grateful for however he got this war to end & the hostages home! At the same time he’s destroying every good thing in the US. He’s unleashed thugs who disappear people.

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues. This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

This Is Fascism

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

“in recent months he’s seen about a 50% uptick in calls from soldiers interested in conscientious objection or in exploring options to resist orders to deploy to U.S. cities. “ www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

“that top federal officials are counseling agencies that they can’t fire people. How come? You’re not allowed to incur new financial obligations during a shutdown. And firing someone — not furloughing them — means incurring the financial obligation to give them severance pay.”

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I’ve been asked quite a lot over the years about how I remain calm when responding to trolls and bad actors. Some day I’ll do a bigger write up, but one of the biggest things that has helped me a lot is to remember: “When you’re easily offended, you’re easily manipulated.”

So many doing it “the right way “ are being treated like garbage. Heartbreaking. They didn’t even let her say goodbye to family.How is this keeping the US safe? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Now I see it. climatetrace.org View air pollution plumes around the world.

"People spend too much time deciding if this kid is a good kid or a bad kid—it doesn’t matter. They have a right to an education, whether they’re an A student or less than an A student.”

And it’s 2025, can we stop saying “bawdy”? creepy, perverted, gross, and pedo all work

Here's something I always forget that most people don't know: finding & paying for your own attorney is the only realistic option for someone detained by ICE. There's no appointed counsel system, & limited non-profits who can only take a few at a time (if at all). These cases are a *lot of work*

U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for: 700,000 public housing units 500,000 low-income kids receiving health care 500,000 veterans receiving VA care 600,000 kids in Head Start Combined.

I can

The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social

The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House

Scenes from the #FreeDC protest.

Depending how NC goes, we might be looking into vaccine tourism.

Epstein victims bravely shared their trauma with us -asking for action. Afterwards, the mostly male reporters demanded more more more. No one should have been allowed to question them without proof of trauma informed interview training.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

If you don't see today's CDC walkout covered in the news you consume, you're getting advertainment not journalism.