Bet you didn’t know: His Secret Service code name is ‘Cleetus.’

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The President is unwell. PBS comments: “his remarks were rambling and incoherent,” in multiple appearances. The Guardian calls some of his speeches “baffling” and “weirder than ever.” Cambridge analysis says that his statements often require “translation” or annotation to make sense.

His excuse? I didn’t see it? Please, bitch, you saw what he said. Stop lying.

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals? J: I didn't see it D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

“The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year…” www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

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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?...

DelBene: He’s the president of the United States, and instead of talking about standing up for our communities or what’s best for the country, he’s talking about inflicting pain if he doesn’t get what he wants. He’s been inflicting pain on the American people since he went into office in January

Duncan: But I’m proud to say I’m a Democrat. I’m proud that I can show up to work every day with a better toolkit to love my neighbor—instead of villainizing everyone or putting an asterisk next to someone just because they don’t look like me, talk like me, love like me, or worship like me.

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 “Form a circle, form a circle.” They do not want us to see what they are doing in Portland. Low hanging fruit for us. This was posted 3 hours ago. 1/2

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for refusing to comply with our FOIA request for information about the agency's plans for expanding immigration detention in the D.C. region. We have a right to know how our taxpayer dollars are being used to fund ICE's abusive detention machine.

Farage plays the everyman, but he’s not harmless, he’s not honest, and he’s not on your side. ❌

#DictatorTrumpShutDowm #TrumpShutDown #RepublicanShutDown

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

Hertling: His comments about putting hands back on recruits… We moved away from that 30 years ago because it’s ineffective… You know where it didn’t go away? The Russian army.

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

My $.02: If you've been critical of Democrats for not fighting hard enough and you're not shouting your support from the rooftops as they take this stand on healthcare, then I'd argue that you are not meeting the moment right now. They are doing what we demanded of them. Let's have their backs.

In Matt 25 Jesus says that individuals & nations will be judged by how they care for the poor & sick. Govt is shutdown bc GOP wants to throw 12-20 million low-income/disabled Americans off Medicaid. Bc the GOP uses Jesus as a prop, while despising His actual commandments.

Q: You said you're interested in good faith negotiations, but is it helpful to post pictures of Leader Jeffries in a sombrero if you're trying to have good faith talks? JD VANCE: Oh! I think it's funny! The president is joking and we're having a good time.

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time? BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

Good morning. The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you. Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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Gov. Wes Moore: "A prerequisite for keeping the government open should not be forcing people to have their healthcare premiums jump...My message to President Trump is clear: stop this shutdown. You're the one causing it. We're the ones dealing with it."

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For the generals yesterday, resistance meant total silence. And I thank them for it. But for the rest of us, silence is cowardice. Silence in the face of this daily onslaught against democracy, the rule of law, pluralism, the Constitution, and basic human decency is utter cowardice.

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

A drone swarm over Schleswig-Holstein surveyed critical infrastructure, German authorities claim. The drones were sighted at Thyssenkrupp's naval shipyard, the university hospital, the coastal power plant and Kiel Canal, and the Heide refinery which supplies Hamburg Airport with kerosene.

Chicago and Portland Just Drew the Battle Lines Great DemCast article on the latest from Chicago and Portland, and what you can do to help. open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

#KavanaughStop “The questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are US citizens…”

Read "Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook stay at Fed Reserve for now; will hear arguments in January" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6jdc7xaU/6...

Federal workers are about to have their livelihoods upended because of this shutdown. We'll hear talk about "sacrifices" that the American people need to make. Meanwhile, Trump is bailing out Argentina with $20 billion worth of taxpayer dollars. Hello? @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy

Some liberal critics charge that the use of US urban citizens as target practice for troops could raise questions about the politicization of the military.

The Prospect has obtained through a state FOIA request thousands of pages of documents related to a little-known investigation of Jeffrey Epstein by the New Mexico attorney general in 2019, related to his 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch near Stanley, NM that he bought from a former governor.

Trump’s shutdown has begun. Just like we have been, Democrats are ready to pass a bipartisan budget to keep the government open and lower costs for working Americans.

In a decision issued October 1, 2025, Reagan-appointed U.S. District Judge William Young includes a postcard sent to him saying “Trump has pardons and tanks ... what do you have?" He responds "Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People ... have our magnificent Constitution."

Felon/GOP are tanking the economy with their mass layoffs, shutdowns, ripping away healthcare, & skyrocketing costs! It hasn’t been this bad since their pandemic! It’s maybe worse now with an economy propped up by a few AI companies. If the AI bubble bursts, it’ll make the dot-com bubble look tiny!

Lawrence nails it. youtu.be/gPpUI3xJx_c?...

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

The Kennedy Center’s workers’ union is demanding an investigation after the guitar player Yasmin Williams was heckled during a recent performance by a group of conservatives, allegedly at the behest of Trump appointees at the institution. Details ↓