Waking up to another government shutdown while the GOP controls the presidency and both houses of Congress, one might start to ask some questions about the terms of the social contract and whether or not government is holding up its end. Not saying I am asking those questions, but somebody might.

JUDGE McELROY: It’s “yet another case where the administration is saying … I’m going to do what I want to do and not what the law says and make the court make me.” @politico.com #FEMA @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Priorities.

🔴 Tony Blair's ties to Larry Ellison should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future. New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...

"If you need more evidence that our culture is becoming more misogynistic...just look at Rory McIlroy’s wife’s Ryder Cup experience. While some [media] have been referring to the fans’ behavior..as 'raucous' or 'unruly' the behavior was pure misogynistic abuse, and it’s a growing movement" in the US

Are we great yet?

About to go live!

JB Pritzker, along With Gavin Newsom, are Taking The Fight Right Back To Chump........

“That Blair’s patron is so close to Netanyhu - and a leading financial backer of Friends of the IDF, a charity that’s directed millions $ to support soldiers fighting in Gaza - should strip away any legitimacy of Blair overseeing Gaza under a US-backed peace plan”… open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

🚨🚨🚨 SHUTDOWN INFO: SSA is open and functioning (mostly)!!!! You should not miss payments you are expecting, if you do, please let us know. Field Offices and phones are open and staffed!!!! Here is the list of things we are not allowed to process during the shutdown so please don’t yell at us for it!

Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.

@mikiesherrill.bsky.social leads with courage for New Jersey. She’s in DC fighting to save healthcare for millions. Her opponent admits there’s nothing he disagrees with 47 on. That’s blind obedience, not leadership. New Jersey deserves a leader, not a dictator fan boy. #VoteNJ

If petty crimes can result in prison sentences, misuse of £122 million of public funds sounds like a crime to be tried in court to me..

(Reuters) - More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts - the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years .. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

A Trumper asked me today if I was one of those nutjobs trying to save polar bears. My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.

🚨Thank you Keir Starmer for committing today on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans. The nuked blood scandal is one of the greatest injustices of our time and these Veterans are now dying waiting for justice. Will you meet with them before Christmas? We urgently need a date

Minnesota DFL Rep. Kaela Berg is running to replace Rep. Angie Craig, who is running for Congress. Berg is a single mom, flight attendant and union activist — one of the only working class members of the state Legislature. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/dfl-r...

(1/3) I think Ed makes a pretty strong point here about Lindsey Halligan: She hasn't been lawfully appointed under 28 U.S.C. § 546, and as he also points out, his view is supported by a 1986 OLC opinion written by some guy named … {checks notes} … Samuel A. Alito. (1/3)

Is it good when we're all struggling and going deeper into debt to afford the things we have to buy to survive in this society? "Groceries make up the bulk of credit card purchases for many Americans, with 46% citing it as their top spending category in a typical month, the TD Bank survey found."

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

When YouTubers shine torches on asylum seekers at night, it isn’t journalism. It’s monetised harassment. Owen Sennitt reports

Justice served, though presumably there will be endless appeals and at the end the government may find there's no money left to collect. Bankruptcy is a strong shield. Still for one day at least, we can savour the victory. Now they need to go after everyone else. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Wow! Now over 37,000 signatures! 🙏 For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account. You can support the campaign to change the law here👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

It’s a bad look.

Excellent naming work there.

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

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just in: The Supreme Court has refused to let Donald Trump immediately fire Lisa Cook, deferring the US president's application until the justices hear oral arguments in the case in January 2026. on.ft.com/3WeV2C2

It’s no accident that Senator Wyden cannot get the documents he needs to follow the Epstein money. Bissent is throwing every barrier in the way. The shutdown, all of this… they are all distractions to deflect from THE EPSTEIN FILES.

🚨 ADP’s private employment report flashes big warning signs for Trump’s economy…

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

Im proud to be English and even prouder to be British. But these flags right now are not showing patriotism- they are a show to intimidate our communities and cause division. If youre actually patriotic... Come and help make this country better. The organisations below (continued....)

Starmer: We are seeing mass migration in a way that we haven't seen in previous years. 90+% of which is under visas issued by the government, for which the ECHR should not normally be considered relevant. #r4today

“Don’t be fat, bullying is ok again, buy my book”

Mone’s cries of ’poor me’ from her super yacht are wearing a bit thin. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

russia’s highest court approves abduction and breathtakingly lawless 10. 5-year sentence against Ukrainian patriot Iryna Horobtsova khpg.org/en/1608815063

🚨 THIS 🔽🔽🔽 'Prof Kate Pickett, a co-author of the study from the University of York, said the findings showed reducing inequalities “isn’t just about economics – it’s a public health imperative”.' www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

I don’t need a message from Newsom. I came to that conclusion on my own. I suspect most of us did. It was based on listening to what Miller says, watching what he does, and understanding history.

Dover Port Health Authority (DPHA) continues to seize unequivocal volumes of illegal meat, including over 10 tonnes in the last two weeks—a staggering 324% increase compared to the same period last year. This substantial and ongoing rise signals a growing crisis at this critical border. #r4today

The Slovak government is following the footsteps of Orbán: suppressing LGBTQI+ rights & undermining EU law. We stand for a European Union where everyone is free to love, marry and live proudly. We stand with the people of Slovakia and will fight for their rights.

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

Every politician should be saying this. It is in the national interest. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/and...

Federal workers tonight keep forwarding me highly unusual partisan emails from inside their agencies about the shutdown. This one is from NARA, the agency responsible for preserving official government records.