Speaker Mike Johnson just extended the House recess through next week, which means members of Congress will keep getting paid for doing nothing while essential staff like members of the military will work without getting paychecks during the shutdown. That's Republican leadership.

Meanwhile, the Epstein files are safely hidden from the public, where they can't hurt sex predator Donald Trump.

How many Pentagon flunkies and arrogant think tank people kept telling us that Ukraine couldn’t learn or use F-16s, ATACMS, Patriots etc.? united24media.com/latest-news/...

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news. NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

Republican fear of everything is the defining vibe of our age. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

invocation of the insurrection act will be the key moment for everyone. the white house, any state where it's invoked, especially the supreme court. all public officials are ultimately responsible for acting in line with the constitution. a false invocation of the insurrection act, itself a ...

2/ constitutionally dubious law, invalidates the federal constitution. states and individuals would need to use whatever power they have to uphold the constitution over and against illegal federal actions.

Mike Johnson is a Christofascist tool.

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Yes

This guy is in charge of US health care.

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

“Who’s more responsible for the government shutdown?” “Republicans.”

You need to fix this @cnn.com.

Still waiting for Speaker Mike Johnson to allow the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, who was elected 2 weeks ago. Grijalva’s vote could pave the way for House action on releasing the Epstein files – which Johnson opposes. In his version of Christianity, they cover up for child sex predators.

I was told that San Francisco was a dying city and that no one wants to live there any more. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Lot of ships abandoned on these shorses. Most recently CNN. (Via @status.news)

Hey there, @nytimes.com. The judge didn’t “decide not to immediately block.” She ordered a response from the government Wednesday and set a hearing Thursday. Let me know if you need help with this.

Stand firm!

New York: “Printing error led to filled-in absentee ballots being sent to Rush voters” electionlawblog.org?p=152380

California is the manufacturing capital of America, period. We create more jobs, produce more goods, and drive more innovation than anywhere else in the country — because what gets built in California shapes the future and powers the U.S. economy.

It can be done: bsky.app/profile/davi...

More like this.

@cnn.com I voted with farmers in mind, I voted with women in mind, I voted with single parents in mind, I voted with foster youth in mind, I voted with LGBTQIA+ in mind—and only one of these is getting a bailout and voted against their own interest… www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

Wait, what about America First?

Hmm. Did any reporters point out to the president that the judge who Trump said should be “ashamed of himself” is Ms. Karin Immergut.

Pritzker doing better journalism 101 than a lot of tv news producers these days

So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/

I mean, who do they think is going to cook food in restaurants and treat them in hospitals or make society function? Also, what do they think *their* job will be? Most of these folks have made a living demonizing some out group and grifting on that on social media. Who’s the out group then?

The crime wave Stephen Miller is wailing about is coming from inside the [White] House www.youtube.com/watch?v=rten...

Right up there with "Is he dead yet?"

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Spot on.

I can’t get over this. Trump bailed out Argentina farmers with $20 billion of our tax dollars, then China turned around and bought soybeans from them instead of US farmers. Not AMERICA FIRST, America got played.

ICYMI: 1,000 former DOJ officials from both R & D admins, have signed a letter calling the Comey indictment a partisan abuse of power pursued over the objections of career prosecutors. They urge all Americans to recognize this dangerous attack on democratic norms: https://protdem.org/3ITOo0Y

Reupping, how it's more likely we'll find proof that Kash kommitted a krime in the Jim Comey prosecution than that Comey did. www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/28/w...

Journalists at 3 Alaskan newspapers quit over stealth edits to their Charlie Kirk coverage 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

The American people aren’t buying Republicans’ bullsh*t about the Trump Shutdown. Your Democratic senators need to hear from you — encourage them to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions and stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

Doing real, illegal violence against Americans while waging the fake war on Tren de Aragua.

A federal workers' union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin for altering Department of Education employees' out-of-office email messages to include partisan language about a government shutdown without their consent.

Partisan gerrymanders may be legal, but only because SCOTUS said so. They are anti-democratic measures used by a party that fears losing power to hold onto control, a mechanism that lets parties choose their voters instead of letting voters choose who will represent them.

Tomahawk Missile Threat Rattles Putin’s Regime Russia’s deepest fears are all-too-visible in its media output. High-performance cruise missiles are high on its anxieties list. My latest for @cepa.org: cepa.org/article/toma...

Excellent piece by @markhertling.bsky.social. "Commanders cannot hold the line indefinitely against political chaos. Soldiers deserve clear and lawful guidance from the top. They also deserve leaders in Washington who see them not as props in a political rally." www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...

ICE is running recruiting ads with huge bonuses and student loan forgiveness (socialism?!) to join them in grabbing “the worst of the worst” — but the numbers show that is very much not who they’re grabbing (or holding)

Fox News reporter to Mike Johnson: "How can you say 'they take no pleasure in this,' and then the next minute say, 'Oh, they're just having fun and trolling?'"

Mikie Sherrill is calling out RFK Jr., Trump, and Jack Ciattarelli for pushing reckless lies claiming Tylenol is unsafe for pregnant women. Their disinformation endangers lives. New Jersey needs a governor who defends science, health, and truth. #VoteNJ