Look, I think it’s atrocious to rip down a bldg for a ballroom in a shutdown AND imagine the photo of the burial plots if 17 million Americans lose health insurance by 2034, which is the impact of these cuts. #healthcareIsAHumanRight

Meanwhile, government workers aren't getting paid.

Prayer this morning: From the mobilization of 7 million, make a movement that endures.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Yup

Times Square, NYC. #NoKings

12pm #Montclair #NJ #NOKINGS www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Healthcare is not a market. It is a human right. We make companies people and then the govt denies actual people healthcare and we praise companies for choosing to pick it up. My head hurts…

Excited to inform you all that the Department of Homeland Security is currently attempting to ratio me (and failing, as of more than two hours later). With a heavy sigh, I repeat: bring back professionalism. For the love of god. You're running comms for the government of the USA. Act like it.

Jesus: feed the poor, care for the sick. Christian Nationalists: cut food stamps and gut healthcare.

Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.

Who gets to declare what is sacred? Trump seems to think he and the US govt do…guess freedom of religion is only for Christian nationalists… www.truthdig.com/articles/a-t...

Who gets to declare what is sacred? Trump seems to think he and the US govt do…guess freedom of religion is only for Christian nationalists… www.truthdig.com/articles/a-t...

The US Supreme Court today has refused to reconsider Apache legal efforts to stop the copper mine project at sacred #OakFlat. Once again, corporate greed tramples the Earth and Native spiritual rights.

This is the face of the health care crisis in America.    It’s what I’m fighting to change.

Trans woman who wanted to end her lawsuit due to harassment forced to go through with SCOTUS appeal www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/tran... #LGBTQ

A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act? The Two Section Twos open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Green Frogs & Other Inflatables UNITE

Noncompliance to propaganda

Happy National Coming Out Day from Starr King School for the Ministry! To all of our LGBTQIA+ beloveds, we see you and we love you – whether you’re ready to come out or not. #NationalComingOutDay

So “antifa” is really “inflata” and is a bunch of people protesting in blow up costumes.

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones. n.pr/4nTT7PK

I bow to the heron in the stream; the sunflower soon to be seed. And to you across miles. I pray the catch is quick for the heron, the seed plentiful for the birds, and the journey Beloved healing. I bow to this light infusing a world of pain. Let me be a better vessel. Ready me for the rains.

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

One of the most perverse ideas on the anti-trans side is that trans people are instantly affirmed and celebrated by everyone when they come out and that acceptance is driving a social contagion. It's the ultimate form of gaslighting against our community. www.erininthemorning.com/p/pew-survey...

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

I need no excuse to once again share Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀屋良長) sumptuous strawberry and white chocolate flavoured 'hanayagu' (華やぐ 'to brighten up'). drinking tea alone- every day the butterfly stops by 一人茶や蝶は毎日来てくれる -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶). Trans. David Lanoue. #Kyoto #haiku

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do? https://theatln.tc/MnJ75n1c

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

I’m. So. Tired. I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

Two years of warfare have brought death, misery and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. With a new ceasefire plan under discussion, Reuters looks at one family's story of terrible loss and fragile hope reut.rs/46Bp0X0

Theres been not even a fable attempt to hide the lies that they are indeed enacting P2025 Agenda. What’s missing is the belief of a significant portion of citizens actually believing. Mass Firing Threat Proves Shutdown Is 'Project 2025 in Action,' Says Jayapal www.commondreams.org/news/project...

I believe that we are many, And I believe that they are few.

Exactly

Federal agents hurled tear gas at people on a busy Logan Square street, outside a grocery store and near an elementary school. Reckless, undertrained ICE hires are a danger to everyone. This is terrorism against US citizens.

One of the Autumn Meadowhawks..seems to be a very large population of them this year..the red ones are the males,the females are greenish-brown with yellow legs.

Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

We are once again in the US violating human rights. Detainees at Delaney Hall often get 1 meal often frozen & 1 bottle of water. Families trying to visit are subjected to last minute cancellations and harsh weather. Names of those detained are kept from lawyers. Clergy are barred from visits.

🙏 💚

'Assault on oversight': Hegseth overhaul of military watchdogs spurs concern reut.rs/4o4d3z2

Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?  I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.  So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."

So true…

Sen. Warnock called Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program “the real waste, fraud, and abuse.” “This report shows that Pathways is incredibly effective at barring working people from health coverage and making corporate consultants richer.”

The cognitive dissonance here is truly incredible.