The cost of coffee is on the rise, thanks to tariffs. Congress has introduced a bill to scrap the tax—a move that could be popular as more Americans reach for a cup.

Looks like Barney has finally had enough of Florida's bullshit.

Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: "California, DC, Memphis, potentially Illinois, now Oregon - this normalization that you can use the US military in our cities. That is un-American & every place that it happens, you will see Democratic attorneys general standing up, drawing a line in the sand & saying, 'No'"

This is Why We Vote ! If We Had All 3 Chambers in Washington, We Could Get Shit Done,Maybe?...

⚠️ #ElaadEliahu : 'Reporting on #ICE activity outside immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza in #NYC' X @elaadeliahu

“OK, we’ll keep paying for your fascist takeover of the nation but only if you pinky promise to maybe extend health care subsidies.”

Shares in Moderna and BioNTech have imploded since their 2021 peaks, shaving billions of dollars from their founders’ fortunes.

Another big tech company capitulated today as YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a bogus lawsuit brought by Trump. Here's what I can promise you: Democracy Docket will never bow down. It will never compromise. It will never obey. Support the work of its 20 person team. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

I'm so grateful to all the Indivisible groups showing "The Last Class" film to their members. I hope you leave feeling inspired, hopeful, and more connected to one another. If you'd like to organize a screening where you live, here's how: robertreich.substack.com/p/you-can-br...

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Tom Homan owes us $50,000.

God yes. I saw this the other day and saved it because it’s so true.

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There it is. Abolish ICE. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

There were five mass shootings in America this weekend None of them were committed by “the Left” All of them were preventable And practically no major American media company is mentioning all of them, nor tying them together

bragging about how much gold you’re putting in the oval office while all the economic lights on the dashboard are starting to flash red and the government is about to shut down is some shit that would make the marie antoinette caricature wince

Trump’s $20 billion #Argentina bailout has little (if any) upside for ordinary American taxpayers. It does, however have 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 economic benefits for one American in particular: billionaire hedge fund manager Rob Citrone, a close friend and former colleague of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Some guy on TikTok is threatening to release the Grindr profile of Mike Johnson. Please human, please don’t let God down. 🙏

John Oliver digs up an old clip of Benjamin Netanyahu bragging that, "I know what America is. America is something that can be easily pushed… the world won't say anything.'" #BlueCrew

Mike Johnson: "The WIC program, the nutrition program -- women, infants, and children -- that program won't be funded. FEMA won't be funded."

"After his release, the 79 year old U.S. citizen was treated at a local hospital for multiple broken ribs, a dislocated elbow..." ktla.com/news/79-year... www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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.

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Good for Watson. Words that should have come from Trump since he was there the first day. But this is the kind of behavior he encourages.

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

MAGA wants to go back to 1953. Others, 1863. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Wait, MAGA told me Trump was AMERICA FIRST? Also, Israel's genocide is another wedge fracturing MAGA from within. Ditto Epstein files. apnews.com/live/donald-...

Kudos to the state of Oregon for immediately fighting back against Trump’s authoritarianism. Tyranny is only possible when we submit to it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/oregon-sues-trump-administration-deployment-national-guard-troops-port-rcna234307

“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:

@rokhanna.bsky.social on Releasing the Epstein Files, Recognizing the Genocide in Palestine, & Supporting Mamdani, Rep. Khanna is working with Massie to release the Epstein Files and trying to rally more Dems to recognize a Palestinian state. thelefthook.substack.com/p/rep-ro-kha...

Trump and Netanyahu to Hamas: accept Gaza peace plan or face consequences

So one third of the mass shootings are caused by military veterans. That is scary. That is why mental health is so important for veterans. worldbeyondwar.org/32-of-mass-s...

Plainclothes Beaufort County Deputy brutalizes and threatens to kill 2 teens with his service weapon in Hilton Head, SC.

Chair of America First Women. Co-founder of Women for Trump.

The Trump Administration is increasingly a fascist regime. Why? Because they behave like fascists. They even quote fascists. It's OK to refer to people who act like, and quote, fascists as fascists.

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump can unilaterally withhold $4 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress that his regime deemed “wasteful.” Meanwhile, he’s happy to bail out his authoritarian pal in Argentina to the tune of $20 billion. Talk about wasteful.

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

A law firm appealing a stalled case against Tylenol's maker, Kenvue, says people are calling to join the suit, alleging the painkiller caused autism in children whose mothers took it during pregnancy.

MAGA is embracing the kind of tactics it once deplored, Idrees Kahloon argues. "A culture of self-censorship is destructive. But prescribing state ideology as a cure is like treating a migraine with a lobotomy."

I hadn't read anything by Kaleb Horton or knew his name until I learned of his sad passing here on Bluesky. @lukeoneil47.bsky.social and others mourned his passing so eloquently that I've started reading his work. It sucks I'm only now reading this terrific writer and it sucks worse he's gone.

Putin has signed a decree on the autumn draft, running from October 1 to December 31. During this period, the Russian authorities plan to call up 135,000 people for compulsory military service. Russia promises not to send them to the frontlines.

Portland is a living, breathing city with challenges: housing affordability, homelessness, traffic, safety — but also with thriving neighborhoods, culture, and people working together for a better future. The language of “war zones” and “battlefields” is political theater designed to stoke fear.

Every Page One story in Memphis this morning is about troop deployment.

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Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on Karachevsk Elektrodetal plant in Bryansk region of Russia. The plant takes part in Russia's military production.