this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

NEW: The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker

These Medicaid cuts will be extremely bad and they’re just to offset tax cuts for very wealthy people www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

New BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL- "The CBO estimates extensions would cost at least $4.6 trillion over next ten years. Tax cuts would go into effect immediately, cuts to Medicaid are currently scheduled not to hit until 2029, enabling Republicans to avoid voter fury over them in the midterms & 2028 election."

I can't say this loudly enough: THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE VOTING ON. They just know they were told to vote yes. "Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die." www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

more grifting from Trump and family..... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.

They take the lies they want and throw away the truth because it scares them

We oppose Trump targeting opponents for persecution like a royal despot So say 100’s of former gov officials of BOTH parties—from every GOP admin since Nixon & about a dozen from Trump‘s first term! We stand w/ Miles Taylor, Chris Krebs & ALL those attacked www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

Great example - and explanation - of authoritarian propaganda here from Van Hollen, as he explains the lengths that the autocrat Bukele went to in order to influence public perception with those margarita glasses, and how Trump propagated it as well.

This is some sick shit

Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key. That right?

Remember that Trump’s own undocumented workers — oh yeah, his businesses have hired and exploited the same folks he’s demonized for political gain — paid more in taxes than he did: americasvoice.org/press_releas... #TaxDay

What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs. That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result. #econsky

Elections have consequences

If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

I am pissed. If you want change, you talk to smart people who can come up with better solutions. Which is why I ask questions on here When we come up with better solutions , it makes the guy in the WH look bad and hopefully gets people to rethink who they support

Booker: "What this president is doing is violating our constitutional principles, violating the fundamental rights of people in order to punish them to carry out his own retribution plan ... Donald Trump is saying, 'ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for Donald Trump.'"

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

I really do think we’re well beyond this point. If you pretend that your differences with friends and coworkers and family are about “politics” when in fact they’re about right versus wrong and fascism versus the rule of law, you’re doing your country a grave disservice.

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today! It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula.

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California

Protest footage from today in Columbus, Ohio.

@reuters.com - Top News. @nytimes.com Not. @nytimes.com- read the room. Do Better.

Wow Chicago! #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (🎥 Marco Foster)

Probably my very favorite.

YES

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

New York! 😳 Fifth Avenue is filled. Trump will hate this 🎉 #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025

10 minutes after start in San Francisco. #HandsOff

Good call.

Massive turnout at today's #HandsOff! rally against Musk and Trump in St. Paul, Minnesota 🔥🔥🔥

Love this!

cares only about himself.

Never gonna tell you anything off the record 🤣

St. Paul, Minnesota bsky.app/profile/erin...

The Villages, FL Republican turf. This community is represented by GOP Rep. Daniel Webster. bsky.app/profile/ur-t...

#HandsOff! Durham 📣🇺🇲🦅🪧

Great Barrington, MA

Hands Off! Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Salt Lake City showed up