NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

The entire GOP remains committed to policies that were discredited a century ago because doing stupid s**t is easier for them than admitting that Donald Trump is economically illiterate.

All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.

I proposed an amendment to block Republicans from funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to Senators subpoenaed for January 6th. Watch how every Republican on the Rules Committee lacked the courage to intervene.

Obviously the Epstein Files are bad and should be treated seriously, but what should also be treated seriously are the the concentration camps, the overt bribery in exchange for pardons, the looting of the public treasury, and the perversion of the justice system to persecute political enemies.

I wish journalists could act like they weren’t born yesterday. An uncurated document dump out of an investigation shortly after focused evidence is released is an expression of panic, a desperate wish to distract, and perhaps a hope that someone will find something they haven’t yet.

Trump is talking about repealing the ACA, stealing insurance from tens of millions, bringing back pre-existing conditions, and killing the filibuster to do it (since there better not be a single Dem vote for this misery). And the press needs to explain that because the plan is to elide all that.

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t. Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.

My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.

And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.

Agree. Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them." This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Mark Kelly a NO, notable as he was allegedly one of the cavers

We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting. Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.

I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.

This “deal” would force 370,000 Arizonans to pay more for the same or worse healthcare coverage. I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.

Not a deal. It's a Dem surrender.

This would be much better than what @shaheen.senate.gov, @hassan.senate.gov, @rosen.senate.gov, @baldwin.senate.gov, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, @ossoff.bsky.social, @peters.senate.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, @fetterman.senate.gov, inter alia are (reportedly) considering at this moment.

Senator Mark Kelly: We are going to be so mad if you vote to reopen the government without anything in return! Don't do it! @gallego.senate.gov and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social

Done. No answer, of course; left messages.

Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line. Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding! Find them here: reps.fyi

Democratic leadership: YOU MUST VOTE HARDER. Democratic voters: VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY Democratic leadership: WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.

USDA telling states to pause benefits is one thing. Telling them to claw back benefits is another: a) illegal - you can't do this without due process b) an administrative nightmare. If courts rule against the administration (again), states would have to given benefits back. bsky.app/profile/cram...

Yeah, but what happens when parents can’t feed their kids? Rise in crime where people are either trying to get food or money for food. Then the “crackdown” on crime comes. A crackdown that impacts brown-skinned people more. Desperation leads to more crime and harsher punishments. Rinse. Repeat.

"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture." In our name, with our tax dollars. Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.

NEWS: Marc Elias has been named a "Human Rights Hero" by @americanbar.org's Civil Rights and Social Justice Section. "If you care about the survival of our democracy, you should familiarize yourself with his work," Section member Bobbi M. Bittker wrote. elias.law/newsroom/pre...

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command. If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics. It’s trials w real punishments.

This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court

100% correct, the legal term is "duress". Legal documents, whether confessions, wills, or other contracts are considered invalid if the person who signed was in fear of imminent harm or death as a result of refusal to put pen to paper.

We are not even *close* to that. And if people keep showing up to vote the way they did on Tuesday, we never will be. /4x

actual communism

Ellis says she is "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."

Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment. Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.

The Trump administration treated anti-ICE protestors worse because of the content of their speech, in violation of the First Amendment, Ellis says. In fact, the president and Secretary Noem have said exactly that, Ellis says.

Ellis says the Trump administration impermissibly prevented members of the media (including @peoplesfabric.com & @blockclubchi.bsky.social) from reporting on Operation Midway Blitz.

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!! "Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯 🔌💡

The GOP strategy is now “starve tens of millions of people until Democrats let us take away health insurance from millions of Americans.”

More autumn color in Santa Fe

A federal court has ruled the Trump administration must use contingency funds on SNAP during the government shutdown.

Kristi Noem says “There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained." Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.

This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Some dealmaker. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...