The Texas Board of Ed. just tapped David Barton—whose Thomas Jefferson book was pulled off shelves by a Christian publisher for having too many lies—to shape what millions of kids learn in history class. It's like hiring a Flat Earther to advise NASA. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-boar...

Donald Trump is in over his head. He doesn't understand what's at stake. He doesn't understand the ACA. He doesn't understand Medicaid. While Republicans vacation with a shutdown looming, House Democrats are here to hold the line for the American people.

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

Our Foes are waiting in the wings.

Russ Vought: "Let it be said -- there are all manner of authorities to keep this administration's policy agenda moving forward, and that includes reducing the size and scope of the federal government, and we will be looking for opportunities to do that."

A three-year-old child fired the shot that killed their father early Monday morning. This tragedy is a reminder that unintentional shootings are preventable. We urge Members of Congress to #KeepKidsSafe by cosponsoring Ethan’s Law. (202) 224-3121 abc3340.com/news/local/t...

"If I'm going to have one bumper sticker in this race, it's probably 'The free state of Florida is a lie'....your personal freedoms have been trampled for six years now." @davidjolly.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social in today's Bulwark Podcast:

My takeaway so far from TV Pete's mandatory corporate speech to military leadership: he really hates fat people, beards, and women. Also the silence from the room as he rambled about wokeness and "standards" was notable, including during the apparent laugh lines. Can't say whether he was sober.

I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.

Jesus healed the sick and you block medicine. Children die while you boast of “faith.” This is not Christian. This is cruelty.

If we had real headlines: President Declares War on America: Orders Generals to Use Citizens as Training Ground

BREAKING: This is Donald Trump's Shutdown. Rep. Greg Casar: “There are more mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files than there are House Republicans here in Washington D.C. today.”

Putin's bitch.....

If you’re mystified by the federal budget confrontation taking place now, may I recommend @ddayen.bsky.social @prospect.org to explain: prospect.org/politics/202...

My message today is the same as it was during the government shutdown 30 years ago: we can't balance the budget on the backs of working people. Democrats must keep fighting against Trump's cruel healthcare cuts.

Daylight Saving Time results in “light exposure at the wrong times”, which can harm immune systems and energy levels. #DitchDST

Coming to the Court in October: Three Cases That Could Reshape Voting, Speech, and Power by @askdinadoll.bsky.social out now on the Legal AF Substack. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

@ddayen.bsky.social is 100% right: the government has been shut down for months. prospect.org/politics/202...

Over 40% of Americans approve of a President threatening civil war over his fantasy version of his opponents. As a journalist I still feel some obligation to try to understand. As a human I want to stay as far away as possible, and don't know if I'll ever bring my family across the border again.

imagine flying halfway around the world for a meeting that could’ve been an email and some guy with a hangover is just shouting at you that it’s against the rules to be fat or gay

I served in a role not available to women, and to this day women are not considered. Personally, I think anyone who can get through the pipeline should get a spot. But regardless, it's a very small part of the military. My sister is a fighter jock. She's got a kill record. She's as lethal as anyone.

“I told Pete [Hegseth], we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor,” -Donald Trump

Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s and Pete Hegseth’s disastrous speech in front of all of the United States military generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia. youtu.be/hlXPfKAAnUo?...

youtu.be/zhapZs1d4pQ?... Release the Files!!! Follow the money!!!

HAPPENING SOON: at 6pm ET we're joining Members of Congress and a number of organizations to call for a budget that puts working families first! #DonaldTrumpsShutdown

This message on the HUD website is outrageous! It is also likely illegal. Our federal agencies are supposed to serve Americans in a non-partisan manner, not be political mouthpieces for the President. www.hud.gov#close

www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/chicago-an... If you care about the fate of immigrants in America, please read this article and share it out!!! KEEP DOCUMENTING & RECORDING ICE

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Ah yes, the bad economy, caused by…who’s the president again?

Good news, but I hate that it took a judge to do it.

I called Speaker Mike Johnson's office saying he needs to immediately swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.). The aide hung up on me! WOW!

The ‘what’ economy?

Elon Musk has branded the Anti-Defamation League, a legal group founded to combat antisemitism, as a “hate group.” If you ever had any doubt (I know, you likely did not), this probably clears it up for you.

Jon Stewart on the media's inability to analyze shootings beyond a simplistic left-right political paradigm

He thinks he’s slick, but this one blows up in his face. Lay off 200,000 feds and you don’t save a dime, you spike unemployment, destroy local economies, gut vets’ care, stall Social Security, cripple disaster relief. ...

I will say, watching the behavior of the Generals today, respectful but reserved and apolitical in the face of Trump was heartening. Hopefully the next generation of officers, the young ones, see that and take it to heart.

Pete Hegseth's tirade is a self-report. He wants to abuse. He wants to hurt. He wants violence. Pete Hegseth is dangerous for America and for the entire world.