Don't be fooled: Trump and Republicans aren’t “cleaning up the streets.” They’re targeting and terrorizing our communities.

This is the moment Republicans have been dreaming about…🤢

Today DDF filed a second letter with the GAO, expanding our call for an investigation into whether federal agencies violated the law by publishing partisan messages during the shutdown. Following is a statement from Virginia Canter, chief counsel and director of ethics and anti-corruption at DDF 👇

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THE PURGE Polls show that Project 2025 didn’t resonate. Voters thought it wasn’t real. Well, now we’re living it and it’s already 47% implemented after only 9 months. Trump’s shutdown is a shortcut: gut the federal workforce, fire career experts, replace them with loyalists. Laid out in P2025. 🧵

Donald Trump giving a long, unhinged speech is nothing new. But it's what he said – and who he said it to – that should concern every American regardless of whether they live in a red state or blue state.

Congressional offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Demand Congress pass this bill to release the Epstein files--YOU CAN DO IT NOW HERE: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Thirty years ago Monday, astronomers announced the first planet around a Sunlike star. Since then they have cataloged more than 6,000 alien worlds. I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours? 🧪 #astronomy

Donald Trump has diverted more than 40,000 law enforcement agents from fighting to crime to build his deportation army 🚨🚨🚨 Law enforcement should focus on stopping crime. This is an attack on public safety.

“The word fairness is not in the Constitution [...] It's not in this constitution.” The Ohio GOP just said the quiet part out loud. They reject the idea of fair representation. bit.ly/42l96gR

There are many dark days ahead. But we will get through this.

Priorities.

Please find your elections and get folks to turn out.

Wishing a peaceful Yom Kippur to all who observe. May this day of reflection bring peace, renewal, and the strength that comes from introspection and community.

As a video catches foreign leaders laughing at one of Trump’s mistakes, remember: This wasn’t the first time officials abroad used the Republican president as a punchline. For all of his talk about global “respect,” he’s routinely seen as a joke. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?

Jane Goodall was a global legend at the forefront of discovery — breaking through barriers for women in primatology, science, and beyond. Her curiosity, strength, and kindness changed the world, bridging countries and cultures in pursuit of a better future.

Donald Trump and his lapdog Republicans just shut down the federal government after refusing to protect Americans from an imminent spike in health insurance costs. This is what the GOP stands for.

Agreed @muellershewrote.com #Republicans control both houses of congress & the Whitehouse, they all went home today & WANT TO SHUTDOWN THE GOVERNMENT. #REPUBLICANS ARE 💯% RESPONSIBLE FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. WE CANNOT ACCEPT #REPUBLICANS CONSTANT LIES & DISINFORMATION. Otherwise...

Thank you for this great group of #Resistance Accounts @checkingobitsdaily.bsky.social We are always #StrongerTogether go.bsky.app/NTLYJwx

Trump’s weakness creates huge openings for a whole series of unelected figures whose main difference consists in having different motives and methods of wrecking the government.

I still think it should have been all over when he said, “find 11,780 votes.”

RIP rest in power 🙏

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I’ve lived through government shutdowns. Under normal circumstances, I understand why compromises are made to keep the government running. These are not normal circumstances.

I want to talk about what’s really at stake in this shutdown. It’s not just politics in Washington. It’s about whether millions of Americans can still afford health care.

When a person hates people so much. You can be sure they hate themselves too.

The efforts Speaker Johnson and the Republican Party will go to protect Trump and these other monsters is disgusting 👇 Read more here: https://bit.ly/4mUvTrq #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

My dear friends in America. Focus on the midterms. Make it your daily mission to find out what you can do to help candidates win in the midterms.

WH confirms that the construction of the ballroom will continue despite the shutdown.

Jane Fonda has re-launched the Committee for the First Amendment, a group her father joined after it was founded in the 1940s to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee. 550 celebrities have joined to stand up for a "defense of our constitutional rights." www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

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It’s not just that this is puerile and lawless. It’s that it is completely out of touch with the issues relevant to contemporary warfare. Russia fights like this. It makes Russians criminals. But it doesn’t make them winners.

Aguilar on the Hegseth/Trump speeches yesterday: "If Republicans can't speak out against what they heard him say, then what are we doing here?"

DAY ONE OF A TRUMP SHUTDOWN.

Hear from Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and more great guests at tonight’s rapid response call. We need to act fast to hold Republicans accountable for forcing a government shutdown.

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social has a message for the GOP: “You run the House, the Senate, and the White House. If you want to pass the evil bill, do it yourself.”

We’ve entered our first shutdown since 2019. Remind me… Who was president then?

Rep. Lieu: “Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were expecting rousing applause and standing ovations from our nation's generals, and they were met with silence…The generals knew that what Trump was saying was wrong. We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our cities.”

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"We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” ~ AOC #TrumpShutdown

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Two Senate Dems and one Independent voted with Republicans to pass the CR yesterday: • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) • John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) • Angus King (I-Maine, who caucuses with Democrats)