New Pod @citizenwillis.bsky.social from @americanprogressaction.org discusses how Trump and his family are profiting off the presidency Will & @colin-seeberger.bsky.social also break down a new tool that tracks the president's profits and what can be done to stop him from cashing in on his office

Did you know the bill to end the shutdown eliminates rules to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses, even though they are increasing? And it slows efforts to regulate ultra-processed foods, even while RFK Jr touts his MAHA agenda to reduce them? www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...

I see, I see www.reuters.com/world/us/boe...

Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

For his part, Don Jr. has been very busy since his father's re-election. He's taken on new roles in 11 companies since November 2024. 5/ www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Looking for Trump’s favor? Bring your checkbook. @citizenwillis.bsky.social @americanprogressaction.org

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

By my count 11 of the 21 corporations who donated to Trump’s ballroom also suspended or stopped their political contributions after January 6th. Altria Amazon Booz Comcast Google Lockheed Meta Micron Microsoft T-Mobile Union Pacific

American Progress has unveiled the Trump Take Tracker, a “real-time financial tracker documenting the cash and gifts that Trump and his family have received by selling the presidency." @citizenwillis.bsky.social unpacks it https://contrarian.substack.com/p/will-ragland-captures-trumps-rampant

$1.8+ BILLION and counting... This is the amount of cash and gifts the Trump family has personally brought in since President Trump was elected last fall from efforts that appear to be selling the presidency. trumpstakecounter.org

$1.8+ BILLION and counting... This is the amount of cash and gifts the Trump family has personally brought in since President Trump was elected last fall from efforts that appear to be selling the presidency. trumpstakecounter.org

While Americans are paying more than ever for basic necessities, the Trump family has been making themselves richer. Check out our NEW real-time tracker of Trump's gifts and crypto gains: https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...

We are currently in a state of emergency, and under siege, here in Chicago. ICE is a lawless, violent gang whose abuses of innocent men, women and children have gone completely unchecked.

NEW: The "compact" the Trump administration proposed to 9 universities earlier this month is a dangerous trap -- not only would the deal cede significant control over colleges, but it would open them and their leaders up to great legal risk. www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

Tell 'em cuz.

Left-leaning pages appear to have handily won the online "shutdown" battle yesterday. They outpaced right-leaning pages on posts mentioning the "shutdown" and "health care." Their totals on those issues also both surpassed the right's mentions of "immigration."

Trump's deployment of masked federal agents into LA, DC, and Chicago is straight from the authoritarian playbook—just ask the people of Hong Kong and Venezuela.

Pope releases World Communications Day theme: “Preserving Human Voices & Faces” writing: “Humanity today has possibilities that were unimaginable a few years ago…while these tools offer efficiency & reach, they cannot replace the uniquely human capacities for empathy, ethics & moral responsibility.”

It’s as clear as day why a shutdown may be happening this week. Here’s Russ Vought, architect of Trump’s 2025 project and the shutdown strategy, arguing that a shutdown government is a good way to pass the bills they want to pass. bsky.app/profile/citi... #ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

"I don't think anyone should be afraid of a government shutdown... It's actually what's necessary to pass these bills individually." -Russ Vought September 22, 2023

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.

Policy changes enacted since the start of the year (One Big Bill and tariffs) will hurt Americans' 2027 incomes on average at every income level by about -$1,500 Except the top 1%. They can expect a +$5,000 income bump

26% Kit Kat price increase ahead of Halloween?? Lord have mercy

ABBY PHILLIPS: "The deputy attorney general met with Ghislaine and she shortly there after moved to a mininum security prison, why? PRO TRUMP ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED MAXWELL: stumbles uhh... "there's always a quid pro quo." ht: @citizenwillis.bsky.social

New data from @nzmurphy.bsky.social and me: the number of Americans who will lose health coverage under the Republicans' historic cuts to health care, by state and Congressional district. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

This chart tells the story.

BLS now says June job change was negative after revisions.

RFK JR: It's going to have a it's going to it's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history. SANDERS: You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals. You're putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion.

NEW analysis on the GOP megabill's core policy choice: each millionaire's tax cut is paid for by taking away health insurance from 4 people while reducing health care benefits from many others.

From PA's letter to Chair Thompson: USDA has gone dark on states about SNAP changes. Cancelling standing technical assistance calls ... still no guidance ... appalling stuff. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Great look at an under the radar rural impact of OBBBA. While it stopped short of including Sen. Lee's proposal to sell off public lands, it axed funding rural communities have relied on since 1908 fueling more public land sell offs. www.americanprogress.org/article/cong...

"God damn well I declare.."

Stephen Miller was born in Santa Monica and in 2014, when he was 28, bought a $973,000 condo (with help from his parents) in one of downtown Washington's poshest towers www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliabl...

The MAGA regime is escalating attacks on families at home and abroad, from D.C. to Gaza. Deploying troops in D.C. is yet another attempt to scapegoat & target struggling people to advance their draconian agenda in service of billionaires, war profiteers, and white supremacy.

Restaurant reservations in DC plunged after Trump announced his takeover. It’s no surprise that rolling out troops into the streets dampens consumer appetite.

In a single act, Trump is undoing significant portions of the health coverage gains of the last 60 years.

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire. It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio, John Thune, and 83 other Senators voted to confirm Erika McEntarfer to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics

Pure Soviet shit...

DUN-DUN-DUN -- Maria Bartiromo and company react with stunned silence to a "disappointing" jobs report showing only 73,000 jobs were created in July

June was revised down from 147k to 14k, May was revised down to 19k. So we've created just 106k jobs since April, compared to over 100k in each of the first four months of the year. That's a really big revision!

Hearing rumors of ~300 new NSF grant terminations at UCLA today. Trump admin claiming Title VI violations again a la Harvard These would be the first new mass NSF terminations since late May. No word yet whether NIH grants are being terminated as well.