So, @houserepublicans.bsky.social and @senategop.govpeeps.us are good with people starving and babies not being nourished so the king can retrofit a Qatari jet or a ballroom.

Trump to America: If poverty stricken people don't force their representatives to skyrocket the cost of their health care, then we will starve them until they do.

"Bottom line, we spent all our money paying thugs to beat up black and brown people since we thought it would be funny, and now we have nothing left to pay for anything else."

They actually said "Bottom line, the well has run dry," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a post on its website. "At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01." WTAF? Is it empty because of $40B to Argentina, w jets for Noem, a Qatari jet retrofit or the inflated golf trips?

So, the bs in September about using contingency funds to feed people was just that, bs. @usdagov.bsky.social

Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as he’s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.

Wanton malice. Dark Tetrads on the loose.

You do the math.

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.

Cartoon by John Darkow.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Describes the current regime: “[W]hat evil among men is like: It’s like water being heated up a little at a time. It gets worse and worse, but so slowly it’s hardly noticeable, so everyone can convince themselves that it’s probably normal, until we’re all boiling.” - My Friends, by Fredrik Backman

Trump is having his own “let them eat cake” moment while so many go without pay, he’s busy building a ballroom and tearing down the people’s house.

> @newyorker.com

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

Agreed He’s building something that’ll just be summarily demolished when he’s gone, as in this century—unlike prior ones—America mustn’t let sexual-predator insurrectionists build monuments to themselves, especially not when they take a wrecking ball to the People’s House (sans permission) to do it

Q: A pardoned January 6 rioter was charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries MIKE JOHNSON: Terrible. That's the first I've heard of that. I don't know anything about it.

He can control the DOJ. The IRS. The FBI. But not the foreign banks about to expose his money trail.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

As you read this...the story’s still unfolding...and every new leak points toward a truth the administration hopes you’ll ignore.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring. Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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The Hate America Rally already happened, Mike Johnson. It was held on January 6, 2021, and was orchestrated by your boss. On October 18, patriots across America will honor our commitment to keep America from becoming the dystopic jackboot dictatorship you fascist bootlickers dream of and drool for.

🚨BREAKING: In the latest showcase of President Donald Trump’s influence over the Justice Department, two veteran federal prosecutors were fired for refusing to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — further exposing how the DOJ is being weaponized.

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

Absolute clown show.

The Actual Apprentice 🤦🏾‍♀️

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House. Not a single offer. Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

Michigan Avenue right now.

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

No Donald, we said Epstein.

What. The ever-loving. Fuck. #TrumpEpsteinFiles

Speaker Mike Johnson is delaying the swearing in of newly elected Adelita Grijalva to stop the vote to release the Epstein Files www.yahoo.com/news/article...

She came into her job widely accused of being a foreign asset. She now responds to those credible allegations by doing the first thing any foreign asset would do in her role: bury all intelligence on pending foreign threats to the United States. It's almost like America doesn't *want* to survive.

Meta just suspended my threads account. No warning. No notification. Just an opportunity to appeal but I don’t even know what I’m appealing. Very weird.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Standing against fascism is now domestic terrorism—by presidential decree. Anyone committed to fighting fascism can now be deemed an enemy of the state, arrested, and held—possibly without full due process—on the claim that they're a "terrorist." Just like that, we lost America.

Did you say “admitted to the bar in 2024?” The DEI of it all. This is insane.

ICE crossed a line in LA

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.

Ahem.

🚨 THREAD: What just happened in Los Angeles is not normal, and it differs from past deployments of the National Guard in key ways that you need to understand. This is a breakdown of the history, the playbook, and why this move reeks of bad faith.