South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days. That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

If you have more time than money and still want to help, please consider volunteering at your local food bank. They are going to be overrun in the coming weeks and will be desperate for extra hands. You have no idea how much good you can put back into the world with just a few hours of your time.

How does this make us safer?

I'm going to need something frivolous to read after this, maybe 3-5 lighthearted things. I've read SO many heavy books this year...

NOT extending ACA subsidies will ALSO cause state economies to PLUMMET $41B. 339,100 jobs will be LOST due to health care providers being FORCED to reduce their workforces. 50% of job LOSSES will be health care–related & HIGHER in states where MORE residents are enrolled in an ACA marketplace plan.

Getting ready to rally at Forest Hills Stadium. @ us in your pics and videos 🙂

“One atrocity after another just this past week…If you’re fine with all that, you should ask yourself what’s broken inside of you…The true danger of corruption is that evil ceases to be regarded as such by otherwise good people. It just becomes the new normal.” open.substack.com/pub/mattlaba...

Congratulations to Trump and the GOP Congress - they now own the two longest government shutdowns in history.

Gov. Pritzker: "They literally did a military attack on a building with a Black Hawk helicopter...You don't arrest an entire building, detain everybody, zip tie children, hold elderly people in a U-Haul for house — U.S. citizens!"

From Western UNC Newsletter: “President Trump has called on Republican-controlled states across the country to redraw Congressional districts, and this map answers that call,” Sen. Ralph Hise said in the Senate floor debate. NC being run by Trump lackies.

Donald Trump is the first President in American history during a shutdown to cut off food to families. Let that sink in….

I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 23 OCTOBER 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES Trump has millions for the Epstein Ballroom They now have no money for SNAP BENEFITS..(they do) 40 Million+ Americans depend on SNAP Children, Seniors, Veterans, & families I will redo my budget I will donate to foodbanks

Everyday, we open the news and see more people abducted by ICE on the premises of a Home Depot. We call on Home denounce ICE raids on their properties and protect their customers Until then, we will use the power that corporations listen to - our collective wallets. #BoycottHomeDepot

While some politicians focus on the next election, moms are long-term thinkers, we focus on the next generation. We listen, we build community, and when something’s unfair, we fight back.

The federal government has shut down, but the real crisis is unfolding in our health care system. Premiums are already climbing and families are struggling to keep up with rising costs and basic medical needs. 🧵

We have to engage our communities. Resist hatred and division. Educate your family, friends, and neighbors that the only way to protect our collective future—and our financial well-being—is to tax wealth, not work. The future is there to be won. It's us against the billionaires.

I’m so grateful to everyone who showed up to make their voices heard at the No Kings Day protest in Twin Falls. It’s time to restore accountability and integrity in our democracy — and build a government that works for working families, not billionaires. 🇺🇸 💪 #JulieForCongress #NoKings #NoKingsDay

I’m Conrad Cable, a first-generation farmer from Farmerville, and I’m running for Congress to take on Speaker Mike Johnson in 2026. This campaign isn’t fueled by corporate dollars — it’s powered by everyday people who are tired of being left behind. #Conrad4Congress

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⏰Hey Philly: The deadline to register to vote is 3 days away! Your vote is your vote in this upcoming election- especially in PA where three state Supreme Court justices are on the ballot.

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The offending Young Republicans aren't boys. They are grown-ass men collecting checks working in politics.

Over 1,500 measles cases have been reported in 42 states — a 500% increase from 2024 and the highest count in more than 30 years. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

President Trump is trying to deploy the military and federal law enforcement in U.S. cities to stoke fear, suppress free speech, and expand his power by any means necessary. People across the country must keep pushing back and advocating for their communities and their rights.

In ordinary times, Americans go about their daily lives without much worry about who is running the Office of Management and Budget, a powerful, low-profile agency tasked with executing the federal budget. These are not ordinary times. @contrariannews.org contrarian.substack.com/p/russell-vo...

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "It's important that in this time of political violence that none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials."

thehill.com/homenews/555... Click on article to see who could lose benefits starting in November (source @thehill.com )

No one knows how many people ICE has kidnapped, how many have been shipped overseas or how many are still detained. Many have no contact with family or any lawyers, and no one who knows them knows where they are. Many are being held indefinitely in facilities that refuse oversight

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m. neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

Portland residents are winning Tiktok. They are an absolute pleasure.

Gov. Pritzker: He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're literally stopping children who happen to be brown and asking them for papers as if they will have proof they are a US citizen

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Brainworms score again.

@psychopete.bsky.social Both Budget & UHAUL trucks were used in the Chicago apartment raid...both to get agents there & take handcuffed children away. Let 'em know what u think: Budget 18002187992 UHAUL 18007893638

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

The monthly jobs report is missing. That’s no mistake. It’s a deliberate move to hide sagging economic performance. In Trump’s Orwellian Gangster State, all inconvenient facts are suppressed.

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

Some things to keep in mind

I just voted YES on 50. Let's do this California!