If the government shuts down, it's because Republicans chose to shut it down rather than negotiate a bipartisan budget that serves the American people.

So, here’s what’s happening: With just 8 days until a government shutdown, the Republican House majority is ignoring the looming healthcare crisis. Millions of Americans will see their healthcare costs skyrocket if Congress doesn’t vote to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

@housedemocrats.bsky.social are fighting to cancel the cuts to Medicaid, lower the cost of your health care and save your health care. Republicans prefer to shut down the government.

Some rural hospitals are now forced to close because Trump and Republicans SLASHED Medicaid funding in their Big Ugly Law. Trump and Republicans aren’t done — they refuse to work with Democrats to make sure your health care premiums don’t go up.

Scientific data should not be political. Halting research and suppressing data collection at the EPA in the name of political gain is detrimental for public health and the environment. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

For a @motherjones.com piece, I'm looking to chat with 3-4 retirees about how they've been volunteering for causes that push back against what the Trump administration is doing. Please email [email protected]

Add me to those saying it’s crucial to acknowledge anti-authoritarian successes. Harvard and NYT are fighting in court instead of folding. Pritzker and other IL leaders kept Nat. Guard troops out of Chicago. Grand juries reject frivolous charges; many lower court judges uphold the law. And more

Over a long enough timeframe, the chances that a serial grifter will eventually turn to antisemitism asymptotically approach 100%.

I am *shocked* by the poor quality reporting on Leucovorin as an autism treatment by the Washington Post. I’m not even going to link it. Just abysmal.

“The DOJ was my home for many, many years. That home is now on fire,” Jack Smith this past week. [this is how most former DOJ alumni feel] Thanks to @muellershewrote.com for covering it. substack.com/@muellershew...

Protip: Anywhere that advertises “biomedical treatments” for autism and ADHD is fleecing parents at best. Injuring or even killing kids at worst.

I've said this before, but IMO we need to spend less time OBSERVING that Trump is engaged in authoritarian corruption and more trying to use language to build pressure to stop it. Same with Tom Homan's bribe. Yes, it was a bribe. Who can we embarrass politically for letting it happen.

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.

anyone have leads on resources for trans folks (esp youth, esp mental health/crisis support) specifically in or near Syracuse, NY? asking for my stepmom who is helping a friend mobilize a brigade of support for a struggling grandkid

They still haven't consolidated full authoritarianism yet; they can still lose

Shana Tovah. I hope.

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization. It’s all out in the open.

A president weaponizing government power to silence speech he doesn't like is a crisis for our democracy. We must stand with those who refuse to bow to political blackmail — and call out those, like ABC, who cave to a wannabe king and put our rights at risk.

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

According to Social Justice Bluesky, the anodyne observation that civil disobedience requires attracting attention from the powers-that-be has transformed me into an avatar of white privilege who is actively trying to get people of color killed.

Telling people to be fearful of protest and trying to frighten them with (incredibly unlikely) possibility that they’ll be targeted by law enforcement for peaceful mass opposition is absolutely a way of discouraging people from being part of the opposition, WHICH IS WHY DONALD TRUMP IS DOING IT.

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” is actually a very strong endorsement of nonviolent protest and electoralism, and it’s striking how few people seem to have actually read it given that it’s a) one of the most influential political texts since WWII and b) it isn’t very long

It’s very funny watching people call Will Stancil a “White Moderate“ when that term was coined by MLK to describe a group of white pro-civil rights clergymen who’d signed an open letter denouncing all forms of protest - violent and nonviolent - as counterproductive

I have to cancel #ParshaChat again this week. Sorry everyone.

Senate Republicans just voted to give a lawless president a blank check and push the country toward a shutdown — rejecting our commonsense plan to fund the government and protect health care. We serve the American people, not a king. Republicans should too.

Before the media blames Democrats for a shutdown, remember: we want to fund the government, but won’t vote for a bill that rips healthcare from millions.  Republicans could have negotiated—yet they chose to cut us off, just like the millions they’re cutting off from care.

If you see a Jew saying "I am scared for my safety and about people who are supposed to be on my side are claiming there's no problem" and think "this is an invitation for me to shout my personal definition of what antisemitism is or isn't at a stranger," I am going to block you.

Many of my Jewish friends have expressed alarm about the Trump administration doing horrible shit in the name of stopping antisemitism. But if you're one of the people saying "there is no antisemitism crisis at all, it's all made up," your Jewish colleagues notice, and we are talking about you.

It’s MAGA that is seceding, not us. They are seceding from - the modern world of science and fact - from the global order America imagined and built after WWII - from the West - from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.

Most people will not reliably participate without signing up. Signups are important for reminders, updates, etc. People who don't sign up for things often never come back. Not signing up is a way to avoid committing. Encouraging people to not sign up is actively demobilizing. It's sabotage.

Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

I’m disturbed that this has to be said. But the government should not be threatening major networks in order to influence their programming. If media can’t operate without fear of government interference, our democracy itself is in peril.

If you are a parent of a kid you think might #ActuallyAutistic and don't want to get them screened because of RFK Jr., I'd love to talk with you for a piece. DM me or [email protected]. My Signal is emgarcia.85

I wrote a bit about the predominant emotions of being online and how they're a trap that we all should do better at escaping. I think it works to explain the bad vibes around here recently.

This is a good post.

LIVE: I'm holding a Shadow Hearing on Trump's assault on families and communities through his unconstitutional and cruel immigration policies, kidnappings, and deportations. Tune in now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47G...

Starting at 8:30 EST, @immcouncil.org’s own @naynagupta.bsky.social will be testifying at a shadow hearing held by Congressional Democrats on the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies. Check it out! www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

The existence of Joseph Mccarthy does not mean anyone has to "hand it" to the USSR. And the abuse of power by American police departments does not mean anyone has to stand up for the honor of any Eastern Bloc government.

Anyway, if you can welcome Bill Kristol to the Resistance, you can stop being snotty over Kamala Harris doing a couple campaign appearances with Liz Cheney.

Local politics situation I think a lot of us are finding ourselves in: Are we going to engage in endless xenophobic debates about whether there’s Zionism in the plumbing pipes, or are we going to fix the pipes already?

More seriously it is really bad and it is not getting the coverage it should. I know it's hard to focus on long term damage when there is so much immediate damage but we are going to be paying for this for a long time.

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this? PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information? KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

It’s hard and we are all tired and we all just want things to be okay again! But first we need to endure the present. It’s genuinely more important than EVER now to not be all “were totally doomed”.

Folks need to quit with this insidious notion that because Republicans seem confident and unafraid of consequences, it means they’ve got some weird trick up their sleeve to stay in power forever. They don’t, not unless you count the capitulation of those they try to intimidate!

Yes! I don’t even know if he remembers he already declared “Antifa” a terrorist org more than once, but he absolutely has.

A reminder.

Today, @delauro.house.gov and I are introducing a short-term CR to keep the government funded, address the health care crisis Republicans have single-handedly created, and protect Congress’ power of the purse. There's no need for a Republican shutdown.

the reason it's important to put your name down is that building any kind of significant political infrastructure requires that people be able to communicate with each other and that's sort of impossible if you insist on being anonymous and impossible to identify or contact

I’m gonna be honest I have no idea what the Dems “should” demand over the shutdown, if anything. I think that the fight is largely just not in Congress until we take it back. I think that to some degree this is an outgrowth of the fact that Republicans are even less bipartisan than normal rn